Katie is 4

It has been 4 years already! I can't believe how quickly the time has flown. On Sunday we had family over for her birthday. All 24 of us celebrated together. It is so nice to be able to share things with them in person again.

Crosswords already! What a smart boy.

The big event

Spa night

Recently we were back in Vancouver for my friend Alexis' wedding. It was a busy but great week with lots of excitement and a wonderful wedding. The night before all the girls went for Mani/Pedi's. This included Katie and Hailey who were flower girls. They had a great time, and thought they were princesses and so much more.

Ready and Waiting

This is a whole new meaning to shoveling them in.

Out of Touch

First of all, so sorry for the lengthy delay in updates. So much has happened that now I don't know where to begin.
Lets start at the beginning. After saying goodbye to so many of you, we embarked on the adventure. The move went very well. We had hoped that the moving truck would arrive on the Friday but unfortunately it didn't come until Sunday. It worked out okay but with Aaron starting his new job the next day it made for a busy day, with getting the bedrooms in order, finding the neccesities and all for that was needed for the following morning. It did allow us a couple of days to have some fun though. It was Lacombe days so on Saturday morning we went to a pancake breakfast, followed by a great parade (Katie thought it was halloween I think with all the candy), a car show and all sorts of other activities.
That first week, I signed Katie up for VBS, and what a lifesaver that was. She was able to play and have fun every morning, and while Luke had a nap, I was able to unpack undisturbed. Most of the house was taken care of that first week. Since then I have done some painting, we have purchased furniture again, and all in all, it feels like we have been here a long time.
Aaron has jumped into the whole Albertan thing, and within 2 weeks, we had traded in the protege and he bought a Toyota Tundra 4x4. We love it, and are still shocked at all the room everytime we go anywhere in it. He has also seemed to adjust to the work well. It has been an adjustment not only with the physical side of the work, but often is working 10 hours a day and almost always, 6 days a week. This has been harder for me to adjust to I think, but there is no commuting, so when work is done, he is home in 5 minutes or less.
We have also been happy to have company come. We have had Aaron's parents visit, the Schunter family and Brad was over for supper. All of this has helped with making things not seem so far away.
The kids are doing great. Luke had his first haircut soon after we moved here, and now seems that much more a boy and not a baby. Katie is just as flamboyant as always, but it has been harder on her than any of us I think with her friends all so far away. I hurt for her when she askes for them daily! I can't wait for things to get back into the fall schedule and she can meet more kids. In a couple of weeks she will start ballet and then skating not long after that.
I promise to keep more up to date on everything from here out, but that brings me to the note that our computer crashed a couple of weeks and ago, and we have been wandering blindly without it until about a week ago. Hope you are all doing well. We think of you and miss you all!