Holidays

We spent last week visiting family in Colorado, more specifically the Greeley area of Colorado. It was Katie's first time being introduced to her Great Grandma Oster, and all of the other family. Aaron's Aunt Claudia was able to take the week off from work and we were able to also see his Uncle Doug, Aaron's cousins and their kids. It was a great week, but it went far too quick, and was a tad too warm if you were out of the AC. On Thursday we spent the day at the Denver Zoo with most of the family. It was a chance to spend time with Samantha (our flower girl), Shayla (I apologize for spelling) and Keelen. These are Katie's cousins. Katie was a little young, but she did bond with an Orangutan, and also really noticed the Elephants. On the Saturday, we went to the Meyer family reunion, and met Aaron's Moms relatives. It was a great day, and we felt right at home. Now we are back at home. On the Thursday we were away, we got an accepted offer on our house. Subjects are to be removed on the 7th, so now we are starting the hunting process for a new place. We will keep you posted.

Canada Day Weekend

My Mom was out visiting this past week, and we had a great time shopping, shopping and I guess I should say we did yard work too, but mostly we just had fun. Dad came for the weekend, and we spent today out at Stanley Park and English Bay. Katie absolutely loves going on the swing, and going for walks. I hope everyone else had as enjoyable day as we did. Happy Canada Day!

The House

On Saturday we backed out of the new house purchase. First reason, is we are still waiting for our house to sell. (I must add it is a lot of work keeping a house in show condition while having a very active 9 month old around.) Second there were some things we were concerned about such as the house was not allowed to have a stairway from the back doorway to the backyard. This would put the house over the allowable square footage. We could have added it "illegally" after but did not want to do this. As well there were things like windows they were putting off putting in. Why? Who knows. So, here we are waiting for our house to sell, and then when that happens we will look for something then. Pray that we will be clear and wise in our decision making.

Quilting

Part of the reason for the major backlog in updates is quilting. Heidi Schunter undertook the project of putting a quilt together for Lauren's kindergarten teacher who is retiring this year. So here is a picture of the finished result, and from reports, Mrs. Jones loved it.

Alberta Bound and Back

Katie and I caught a ride with my parents to go and visit family, as well as meet my cousins new daughter and go to another cousins baby shower. My cousin Michael and his wife Carmen, had a baby girl named Rebecca Anne on May 22nd. My cousin Ali and her husband Ben are expecting any day... actually, more like several days ago, so it won't be too long until Katie has some cousins that she can play with when we are in Alberta. We had a great trip, and we also got Katie a great straw hat while we were there. Maybe she will actually keep this on.