Tuesday, 24 July 2012
July 24th post
What a rich month it has been; Not that it's been full of joyous moments and fun but rather serious moments that make one appreciate love and be thankful for what we have through Jesus.
The pictures below will illustrate how this month has been. Our little one is still not crawling but hopefully sometime soon. She is slowly rolling forward on one leg so hopefully...I'm often told not to worry that I should appreciate the immobility...which I do. I have safety gates that have to go up that I'm still trying to find the courage to put up since I have to drill into the wall and knowing me, I'll mess it up.
We have had some hot days and the blinds just haven't been cutting it when trying to keep the heat outside so I purchased a set of curtains for the living room and one for our bedroom. What a difference it makes.
We appreciated having the opportunity to see Braden at Dids and get a few meetings there. It gave us a taste for our convention which we were excited to get to. It didn't disappoint and we arrived home yesterday.
Hanna spends some quality time with U. Graham. Looks like this is on a Wednesday night sometime this month.
U. Greg and Jenn, Reid and i went to the zoo. We got to see some of the animals that I haven't seen before because every time I've been there, they haven't been out. Above you see the cougar doing his walk back and forth in his cage. Creepy.
Here's another cool sight we saw at the zoo. 2 baby tigers with their mother. These are massive animals. I would NOT want to come across one of these in the wild.
Here's another animal I would not want to come across in the wild. The wolf...ok, a pack of wolves.
We wandered into the conservatory, which Reid wasn't excited about and discovered the world of butterflies. We saw every stage of the butterfly. We even got to see up close the caterpillar with it's beady eyes. They really blended in to the leaf.
This is Shawn's favourite moment. When Hanna falls asleep beside him.
Hanna enjoys her pool on one of the hot days we had.
Hanna shows how much Pihrag she has in her and licks her plate after her lunch. ;)
Canada Day long wknd we go out to SK for Jake's funeral. We spent the wknd at Mom and Dad's. Hanna had her first boat ride.
We are all enjoying the sunny weather.
Shawn wakeboards.
A cool sunset on the way home from SK
Our family portrait.
Taking a good sniff!
Oldest and youngest great grandchildren.
Yum! I love ice cream.
Those of us that were at Aylesbury this year minus Braden.
Thanks to A Heather and U Trevor for some of the family photos from this past week.
So that's about it for this post. As I was uploading the pictures and writing the captions, I had to take a moment and put Hanna to bed. I put her beside me on the couch. She was sitting up. A few minutes later, I looked down and she had nodded off. Tired little peanut. Thanks for reading!
The pictures below will illustrate how this month has been. Our little one is still not crawling but hopefully sometime soon. She is slowly rolling forward on one leg so hopefully...I'm often told not to worry that I should appreciate the immobility...which I do. I have safety gates that have to go up that I'm still trying to find the courage to put up since I have to drill into the wall and knowing me, I'll mess it up.
We have had some hot days and the blinds just haven't been cutting it when trying to keep the heat outside so I purchased a set of curtains for the living room and one for our bedroom. What a difference it makes.
We appreciated having the opportunity to see Braden at Dids and get a few meetings there. It gave us a taste for our convention which we were excited to get to. It didn't disappoint and we arrived home yesterday.
We attended Monica's wedding. I will do a separate post with her pictures. If you have Facebook, you have already seen many pictures from the wedding but for those who don't, I will post a few. This picture is a growth from a tree that was taken out and shined up. Jackie Conley's brother did it. It took him a long time to do it and he's looking for a home for it now.
Apparently the Island is "Utopia". Based on the wknd weather we had, I would have to agree.
Hanna's new friend, Dave. She loved him from the minute she got there.
Cohen and his mom, dad and brother visit us on their way home from BC. We wish they would have had longer because Hanna took in all the action.
On our way out to Aylesbury, Hanna meets Peanut, (the Andy and Jennica family pet). We had a nice evening and morning with their family.
Thanks to A Heather and U Trevor for some of the family photos from this past week.
So that's about it for this post. As I was uploading the pictures and writing the captions, I had to take a moment and put Hanna to bed. I put her beside me on the couch. She was sitting up. A few minutes later, I looked down and she had nodded off. Tired little peanut. Thanks for reading!
Thursday, 5 July 2012
July 5, 2012
I apologize for the lack of updates. It has been an extremely busy month for us as most of you know. I attended 2 funerals in SK, 1 10-year high school reunion as well as visits to SK to help with seeding. (well, not me but Shawn and Graham helped with seeding).
I just love going out to Mom and Dad's this time of year with preps in full swing. I can't believe convention is in a couple of weeks. It is awesome spending time with the workers when we're out there.
The last time we were out for our friend Jake's funeral. We had a wonderful Saturday at Mom and Dad's -partly because it was gorgeous weather and it was too hot to spray so we got to see a bit more of Dad. And to top it all of, we took the boat out in the late afternoon and I had my first waterski of the season. Sadly, I have had to resort back to 2 skis and dropping one in order to slalom. I know...it's bad but that's what happens when you only water ski every couple of years.
Hanna enjoyed her boat ride despite being tired and grumpy. Poor kid is almost over her 2-3 wk long cold. She finally is not waking up coughing (sleeping pretty good actually). She is finally down to 2 naps a day and an earlier bedtime (most of the time). Here's hoping it keeps up.
I wanted to post a couple pictures. I have had a switcheroo of computers and so I have to get re-organized again to get my pictures uploaded etc from my phone. Shawn took a video on his phone tonight of Hanna passionately playing the piano. :) Hopefully it downloads so you can smile. :)
I just love going out to Mom and Dad's this time of year with preps in full swing. I can't believe convention is in a couple of weeks. It is awesome spending time with the workers when we're out there.
The last time we were out for our friend Jake's funeral. We had a wonderful Saturday at Mom and Dad's -partly because it was gorgeous weather and it was too hot to spray so we got to see a bit more of Dad. And to top it all of, we took the boat out in the late afternoon and I had my first waterski of the season. Sadly, I have had to resort back to 2 skis and dropping one in order to slalom. I know...it's bad but that's what happens when you only water ski every couple of years.
Hanna enjoyed her boat ride despite being tired and grumpy. Poor kid is almost over her 2-3 wk long cold. She finally is not waking up coughing (sleeping pretty good actually). She is finally down to 2 naps a day and an earlier bedtime (most of the time). Here's hoping it keeps up.
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