Snapshots

From Sunshine to Rain

 Daddy came camping Wednesday!! He took the whole week off work, but spent Monday and Tuesday working on the new house.Wednesday was the BEST day! We spent the day at the beach!

Daddy and girls spent the day playing in the sand. Daddy built a sand turtle and the kids had a great time helping him.

Another chin up competition took place.

After our day at the beach we headed out on  a family bike ride for some Ice cream!

We biked all the way across the boardwalk- about a 20 minute bike ride, and the ice cream shop only took cash. Lets just say the kids were NOT impressed. So we did what any other parent, who was sick of hearing bawling children, would do. We rode our bikes back, borrowed cash from Grandpa and drove back to get Ice cream.

After the kids went to bed we fished a bit with Mark and Lindsay.

Thursday we biked some more, but the weather wasn't fantastic… windy and a bit chilly. SO we took the kids into see How to Train Your Dragon 2. 

Barker thought playing catch with the guys was so fun.

Friday was even worse! We woke up to rain and it rained ALL DAY. So we hit up Red Deer again and went swimming.

We were going to be camping until Sunday night, but we wanted to end the week of fun on a high
note. After a great day swimming, we didn't want to keep the kids shut up in the trailer for the rest of the night. AND then spend the day Saturday in mud and grumpy children, so we packed up and headed home.

Mon/Tues Vacation Days

 Remy wakes up about 5:45-6 each morning. Which means, in a trailer, everyone was up that early. By 7:45am Monday morning the kids were ready to go!

A quiet walk to the lake first thing in the morning, great lighting, geese and seagulls.

The girls chased the seagulls. A rather fun past time activity this week.

This girl loves the monkey bars.

So we got back to the trailer and got ready to head to the lake for the day, but the weather turned nasty and rained!! Mommy realizing she forgot shoes for her and few other warm necessities. We headed into Red Deer to wait the rain away… where Remy got a whole new outfit cause she poop exploded in Target.

Animal print is so in.

It warmed up enough Monday afternoon to hit the lake for a few hours. Not warm enough for suits, I thought the kids could just play in the sand.

Ya right.

Kalia and Grandpa ended the day with a chin up compition. Where she SPANKED him. SPANKED him.

Tuesday the weather was MUCH nicer. The kids played the day away on their bikes and at the park. We have been to this camp ground before and it is awesome for bikes. Kids are everywhere playing on bikes and lots of pathways.

Everybody gravitates towards Grandpa… he's kind of spectacular.

Grandma is where its at. If some one needs hugs and its between Mommy and Grandma- I lose 80% of the time.

Tuesday the kids made friends with these 2 little boys. They played "Police Officer" and they would take turns pulling each other over and issuing tickets. It was adorable. One of the conversations went like this:

Bryce to Annaliesse: How old are you?
Annaliesse: 5
Bryce: (a disappointed) Ohhhh
Payton to Bryce: Well, how old did you think she was??

Building Buttons

They say building or renovating can be really hard on a marriage.

Justin and I are having a blast. MOSTLY because we both know when to back off, after each others "buttons" have been sufficiently pressed.

And when your building a house, your bound to have difference of opinions.

So far I have sufficiently pressed Justin's "buttons" twice. Well… at least two big times. 

1. The kids windows. Justin put them in a little high. Not that there is a correct hight, or anything. BUT I wanted them about a foot or so, lower. So I just mentioned to Justin that they should be lower… just a bit. Well after discussing it over a week, he agreed to lower the window. 

2. The basement bathroom. After Justin got the basement framed, I realized the bathroom layout wasn't exactly perfect. So after another long discussion, including Grandma and Grandpa, (it was boys against girls) and Justin man handling the tub around so I could visualize it better. We changed the bathroom layout. It means a LOT more work for Justin, including a jack hammer. But I know this is the way to go.

Actually… it might have been 3 times…

3. The Big windows in the main area. The kitchen window is big. 5 feet. It was way smaller in the plans, but I am all about the big windows. In fact the monster size front window was all me. I kept making it bigger and bigger , until Justins' last window "button" had been pressed. Justin made sure the 5 men that lifted it into place, knew it was my idea. Thanks Mark, Miles, Dave, Dad and Justin. That window rocks. 

This house building stuff is sooo fun! I love you Justin, I couldn't do it without you!

The interior is going to be super fun to do together!!

And just so we are clear, I loose sometimes too. Justin picked the front door, and the shingle color, and some other things, but nothing to get upset about. So I choose NOT to remember when I loose, I focus on the positive :)

Snapshots

I found this Snapshot post in my DRAFT in my Folder. Look how little the kids are!!

Its from November 2012