Kindergarten is... DONE!

Hard to believe that Logan is already finished kindergarten. It seems like only yesterday he was a tiny baby! And now he is off to grade one. Sad but exciting!
We love you very much Logan and we are SO proud of you!

Logan and Mrs Safarik

Sweethearts! June 23rd!

My cousin Kristy and her fiance Jeremy( who really is already a part of the family) came for a visit last week! It was SO nice having them here! We sure can't wait for their wedding next year! It will be wonderful to see them share their love on such a special day! We love you guys! Can't wait to see you in 2 weeks at the Shuswap!

Our Gymnast-- June 19th

Makenna has been loving her gymnastics! She had her little year end concert the other night! The theme was Lion King! She did so wonderful! She had so many fans in the crowd! Uncle Derek and Seema, Uncle Devin, Uncle Brent, Papa, Cousin Ashley, proud big brother Logan, Grandad and mommy! Makenna was quite the performer! We are super proud of you sweetie!!

Meet Jaguar

This is our cat Jaguar. He is the most wonderful cat known. He should have been a person.

Friday June 15th

Today Logan and Makenna gave rollerblading a try!
Logan did awesome! I think that as long as you can skate, blading isn't too hard! Makenna enjoyed pushing her buggy around skating! She did take a good tumble, but got back up and tried again!

After blading we met the Carr family for some lunch! It was really nice to see them and to let the kids play!
Friday night was the start to the weekend long lacrosse tournament! Logan was chosen as the shooter for his team in the shoot out contest! He did so well, got 2 in and missed the 3rd! We were so proud of him! His team went on to do very well in the tournament! He scored numerous goals and had a great time!!Thats Logan (17) taking his shot! YAY Logan!!

Awalking we will go

June 13th, 07

Today we headed up to a local lake that has lots of hiking trails.
My mom, cousin Ashley, brother Devin myself and the kidlets along with Brandy the weiner dog tackled a small trail.
We had great fun!!

Our weekend away...

Its been awhile since I updated, it was nice of Carol to remind me!


Noel and I went away for the weekend just after my birthday! We had a wonderful time. We stayed at the most beautiful bed and breakfast just outside of Harrison. We plan to head back there in October.
We spent the first afternoon just lazing around and then headed to town to the pub for dinner.
The next morning we hung out in the room, had a wonderful breakfast and then did some shopping before heading back to get the kids. It was out first time away from them overnight, we really needed it and had a great time.
Some pictures.....

A new name?

Today while driving, Makenna decided that she doesn't like her name.
So, I casually said "Okay, what would you like your name to be?" She thought about it very carefully and then said......

ELEPHANT.

June 3rd -The day after the big 3-0

30 has come.
Finally.
And now I feel okay about it. Not that it was really bugging me, but it was a little.

I had a really wonderful weekend. Friday night was my cousin's grad (YAY Jordan!), which was really nice. We are so proud of him.
Saturday my aunt and uncle very sweetly put on a lunch for me and my cousin! It was really nice to spend time with family. We don't do it often enough.
I received so many nice gifts! And some beautiful flowers! It was truly a wonderful day!
Sunday we finished putting together the new patio set and the trampoline. Then we had some family over for dinner. It was a busy but great weekend!
Now next weekend Noel and I are headed out to Harrison for one night at a B & B! We can't wait!!

May 30th- Buntzen Lake

The weather has been so nice that my mom and I decided to take the kids to a local beach to have a picnic and some fun in the sand! The water was pretty darn cold!! But we did have fun digging and meeting some new geese friends!!

May 27th - Amanda's Wedding Shower

It was one of my oldest and dearest friends wedding shower on the 27th of May.
She was glowing. I sure can't wait to share her day July 7, 2007, which is also Noel and I's 6th wedding anniversary. We couldn't be happier to share our day with Amanda and Chris!
Can't wait you guys!!

May 21st- Castle Fun Park!

Time has sure gotten away from me!
As someone nicely reminded me its time for an update! So here are a few!!

The long weekend in May was mostly a write-off. It was great having Noel home, but sadly I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia on the Friday so I slept most of the weekend away. It was nice however, for Noel and the kids to spend sometime on their own. On the Monday we took a trip out to Abbotsford to Castle Fun Park! The kids had a blast!

Logan loved the mini golf! And even won a free game at the end! Makenna was happy to ride the little horses, although she did play golf this time! We won over 300 tickets and spent quite a bit of time picking out their prizes! It was a really nice day!
We look forward to returning there sometime in the fall to use Logan's free game!!





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Worms and soccer

The weather has been SO wonderful this week! Lots of time spent outside!
Thought I would share a few pictures of the kids!


The proud "snakey" mommy!


Our sweet soccer boy!

Its been busy here

Time is just flying by lately!We spent last weekend at Logan's lacrosse tournament and had a blast! Logan scored a few really nice goals over the course of 3 games, saw a parade, went on rides and came home tired and dirty!!


Logan and his buddy at the parade





Makenna enjoying the parade!

The kids enjoying the rides!

The construction....

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Well they started fixing our roof a few weeks ago from the damage done in the 2 windstorms.
Those trees sure did a number on the house!
Yesterday they started the work inside and took out Logan's roof above his bed. You can see right outside!!
They should be done in 2 weeks, then I can get my yard and house back in order.





Plus on top of that, the city has ripped up the green space behind us to put in an alley. So the diggers have been hard at work! The kids are so excited about having an alley to play in! And so are we! And then we are having a wood fence put up down one side and across the back!
YAY!!!
Needless to say, its been a noisy and dusty couple days here!

Sunday May 6th

Today was the first weekend Noel had been home for 2 weeks!
It was the start of the May Day festivities here in Port Coquitlam, so despite the rain, we headed over to the fire hall for their Emergency Preparedness day! It was lots of fun! They lit a car on fire, had a magician, they did a police dog demonstration and free hot dogs and timbits for all!
This was the 4th year we have attended and really had a good time!
After we headed over to the local pet store to see the puppies (one of Makenna's favorite past times). Then off to dinner at White Spot!
It was a really nice day having everyone home!****EDITED TO ADD PHOTOS****

Its story time!
It is SO cool that Logan can read to his sister now!!

Thank goodness for Fridays!

Phew!
What a week!! Noel worked all last weekend, so I feel as though my week had turned into 2!

Its been a good and busy week though. Logan had a few friends over, we had 3 days of lacrosse, today some friends came out for lunch and a play! It was really nice.

I finally got the call today to say that there was a spot open for preschool for Makenna in September! I am SO excited! I think she is really going to like this place! They even have an indoor playground for rainy days! YAY!

Well, now that my kids are tucked into bed nice and early, I should go and catch up on paper work!
I am going to find a few pictures to post though!
Enjoy your weekend!!

Twila

A few more recent pictures

These are some pictures of our beautiful trip to Summerland Easter weekend! As you can see, the weather was gorgeous, who would have thought we would be at the beach in April?

Some pictures!

This was Easter morning in Summerland at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Happy Sunday!

Happy Sunday everyone!!!

Today has been pretty good. Logan has been so very sick. Today I finally relented and took him in to the doctors. They hooked him up to the nebulizer for about 1/2 hour to see if it would help clear his lungs. The poor kid has coughed 24 hours straight for the past 6 days. Thankfully, the treatment seemed to work. He has been functioning much better this afternoon!

Noel was home from work today until 4, so after the doctors we went for lunch, then came home to play outside in the yard! It was nice to have him home. This is his weekend to work, so it makes for a long 2 weeks.

The Canucks play tonight! YAY! Game 3 of series 2, the kids are excited to watch!

The first post

After a few requests from family and friends to hear and see more from us, I thought I should join the rest of cyber world and start a blog!

Things here are moving along just fine.
We are entering our last 2 months of Logan's first year in school! Kindergarten sure has been a good experience for the most part. I have really learned even more about my son and the boy he has become. We couldn't be prouder of all that he has accomplished over the last 8 months.
Soccer just wound up and what a season it was! A great bunch of kids and wonderful coaches, what more could we have asked for?! Lacrosse is now in full swing. Logan has the same coach as last year which we are thrilled about. It was such a great experience for him, we are looking forward to this season!

Makenna is growing in leaps and bounds. She has developed quite the personality (or shall I say attitude?). It really is amazing to think that our baby is already 3! She will enter preschool in the fall and she is SO ready. Makenna is such a social child we know she will do well. She has just started in gymnastics and is already loving it. Her instructor says she is a natural!

Noel and I are doing well. The company is off in full swing. Noel has been working some really long hours, but it seems to be settling down now. Just having some money in the bank for once has sure helped to ease our worries!

So thats about it for now. I will try and post about our daily excursions at least weekly. Hopefully more. And yes, lots of pictures too! Just let me figure this thing out first!!!