Happy Birthday Lorraine!

We went over to Lorraine's today to visit for her birthday. Here she is looking great! I took these pictures, especially for you Suzan and Josie. Enjoy! My boys are all in brown today... kinda fun and Elijah is always wanting to wear his new brown tank or new brown t-shirt we got at Old Navy a couple weeks ago. Maybe a new favourite colour? I know he likes it a lot but nothing can top Yellow.
(Suzan, Jason purposely smiled with an open mouth grin... just for you!)

Princess Baby Shower

Last night we had a Baby Shower for Sherry and Marayah. Girls from Church were at the shower... I picked a Princess Theme. Afterall we are all God's Little Princesses! Welcome Baby Marayah! Proud First-time Mommy!Marlene gave Sherry this new Rubber Duck that lights up! Deanna had fun showing it to Marayah!As if Julie doesn't have enough of her own babydolls at home... it's still nice to rock a little bundle.Tamara looks comfy holding Marayah while they listen to the story I read "Gigi, God's Little Princess" by Sheila WalshSherry opens some beautiful gifts... a few handmade ones: Wendy made a blanket with a matching burp cloth; Deanna made a floor blanket and Ashley created a scrapbook style framed picture for Marayah's room. Way to go Girls!Looks like Ashley and Tania are having a good time too!

First Father-Son Camping Trip

On the Long Weekend Jason took Elijah on his first camping trip. They went to Sweltzer Creek near Cultus. Elijah was so excited to go camping! They set up camp, swam in the creek, ate Thimbleberries and explored the area Sunday afternoon. The night however was cut short! About 11:30pm Jason called me from the site and said Elijah had puked all over the sleeping bags, pillows...etc. You get the idea. So they packed up and came home. In the morning Elijah had fond memories of his camping trip, because as far as he is concerned he did the camping thing! That's good! They'll probably try again this summer.

Canada Day Parade

So we started out our Canada Day festivities by going with Kurt, Dana and girls to the parade. Since we live so close we just walked over from here and didn't have to fight traffic or parking hassles in finding a good spot to see the parade.
I don't necessarily know why I am posting a picture of the Bus Float, but perhaps it can be used as a reminder of your home in Canada-for all those visiting our blog that live in various parts of the world (and there are lots of you! Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, USA...)

We set up the three kids alongside the curb for a perfect view of the parade. Everytime a clown came past though, Elijah was quick to take a step to the back where I was standing. He didn't cry and he actually said "Hi Clown, Hi Clown" but he felt more comfortable from about 5 feet away than right under it's nose. A funny thing though, once when Elijah came near me I looked to see the clown he was avoiding and in fact it was NOT a CLOWN at all but a guy with a huge fro (how do you spell that?) so he sure did look like one! Sorry buddy!

Oh and the Kayser girls even had their Uncle Keith give them candy as he walked by with a float. Kinda fun for them!Samuel and Momma trying to keep the sun to our backs. Samuel did really well despite his lack of nap, which of course there was no way he would have been able to catch a few zzz's with all the sirens and horns honking as they past by. That's okay though.Danika plays with Sammie a bit until he pukes all over her! She doesn't like to get dirty so that was a big deal to have puke land on her hand! Sorry Danika, Samuel will grow out of that eventually, I hope.

Family Day at Rotary

We went over to Rotary after the parade for a picnic lunch. Aaron and Jen with kids showed up too and so we were all able to have a lot of fun in the sun!





...another Octopus Sprinkler! this was nice to keep our bodies cool in the heat.
Alise was too cold to want to stand there for a picture - imagine that, cold!

Celebrating Jessie's Arrival

The girls spent time washing their car with Alise, Elijah & Sophie played in the sprinkler

Dana enjoys holding Baby Jessie
Mercy loves the feel of the sand in her fingers and also loves to sit on her Momma's lap, showing off all she knows. "what does a duck say, Mercy?"









Once we got inside to put some PJ's on, Mercy played Teacher and showed my boys what each animal says in her book.

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Since we arrived by 10:00, the lake was empty so Elijah and Daddy had some fun together with it all to themselvesWe sat Samuel on the edge of the waterline to get him used to it a bit firstDidn't take long for him to get comfortable in his little floatElijah loved his floating ring too

Another Busy Weekend

On Saturday we went to the Vancouver Aquarium with the Carpenter's! It was a HOT day, so a perfect day in the City. Brock and Elijah had so much fun together running from one fish tank to the next and watching the Beluga and Dolphin Shows.
Elijah is sitting on Wendy's lap here and Brock on Bryon's.
After we were finished at the Aquarium, we stopped dropped in to Metrotown for some dinner in the food court and a peek in Old Navy. Found some deals, which was nice! Today, Sunday, we 'skipped' church and took the boys to Aldergrove Lake (or Puddle as some call it). It is an ideal little "lake" for the kids. Samuel had his first dip in the water and Elijah enjoyed it as usual.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you dear Jason (Dadda)!
We hope you have a most excellent day today!
we are dropping of the boys tonight and going to Spurs Grillhouse followed by MI3)
We love you!

Welcome Marayah and Jessie!

Yesterday, June 10, I received a phone call at 8:00am from Sherry saying she had her baby!! We were able to go meet Marayah Leigh this afternoon. Proud parents are our good friends from church, Devin and Sherry. Congrats guys! Here is sweetheart Marayah: Before we went to church this morning I received a phone call from Jen who had her baby during the night. Babies, babies, babies! Congrats to Aaron and Jen... as their third baby girl was added to their family today. Jessie Olivia! I will add in a photo when they email some to us! The one we took is of Jen and Jessie. And although Jen looks so good, I really should have her permission to post it!
We look forward to watching both of you grow!
I received these pics from Aaron & Jen... beautiful family!

Picnic at the Park

After we went to the parade and a bit of browsing at Bellis Fair, we rushed over to our park date with some other friends.

Korinne took a lot more pictures and did a post of our park time on her blog. Click her name to see the photos!

Here Korinne retrieves Mercy after toddling around the playground.

Weekend Fun

On Saturday we decided to go down to Bellingham last minute. There was a parade in Lynden going on that morning, so we took part in that! It was a great parade actually. Lots and lots of tractors, horses... all for the purpose of "Farmers Day". Elijah just loved it and Samuel loved listening to the marching bands and just simply being outdoors.Lynden is "small Holland" and so this float represents a wooden shoe.Sammie and MommaDaddy's hat!This was one of the floats. We saw it on our way out and so Elijah asked if he could ride it! The little boys were generous to let him have a seat for a minute.

Look what we've been up to...

Samuel is rolling a bit more now...Flannel board time!Elijah and Jayden play with the Einstein PuppetsWe made suns and clouds the other day. I put a blob of shaving cream

and a blob of paint on their shapes and they smeared it around.

What a fun tactile activity!

Cheese! Wyatt and Jayden like the feel of shaving cream and the smell too!