Catching Up

On Sunday, we drove down to Lakewood for a last visit with my roommate from college and her family before the big move. After lunch and some visiting we went to the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma. It was a great zoo with lots of park area and animals to see. I highly recommend taking a day trip and visiting. The kids had a great time, and this was one of those visits when you realize that with good friends it doesn't matter how long it has been since you saw or spoke to each other, you feel like it has only been yesterday since you saw each other. Thank you Chris and Vanessa for the wonderful day. We loved hanging out with you and your boys!

Fathers Day Morning Soccer

Fathers Day was also Aaron's birthday this year. We had a great time before church just relaxing and Aaron and Luke spent a little time practicing their soccer.

My first Wranglers

Many of you may be thinking these are Luke's first pair of Wranglers... and they are, but they are actually my first pair of Wranglers! Who says quality doesn't last!

TuTu Cute!

A few weeks ago, Katie and Isabella had their last ballet class together. It is sad for me. They had so much fun together, and although they didn't always listen as they should together, they did learn a lot. Here is a sampling of that last lesson.

It's Official!

As most of you know, we will be moving to Alberta mid July. Today we finally removed all subjects from the house in Lacombe. So we now own 2 houses, but hopefully only until Saturday, this is when all subjects are to come off this house. What a whirlwind! It has only been a week since we listed this house, so it is an answer to prayer that things have gone so quickly and smoothly. I feel a comfort that God has opened and closed doors very clearly in all of this.

Vancouver Half

Well it is that time of year again for the Vancouver Marathon. It was a cold and wet day for the race but we had fun. Once again, I only ran the half as did Andrea, and my friend Alexis. This was the first year that Katie and Isabella did the Marafun. They were so excited and they did a great job. This time Andrea and I didn't have to share our medals, the girls got their own and it was fun to be able to share this with them. They ran 25.2miles over 6 weeks (minus a few, Katie didn't get all of it done) and then they ran the last mile the day of the race. All in all, it was a fun morning!

I need to clean!

I am sitting here trying to figure out how to clean my house. As many of you know, I can sometimes lean towards the fanatical side of keeping the house tidy (not neccesarily clean, but at least tidy). Right now, I have piles of laundry, toys, more toys, bathroom reno stuff and just a lot of junk laying around. I have 1 child who is terrified of vacumes, and another who is so enthralled with them, he is almost under it. Is it too much to ask for a clean, tidy house? I know some of you would tell me that in the overall scheme it doesn't matter, and that my time with my kids is short, but I am the type who won't relax if the house is a mess, and I am grouchy if they even think of making it messier. Trust me, I am not a pleasant person when my house is messy! How can we do it? How can I clean when kids are digging things out as quickly as they get put away? I need my house clean!