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Two weeks worth again.  :-)

8 July 2012 - No pictures of people today...but here is my portulaca that I grew from seeds I collected off my plant last year.  It flowered hot pink last year, and had pink flowers this year until all of a sudden a white flower popped up.  Very strange!

9 July 2012 - This is from last week when we went to Calaway Park.  Rebecca and Tara Jane had lots of fun together.

10 July 2012 - I don't know when this picture was actually taken, but it was after a big rain storm and the girls loved playing in the muck.

11 July 2012 - Bedtime story with daddy.

12 July 2012 - We packed our suitcases for the trip tomorrow, and right after Ana packed her backpack, grabbed her kitty, put her shoes on and declared she was ready to go.  Think they were excited?

13 July 2012 - Somewhere along the long 10+ hour drive.  Eli and Rebecca enjoyed sharing the backseat.

14 July 2012 - Jesse's first question when we pulled up to my parents house was, "Where is the hot tub?"  The kids were all quite happy to play in it, including cousins Dylynn and Morgan.  

15 July 2012 - Another favorite at Grandma Bonnie & Grandpa Al's...the trampoline!

16 July 2012 - Ana and Grandma Bonnie watching Eli & Grandpa Al run through the sprinkler on a hot day!

17 July 2012 - Grandpa Al & Eli running through the sprinkler...I even caught the rainbow in the picture!

18 July 2012 - Today we went out to the Coroluicks for the afternoon.  Played in the little pool, Mike went gopher hunting, and we all hopped in the Ranger for a ride out to the pasture (but Jesse's asthma got the better of him and we had to head home for his puffer.)

19 July 2012 - Riding the bike by my parents house...I was born at the hospital that was at the end of this street.  

20 July 2012 - Dad flushed the engines on the Sea-Doo with water, and the stream that trickled away had a rainbow in it.  The kids thought it was the coolest thing.

21 July 2012 - We took the Sea-Doo out to Nickle Lake for the day.  The water was pretty rough, but the weather & water was warm.  The kids had a lot of fun!

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Late, as usual.  :-)

24 June 2012 - Eli was very tired and fell asleep tucked away in a corner.

25 June 2012 - Fun at the park!  All the kids love the swing.

26 June 2012 - A princess needs to eat lunch in the shade of her umbrella.

27 June 2012 - Anastasia loves her Grandma Brenda.

28 June 2012 - Fun in the bouncy castle!  The girls get awesome hair from the static.

29 June 2012 - Family Friday.  This summer for our Family Friday's we are going to a different park each week. 

30 June 2012 - Any guesses what she is doing?

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17 June 2012 - We didn't actually have soccer today, but I thought Ana looked cute in this picture.  "Mom, you are soooo tiny."

18 June 2012 - Aunt Sissy (aka - Melissa) was here for the weekend...and with her comes a request to play her DS until the battery dies.  

19 June 2012 - Aunt Sissy slept over last night and since I spent the morning sewing clothes for her, when lunch time rolled around we decided to eat out.  Chinese buffet was where we went...and the girls always love Jello for dessert.  

20 June 2012 - Awe, baby Anastasia.  Rebecca tucked her inside a laundry basket with all the blankets and pillows she needed.  The girls can be so goofy.  

21 June 2012 - Last soccer game of the year.  Rebecca got right in there this game.  The whole year she has kinda hung back which we assume is because of the age difference.  She joined Jesse's U8 team, so there are some big kids she plays against.  

22 June 2012 - She must have been thirsty...

23 June 2012  - I brought back these two "puff balls" from Chantal's bridal shower, and the kids thought they were quite fun.  I have even seen Rebecca dress hers up in clothes and call it her friend named "Purple."

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10 June 2012 - The kids were very excited that Eva and Ezra came to visit for the afternoon/evening today.  The girls changed into princess dresses almost immediately and didn't change until it was time to go home.  The little man happily played trains with Mike, and out in the sandbox after supper.  A great day!

11 June 2012 - Poor Rebecca wasn't feeling well today (nor was I) so we spent the whole morning laying around in the living room...the girls had their "darlings" with them (Ariel and Cinderella).

12 June 2012 - They told me their were on a "boat".  I guess they were sleeping on the boat.

13 June 2012 - Oh, how the girls love playing with the guitar.  Almost every time Mike gets his out to play the girls request to play on mine.

14 June 2012 - Sometimes we still have nap time around here...

15 June 2012 - Jesse helped his sister out with the monkey bars.  Sometimes he can be such a nice big brother.

16 June 2012 - Can you believe it?  A picture of me!  Doesn't happen very often.  My little sis came out to visit for the weekend, so we all went out for the evening kid free.  And since I couldn't remember the last time us three sisters had a picture together, I thought we should take a quick one.  (Reed and Mike were there too.)

Other than dealing with a flu bug this week (it hit Rebecca as we were getting out of the van in a parking lot...lovely!), we had a pretty good week.  Mike and I even managed to go out for coffee on our own (since the kids were at a sleepover with Grandma Brenda and Grandpa John).  I sewed some new dresses and tights for the girls.  We went for a family bike ride one evening.  The girls and I went swimming one morning.  And we managed a whole week without TV or computer games.  They got to watch/play a bit this weekend, but come Monday the ban is on again.  It's been a good thing for us I think.  I hope we have another good week...summer holidays are almost here!

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Late pictures once again.  I don't even have a good excuse, other than we have decided that our family will only watch TV/play computer games on Sunday afternoons so the computer hasn't been on this week and I just haven't made it down here to post the pictures.  Today I needed to print a pattern for a dress I want to sew, so I thought I would quickly do up the pictures too.  

3 June 2012 - Our neighbor recently got a new dirt bike for their 7 year old son and all the kids love to go and watch him ride up and down the alley.

4 June 2012 -  I can't remember what I had just told her, but she was very excited and jumped into this pose.

5 June 2012 - One of the kids favorite things is when Daddy is home for breakfast.  Jesse was more than happy to jump into his lap to eat (though he kinda looks mad in this picture!)

6 June 2012 - The birthday decorations finally came down.  Rebecca proceeded to pull the balloons behind her by the string claiming they were her "puppies" and she was taking them for a walk.  Anastasia commented on how lovely her colorful puppies were.  :-)

7 June 2012 - Another evening soccer game.

8 June 2012 - The kids spent the day at Auntie Ang's, and came home at supper time (which Ang & Eli joined us for).  The kids all enjoyed running around in the light rain with their umbrellas.

9 June 2012 - Today was a Costco day...and we stopped at the food court.  Jesse wanted a hot dog & drink, but the girls both requested ice cream.  Costco ice cream cones are huge!

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27 May 2012 - Angie bought us tickets for a really cool fundraiser/fair sort thing that we went to.  There were Star Wars characters, Disney princesses, plus food, crafts, bouncy castles, face painting, clowns etc.  When Jesse saw these two characters approaching each other his eyes widened and he exclaimed, "Ooooh, I wonder if they are going to fight?!"

28 May 2012 - This picture was also taken on Sunday on our way home from church.  I guess she was tired from our very exciting day.

29 May 2012 - The girls found their swimsuit cover-ups in the closet and decided they should wear them as dresses.  Here, they are looking at our Bleeding Heart...one of their favorite flowers in the garden.  

30 May 2012 - After a busy morning at Moms and Tots, followed by lunch and play at Ikea, the girls were still not ready to part company with their friend Eva.  They were so sad when we got home...so I let them wash the windows which perked them up.  Who knew!

31 May 2012 - Rebecca looked cute in her ball cap and curly hair.  

1 June 2012 - Hugging before Jesse's bus arrived.

2 June 2012 - Today was Service Saturday with our church.  We went to Princes Island Park and cleaned up litter.  After we were done we all had a picnic lunch.  It was a fun morning.  

Other exciting things that happened this week...we got a new (used) stove to replace our ancient one that only had one working burner.  So far, I love our $150 Kijiji purchase!  It's very fancy compared to the old one.  We also finally found a storm door that would fit and was hinged on the right side.  I have been looking on Kijiji for over a month now, and I'm happy to have a screen door that closes on its own (because the kids don't remember!)  

On Saturday we headed over to Coghlins (after our time at the park) for a birthday celebration for Chantal and Dan.  We enjoyed cake and a short visit before we had to head home.  

We have had some nice weather finally...the gardens are all planted and things are starting to sprout.  I love this time of year.  The strawberries are flowering and have tiny berries growing already, the raspberry patch seems to be settling into its new home in the yard (including my new plants from Dan & Chantal's house), and I have a new berry bush this year that I am excited to see what it does.  It's a Haskap berry plant, or a Honeyberry.  I can't wait for fresh berries this summer!  We also have some new veggies planted this year too.  I have a spaghetti squash, zucchini that are round, edamame, ornamental popping corn, Tarpan strawberries (which have red flowers) and a Black Pearl peppers (spicy peppers with black foliage).  I won't even mention the new flowers that I have ordered, but I am equally excited about them!  (Can you tell I like my garden?)

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Two weeks of pictures!  I guess that's what happens when you have a long weekend and forget until mid-week that you haven't posted anything yet...

13 May 2012 - Rebecca got an early birthday party this year.  This is post party, reading her new book with Eva and Eli.

14 May 2012 - New bubble gun from Eli for her birthday!

15 May 2012 - Silly boys...taunting the girls from the other side of the fence.

16 May 2012 - Rebecca's actual birthday.  We all went out for supper to celebrate.

17 May 2012 - The new hammock arrived today.  In this picture Rebecca is saying, "I'm a striped banana."

18 May 2012 - Out to Pine Lake Christian Camp for the weekend...our first night we got some delicious cookies for snack before bed.

19 May 2012 - Playing in the sandbox at camp.

20 May 2012 - Jesse's favorite thing about camp...the archery range.  Mike was happy to oblige.

21 May 2012 - Time to head home...

22 May 2012 - Rebecca got her ears pierced!

23 May 2012 - I went on a field trip with Jesse's class to a festival downtown.  This is the boys singing karaoke.

24 May 2012 - "Welcome to my pin shop."  Give the girls some clothes pins and they are entertained for quite a while.  They played "pin shop", counted them, sorted by color and all sorts of creative things.

25 May 2012 - How to play in the sandbox when it's raining (barely a drizzle today...)

26 May 2012 - Jesse goofing off in the hammock.  He thought it was quite fun to spin around upside down and not fall out.

There you have it...two busy weeks including birthday parties, soccer games (but hey - no soccer pictures!) and a long weekend.  I have more pictures from our weekend at camp that I will eventually get up on dropshots.  See you next week.