A Birthday

Here are a few pics from A.'s bday. We got to enjoy some AMAZING birthday pie with her!

The pie was too hot to put candles into, so she had to hold the candle while we sang to her.

Opening a present from her parents.

It went over well, I'd say.

The best birthday pie EVER!



And the reminders all around, that in a few days the house would be empty and they would be begin a new life adventure over 1000 km away.

A Country Fair

We went to an annual country fair today. It was pretty fun. Here's a glimpse at our day....

Snow Cones for everyone








D.'s favorite thing about the fair.



E's reason to come to the fair...







As I mother, I can relate to what this horse is going through...





Getting down with the local band...







Shooting cans (or attempting to anyway)



Won by Daddy himself for his very special girl... A token of his valor....And in one try. He's good!

Freezy

So Big So Fast

My kids keep getting so big too fast. I turn around and they seem to able to do just one more thing for themselves. When did this kid even grow tall enough to reach the water dispenser? And how did he learn to just go get himself a drink?

Two Funny Things.

While watching an episode of Planet Earth on Jungles:
The narrator is talking about the bird of paradise who is putting on an impressive display with his feathers to attract females. Finally a female comes, but the narrator talks about how picky the female birds are and says something like "clearly she is not impressed"
E asks me: Why is she not impressed is she DEpressed?

This morning pulling into McDs parking lot to meet D. a taxi pulled in and parked by the building.
A: Look mommy a tax collector is here!

lol

Bonus Post

B. and his Carly puppy who he loves.

Canada Day

Festivities, for us, started with seeing the skydivers jump and land. We see them all the time, but never get to see them land. This was so cool, and made me wish I had the guts to skydive.



Listening to the speeches and local citizen awards being handed out to people we have never met or seen before.








Canada's birthday cake.


Mmmm. I guess it was 'close your eyes' good.



A photo op with an RCMP. This wouldn't have happened with out Talisa. I wouldn't have had the guts to ask him to pose, but she did, and her son couldn't be happier!










A little bit of dandylion seepspreading on our walk home.



And some cooling off in the pool on a hot day.