Posts from — June 2011

During Zachary’s visit we did a craft project with him. The following are pictures of the finished stepping stone project in the garden along with Sage and Conrad’s.

Cute……… EH!

Last weekend we got to visit with all our grand-kids; it was great.

Zachary was here with Jeff and Lindsay and their friends Mark and Jill from Calgary, so we had a pretty full and busy house for the weekend. Mark was competing in the Canadian National Disc Golf Championships that were held at the Rose Hill Course and in Logan Lake. Jeff was supposed to be competing however he injured his shoulder earlier in the week mountain biking and had to drop out so his shoulder can heal properly. He needs a strong throwing arm as he is headed to the Canadian National Ultimate Frisbee Championships in Ottawa in August; the team he is on is competing to attend the World Championships.

Right now everything Zachary grabs onto goes into his mouth; he is teething again.

Also, Jeff has been working at getting Zachary to use his thumb and forefinger to pick up Cheerios; it will help develop his fine motor skills. By the end of the weekend he was doing pretty well and actually got a few Cheerios into his mouth.

While here Zachary did his very first project with Namma and Pops. It was making stepping stones for the garden. Zachary was very helpful and kept his foot very straight and wiggled his toes in the cement so we could capture a perfect mould of his foot. After that Jeff and Namma added a few colored pieces of rounded glass to make them look at little fancier. Once the cement started to set we added Zachary’s name and the date.

On Saturday, Sage and Conrad along with Kevin and Tamara were visiting GGMa and GGPa in Westsyde. So Brenda, Jeff, Zachary and I headed out to see them. It was great to get the three cousins together.

Zachary is modeling the new sweater that GGMa had just finish knitting for him; Zachary really loves his new sweater. GGMa certainly looks happy and contented to be holding Zachary?

Tamara with the cousins……….. cute eh!

Finally on Sunday afternoon Zachary and I got a chance to sit down and watch the US Open Golf Championship……………. Zachary really loves golf!

Last Thursday Brenda and I headed to Whiterock for a family vacation. The past couple years we have had a family vacation in the winter up at Sun Peaks. But this year due to a number of circumstances we decided to have a family vacation near the ocean. One other reason is that the grand-kids have never been to the ocean and had the chance to experience the wonders of the ocean and all the marine life. We were able to find a large 4 Bedroom house in Whiterock about 2 blocks from the beach. It was called Whiterock Manor and it was perfect for our vacation.

Friday was a family day at the beach. We got real lucky with the weather; it rained a bit in the morning however by the time we headed to the beach and the ocean walkway the sun was coming out and it was beautiful. Lunch was on an outside restaurant patio right on the main strip and the sun was shining…….. it was almost too warm after the cool weather we have become use to.

Saturday was the day for a somewhat impromptu family potluck luncheon. Actually we sent out an e-mail a couple weeks ahead and we were surprised by the response we received. In the end about 32 people showed up it was a great afternoon to reconnect with our extended family. There was too much food, a ton of pictures taken, lots of visiting and too many people to thank; however thanks to everyone who showed up. Also thanks to Tricia for being officially the unofficial photographer, you did a great job. Finally thanks to Duane for being the bar-b-que chef……………. we hope you found time to get yourself a burger of some sort!

It was a great weekend and it was all about family. Aren’t these the cutest?

What a great looking family!