Easter

Sorry I've been a little slack in the blogging department since Christmas! I'm not sure what my excuse is other than life being busy! I recieved an e-mail from Auntie Verna today hinting that I hadn't updated my blog and then I went up town and ran into Auntie Jane who also commented on my blog not being up to date! So I figured since I'm on Spring Break this week maybe I should get my stuff together and put on some pictures! Enjoy!

Cousin Time

As you can well imagine the kids were so excited to see their cousins for a whole week and what a busy week it was! The kids spent every possible minute that they could together - yes, we let Mackenzie skip school a few times! Grandma & Grandpa took everyone to a hotel for night in Winkler! The kids had a great time at the pool! Little Ziko took quite a liking to Mackenzie and pretty much didn't leave her side the whole time! Grandma & Grandpa also took all of the kids to Build a Bear Workshop and let them make their own bear/dino/puppy/penguin complete with outfits! In between all of this excitement Mackenzie had her first piano recital and was very excited that Zam could come and listen to her play! Saying goodbye was hard to do once again! Until next time we'll just remember the good times and the memories!

Winter Fun

Sorry for the scattered pictures - it was just easier to download a whole bunch then to organize them! Despite the often cold weather we have managed to keep very busy this winter with many different activities. The kids had skating lessons every Monday evening and performed in a skating carnival at the end of the season! Mackenzie's group skated to an Elvis tune - complete with poodle skirts! And Cole's wild and crazy group were a bunch of cool dudes from the 50's sporting sun glasses and hockey skates! We also spent alot of time playing outside. We had the biggest snowdrifts ever on our yard this year - some of them as tall as our neighbour's garage! Our yard was a great place for the kids to play and explore. We also spent time again on our neighbour's pond skating and playing hockey! Our new snowmobile also provided lots of entertainment along with our neighbour's Kitty Kat which the kids loved to ride! The kids also found plenty to do inside from painting to building huge forts in the living room to playing dressup! Poor Cole - one of these days he's not going to let his sister put him into dresses anymore!!! Does anyone recognize the lovely glasses Cole is wearing with the green dress?

We also spent two weekends with friends at their cabins! The kids had a great time snowmobiling and playing outside with their friends. They even tried their hand at ice fishing - no luck though! We also braved the cold and had a wiener roast We spent two weekends away at friends' outside when it was -30!

Mack & Cole getting ready to go down the big hill at the nature pond!

Christmas with Grandpa John & Grandma Marilyn

This year we spent Boxing Day at the Martens'! We had a great day of opening gifts, playing with toys, sitting in the hot tub, having naps, watching movies and eatting lots of food!! Mackenzie got her very own deer to cuddle just like Grandmas! Cole's new piggy bank - complete with lights and train noises everytime you put money in!
Mackenzie with he very own Canadian Doll named Alexi! She came with her own journal and different outfits!

Cole was once again happy to find more costumes - this time a Ninja!

Cole's all time favourite gift - an Optimus Prime transformer helmet - it even changes your voice when you speak into it!

In the evening Mackenzie played some Christmas songs for everyone on the piano!

Christmas Day

This year we were able to spend Christmas Day entirely at our house! The kids were up bright and early at 7:15 and were eager to unwrap the packages under the tree! The kids picked out some scrapbook supplies and a cart for me from Rhubarb Roots! Not hard to put that gift to good use!

Mackenzie loved opening all of the goodies in her stocking! From earrings to socks she loved it all!
Cole also found lots of goodies in his stocking!
Mackenzie made us a Christmas card at school and was more than happy to take our picture!

Cole's favourite gifts this year were the many costumes he recieved!!! Spiderman, Batman, Power Ranger, Pirate and a football costume have now been added to his costume collection!
Mackenzie was thrilled with her new Hannah Montana MP3 player!
Cole with yet another costume!
Everyone always needs new games at Christmas!