June 12 - June 30

June 30, 2009

The much anticipated trip to the USofA commenced today! I even got to use my shiny new passport to cross the border. You can feel the excitement sizzling in the air!

June 29, 2009
It's a good thing our Barbie house is big enough to accommodate 4 girls! They spend hours playing together with it.

June 28, 2009
Singing all of those Primary songs is exhausting work!

June 27, 2009
It may have been chilly, but I enjoyed our June Enrichment 'beach party' all the same!

June 26, 2009
Just another moment that warms my heart. I love that my girls love each other!

June 25, 2009
We visited Rick Hansen park for the very first time today! It's a great park, and even with the horrible wind, we all had a great time!

June 24, 2009
Doing some gardening as a family. Looks like the peas are coming up nicely!

June 23, 2009
Each summer it's like magic to see the plants coming up and the colors starting to appear. I just love it.

June 22, 2009
I know it's wrong, but I felt such pride for my girls who were so courageous to share their talents in front of their entire school for the yearly talent show! They both sang songs and did fantastic jobs!

June 21, 2009
I love to spoil my husband because he spoils me every day. I think I succeeded by serving up his favorites - steak, Vietnamese Salad rolls, Chinese Spring rolls, and Korean Kimchi. It was delish!

June 20, 2009
Why did it take us so long to go for a double date with the C family? We had such a blast, even if my mini golf game could have been better ;)

June 19, 2009
While my friend and I stayed home with the kids to make some Chinese Spring rolls, the hunkster hubby and his friend enjoyed a round of golf - the first one my hubby has managed to do in over 2 years. He LOVED IT, and it made me remember to help him get out golfing more often.

June 18, 2009
In my mission to learn to make my favorite Asian dishes, we discovered a great Asian food market in our city. The people who work there were so friendly and helpful and we managed to get everything we needed to make our spring rolls, salad rolls, and Kimchi!

June 17, 2009
Bayboo had her very last day of Pre-K today! She has loved it and grown so much from being with her classmates, and learning from her fantastic teachers. Now she is ready for kindergarten in the fall!

June 16, 2009
I've discovered that one of my favorite flowers is the Iris. I only discovered this after learning that my yard is full of them! I find them so uniquely beautiful.

June 15, 2009
Oh, to find the simple joy in a sprinkler again! It's a definite summer tradition that my children enjoy, and I enjoyed myself as a child. I love seeing things come full circle!

June 14, 2009
After purchasing my new camera for my business, I sold my older one to my friend. She is a quick study and has a definite eye for photography. I can't wait to see what she does with it!

June 13, 2009
One of our favorite spots to visit in town is the Legislative Building and the grounds around it. It is just gorgeous, especially in the summer months!

June 12, 2009
We have been blessed to have such a sweetheart for a babysitter! We have been able to count on and trust Cassie with our house and our children, and they just love her!

June 1 - June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009

Front tooth #2 came out first thing in the morning after putting up a good fight. In the end, B won out with a drive to be front-toothless by her field trip that day!

June 10, 2009

Little miss 'J' reminds me of Alice from the Twilight Novels. She rarely just walks - she dances, skips, jumps. And she's even got the pixie-like short hair!

June 9, 2009
We love to have the missionaries over to dinner. This set is always prepared with fabulous and memorable object lessons. This one was about listening to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and you'll always be led to do what is right.

June 8, 2009
It was Bayboo's turn to pick our Family Home Evening game. She chose a rousing game of Littlest Pet Shop.

June 7, 2009
Our successful attempt at a group shot of our girls before church on Sunday!

June 6, 2009
Nasty pic of me, but this is basically what our Saturday evenings entail - baths, jammies, and mommy drying their hair in preparation for church on Sunday. We were also listening to some Abba on the laptop :)

June 5, 2009
Our first visit to Western Pizza, and we were happy! That pizza was GINORMOUS! Yum!

June 4, 2009
TJ performed "You're never fully dressed with out a smile!" with her school choir. It was a fantastic performance, and she was quite the little actress!

June 3, 2009
Shish Kebabs, Skewers, or whatever you like to call 'em. Delish!

June 2, 2009
Took a "craft" day and worked on getting TJ's school album up to date! Now to finish B's!

June 1, 2009
We get to enjoy the sunshine, but hubby was back at school for a week. We know it will be such a blessing when he completes his MBA next Spring!

May 24 - 31, 2009

May 31, 2009
Bayboo has been sounding like Winnie the Pooh personified. She walks around saying "Oh, bother!" when things don't go right...best yet? She says it with her best British accent ;)

May 30, 2009

I love these shots because they capture me doing what I love - I'm so glad my hubby shot these while I was shooting a lovely wedding party. I think it's the first pics I've seen of ME photographing someone :)

May 29, 2009
We met daddy after work and played at a fun park in the beautiful downtown core of our fair city.

May 28, 2009
Posy pins - frayed, adorable, easy to make posy pins. Made these all in about half an hour. And I'm in love.

May 27, 2009
You know it's finally Spring when you see the street cleaners coming down the way. YAHOO!

May 26, 2009
Our poor little tulips, fighting for some sun and warmth during the coldest Spring in 3 decades!

May 25, 2009
Reaping the benefits of learning how to sprout! Yum!

May 24, 2009
I love our little house - some of the time :) When it looks so quaint and still, it makes my heart smile :)

May 1 - 23, 2009

May 23, 2009
Hot Spring day, lots to do, much fun had! Mom did a photoshoot, Dad took the kids to the store, then it was off to a fun EMS open house with demos, balloons, and food! Then it was off to Evraz Place to play and look at the animals.


May 22, 2009
End of May and we BARELY were able to plant our vegetable garden! Frost warnings, snow, and freezing rain has prevented us so far. CRAZY! I'll be so glad to see our carrots, onions, peas, tomatoes, and Swiss Chard coming up!

May 21, 2009
Quick song practice for Lyndon, Bishop Howie, Bro. Bates, and Bro. Harker - they were singing a hymn for the Stake Priesthood meeting while Hubby played. They were missing one member of their quartet, though - Bro. Millar, who joined them for another practice later.

May 20, 2009
Jersey day at school. Well, we aren't a "sporty" type family, so we had zero jerseys around here. Therefore, a trip to Le Village was in order. After a short look through the boys' section, we came away with three cute jerseys for our girls to wear.

May 19, 2009
Tuesday was a slow day, doing nothing but laundry and editing pics from the photoshoot on Saturday. I loved every second of the boring, slowness. Hubby treated us to a dinner out at a favorite Chinese restaurant nearby. It was the perfect ending to a perfectly boring day :)

May 18, 2009
We headed out to the YMCA to play, since nothing else seemed to be open on this Victoria Day Monday! We played at the indoor play structure for a while, then realized that our day pass also included the pool! We got the kids in their swim suits and all headed into the pool for some fun. We loved it. The water was so warm - even in the regular swimming pools!

May 17, 2009
Sunday was like most Sundays - busy and wonderful. We magically all got out the door early enough for a quick picture and time to race back home to look for forgotten church keys :)

May 16, 2009
When grandma and grandpa visit, we put them straight to work! They were so awesome to purchase fabric and foam to help us recover our kitchen chairs. They look like new! I LOVE them! They worked so hard to help us - I am so grateful!

May 15, 2009
Grandma and Grandpa G arrived with little cousin 'S' in tow! We visited for a short while before heading off to bed. It was hard to sleep while we were so excited to have them here!

May 14, 2009
On Thursday (May 14) the girls had a day off school, so they decided that, while cleaning their room, that they would like to rearrange it. Okay - sounds fun! We moved furniture, washed walls, scrubbed down dressers, desks, you name it! In the end, the girls love their 'new' room. It gives them lots of space to play, AND we managed to get rid of bags full of trash and give aways. Nice!

May 13, 2009
Spirit days at school are here again! TJ and her BFF, Chassity, dressed in the same jeans, sweaters, and jackets - and even did their hair the same way. So fun to have best friends!

May 12, 2009Monsters vs Aliens 3D! What a great movie - even JJ kept her glasses on the whole time. It's amazing the technology we enjoy today!

May 11. 2009
Family Home Evening treat #2046 - okay maybe not, but it certainly COULD be. We treated the kids to some cones at our favorite ice cream shoppe - Milky Way!

May 10, 2009
Mothers day. "And thou shalt in thy daughter see,
This picture, once, resembled thee.~Ambrose Philips"

May 9, 2009
What a wonderful day for me. We had our Stake Relief Society Meeting and I was able to attend 3 wonderful workshops. This one was my good friend, Ketrisse, who taught about finding joy every minute. She was the perfect one to teach this class and it was awesome.

May 8, 2009
Dentist time once again. Seeing as we now have coverage, it was time for a family visit! Good news - zero cavities! Which is quite good seeing as it had been nearly 2 years since we've seen a dentist!

May 7, 2009
Mr. Oreo - he's a humongous hamster - seriously verging on rat size, but the sweetest, most gentle creature I've met. Since buying him back in December, he's never bitten anyone, and is so patient with the girls who love to maul him a few times every day!

May 6, 2009
The girls know that they are allowed to have friends over ONCE a week. Our lives are too hectic to have them over more than that. This was TJ's turn to have a friend over - and who else but Chassity? They enjoyed their time by playing board games.

May 5, 2009
Seeing as we're nothing if not a family of winners - our girls entered a video for the WCB safety video contest, and WON! They each won a prize pack including T-shirts, stickers, coloring books, whistles, crayons AND $100 to the Cineplex theaters! WAHOO! It pays to be safe!

May 4, 2009
B finally lost her front top tooth. Isn't that a HUGE rite of passage? She was thrilled to lose it and even more thrilled with the moolah the tooth fairy left her :)

May 3, 2009
Oh happy day! Lyndon finally returned home from his school trip to Brazil. We were ALL over joyed to see him again, and it had nothing to do with all of the fun gifts he brought back for us!

May 2, 2009
TJ won FIRST PLACE in the Queen's City Comic Contest by drawing a one - page comic above, The prize was $100! We were SO proud of her. She is quite the little artist!

May 1, 2009

Dreaming of hubby who is enjoying his time in Brazil. It's true what they say - absence DOES make the heart grow fonder!