Spring Things!

Spring has kept us busy with lots of fun things to do and see - from baseball to camping to school picnics to swimming lessons! Here are some of the highlights!














Mackenzie had a blast at her school picnic! The morning was spent rotating through different stations, then a picnic lunch and finally an afternoon of swimming at the pool! Cole & Carter got in on some of the action during the morning activities!
























The kids have also been doing swimming lessons after school everyday! Thanks goodness for the warm weather this past week! They've both had a blast splashing in the water and learning how to swim! Cole has suddenly become a fish and can't get enough of the water. Mackenzie loves to swim in the deeper water is becoming a confident swimmer.































Another highlight this spring has been baseball!The kids both played 2 evenings a week! Cole was pumped to get his medal on the last day along with his freezie! Mackenzie loved to play with all of her friends and learned a few new skills along the way!


















































































We have also found some time to take in a few camping trips and relax! Although the weather was not the best we still found lots to do and we even made it to the beach! Grandma & Grandpa came to spend the night at Bird's Hill - always a big treat for the kids!

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!