Bowling

Nali and her cousin Sophie

At the bowling alley.
Me and My girls! notice the matching outfits! Who would've thought two girls would be so much fun!
My brother Eric helping Sophie.

Ella's blessing

Nali LOVES horses! This is her playing in the backyard with her dad's shoes on!

Sunday we had Ella blessed.
What an angel. She wore the dress that Nali and I were both blessed in.
My mom with Ella.

BUMBO's & Such

So I recently found out about these things called "bumbo's". So I was quickly interested in the idea that my little 8 week old could sit up on her own. So off to Toys R Us I went. I must say they are very over priced but look at her!! SO cute!

My girls!
This is what happens when you leave the 4 year old alone with the baby!

Easter Pictures

On Good Friday we had an Easter Egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa's house with the 4 grandaughters. On my side of the family there are 4 granddaughters and one grandson.

Uncle Eric with his 4 nieces.
My sisters boyfriend brought 2 bunnies for the girls to play with. They were quite excited.
My dad with baby Ella. If you look in the background you can see that the ground was covered with snow. This moved the egg hunt indoors.
Auntie Heather. Yes I know that Ella's puking in this picture but I thought that it was funny.

The Girls!

Every time I take a picture Ella smiles. I think that it's the red eye reduction light that goes off right before the picture is taken. Anyways, it makes life kind of fun.
So I think that this is Nali doing her best Gene Simmons impression. She has quite the tongue.

Last Sunday doing the snow fall. Nali evolved with just playing in the snow to the mud...this was her NEW coat and her Sunday dress. She wanted to smile for the picture. I wouldn't let her.
Our little grinner

Battle of Alberta

Last night Sam and I went to the last regular season Flames game. Sam has worked about 60 hours this week so it was a nice treat to do something together. For all of you non hockey fans the Flames played the Oilers which is termed the "Battle of Alberta". It is the BIGGEST rivalry in hockey. We did lose but the good news is Colorado did as well so we're going to the playoffs!!
Harvey the Hound. The Flames mascot. He came to our section to invite 2 people out of the nose bleeds down to ice level...needless to say I didn't make a big enough fool of myself to get invited.

Lamanites for sale???

This is a picture I took in Calgary yesterday. We were driving and Sam pointed it out. Luckily I had my camera...So what is a set of Lamanites??

The New Bathroom!

So this is our NEW bathroom. We started it at the beginning of January and just finished it a week or two.
I don't think that anyone can fully appreciate this bathroom unless you lived here. The old one wasn't bad...just severly dated. It was PINK to say the least. I wish that I had taken pictures of it before we started to demo. I think that I will have a permanent picture of it in my mind.
This was probably the most extensive renovation to the house that we've done. We really took everything out other than the shower. Sam really impressed me. He drywalled, rewired the new lighting, installed the new cabinets, new counter top and installed the sink and faucet and put up the crown. I was 8 1/2 months pregnant for most of this so I only did one coat of paint, the ceiling and the baseboards, and most importantly the towels, shower curtain etc.. My Dad helped us and made the frame for the mirror.
I should note that thanks to a nice tax return we can actually pay for this. Seriously the smallest room costs the most. I had NO idea how much this would cost.
We bought these at Ikea in December not really knowing where we'd use them. We couldn't pass them up at 2.99 a piece. The fit in into the bathroom perfectly
I find the bathroom to have a very earthy feeling. I should get some little bamboo plants or something...

Pre-Reno Bathroom Pictures

From Sun to Snow in under 24 hours....

So yesterday my brother and his family came over to help us airate and power rake our lawn. He was on the power raker and Sam the airater. Anyways, the girls (Nali and his daughter Hailey) were very concerned/upset that their Dad's were doing it the wrong way. So the took it upon themselves to direct them from the step.


Sam on the left and my brother Bryan on the right.

This was today...April's Fools right. Needless to say the weather in Southren Alberta can change on a dime. Nali enjoyed it though.

What a tease...

Random Pictures

First off Congrats to the Baxter Family who welcomed Rex Baxter into the world Thursday. We are so happy to here this news!!
Below is my mom with Ella! She loves baby Ella and spoils both her and us! I don't think that she'll appreciate this picture much but I think that it's great!

Me LOVING bottle feeding. Sam noticed how defined my face looks in this picture. It's all in the angle and the positioning of the chin...I still have some weight to lose to say the least...

This was Sams first run. He ran 10km!! We were proud of him!