Monday, August 22, 2011

day 82

sunday, august 21. happy birthday to me! unfortunately, it wasn't such a happy day. andy is puking, scarlett is sick, and i am so tired from camping. at least howie has some spunk left in him!

day 81

saturday, august 20. we went to west edmonton mall on the way home form camping. howie is always fascinated with fountains. scarlett starting getting ill after this picture. andy was sick too. howie and i were glad they stuck it out so we could go on the rides at galaxyland with shawna, spencer and megan.

day 80

friday, august 19. we tried to get to the beach inbetween the rain clouds. it lasted about 20 minutes.

day 79

thursday, august 18. ciana and jude sitting at the campfire

day 78

wednesday, august 17. we got to southridge camp (on ministikwan lake) you know when howie turns down a hot dog he must really be sick.

day 77

tuesday, august 16. heading to edmonton to stay at adam and alisons before we go camping. jude was happy to have a break.

day 76

monday, august 15. i have the cutest kids.

day 75

sunday, august 14. new dress for church. possibly the cutest one ever.

day 74

saturday, august 13. she's dressed AND has her hair done. it's a good day!

day 73

friday, august 12. jude is officially army crawling.

day 72

thursday august 11. 15 minutes before missionaries were coming for dinner...

day 71

wednesday, august 10. how different my life would be if i could fall asleep at any moment and anywhere.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

day 70

tuesday, august 9. kyla giving scarlett princess lessons at the spray park. scarlett totally not getting it...

day 69

monday, august 8. we sang happy birthday to howie again because kyla and her kids came to stay. i love that isabelle is stopping seth from spitting blowing out the candles.

day 68

sunday, august 7. howie's birthday. we went on a walk at the river. howie took this picture.

day 67

saturday, august 6. i made a birthday cake for taylor again. 4 years in a row now.

day 66

friday, august 5. we had howie's birthday party today. he wanted it at the spray park. we had a beach theme but a pirate left a map to find some treasure so a little bit of a pirate theme too. it rained just a bit but it was sunny and hot most of the time.

day 65

thursday, august 4. howie has been into making "plans" lately. plans to catch the bad guys. as in, he over heard them saying they were coming at 9 o'clock, just like in home alone.

day 64

wednesday, august 3. jude has been terrible at going to bed lately. he was so happy to see me when i came to get him out.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

day 63

tuesday, august 2. i had to go to magrath today to sell our tent trailer. jude did not like his car seat today. when we got home he was so happy to be out of it he stayed up until 10:30 pm just playing on the floor.

day 62

monday, august 1. we went to sheep river falls today. the highlight of the day: a bear cub ran in front of the van. we never did see the mother bear.

day 61

sunday, july 31. scarlett sits here and waits whenever she is the first to get to the door. they thought they were so funny sitting here after church today.

day 60

saturday, july 30. me and the kids went to the river today (andy went hiking.) howie and scarlett had so much fun in the water. jude and me had fun with the self timer...

day 59

friday, july 29. i had the door open and this guy came in. there was screaming, jumping and two kids staring at me like i was crazy. i'm glad he landed on something that i could simply move back outside.

day 58

thursday, july 28. howie's all ready to go to hailey's fancy tea party birthday celebration. so handsome.

day 57

wednesday, july 27. isn't her grouchy face so irresistible?

day 56

tuesday, july 26. we finally bought jude a highchair today. i braved ikea with 3 kids. it actually went well.

day 55

monday, july 25. a hot day,a kiddie pool and popcorn, could life be any better?

day 54

sunday, july 24. our fun day trip to magrath yesterday tired scarlett out. she fell asleep while we watched E.T.

day 53

saturday, july 23. andy went hiking today. he was clearly very tired. of all the sleeping pictures i have of him, this has got to be the funniest.

day 52

friday, july 22. upside down soosoo.

day 51

thursday, july 21. it started raining and scarlett wanted to go play in it. warm rain falls are the best.

day 50

wednesday, july 20. howie and jude had immunizations today. fortunately a frosty sundae took all the tears away.