Soccer & more

Ethan started soccer today and he had a blast.

The class is 30 minutes long but 20 minutes in, the kids were losing their steam.

They started with a warm-up, including stretching, balancing and crawling through tunnels.

Ethan was so proud of himself and cannot wait for Wednesday.

(the next class)

Dann's mom collected many (over 100) salt & pepper shakers over the years and now Dann has them.  

He wants to sell them on e-bay, so he took photos of them all.

I picked out a few of my favorites...

"Old drunk hobo by his bottle of moonshine"

While my mom was visiting this past weekend we took the kids to the movie...

"Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs"

It was in 3-D and a great family show.

The kids loved their 3-D glasses!!

Anyone who knows me knows I am fairly organized. 

This past weekend I went into Emma's room to do a little PURGING!!

She is a huge "Pack-Rat" and every 4-6 months I have to go in and clean out the junk.  Everything is labelled but somehow never seems to end up back in it's place.

Needless to say I was sorting & purging for 5 hours

(notice the labeling machine in the centre of the mess)!

Emma always has a melt down when I start but is so happy when I am finished.  

She loves organization as much as I do.

Every bin & container is labelled...

I possibly need meds... lol!

Maybe I should quit my day /night job and become a professional organizer!

Emma started her music class this past week.

The class is based on keyboard, voice, theory & songs.

I hope she enjoys it!

school starts

Emma started grade "1" with flying colours.

Emma was very excited about her first day of school and no tears were shed by Emma or Mom.

I guess we were all ready for her to take the next step.

She is getting so tall... 

Of course, Ethan had to get in the photo shoot too.

I think Ethan thought he was starting school and he was so excited to walk with Emma to her classroom.  

Unfortunately, Ethan may have shed a few tears when we walked home alone. 

Dann was getting creative with the camera.  

Ethan likes the sound of his voice when his ears are under water in the tub.

There is a new park in town and the kids love going to play there.

Emma loves her new hat that Jenny made for her.

I think she looks fabulous in it!

I love this photo...

my baby looks so grown-up!!

Girl's Trip

Emma and I headed to my parents for a week to take in a family wedding.  

Dann could not get the time off, so Ethan stayed home with Daddy and Emma & I had a Mommy/Daughter vacation.

My brother Dean made the trip home, but was flying solo as well, thus we hung out together like old times.

Grandma B, Uncle Dean, Emma & I took in the fair while we were home.  It was 30' C that afternoon and I was loving life!

Uncle Dean rode most of the rides with Emma because child birth did a number on my equilibrium.  Needless to say, I can not spin around in circles anymore :(

The bumper cars are always a good place to start.  Dean thought his car was really slow, but said it may have been made for someone a bit smaller than him??

Either way, Emma was loving the "one on one" time with her Uncle Dean!

Emma has always loved swings and the size of this bad boy did not stop her.  

Emma stepped up like an old pro! 

This ride was like a swing, but lying down... right up Emma's alley!

Roller Coasters and Slides do not bother my tummy, so Emma & I had a race down a large slide.  

She won hands down.  

Dean caught the moment on film, but cut my head off.

Emma was excited & nervous to get on the ferris wheel.  Uncle Dean assured her there was nothing to worry about.

This ship went side to side and twirled round in circles all at the same time.  

Emma loved it! 

I felt sick watching it.

Like I said, roller coasters and me MIX... 

even the kiddie size!

Our main purpose of the trip was attending my cousin Jenna's wedding. 

Here are a few pics from her special day.

All of these adorable beings are little cousins of mine.

The two Princesses in the back are Georgia & Faith.

The handsome Prince in the front is Bennett and the third Princess in the front is Charlie.

I LOVED the Flower Girl Dresses!

Alan (daddy), Jenna (bride) and Debbie (mommy).

Jenna's dress was fabulous and she looked beautiful!!

The bride & groom had a candy table with little boxes to fill up for all the guests.

Everyone got to pick what they wanted and how much!

I thought this was a brilliant idea and everyone of all ages enjoyed filling up their memory box.

The room was decorated lovely!

Emma wanted to make a grand entrance!

Since it does not happen every often these days, my brother and I together, we took a few photos to remember the occasion.

My Little Princess!

Brendon & Jenna cutting the cake.

Debbie & Alan

(who looked amazing as well).

My cousin Julie with her latest addition...

Hudson

(SOOOO CUTE)!

And finally...

my gorgeous kiddies!

"The Wedding"

Here are some "favorites" from the wedding in Kelowna.

I pulled them off of Facebook, so they are smaller than usual.

They are in no order...

ENJOY!

Emma with her cousins et/al.

Emma is so sweet, she looked all grown up that day.

Here is the happy couple over looking Kelowna.

The "Beautiful Bride" at the Sails in Downtown Kelowna...

GORGEOUS!

Dann & I have almost the identical photo from or wedding!

This is one of my favorites... so artistic!

Beautiful aren't they?

Emma & Krista

Mom (Dann's sister Phyllis), 

Dad (Ian) and the Bride.

The family

Mom & Daughter

Too Cute!

Over looking the lake

So Pretty!

Ethan & I hanging at the church...

(the bride forgot the rings, so things were delayed).

Emma & Ethan hanging out with their cousins.