Church Camp

We went church camping for 3 days at the end of June, here in Woodstock at a Conservation Area. We group camp and its awesome cause we are right on the water so they can fish, swim and we can socialize around them. Its always a great social time. 

The kids loved to fish and one day they were just pulling out fish constantly.

they started keeping them in a bucket to see how many they could get

Pool

Two kiddos having fun in their new pool!

Us

 Happy Father's Day to a most wonderful husband and father, we are truly blessed to have him in our lives! 

Our tradition is to take a picture with us on those days with the kids, just before we leave for church. love how this one turned out!

Monday after a busy weekend, just nice to relax and play together. Threw a blanket on the ground with books, toys and a bag of honey grahams. Lots of fun. Owen kept saying "this is nice, mommy" 

Our battle: Dinosaurs (me) vs African animals (Owen).... who will win the standoff?

Happy Monday!

Emma is 1!

Emma turned 1 yesterday! 

On Saturday, we had a birthday party for her. Two Grandpas, two Grandmas, two cousins and us. Small but very nice. We had a busy week watching Owen's two cousins for the week so it was nice to have a small group and still have a great time. It was also our 6th wedding anniversary so that was another thing to be thankful for!

I love to dress her up, I made her this tutu and crown and it was so fun. She was quite proud of herself and was showing off! I wish I got video of her walking out and showing off her outfit cause it was priceless.

 Owen, Emma and cousins Lindsay and Abby- their playmates for the week.

 

She got some baby dolls for her birthday! I spoiled her a bit... I got her the doll and then saw the Lamaze cowgirl at Winners and thought she was so precious so I couldn't resist! Plus some foam building blocks and one of our favourite books to read.  

Eating cake with her two Grandmas!

Birthday breakfast! Crepe's with syrup and a candle to blow!  Because we had her birthday the day before I still wanted to do something special on her birthday so we had a yummy breakfast!

Then off to church to witness a niece profess her faith. I ran into a girl in the babysit (this was at John's sister's church) who recognized me and said she remembered that she saw me a year ago walking the halls of the labour ward! She had a baby girl the day before and was in her room and watched me for hours walk up and down the halls! I was just remembering those hours myself- my water had broken but labour hadn't progressed so I had to walk and walk and walk (eventually was induced). It was neat to see her and she had a baby girl the day before named Emmalynn. Small world!

It was a busy Sunday but we had some time just before bed to play outside and enjoy the time together!

Victoria Day

Victoria Day

Our new tradition (third year) is to go to the parade in town. Its a pretty good parade and the kids seem to love all the different vehicles and bands. Our favourite is the bagpipes.

What a beautiful day it was to have off and spend time together. It was a bit cool at the parade but it warmed up nicely!

 our squirmy girl!

I packed us a picnic lunch (in my new picnic basket- brand new found on kijiji!) so after the parade we headed to our favourite park in town- on the lake- for a nice picnic, some kite flying, and then a walk/bike ride on the trail. 

Hope you had a nice holiday too!

life

just some pictures from everyday life....

we had this huge box from our new microwave range and so Owen and I made a car out of it, he loved it and played with it all afternoon. 

she loves to sit in the bumbo chair, funny when she was a baby she climbed out of it constantly so I didn't use it much but now she is getting lots of use out of it!

these are Owen's treasures. he loves to carry them around in his pocket or put them places. his lizard, monster, raccoon, baby car, mater ring and Fozzie. there are always several of these hiding in different places in the house and we battle at bedtime cause he decides at that time he wants them and they are no where to be found... but they always turn up somewhere in the next few days

at the park on a beautiful day! 

Mother's Day- so thankful for these two blessings in my life. I remember a time when I longed to be a mother and I'm so thankful for these gifts God has given to us!

Spring

Easter morning

 biking after church, he loves to be outside discovering different bugs and things. a true boy!

 Our baby girl is 11 months, where has the time gone. I feel like I'm always saying this but seriously its too fast.

She is such a joy in our lives, we call her "charmer" because she loves to charm us with her smiles and giggles, her dad especially! 

  in her room