Whooooosh-A-Bahhhhhh!!!!!

Charlie's class has been learning about the West African drums. So we dropped by the school for a little performance. It's really cool.

Above, they take a deep breath and raise their hands up, then put their hands together and bow, while saying "Whoooosh-A-Bahhhhh!"

"Gooon-doh......Gooon-DOH! ....."

"Whooooosh-A-Bahhhhh"!

"Drums down"!

Ashley and Dad, watching.

Hugs from sister!

The next few photos were taken when we got that big dump of snow. Just before, it dipped below -30!!

Everything looked so beautiful!

I love to hear the words..."can we go play outside?" Yes!!!!!!! It's been way too cold lately, but I can't wait to send them out! I remember being little and all bundled up and loving to be out in the snow.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!!

YAY!!!!! I'm so happy that it snowed today!!!!!

It's a real winter wonderland out there. It totally got me into the Christmas spirit! Calgary was starting to look a little drab. It's amazing how the snow can make anything beautiful!

We took the kids to Stanley Park today for some toboggining. it was so much fun!

"Wheeeeee"!!!

I love this photo of Charlie. He was in awe of all the sledders! (Peter and Ash are in the background).

Strike a pose!

Charlie loves a good snowball fight! Beware!

Halloweeeeeen!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Ashley just LOVED going door to door. She couldn't believe that all you had to say was "trick or treat" and people would just give you candy.
I had so much fun watching them run around. I wish I had my video camera.

"Dr. Bones" loved it all too.

I had to help at Charlie's school in the morning. I had my make-up on from 6:30 a.m to about 11:30 p.m. I couldn't wait to take it all off. It was a fun day though!

Susie had a little party at her house for the little ones, a week earlier. She had the table all set and everything. Lots of fun.

Brooklyn Cinderella and my little kitten. Ash was so jealous of Brooklyn's outfit. She looked her up and down for the first 15 minutes. Funny.

"Meow"!

On a side note. I've been trying to comment on everyone's posts. Sometimes blogspot lets me and most of the times it doesn't. Does that happen to anybody else? It's so frustrating. I love seeing all of your photos and wanted to let you all know it!

Weekend away!

My girlfriend, Meg called me early last week to invite me to her place in Palm Springs for the weekend. Her husband was sending us on his plane, so I didn't have to worry about airfare. Of course I said "YES"!

Friday morning we drove to the airport and this is what was waiting for us.

It seems a bit excessive and over-the-top for just the two of us. But I enjoyed every minute of it. I was completely spoiled.

Meg and I boarding the aircraft.

Our catered breakfast of fine cheese, fruit and crackers.



On our way out to dinner.

The view from Meg's pool. It was a good 35 degrees the whole weekend! HOT! We just laid by the pool the whole day then went out to eat at night. We caught a movie and ate a ton of "Golden Spoon" with dried bananas. Yummmmm.

One last look at our transportation. What a great weekend! I could get use to that lifestyle for sure!

Fall stuff

Last week when the weather was so great, we tried to get a couple shots of all four of us together. Unfortunately, it was impossible to get Ash and Charlie to sit still. It was "too bright"! Arghhh. Anyway, I snapped a couple of everyone else.


This is as close as Charlie will allow Ashley to get to him.

Then we headed out to the Calgary Corn Maze. Laura and Chris and the girls were out there too. It was a lot of fun. Charlie really enjoyed the maze. He and his buddies took off and somehow ended up getting out before us.

These were the prettiest birds. You cant tell here, but they had red markings on them. They kept taking off and settling in the corn fields. It was really pretty.

On another note, I'm having difficulty changing my template here. For some reason I can't change from the classic template button to the layout button. Does that make sense? I may have to start again with a whole new blog, but I don't want to. I need help! Does anybody have any ideas on how I can get this going?

Summer ends! Start of school!

Above is a photo I took of Ashley during Stampede week. I really love how it turned out.

Somebody doesn't want their photo taken.

Peter and I got Charlie all of his hockey equipment for Timbits hockey. He was quite excited to put it all on. Just after this photo was taken he begged us to take it all off. He said it was too "heavy". I think our hockey hopes might be set a little too high!

*we got him the "Maple Leafs" jersey because it's a just great lookin jersey, that's all. It was time to take a break from the "Flames" & "Team Canada" ones that he's been wearing religiously.

Charlie's first day of school. It kind of breaks my heart a little to see him go.


Ashley had one of her little friends, Anna, over for a play date. They sat on her princess bed and read books the whole time. It was great.

High "5" for Charlie!

Happy Birthday Charlie!!!

It's hard to believe he's already 5.

We spent the weekend out at the cabin, so we had a little celebration there. We painted faces and had a little cake. It was great.

Charlie was so excited to have is "friends" (he calls his cousins his friends) out there. Colton and Hunter are so much fun to be around and Charlie idolizes them both. They spent the whole weekend playing with their guns and trying to get away from the "Monster" (Ashley).

My little outlaw. He is obsessed with guns right now. We have a rule that he's not suppose to point them at anyone directly. I have a lot of friends who are totally against them, and I can see their point. But Charlie will end up making a gun out of pretty much anything, anyway. I have to say that I loved the fact that he was on an adventure the whole weekend, just being a boy!

This is a photo of Angie after learning how to wakeboard. We were laughing so hard, because we gave her this really old wetsuit to put on and when she sat down on the edge of the dock, we heard this big "riiiiippppp". The whole seat of suit completely gave out.

Painted faces

My big joker!