Meet Jack

This is Jack our samoyed husky, we have only had him for 2 days now. Joe's brother moved into a new place and they were not allowed to keep the dog so we have taken him in at our home. He is 7yrs old and very calm and relaxed. As you can see he is one big puffball who weighs a bit more than he should. We have been walking him lots already, he loves going outside. Wyatt and him are good buddies already, Joe is also another of Jack's favorite people. Madison is a little unsure about the dog, she has never really been a big fan of dogs. Jack isn't sure what to think of Riley at this point, I think all he sees is this little person coming at him full throttle so he just gets out of her way for now. Our cat Blackie hasn't officially introduced himself to Jack yet, he is still trying to figure out why this dog is in HIS house. I'm sure they will be just fine together, Jack likes cats.

Beautiful Ending...

This is what I see tonight as I look out from our balcony on the back of the house. It is calm, peaceful, relaxing and beautiful. Just what I need after a full day out and about with the kids. They are all in bed and I take a few minutes to relax and cool down outside and this is the picture I see. The views here in BC are amazing and it makes me happy that I live in such a beautiful place. Stop for a moment and check out the view from your perch, you just might be pleasantly surprised.

It's been a long time...

I know I have been a bad blogger, wow 2 months since I have posted anything. I guess my excuse is I have been busy? with moving, kids and life etc... We are all settled into our house here in Chilliwack, the kids survived 2 months at a new school and have many friends in the neighborhood to play with we hardly ever see them. They both enjoyed taking the bus to school, enjoyed the year end field trips they had. Madison went to Science World and the Trans Canada Waterslides. Wyatt went to Dinotown and Bowling, both of which he enjoyed. Riley has changed alot in the last 2 months, she is now 2 weeks from 10 months. In the last couple of months these are the things she has accomplished: rolls over, claps, waves, gives high-5, has 2 bottom teeth, crawls everywhere including up the stairs (hasn't figured out how to get down the right way), and pull herself up to a standing position whenever she can, let's just say she is a busy girl right now. I don't have a whole lot of pics to show but I will post some updated pics of the kids for you to see.

Joe's Birthday, doesn't he look thrilled!

Riley with the Birthday balloons

Birthday sparklers, so much fun!

Bathtime

Wyatt getting on the school bus, he is the one in front.

A day in the park.

New House

This is our new house that we are moving into May 2/09, only 10 days to go!!! We are actually just one street away from my sister and her family and my mom is also living in their basement suite so we are all within walking distance. The kids will take the school bus starting in September, for May and June I will be driving them to Abbotsford so they can finish out the school year with their friends. The house is really nice, 3 levels, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms and a yard big enough for the trampoline and swing set. I will miss the huge yard we had in Abbotsford and the gorgeous deck though. I was kinda sad about changing the kids school and not being with their friends though. I know they will meet new friends and everything will work out great for them though.

This is the view coming in from the front door. To the left is the den (which will be my craft room), the powder room and the living room. To the right is the door to the basement, stairs going up to the bedrooms, and the kitchen. The laundry is off the kitchen going out to the garage and it has lots of cupboards in it which is fantastic!

Here is a shot of my craft room, I just don't know how I am going to fit everything in LOL!! It has great natural light which will be great!

Here we have Madison and Joe in the kitchen. There are tons of cupboards which is great of course. We have the island in the centre and to the right there is a desk and the door to the laundry room and out to the garage. Between the kitchen and living room will be the eating area. For some reason I don't have a pic of the living room, I thought I had taken a picture but I guess not, oh well!

This is just a shot from the upstairs landing looking down. There are 2 bedrooms to the right, bathroom behind this view, one bedroom to the left and the door you see goes into the master bedroom. Every room has a great view and nice big window to see it.

Look, Look, Look

Look at what I discovered can be done in Picasa 3, isn't this totally cool?!? You can select certain pictures and do them up as a collage. There are a few different choices for doing the collage and different sizes. This would be great for scrapbook pages where you want to highlight a month or year in review. I took pics of the kids from the last few months and put them all together for this one. If you don't have Picasa 3 it is a free download and there are so many things you can do with it, this is just one example. Anyway enjoy the pictures!!!

A Day at the Park

We took the kids over to the park to let them run off some energy. Here are Madison and Wyatt on top of the big climbing rock at the playground, of course once they were up there it was "dad, mom help us down we don't know how to get down" They did manage to make it down on their own.



Strike a pose kids! Ya gotta love those cheesy grins when they know the camera is on them lol!!!



Riley enjoys going in the swing at the park.



Joe and Madison fightin over the soccer ball.


Wyatt our soccer player, even wearing his soccer jersey from Brasil compliments of Grama. He has never played soccer on a team, but I think he would do quite well.

Riley at 6 months old

Here she is 6 months old already, time sure goes quickly.
Let's see at this stage she can: sit up
makes lots of sounds
plays with hands and feet
sleeps all night most of the time
eats baby food and cereal
loves her baby cookies
starting to hold her bottle
moves herself around on her back
squeals in delight
has the belly laugh
she is 20lbs and 28" long
wears 6mths - 12mths clothing already



Riley is a pretty easy going baby, although she does have her moments but what baby doesn't, right? Madison and Wyatt lover her to pieces and love to entertain her and make her laugh. You'll notice in these pictures she's not smiling. Everytime I get the camera out and she sees it she just stares into it and so I rarely catch a smile on camera.