Meg's Weekend Extravaganza!

My friend, Meg is getting married next month, so she had a bunch of girls out to their "Cabin" in Kelowna for the weekend. The weather was great and the food was spectacular. We were totally pampered. The first morning we were there, we had deliveries of flowers, wine, movies that weren't even released yet and every single magazine that was on the news stands that day! Later that night we had a catered dinner (awesome) and then a professional fireworks display. Just for us! The whole weekend was just incredible!

Here are a few of the girls

This is the Bride to Be!

I went into the weekend, not really knowing any of the girls, but managed to make a few friends.

Ashley at Mom and Dad's, she loves flowers!

Mom wanted me to post a picture of their tree. The blooms will only last a few days so, this one's for you mom. Too bad you can't see it in person. (mom's in utah right now).

Spring Break!!

Well, we just got back from a quick trip to Phoenix. It was a really great trip. We got to spend some time with Peter's mom and Dad, Peter golfed a bit, I got to spend some time with Kathy and the kids got to swim and play with Kath's kids. It was perfect. These trips always seem to go by way too fast though!
Here are some pics of out trip!

This is only picture of all four of us!

Haylee, Charlie, Matthew and Ashley enjoying some icecream

We went to the Westin and Keirland, they have a really nice pool and the kids had a great time.

Haylee and Charlie relaxing! Tough life, eh?

Kath and I in her back yard.

Kathy and Matthew

Matthew and Pale-rider, Ash needs a tan!

My little golfer!

He scores!!!!

I think the greatest thing about being in Phoenix, was that Ash got to really experience grass for the first time. She absolutely loved to run in the wide open spaces. We feel like we've been couped up for so long this winter.

Charlie took this one of Ash and I, I thought that it was cute!

A rare moment of affection from Charlie.

Ash's swim outfit! She loved the water. It totally scares me though, because she'd walk right off of the edge if I let her.

Bathin Beauty

These ones were taken before our trip. She loves Booster Juices. The cup is almost as big as she is. This picture cracks me up, because of the earmuffs. She wouldn't take them off.

Charlie's 1st girlfriend and future bride!

This is Charlie's favorite girl in the world! Haylee and Charlie played so well together all week long. Everytime they were together, they were holding hands. It was really cute.

We're waiting!..........for spring!!!!

We decided to go to the park after dinner tonight to take advantage of a little sun. By the time we got there, the sun was long gone and the wind had picked up quite a bit. I'm so ready for some good weather. Is it too much to ask for? I bundled the kids up anyway. Ash was really into having a helmut on. I was amazed that she didn't try to pull it off, so we just kept it on the whole time. She loves her little car.

She also LOVES the swings!

She is getting to be quite independent. She takes off and she's gone! She doesn't even look back to see if I'm following.

Everything goes into the mouth. Yesterday, I looked over and her whole mouth was bright blue. She had grabbed a marker and pulled the lid off and just started chomping away.

Viva Las Vegas!!!!

I thought that it was definitely time for a new post! Unfortunately, I have no new photos. I've been a complete slacker with the camera lately. Peter and I just got back from our weekend in Vegas. We had a really great time! Won some money on the craps table, shopped a bit and we ate like kings. Weekends like that fly by so quickly. Now we get to look forward to the end of the month when we'll head down to Arizona for a bit. "Last Chance", here I come!!!!!

Guess who just turned One?

Yay for Ashley!!! I can't believe my little girl is already one! This year has gone by so fast. The Birthday party was a success! It really could've gone either way, but Ashley was great.

The party was mostly for my enjoyment, but I think everyone had a little fun.

The "Crave" cupcakes were smashing, as usual. My new favorite is the "lovely bunches of Coconuts". Yummmmm-mmmm! Great for the diet! Caitlin, I hope they lived up to all the hype! And, I'm glad you took home the last few!

This was Ashley's face while we were singing to her. She was quite serious, but clapped along anyway.

Notice the greasy hands? Overall, she was quite neat and tidy with it.

This cupcake was way too big for such a little girl. She needed to take a break!

And finally, a four generation picutre. Too bad that Ashley's covering most of Grandma's face.


It was so nice for Peter and I to share this day with you all. Thanks to everyone who wished Ashley a Happy Birthday! And thanks for all the nice things she recieved. I really didn't want anyone to give her presents, but thank you very much! Charlie thinks the pink rubber boots are gorgeous!!! Susie, do they come in size 12?

Smiles & Boo-Boo's

Finally, Ashley sat still long enough for me to snap a picture. I even managed to get a little smile. Those of you who know her, know that it's not that easy to do. She even left her head band on for about 8.5 minutes. It's a record!~

This is Charlie's sad little bear, "bo-bo". We took him to pre-school on Tuesday and there was a Doctor there to answer questions from all the 3 year olds. All of their bears got exams. Their ears, eyes, heart and lungs were checked, as were their reflexes (bo-bo's were excellent, by the way!) Then they got bandaged! The poor thing looks as if he were in quite the brawl. It was really cute though. Charlie's been quite terrified of the doctor, so this helped put his mind at ease. No big deal!

A year gone by!

I can't believe that Ashley will be turning one year old next Saturday! I thought that it was about time for a new post, so here are a couple pics from a year ago. The one above, Mom insisted on taking just before I left for the hospital. I was not in the mood for pictures, but you all know Mom. :)

Her soother was almost bigger than she was. Oh, she loves the soother!

Champaign wishes and Caviar dreams!

I just got back from my weekend with Meg! It was an awesome weekend. Their place, as you can see was amazing. In the photo above, right across the fairway is Bill Gates' place (where the cluster of trees are). It's nice to see how the other half live for a while. No diapers to change, no bottles to make, nobody but myself to look after. It was absolutely luxurious!

After doing a little shopping in the mornings, we would head right to the pool. Meg had the tempurature set on the pool at 90 degrees! It was so warm!

A little fire and some hagen daaz after the hot tub!

Anyway, it was great to get away and I'm ready to face the kids (and diapers) again. Ashley took her first steps while I was gone and I couldn't wait to see it for myself. Thanks to Mom and Peter for everything!

Time for a new post!

It's been a crazy week for us. Both kids have been really sick all week. They actually have pneumonia! Now, I'm sick too. I'm hoping that everyone is well by next week, because I'm (hopefully) going away for the weekend. Yay!!!! Next week I'll have new pictures to post from Palm Springs!
Here are a few photos from just before the kids got sick. Don't mind her head band. I've been trying to "train her" into wearing something on her head. This band doesn't have any bows on it, so she can't pull it off. Her hair is coming in very slowly. We could do a comb-over.
Why is her nose always red?

We took Charlie down the "SALAD-DOME" as he calls it check out the Zambonie's or Olympia's rather! Dad took him right down to sit on them. He sure loves the ice-cleaning equipment.


This is Ashley's new favorite hang out. She loves to check out the action in the back yard. She and Charlie put their chairs there and it gives me a good 5 -10 minutes to do other things. Hooray!