Posts from — March 2012

On Tuesday afternoon we headed out to GGMa’s and GGPa’s to see our 1 month old grand-niece; Amelia McPherson.

Dean (Brenda’s brother) drove down on Sunday from Prince George with Sabrina and baby Amelia who was born on February 10, 2012. Mike (Sabrina’s fiance) arrived by Bus midnight on Monday; so it was good to see them all.

Amelia is adorable and gorgeous and a perfect little baby girl. Grampa Mason (Dean) is obviously enthralled to be a grand-parent.

Brenda was able to hold Amelia for quite a while until she got hungry and Sabrina had to go feed her. I did not hold her or get to close to anyone as I am still getting over this nasty cold. In fact GGPa also had a very bad cold so he kept his distance as well; but GGMa was more than happy to take his turn holding baby Amelia.

Sabrina and Mike are definitely proud but somewhat tired parents.

Sunday was very special day; it was Conrad’s 4th Birthday.

The condo was decorated in balloons and streamers and Conrad was very excited and surprised by the decorations.

Lots of presents were opened, there was a game of “pin the tail on the donkey” and then we all sang Happy Birthday as the birthday cake with 4 candles was brought out. Namma did a great job with the cake and the party.

One of the very special presents Conrad received was a hand made quilt from his Namma. It was a train theme and she did an amazing job on it; he was very excited about this present.

Unfortunately I was very sick and didn’t even get out of bed till early afternoon just before we took the annual Family Photo and right after that Kevin, Tamara, Sage and  Conrad headed for home.

Saturday was skiing day for Kevin and Jeff. Plus it was Sage’s first time to take a ski lesson.

After Kevin and Jeff headed off Brenda and I and Tamara, Sage and Conrad took the car down to the village so we could get Sage set up for her private ski lesson.

Sage’s instructor was a young Aussie girl and the two of them really connected and within 1 hour she had Sage skiing down the hill by herself full of confidence. Sage did awesome.

We all returned to the Condo for lunch and made plans to meet Kevin around 3:00 p.m. so he and Sage could ski down a couple runs together. Sage did outstanding and was so excited to be able to head home to tell all her friends about her skiing adventure.

It was great afternoon out for everyone and we all enjoyed our time on the hill and in the village.

Later that afternoon I was starting to feel like I was getting a cold and right after dinner I headed to bed and left the grownups to decorate the Condo for Conrad’s birthday on Sunday.

Friday afternoon we headed up to Sun Peaks for a Family Winter Vacation. We all arrived around 4:00 p.m. and Kevin, Tamara,Sage and Conrad arrived a little later around 5:30 p.m.

We had a great dinner and a chance for everyone to reconnect since it’s been a while since we have all been together.

After dinner it was time for a family get together tradition which is a treasure hunt for the grand-kids. In the past we have had just one treasure hunt for all the grand-kids, however this year we did three separate treasure hunts.

Zachary’s required him (with Sage and Conrad’s help) to follow a long piece of yarn that lead to his surprise.

Conrad got picture clues that were scattered around the Condo and at each location was a piece of a puzzle; once he got all four pieces he assembled the puzzle which showed a picture of the location of his hidden surprise.

Sage’s clues were all printed and ones that she had to read to lead her to the next location. The final clue told her where her surprise was hidden.

After all this excitement it was off to bed for Zachary and off to the Hot Tub for the older kids. A great end to day #1.

Jeff, Lindsay and Zachary arrived on Wednesday afternoon just before our Sun Peaks family vacation.

Poor little Zachary was not feeling well and in fact had been sick for almost 2 weeks. So, although he goes to daycare while Jeff and Lindsay work in Kelowna, he had been too sick to go there so they decided to come early and Brenda and I would look after him while they got work done. You can see from his expression he looks pretty punky.

Having Jeff, Lindsay and Zachary come early also worked well because GGPa and GGMa came over for GGMa’s 84th birthday celebration and it is always nice when they get a chance to see one of their great -grandchildren.