Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Projects


After we took down our Christmas decorations, the house was looking very bare. So it was time to do some projects and get some decorating done. I still have so much I want to do, but I am very happy with our little gallery wall. It is in the kitchen where there was lots of wall space. I took about all the frames I had and spray painted them. Fun and cheap! Like I said, love the results!

Monday, May 26, 2014

Easter

We had a nice Easter weekend back in April. We finished up some painting and moving a light fixture in the master bedroom, we went swimming, had a delicious meal at Grandparents Lamont, painted eggs, and were visited by the Easter Bunny!
 Decorating eggs is a serious business!
 We ran out of time before church, so Macy did her Easter egg hunt after (she is obviously more righteous than us, because she stays in her Sunday clothes all day long)!
 Rachel with some new goodies from the Easter bunny.
 Even Dora got an egg (as did Harry Potter, not pictured). Macy was hesitant to take Dora's, but finally did to get the candy inside.
Of course we are most grateful for our Savior and how Easter reminds us of His sacrifice and love. Hope you all had a Happy Easter!

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Jolly Jumper

Rachel at 4 months. She's actually not into the jolly jumper as much as Macy was, but she does love her exersaucer.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Stickers!

One of Macy's favorite pass-times, covering me with stickers!
(Sorry for the fuzzy picture)

Friday, May 23, 2014

Tent City

What do you do when it's still winter and you're stuck inside?
Build a blanket fort!
(These are from a couple of months ago, we've finally had summer come!)

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Rachel's Blessing

Rachel was blessed February 16, 2014. We were lucky to have my Mom and Dad come out for it, as well as Chris' parents, Steve Lamont and his family, and the Leishman's.
It was a busy weekend. Saturday we spent the day at Millennium Place. We swan in the afternoon, Rachel's first swim. They had the inflatable obstacle up, which we all did (except Rachel), and all succeeded. After dinner at home, we went back to ice skate on the indoor rink. It was so much fun. Macy liked skating with the little strap-on 'skate's', but loved being pushed around in the little buggy. I definitely need to work on my skating skills, I was no where close to Chris and Grandpa's!
Sunday was the blessing. We had everyone over for a lunch of cold cuts, salads, veggies, and chips, with cookies and cream puffs for dessert.
Monday we went to Telus World of Science, and had Oodle Noodle for lunch.
I wish I had more pictures from some of the events, especially the blessing day, but here is what I've got.

 Here I am getting ready to go into my jump, a double lutz...
 but Mom missed it, so you only get to see my landing!!!




We're so glad to have Rachel in our family. She is sweet and smiley, and loves being around her family!

Monday, March 31, 2014

Macy!

I’m long overdue for a post about Macy. She is 3 and a half and growing up so much. Preschool has been great for Macy. She loves going, and seeing her friends. She has learnt so much, and her vocabulary grows daily.
Some fun things about Macy:
Favorite foods: Still cheese and yogurt, but she is better now about eating rice, and noodles, and carrots. Right now she is into chocolate pudding, and has actually started liking ice cream!

Favorite toys: She has loved playing with the miniature princess set she got from Grandma Cutts at Christmas. She plays with them usually first thing in the morning, and during quiet time. Belle and Cinderella are her favorite. She is also into playing with her lego princess and lego horse. The lego princess is usually called Princess Bala (from the movie ‘Ants’), and the horse is usually Bulls Eye (from ‘Toy Story’). She still has a great imagination, and plays a lot with her hands. She has regularly been sleeping with her Dora doll, from which we all get a hug and kiss from at night, and occasionally says the bedtime prayer.

Favorite songs: ‘Strangers Like Me’ from Tarzan, ‘Want Something that I Want’ from Tangled, and ‘Let if Go’ from Frozen. She loves to have music put on and runs around the living room dancing and singing along, she knows a lot of the words. She has great dance moves, especially when she ‘wiggles her booty’!

Favorite movies/shows: Frozen, Gnomeo and Juliet, Strawberry Short Cake: Land of Dreams, Despicable Me.

Favorite daily activities: Loves to go to the library. She has been participating in an unparented library class every Thursday and learns fun rhymes while there. Our library is awesome, and there is a great play area that we spend time in after her class. She loves going to any indoor playground (spring can`t come soon enough), and next year I am definitely getting a pass, which will be much more economical. She is great at playing with Rachel, and making sure she is happy, and is very protective of her. She enjoys colouring, and playing with playdough.

Favorite sayings: `I got this.` 'I`m on it.' 'So here`s the problem.'  'Listen Dad,'  'Don`t look at me!'

Fun moments: The other night she read us all a book. She had the book in front of her, and even a toy as a prop. She made up a story using three different story lines from three separate books. It was very entertaining and thought out. We were totally impressed.
She has also started praying all by herself. Usually we are blessed to be nice to everyone, and that we can do everything, and that we won`t die.
She likes to pretend play, where we go to the castle to get married, either by boat, or rocket ship. She will marry anyone... we need to work on her standards!
She`s already been to two birthday parties (both for friends at preschool). I can`t believe she is already at that age. 
We are so excited for the summer, and for fun outside, and to see what this creative girl will come up with next!