Sam getting the burgers ready. Ella with her ever present smile.

Me and my girls.
Ella was eyeing my hamburger so I gave her a little bite.
Once again the ever present smile on Ella. She was tipping over but held herself in that position for quite some time.
Ella's graduated from the bottle...now to the can.

This is at Lost Horse Creek. The water was VERY low.
Nali contemplating the mysteries of life...actually she was mad at me and told me no more pictures.

This would be Nali's "I've waited FAR to long to go potty and now I really really have to go." look.

Nali catching up on her world event's over breakfast.

So I made Nali toast for breakfast this morning. I was cleaning up and as I looked back in the dining room Nali had moved the Globe and Mail and was looking at it...I couldn't pass up this photo op. Forget Preschool send this girl to the Ivy Leagues.

Ebay at it's finest!

Steph Perrin sent me a link to the best ebay listing ever...if you haven't checked it out here you go.

Also this is this womens blog...it's great!

Sorry I don't know how to do the cool links like Jen...maybe she could give me a little html lesson.

UPDATE...thanks Jen on the tip...now I'm a tiny step closer to being as good as you are...

A Few New Purchases...

Below is the road bike that Sam got me for me birthday!! We also FINALLY bought our own furniture. We haven't bought any for 7 years...it had always worked out that someone had a couch for us. Well one of the couch's we were using was needed in a rental property so we GOT to buy some new stuff. It was worth the wait! I love it! It makes our home feel so much more like our own.

Ella Bella

Below are some pictures of Ella playing with her new toy. She is now sitting up well on her own and enjoys playing with toys!

My little brother at Soul 2 Soul

So somehow my little brother scored front row seats to the Soul 2 Soul tour. I don't know how he managed to do this. I'm afraid that he sold his soul or somthing like that.
Below is him shaking Faith Hill's hand.

Next getting a little too friendly with Tim Mcgraw.

This is my favorite picture. For some reason it makes me feel good that even Faith Hill can have a bad moment. My older brother likes to call this picture "Someone fell out of the ugly tree."

And here's my brother at the concert.

Growing Up Sucks...

So I'm going through a little bit of a growing pain right now...I'm HATING that my baby is growing up. As you can see from the below pictures Nali is growing to be a beautiful little girl. She tells me all the time that she doesn't want to grow up and I reasure her that she'll always be my baby. In a few weeks she starts pre-school. She will be gone for 3 mornings a week. I'm DREADING this and have shed a few tears over the issue. There is a HUGE part of me that doesn't want to send her and thinks I'll just do Kindergarten next year with her. The problem with that is that I know that she needs to go. She needs the socialization and the structure. It's like getting your childs immunizations. You HATE doing it but you would never not do them. Nali is very excited about going to her school with Miss Pam the only problem is I'm just going to miss her. She is the light of my life...she is such a joy. We have great times together. Somedays she'll say to me "Mom lets go running!" So we'll go run around the block a few times. She loves listening to the killers, gwen stefani etc. She LOVES watching So You Think You Can Dance with me and ask almost everyday..."Is the dancing show on today?" She LOVES dancing. There's nothing like picking up your daughter from her year end show and having her run out and say "Did you see me??? Did you see me???" She LOVES Waterton probably as much as I do. When I was expecting Ella we were in the Dr's office for a check up and Nali said to me "We have to take the baby to Waterton!" What a girl. I love you Nali! Thanks for coming to our family!

Ella in a Swing!

My cute little Ella Bella in a swing! She enjoyed it!

Swings!

Last night I took the girls to the playground of the elementary school that I went to. I thought I'd try Ella out on the swing. She LOVED them. She also loved seeing her big sister beside her. I'm using a new camera so bear with me.

Our Family Holiday-Waterton Lakes National Park 2007

Below are numerous pictures of our family holiday we just returned from. We spent 4 days in Waterton. We had a great time. Waterton is just over an hour from where we live! It's an amazingly beautiful place!