The Mak Family

Christmas Chaos!

2011-12-30T16:45:00.004-07:00

Santa left a special gift under the kids Christmas tree this year, I really like that he did that, i think we will ask him to do that every year.

I think Olivia was pretty happy with what Santa got her LOL.

Liv's aparently easy to please LOL

My little Captain America

Family picture time

Like father like daughter

Christmas Eve PJ's & Food for Santa

2011-12-30T16:30:00.003-07:00

It's tradition for our family that we get to open one gift on Christmas Eve and it's always PJ's.

Rapunzel for Olivia and of course Cars for Carter

The kids are always so proud of setting up the cookies and milk (and one carrot for Rudolph, we put reindeer food with oats and sparkles out in the front yard earlier in the day)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

2011-12-30T16:26:00.002-07:00

This year I decided to put a tree up in the kids playroom, I miss having a tree in the front window of the house and that is the only window at the front besides Liv's bedroom or the bathroom. But the kids got to pick out their own colors of decorations and one special ornament and they decorated it all by themselves, it was a lot of fun to sit back and watch, half the tree was blue and white and the other half was red and white, love it!

Olivia's 5th Birthday

2011-11-20T08:41:00.006-07:00

Olivia had two friends over to celebrate her 5th birthday this year, we went down to the fun factory and made and dressed a duck, a giraffe and a unicorn, then we went home and got pampered by Dayton and Danni for the afternoon while we munched on goodies and watched princess movies, it was a great day.

Dressing their new stuffies

Glam squad in action!

Playing with Olivia's new toys

Cupcake time!

Besties!

Silly swimmers

Glam toes

First Day of Kindergarden

2011-11-06T07:55:00.002-07:00

Olivia started Kindergarden this year, she loves her teacher's and has made so many friends already. The first couple days were a bit rocky, there were so many new experiences but now she's got lots of stories for us every day about what she's done and who she's met.

Family Pictures 2011

2011-11-06T07:44:00.005-07:00

Our friend Michelle took our family pictures this year, she did a fantastic job, we had so much fun and she got some great shots of us, we're so thankful to have such talented friends!!!

First Visit to Calaway Park

2011-08-07T23:09:00.004-06:00

As a family we've never been to Calaway, we weren't sure if the kids would be able to get on the rides being so young, but when I won some tickets on the radio we figured we had to check it out. We had SO much fun, Cy and I got to ride a bunch of the rides too and it brought us back to being kids and going to Calaway ourselves.

Waiting for our car

Carter chaufering us thru the park

hahaha, Olivia riding the mini "Ocean Motion"

Riding the bouncy buggies

Riding the train that goes around the back of the park, this was one of carters favorite rides

My drama girl pouting cause she wanted to sit in a different seat LOL

To make liv happy we gave her our camera so she could take some shots of our train ride, she got a couple really good ones, and a bunch that are of grass and clouds and the people in front of us LOL.

Love this self shot that liv took of her and carter.

My thrill seeker riding the kids roller-coaster.

Heritage Park Visit

2011-08-07T23:03:00.004-06:00

We took daddy for his first family trip to Heritage park this week. We had beautiful weather and we had a great time.

Running in the gazebo

a nice family picture for once! LOL

My little girl on the prairie!

we're thinking we'll send them to Abudabi!

doing some learning at school

nice smiles

My son the Dog

2011-08-07T22:56:00.002-06:00

I really enjoy it when the kids get along and play together but I'm not so sure if this was playing together or Olivia taking control LOL.

My son the dog, playing in gimli's crate

Swim Time

2011-08-07T22:46:00.003-06:00

This was the first time we pulled the pool out this summer, the kids just love playing and swimming and hanging out all day in it.

Cooling themselves with their hats.

I stumbled upon Flyn Rider doing some nude sunbathing in our back yard LOL

Stampede Fireworks 2011

2011-07-16T08:38:00.005-06:00

We took our annual trip to see the Stampede Fireworks last night. Pulled the kids outta bed and went down to our regular spot and had a great time. The weather was warm with a bit of wind the kids had fun being silly and eating the traditional fare....Timbits!! LOL

All bundled up and ready to watch the show

Our timbit moderator!

All ready to watch the show!

Being silly

More silly

Like father like son!

Staying warm

The fireworks

This is why we go, the magic that it creates for the kids makes it all worth it and makes me smile everytime.

Stampede 2011

2011-07-11T11:35:00.006-06:00

We took the kids down to the stampede grounds this past sunday for our annual trip. It was a beautiful day and we all had a great time but were very exhausted by the time we got home, we ended up staying for 8 hours, we completely lost track of time but it was well worth the exhaustion!

Riding the train to the grounds, bright and early

Liv's first ride of the day

I wanted to get a picture of Carter on the kiddie ferris wheel, it didn't go over well, he didn't like not being right beside me LOL.

Cy enjoying his ride on the monster trucks LOL

Such a change from last year, Carter was SO excited to go on rides this year, it was so much fun to watch him!

Playing whack a mole

By far we really enjoyed the roosters just outside the barns, they were very cool to watch, they also had little ducks (more like toddlers than babies) in with the roosters, Liv LOVED them, wanted to take one home LOL.

Cater couldn't wait to see the miniature donkeys, they were very cute, there was a super fuzzy one and I wanted to take him home!

Posing infront of an old fire wagon

traditional picture of my family members riding the missile, I think it's my turn next year LOL

Trying on some helmets, very cute

Testing out a sniper rifle

Liv couldn't wait to ride the swings, she's too small for the ones at Heritage Park so she was super excited that she was tall enough for these.

My biker dude and dudette

Carter making sure that Liv is driving on the track LOL.

Riding the bee's

more bee's

Carter looking over the edge of the big ferris wheel and scaring the crap outta daddy.

Riding the big ferris wheel

Carter's 3rd Birthday - Part 2

2011-06-14T20:01:00.004-06:00

On Sunday we had Carter's family party, Dayton and Danni slept over the night before so the kids were wired and exhausted at the same time, it was another great day!

Spidey cake

This was Carters reaction to his bubble mower from Auntie Neh, Uncle Bri, Dayton & Danni. LOL

Now he can mow the lawn just like daddy!

We gave Carter a scooter for his b-day, he's been riding it around the island in the kitchen everyday.

Daddy was priming the bubble mower but Carter just wanted to play with it. LOL

Bumma and Bumpa gave Carter some transformers and Cars 2 toys, he's a very happy boy!

Dayton did a little more face painting, this is Olivia the bunny, so cute!

Blowing out his candles

The cousins

Carter's 3rd Birthday - Part 1

2011-06-14T19:21:00.003-06:00

My baby boy turned three this past weekend, it feels like yesterday that he was born, and I'm sure I say that every year, but seriously, he's three already!!!

We had our niece Dayton come over to do face painting for all the kids at the party, she did a fantastic job.

My little spiderman

Liv the beautiful butterfly

Bryce the scary snake

Dayton doing Carters face

Nate the nemo fish!

Carter got seriously spoiled this weekend, thank-you to everyone, he loves all of them!!!

Spidey cupcakes

Silly boy

Ready for bed part Spiderman part Batman all boy!

I won't bite it!

2011-05-20T21:39:00.006-06:00

The kids got to stay up late tonight cause we took them for hair cuts after supper, they each got a sucker when they were done. Liv bit hers after 2 minutes of sucking on it, she's always biting her suckers and eating her snacks WAY before Carter, he likes to take his time and enjoy the little things. So I was trying to get him to finish his sucker cause it was getting late and was time for bed, and he adamantly said "I won't bite it!" "come on Carter it's time for bed" "no mommy, I'm not biteing it!" so another 5 minutes of him fidgeting and being silly, then finally Olivia came downstairs in her pj's and all ready for bed, and he said "ok mommy, I can bite it now!" LOL We're learning that Carter's got a very strong will and likes to do things his way.

Finally biteing it!

All done!!!.....finally!

Camping....Mak Style

2011-05-20T21:29:00.003-06:00

The kids have been talking about camping lately and so tonight they decided they would go camping in the kitchen under the table LOL. They were ready with books, blankies, pillows, stuffies, everything but food! LOL

Stickers!

2011-05-20T21:25:00.003-06:00

We gave the kids a sheet of stickers to play with, they decided their bodies were better than paper LOL.

They even stickered Carter's "owie" LOL

Royal Wedding Ladies Nite!

2011-05-01T20:24:00.002-06:00

Jen and I got together to watch the Royal Wedding and we made it a PJ and hair piece party. I had so much fun creating the hair pieces it was ridiculous!

This was our almost popcorn fire, I've never had one burn completely thru in less than two minutes!!

First Bike Rides of 2011

2011-04-24T22:38:00.005-06:00

The weather today was so beautiful, we still have snow but it was warm enough that we were all wearing shorts and sandals. We dug the kids bikes out and got them riding for the first time this season, Carter can pedal a tiny bit but the steering is a bit off, Liv almost has everything coordinated, except she gets so excited that she pedals as hard as she can and gets going "crazy" as she says and forgets to steer, she fell over about 4 times by taking sharp corners and going off the sidewalk but jumped right back on everytime!

Hoppy Easter 2011

2011-04-24T22:21:00.009-06:00

This Easter was the first where the kids were both old enough for us to do an egg hunt. We had so much fun sending them all over the house and outside to search for eggs, I couldn't believe how quickly Carter caught onto the hints that we had and how much faster he was at finding the eggs before Olivia, he was on a serious mission!

The kids seeing their Easter baskets

Liv realizing her little chick makes a cheep cheep noise

My little bunnies ready for their hunt

In the backyard

Of course they're in the bathtub too!

Super search stance LOL

In the pantry

On their way out the front door

In the basement

Checking out their loot

Mom the easter bunny

My nummy easter egg cake pops

Riding the green pillow like a sled

Queen Bee and her baby bees

Mom, Dad, Bob & Paddy

Advantage of being in charge of carving...taste testing!

Carter got his easter basket stuck on his head so mommy grabbed the camera first before helping him with it, it was pretty funny!

Trouble, 1, 2 & 3!

Olivia and Danni giving Bumpa plenty of kisses

Olivia's Spring Concert

2011-04-24T22:11:00.002-06:00

Olivia had her spring concert for pre-school, she did a great job, she's been practicing the songs at home and one of them was "I am slowly going crazy" which I knew from school so it was really cute!

The real Olivia LOL.

Aggie Days

2011-04-24T22:06:00.002-06:00

We got together for some long overdue fun with our friends and took the kids to Aggie Days. We didn't actually get any pictures at the grounds but I think all the kids had more fun on the train ride!

Olivia was too cool to sit, she was big enough to stand like mommy!

Little D chillin in the stroller

Bryce and Nate

Carter and Danika

The gang.

Please send some SUN!

2011-04-24T22:00:00.004-06:00

We've been going crazy with the horrible weather, here are some of the things we've got up to while stuck in the house.

The kids took a boat trip with their library books and a horse head LOL

I'm not sure if Carter tossed his sister and her stuff overboard.

The weather got a warm enough for us to open the windows and let the fresh air in, the ground was still covered in snow though, even the dogs are sick of it!!

No pictures, just talk.

2011-04-19T20:35:00.002-06:00

So, I've decided to take a page out of my friend Carrie's Blog (the Kraus House) and just put some words on the page. Honestly it's more because we haven't taken a lot of pictures lately, just lazy with the camera I guess. But we have been up to some things, last nite the kids started swimming lessons, Olivia is in her first un-parented class, she did everything her instructor asked and waited albeit somewhat impatiently to jump off the wall at the end of the class, we did actually get a video of her jumping off the wall and it was funny, cause the instructor didn't know what he was in for, most of the kids were kind of timid, ya, not Liv, she almost made him fall backwards she jumped so quickly, that's my girl, no fear and part fish! Carter really enjoyed his parented class too, last year he wasn't into swimming at all, he'd cry almost the entire time we were in the pool. But we've been practicing during bath time putting our ears in the water and blowing bubbles and last nite he showed his instructor he could do a front float, back float and go right under the water all by himself, it was awesome! Can't wait for the cabin this summer!

Castle Time

2011-03-23T17:47:00.003-06:00

The kids in their private castles LOL

Flames Fan in Training!

2011-02-26T17:33:00.004-07:00

We picked up carter a new hat for this summer since he's outgrown all his other ones. He saw the hockey hats when we walked by the flames store in Chinook and we got lucky and they had one that fit. Unfortunately we weren't with Daddy and Liv when they went to the bell store the same day but Alex Tanguay happened to be there signing mini hockey sticks, so daddy got one for Liv and Carter, he's super excited about his "special stick".

Family Day - 2011

2011-02-26T17:26:00.004-07:00

On family day we took the kids to Olympic Oval, they had a free family skate (we ended up forgetting the kids skates! OOPS!) but they had face painting and bounce houses and silly pictures and speed skating demonstrations so we still had fun.

Olivia said this sculpture looked like tooth brushes, and asked me to take a picture of her in front of the tooth brushes LOL.

Olivia's beautiful butterfly

Carter's rawry dino

The nice picture in front of the torch from 88.

And this is the picture just before that LOL, Carter was trying to get Olivia out of the picture hahaha.

All it took was a Hockey Stick!

2011-02-17T20:43:00.004-07:00

Our second time out skating with the kids we were with the Medernach's, Head's and Kraus' and they had hockey sticks for their kids. Carter is all about hockey right now and saw that the kids were using them and he asked to hold one so I handed it to him. All of a sudden he was standing on his skates on his own, he hadn't stood on his own at all but hand the kid a stick and he's a pro! He even shuffled after the puck a little bit, I was shocked and even a bit proud! Must be a boy thing!!! LOL

The Chair

2011-02-17T20:33:00.002-07:00

We love our huge handmedown chaise, it's the family cuddle chair, but unfortunately it's also a trap for "stuff". The fabric inside the chair has let go and anything that falls into it sinks right to the bottom but doesn't actually come out because the fabric on the bottom of the chair is still intact. But because it's up against the island the kids stand on it and watch me cook and do stuff in the kitchen, while they're up there they play with toys and stuff on the island and inevitably everything ends up in the chair. So when Cy's sunglasses went missing we feared the worst, we gave up on reaching thru the chair to get things so we tilted the chair on it's side and slit the fabric on the bottom of the chair, we didn't realize how much stuff had actually accumulated in the chair!!

Our booty of stuff from the chair (Cy's sunglasses weren't in there) LOL.

Happy New Year!!!

2011-02-17T20:27:00.003-07:00

We celebrated New Years with a quiet nite at home, the kids hadn't been feeling very well so we just kept it quiet and early, but not without some traditions!

The pups ringing in the new year

Celebrating!

The traditional "Happy New Year" yell out the door at "midnight", cy and I re-did it when the clock actually hit midnight. I've been yelling out the door at midnight since I was old enough to stay up late, it may annoy the neighbours but it makes me smile!

First Steps on the Ice

2011-01-01T17:43:00.003-07:00

In preparation for a skating party we've been invited to, (and the fact that the kids haven't been on skates yet...ever!) We bought some skates for the whole family and took them out for a spin today. It was fun, very tiring but fun, I think Carter had the most fun, he didn't want to stop, Liv gave up after falling a couple times, but the kids got the point of "walking" on the ice, they don't stay up too long but it's still super cute to watch.

Crawling her way to the snowbank LOL.

Zoo Lights

2010-12-26T23:11:00.003-07:00

We took the kids to Zoo Lights tonight, the weather was beautiful and we had a great time.

The Tree of Life

Beautiful Tree.

Building igloos and walls

Snowman Bowling ( mommy was horrible at it!!!)

Merry Christmas 2010!

2010-12-26T22:39:00.005-07:00

Auntie Neh did a very special thing for the kids this year, she emailed santa and told him how good the kids have been and gave him some special information, and so santa emailed both the kids with a special message talking about how old they are, what special things they did this year, what they want to be when they grow up and what might be under the tree for them this year, it was very special and the kids loved it! Thanks Auntie Neh!

Tracking Santa with Norad. We always seem to catch Santa when he's around the South Sandwhich Islands, we find this very funny!

The best picture I could get of the kids posing with their new Christmas Eve Pj's

Slow and Steady with the milk and cookies for santa

Santa brought a new workbench for Carter, he hasn't stopped drilling and sawing EVERYTHING in the house, including Olivia's new doll house.

Doll houses aren't just for barbies mom! She keeps yelling out "ZUZU DATE!!" And her Zuzu's have a playdate in the elevator of her doll house LOL.

For Christmas the kids Great Grandma Favreau knitted all the kids a pair of slippers, so we took this picture that we'll send to her so show her how much the kids love them, they look so comfy that we'd all like a pair!

Everyone assembled for Christmas

Traditional Paper crown shots

Carter decked out in his new policeman uniform

Carter got this HUGE remote control car from his great Aunt and Uncle, it's big enough to fit Hop hop in, Carter was trying to drive it, but then got scared when he drove it over his feet, so daddy drove it and chased everything and anything he could!

Trick R Treat!

2010-12-26T22:35:00.005-07:00

My Little Dragon....rawwr!

"Look Mom, I'm a Peacock, sqwak!"

Our Trick R Treaters

A very unhappy pooh and his kids

This guy had the coolest halloween decorations, the hands were coming right out of the ground, it was awesome!

The booty!

All Ready for Halloween

2010-12-26T22:31:00.002-07:00

My not so scary monster..

Playing with the witch in the tree

Chillin with his pumpkin

Cyrus & Carter's Pumpkins

Olivia's and My pumpkins

All ready for Halloween!

The kids pretending to be rudolph with the lights for the pumpkins

Long Lost Halloween Pictures!!

2010-12-26T22:25:00.004-07:00

I lost my memory stick with the halloween pictures on it for a while but finally here are the halloween picutres safe and sound!

Dani and Olivia giving us a puppet show

Men behaving like children, what's new!

All the party guests

The kids are too young to bob for apples so we fished for pumpkins!

First Sledding of the Year

2010-11-27T19:46:00.002-07:00

We've had so much snow in such a short time we decided to save a trip to the sledding hill and made one in our own yard instead, the kids had so much fun it was a fight to get them to come into the house.

Digging up our hill

Mom YES I can eat the snow AND it tastes good!

Carter literally bit the dust on this run!

Pileup!

All sleddings days should end with a cup of luke warm chocolate!

Paper Chains!

2010-11-25T16:11:00.001-07:00

While the kids were home sick today we did a project that I was excited to do for the holidays, and the kids really enjoyed it too, they were the tapers on the project, and they did really well!

They wanted to decorate their rooms with the chains.

Olivia was VERY precise as to where her chain must go! LOL

A Visit with Santa!

2010-11-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

We got our pictures with Santa pretty early this year. But the kids were ready to talk to him and tell him what they wanted, Liv wants Hello Kitty and Carter wanted Spiderman. LOL

A Crisp Walk and some Fun

2010-11-24T21:43:00.001-07:00

Last Sunday before the big storm hit we went for a walk down in fish creek park. It was nice to just get out in nature, and we decided we want to do it more.

Throwing rocks on the little bit of ice that had formed.
Our silly family.
That nite the kids were FULL of energy, we don't really allow jumping on the beds and such but they were having so much fun jumping into the blankets we couldn't help but let them do it for a little bit.

Christmas Lights and Outside Playtime

2010-11-24T21:34:00.002-07:00

Earlier in November when we were having the beautiful weather we decided to put up the Christmas lights ahead of the snow. It was so nice that the kids didn't really even need their jackets to play.

Chanelling Harry Potter and a game of Quidich while helping rake the leaves.

The kids were looking for snow flakes as we were trying to explain why we were putting up the Christmas lights even tho Christmas was so far away and there was no snow.

At one point we thought about just leaving them in the back yard on the ground :)
Cy up on the roof doing the man work, I wanted to do it but he said no way!
So I got the low window and the porch instead.

Guess Who!!

2010-11-24T21:16:00.004-07:00

Carter came home from the dayhome a couple weeks ago in this outfit, I had to laugh, he was the spitting image of Olivia! The pictures on the left are Carter the one on the right is Olivia!

School Pictures!

2010-11-24T21:13:00.001-07:00

We got Liv's school pictures back and she did a great job of smiling, these are my two favorites!

Halloween

2010-11-24T21:09:00.002-07:00

We
We did a halloween party for the kids this year, and at this moment I can't find my pictures, they're on a different memory card, but this is the only picture I had on my computer, so here are all the gests from the party, more pictures to eventually follow of the party and Halloween day too!

The cute ghost we made with a milk jug and glow sticks.

Just Like Mommy!!!

2010-10-24T22:13:00.000-06:00

So ya, Carter found some Diego tattoo's in one of our DVD's the other day, and the kids were so excited to put them on, Carter wanted them on his hands and arms, but Olivia, being MY little girl, "Mommy, I want one on my back like YOU!" Oh Lord, it's already started!! I might be regretting some of my decisions in my past! LOL.

Dragon Dog!

2010-10-24T22:11:00.000-06:00

Our poor dogs put up with a lot of crap, this is gimly bravely trying on Carters halloween costume. And when I say bravely, I mean, not moving an inch because of embarrasement!

Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-24T22:02:00.003-06:00

We've spent the last three Halloweens out in Airdrie with my sisters family but we still like to do the traditional decorating and carving, we carved up our four pumpkins today and come next sunday they may not look very pretty but it was a fun day!!

Daddy was the muscle behind our operation

I thought it was a great idea to put the kids to work pulling out all the pumpkin seeds, kids like ooey gooey things right!? WRONG!! Carter took out two seeds and immediately started gagging, full out wretching! Poor kid got my gag reflex! LOL so nonetheless mommy and olivia did the seed picking.

Mom getting her hands dirty.

Olivia's pumpkin, she asked for bats, I couldn't get a good picture of it lit up.

Dad's pumpkin, a USB symbol...geek! hahaha.

Mom's pumpkin

Carter's pumpkin, he specifically asked for a happy pumpkin, he's a stickler at following tradition! LOL

Our little family of pumpkins.

Pumpkin Hunt 2010

2010-10-24T21:53:00.006-06:00

For the second year we took the kids to Butterfield Acres for a Pumpkin Hunt, we went with some friends and had a great time, it wasn't snowy which was good, but still a bit chilly.

Getting ready for our hay ride out to the woods.

Olivia finding her pumpkin

Carter finding his.

Carter, Olivia and Nicholas after finding their pumpkins

Getting ready for the ride back to the barns

Hugs!

Preparing their pumpkins for decoration

Give me kisses, give me hugs, momma loves her little bugs!

Petting the Donkey, Carter wasn't a big fan.

Playing in the pumpkins

As we were leaving we saw this goat, he was munching on some left over food in one of the wagons, look's like he'd like a ride too!

More Milestones

2010-10-24T21:41:00.001-06:00

We don't experience as many milestones now that the kids are getting bigger, but this one shows us that they're getting taller and that they listen (a little bit better, not always!) They now can sit on the stools at the island to have some meals, this day came so quickly, it's not a huge milestone, but it's a meaningful one, they're not babies anymore, they're getting to be big kids!

Playing in the Leaves

2010-10-24T21:30:00.003-06:00

One of my fondest memories as a kid were the forts and houses we made with the rediculous amounts of leaves we had in our neighbourhood. Sadly we don't have very many leaves that stay in our yard in the fall, but we had just enough between the neighbours yard and ours to rake together a small pile for the kids to play in.

Leaf Angels!

Rolling down the hill.

The pure joy makes me smile!

Family Photos

2010-09-27T21:13:00.009-06:00

We had our friend Jen take some family pictures for us this past weekend down in fish creek park. We got so lucky with the beautiful weather and she got some fantastic shots! Thanks again Jen!!!

First Trip to Spruce Meadows

2010-09-11T19:07:00.007-06:00

We've lived 2 minutes from Spruce Meadows for five years now and we've never gone to an event, so thanks to a friends suggestion our eyes were opened to how cool it is over there, specially for the kids! We took our nieces and the kids over to check it out and had a great time.

Watching one of the many bands of horses.

Checking out the cool dump truck

Carter wanted to take it home!

Pony Rides!

We'd been in trouble since stampede week, cause we'd gone to a breakfast and they'd closed down the pony rides before liv got a chance, so this time she went twice to make up for it and had a great time!

I couldn't believe that Carter actually wanted to take a ride, he was terrified of the hourses when we were walking thru the barns, but because the pony's are so small he thought they were cute LOL

Wasting time waiting for the Mini CN Train Ride...

Riding the train that was surprisingly fast!

Petting the horses, Carter wouldn't get near them.

I see construction in Carters future, driving the Back-hoe.

Mmmm Cotton Candy and Snow Cones!

Liv's idea of a "piece" of cotton candy.

First Day of Preschool!

2010-09-08T22:07:00.004-06:00

Today was Liv's first day of Preschool, she was excited, and a little apprehensive, she did great, had lots of fun and even brought home some art, and of course a little homework for mommy!

My favorite picture of her pretty outfit.

Carter wanted to pose for pictures too in his new shirt.

Sibling love!

Time to get the sillies out!

New Boots and a Halloween Party!

2010-09-08T21:58:00.002-06:00

I did my back to school shopping for live a while ago, and I hid the bags in my closet, so this morning when I took them out I found there were a couple things I'd totally forgotten that I'd bought. Carter had a bunch of new shirts and each of the kids had a new pair of winter rubber boots, oops!

The new boots

Carters are little dragons with fins on the front and a tail sticking out the back, he wore them all day and even brought them up to my bed and put them under my pillow when I was getting ready LOL.

Liv loves her "fancy" boots, they're fuzzy inside and "very cool"!

Liv picked up my New Canadian Family magazine I got, she saw the halloween stuff on the cover and started picking out all the spooky food she wants me to make, I feel a Halloween Party coming on!

Bumpa's Birthday

2010-09-08T21:39:00.005-06:00

We went out to Sundre this past weekend to celebrate "Bumpa's" Birthday (Grandpa) and visit with my sister who we haven't seen since our trip to the cabin in July.

Dayton and Olivia

Carter won't ride on the swings no matter what we do, he hates them. But he wanted to hang off my legs while I was swinging so this is what we've come up with.

Bumpa and Carter

Helping Bumpa blow out the candles

Daddy being mean and keeping their cupcakes from them

Carter filled all his pockets with pine cones, thankfully I remembered to remove them before I washed his shorts!

The kids asked to bring home a rock from the yard, this was Olivia's choice! LOL

Carter's Rocks

Saskatoon Berry Farm

2010-08-28T20:55:00.005-06:00

The kids and I went out to the Saskatoon Berry Farm just south of Okotoks today for our first U-Pick experience! We had a great time, it might have been a bit late in the season so the berries were slim pickings but mom got enough to make up some white chocolate/saskatoon berry scones (well at least tomorrow that's what we're doing). Although we should have had more berries to bring home but the kids kept eating them out of their pails while I wasn't watching!

Stopping to smell the flowers

LOVE this rocking chair, all the chairs in the pictures are made of out of resin instead of wood so they'll last forever, but this rocking chair was my favorite, I'd love to have it on the porch (cept our porch isn't big enough so I guess it'd be stuck in the back yard) but it's still so bright and cherry and comfy!!

Liv liked the Adorondack chairs the best

trying to blend in

An older gentleman walked by and laughed at Carter commenting that he was catching the last rays of summer.

So there's a sign saying that the roosters may chase after and bite young children, so naturally, mom of the year goes looking for them to show the kids LOL. We came around a corner and almost ran into them, so I pulled the kids out of pecking distance and took a picture. I'm not a big rooter fan, but these guys are kinda pretty with their fall colors and all.

Some pictures of the neat flowers and plants

Ready for picking!

hahaha, this picture made me laugh, he tried three times to blow all the fuzzies off, so cute!

That's My Girl!

2010-08-28T20:52:00.003-06:00

Liv has this thing about getting undressed after supper, she doesn't usually make a mess out of herself but once she washes her hands or goes to the bathroom after supper she'll come out naked, so tonight she decided she'd dress it up a bit.....kinda...

A Trip to the Park

2010-08-28T20:27:00.003-06:00

We took the kids to the big school park last weekend, they loved all the new things to play with, but while we were there a flock of seagulls dropped by and caught their attention.

So we told the kids to go chase them away....LOL

Really, she's not trying to strangle him......I think...

Sticky Hands and Big Clouds

2010-08-28T20:16:00.003-06:00

Olivia and Carter have these sticky hands, and Liv decided to throw it up on the ceiling the other morning, and it stayed! (we've also found it stuck to the ceiling fan in her room LOL)

daddy had to give her a lift to get it down.

This was a crazy cloud that was east of us while all those weird storms were going thru this summer, I'm not sure if anything came of it, but it sure didn't look good!

Movie Nite

2010-08-28T20:08:00.003-06:00

We had a family movie nite a couple weeks ago, we ordered pizza, pulled out the sleeping bags and watched The Emperor's New Groove. The kids only lasted for part of the movie (Carter for maybe only 30 minutes) but it was our first movie nite and we had fun while it lasted!

Silly Dress-up!

2010-08-28T20:01:00.002-06:00

After cleaning up the playroom one day the kids pulled out the dress-up clothes and we had a little fashion show.

Tik Tok

2010-07-26T09:02:00.005-06:00

Tik Tok came on the radio by Ke$ha and it's one of Liv's favorite songs, so she broke out in dance.

Sprinkler Fun!

2010-07-26T08:56:00.002-06:00

The kids love playing in the water, so we pulled out the sprinkler and let them at it.

First Geocache

2010-07-26T08:39:00.002-06:00

We tried our hand at Geocaching with the kids a couple weeks ago, we tried three different ones and only found one, but when your not sure what your looking for it's can be kind of hard! Nonetheless we all had fun.

We found it!

Unrolling the name list.

writing our names and the date we found it.

Woah Fireworks!!!

2010-07-18T00:34:00.003-06:00

We took the kids to their first fireworks tonight, we had so much fun, Olivia kept calling out each color as they went off, and Carter just kept saying "ohhh pretty!!"

All comfy in the van

We ended up sitting on the grass, next time we won't forget the bug spray!

Birthday Presents and Dolphins

2010-07-17T00:19:00.001-06:00

Carter received a last minute birthday present from some friends of ours tonight, it was utter chaos while mom tried to put the track together (and figure out what the heck some of the pieces were for, you'd figure it's straight forward but not for my brain!) LOL The kids had a fantastic time playing with it, so now we've got a great rainy day toy!

The kids played a game at the stampede and won dolphins, I had to take a picture, they were riding them in the living room, so funny!

Stampede 2010 - The Animals!!

2010-07-16T23:59:00.005-06:00

We took the kids down to the grounds on a beautiful day this year, we got there early so we hit up the animals first.

Olivia asked why the cows here SO BIG?

We even milked a cow!

Carter didn't want to pet the goats, they looked sketchy!

Olivia and I kept talking about how cute the donkeys were....what did carter have to say....." Look Mommy, Poop!"

The sheep were cute too

I can't get over how beautiful the Bud Clydsdales are, they're SO big, but so pretty!

We went into the barns next, and aparently we have two City Mice. They didn't like the smell!

Olivia was super excited to try roping a steer.

and on her first try she did it!

These pony's were so cute, this one cept licking Liv's hand, at one point it tried for a bit more but mommy ripped her hand out of the way, guess I'm a bit of a city mouse myself!

We have a picture of Cy doing this last year, maybe next year we'll get carter on there.

Liv wanted to take the hat with her, what a cutie!

Carter couldn't stop pushing buttons and pulling levers inside the cockpit, he LOVED it!

Liv was so proud of herself.

Typical of Cy, he gets pulled in by all the infomercials, I didn't realize the kids were just like him! LOL

This is what happens when you leave your mini doughnuts in the wagon with Olivia, she makes her own doughnut holes! hahaha.

Stampede 2010 - The Rides!

2010-07-16T23:38:00.002-06:00

Olivia wanted to go on EVERY ride, Carter...not so much.

The first ride we went on was the big wavy slide, both kids enjoyed it, even tho carter made some squeamish noises as we were going down, he said after that it was fun.

This ride, not so fun, I thought Carter would be ok with Olivia beside him, but aparently not, I couldn't even tell he was upset till the operator stopped the ride and asked if he wanted to get off! Poor guy, but I brought him into the back with me and he was fine sitting beside mommy driving the truck.

The Bees.

The Roller Coaster, Liv even wanted to go on the kiddie drop of doom, she was tall enough but mommy wasn't ready for her to do it, I think she missed out tho, cause I'm sure she would have loved it!

Waiting in line for the merry go round.

Cheese!

Mommy and Carter always ride in the sleigh, Carter loves the merry go round but not the horses!

The Science Centre

2010-07-16T23:24:00.002-06:00

We haven't been down to the science centre in a long time. So we took the kids down this past week, they have the legoland showcase going on, I'm not sure who had more fun, the kids or daddy!

Carter using the telescope to see the big lego display

The best part of the lego was that they had a build your own lego racer complete with a race track. The kids had a blast, and with a little help from daddy they made some great racers!

Liv was so proud of her racer, this was the maiden voyage...

and unfortunately, this was it's only voyage!

Carter was pretty proud of his racer to, he really wanted to take it home with him.

The cool mood wall, with each of our handprints.

A race car completely made out of lego, so cool!

Mr. Penguin

2010-07-16T23:20:00.002-06:00

We found Mr. Penguin a couple days ago, we'd left the bucket of sidewalk chalk in the front hall and we don't think the dogs have the ability to draw...this well! We also didn't realize that Olivia could draw a penguin!! We couldn't get mad cause it was so cute and so well done!

Trip to The Cabin Day # 3

2010-07-16T23:00:00.006-06:00

Day # 3 wasn't as warm as the previous days, so we went into Cutknife and wandered around their community park, we went a fed the geese/fish and visited the worlds largest Tomahawk.

Carter feeding the geese

I said geese/fish before cause you throw bread out to the geese and the fish in the pond will literally jump out of the water and grab the bread before the geese can get near it, it was like piranah's

The park had historic little buildings and railways and such for the kids to wander around.

That's a BIG Tomahawk!

They had this really big, really old swing set, I love this picture of Liv swinging.

My favorite shot of Carter walking down the railroad

The adorable / stupid baby birds that distracted me!! They were so cute we were all watching them and taking pictures and carter wanted to get closer, REALLY close, he chose the one spot on the dock that was missing the bottom part of the railing and almost fell in, we all had a heart attack but we was fine, just scared at our reaction and yelling! LOL.

The cousins

Good vs. Evil ? Father vs. Son ? Darth vs. Luke?

Then he turned the noodle on me!

Carter was so exhausted from the last three days that he didn't even make it till supper.

Dayton has a hamster called Bear, Carter wasn't so sure of him at first but warmed up after a bit.

The girls didn't come up from playing in the sand till about 9:30, they were SO dirty and SO tired!

Trip to The Cabin Day # 2

2010-07-16T22:42:00.005-06:00

Day #2 was just as beautiful, we spend the entire day down at the water, what a great way to spend the day!

These pictures are out of order, these were taking in the evening when a huge storm rolled in, it went around us but it was pretty intense.

Off my sisters dock

Crazy Storm Clouds

Swirling clouds

Buddy started out his day chewing on what looked like the leg of a goat! His bone was huge!

The view from the deck

Olivia and Danni relaxing before breakfast

Playing on the surf board

Carter and Dayton playing in the reeds

Carter and Danni fishing with reeds

Our super cute baby frogs we caught and then let go, the kids loved them.

Trip to The Cabin Day # 1

2010-07-16T22:21:00.003-06:00

We had two weeks holidays in July and we took an extended weekend and too the kids up to my sisters cabin on Atton's Lake up near Cutknife, SK.

We stopped in Innisfail on our way up and grabbed some timmies, the kids eyes were the size of saucers when they saw the sprinkle doughnuts so I figured we're on a road trip, why not. Well they ended up only eating the sprinkles and left the doughnuts, go figure!

I had to take a picture of my blueberry fritter, it was the most messy, amazing blueberry fritter I've ever had from timmies, SO GOOD!!!

We stopped in Viking so we could take a pic of the "Home of the Sutters" Cy was so excited to share it with the kids, it'll be more special when Carter is old enough to understand, especially since he's ALL about the Hockey!

We have the record for taking the longest time to get up to the cabin, we stopped so many times because of bathroom breaks for Olivia and just giving the kids time to walk around it felt like it took us two days! But as soon as we got there, we literally stripped them out of their clothes, put them in their suits and got them down to the water. We spent the rest of the day in the water, it was so fun and a great way to end a long day.

This is Olivia taking her very first boat ride with my sisters neighbours and my nieces.

Carter loved the "island", it had a mesh bottom in the middle that let the water in, and he tried to fish out of there.

Danni taking Olivia out to the island.

taking a turn on the turtle.

Daddy and Carter on the island.

We ended day one with a marshmallow roast, Carters first (at least his first that he was old enough to eat one)

Renee found the worlds largest marshmallows at Wal-Mart, they're HUGE, and she only had three left, she roasted two at once and we lost one to the fire but she sacraficed her hand to save the second one, but was left with a heck of a mess, she didn't do very well getting it off her self so she let the dog do it instead, worked much better!

Mommy and Carter roasting a marshmallow

Olivia having her marshmallow

Pool Time!

2010-07-16T22:07:00.004-06:00

Carter got a huge pool for his birthday from the Doucette's and at the first sign of beautiful weather we got it ready for a day of swimming. It's so huge we had to go buy an electric pump to blow it up cause it would have taken us days by ourselves.

The kids had a great time playing around in it before the water went in.

We started the day with breakfast outside it was so beautiful!

time to fill the pool, carter had the cold water, daddy had the hot.

the pool's so big there's room for the kids chairs, toys, a couple blow up things AND Mom and Dad!

The kids were also given squirt frogs with the pool, mom and dad had fun with them too!

Carters aim is a bit off LOL

It was so hot out we threw the dogs in the pool and had the kids dump water on them.

Kicking the water takes a lot of work! hahaha

Drying off in the sun

Ending the day with supper outside, and if you look behind them, you can see that we had to turn the backyard into a lake just to empty the pool, we could never fill the entire pool, we'd flood the basement just to empty it!

Carters Actual Birthday Day

2010-07-16T21:56:00.003-06:00

On Carter's actual birthday we just stuck close to home and made it a family day. I decorated the kitchen with some streamers and banners and had his present sitting on the table when he came down in the morning, and what does he do. Walks straight to the table, climbs up and grabs and apple and says look mommy, apple! And then continues on to eat it! LOL

He finally got around to opening his gift, an A to Z book about Dinosoaurs (that we read almost every day) and a TAG Jr.

He's always trying to play with olivia's TAG and her's has paper books so this one is built for the little ones with board books, it's perfect and he loves it!

Carters 2nd Birthday - The Party

2010-07-16T21:30:00.009-06:00

We had a birthday party for Carter a week before his actual birthday so we could celebrate with everyone at fish creek, unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate so we ended up having it at the house, the weather warmed up for part of the fun so the kids could go outside for a bit, we had a great day.

The kids testing out the craft table before the guests arrived.

They helped each other "decorate" themselves.

Sitting in front of a huge plate of cookies my son ate carrot after carrot dipped in ranch dressing...go figure!

We tired out baby Dawson pretty quickly!

The kids having something to eat.

The dads "supervising" in the back yard

Gifts!!!

Cy trying on the hat to Carters PJ's he got from Grandma and Grampa

One candle down, one to go.

and we're done!

Danika really....REALLY enjoyed her cupcake, not sure how much she got in her mouth tho. LOL

First Picnic of the Year

2010-05-21T22:20:00.004-06:00

We went for our first picnic of the year down in fish creek this past weekend with some friends. The weather was beautiful and we had fun and the kids to super dirty!

Huge tree that was almost hollow in the middle, this is as close as the kids would get, it was "too dark" inside to go any closer.

Pretty tree

Action shots of us skipping stones, well Cy skipping stones the kids tossing them in the water.

Searching for the best rocks, the wagon came home full of "special" rocks.

Bee free!! Go and run!

Cheese!

Scott, Jen and Liv

Rose and a disgruntled Ian