Cousins

Jennifer and her kids and Pam and her kids were up in Edmonton the end of June and beginning of July. Macy loved having so many cousins around and often asks to play with Paisley again. We had everyone over one evening to have a fire in our backyard with s'mores, cookies, and watermelon. It was great to visit with everyone and for the kids to run free in the yard. The weather was nice until the very end when it started to rain, which actually worked great at putting the fire out and getting the kids into their vehicles and inside for bed.

 William Leishman, age 3.

 Macy and her pal Pasiley.

All the Lamont grandkids: Pasiley, Aurora, Anderson, William, Henry, Ruth, Rachel, Macy, Clark, Scarlet, Bruce, and Simon

Back Yard Fun

Most Saturdays in May and June and before Chris left, you would find him doing yard work and outdoor projects all day. We finally convinced him to take a break and play with us one hot Saturday afternoon. We put on our swimsuits and pulled out the sprinkler and had fun jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath and enjoying the beautiful day.

 Dancing Macy

 Relaxing on the deck!

Stake BBQ and Bike Ride

This June we participated in our Stake's BBQ and Fun Run/Ride. We decided to do the 12 km bike ride with Chris pulling both the girls in the bike trailer. The course wasn't marked very well and we ended up taking some detours, but it was a nice ride around the River Valley and the girls both did well, Rachel sleeping for most of the ride. 

After biking we stayed for BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, snow cones, watermelon, face painting, and games. It was a fun day.

 It was cool in the morning before we started the ride, but warmed up once we got going and were back for lunch.

Macy's Soccer Season 2015

Macy played soccer this spring with the Ardrossan Soccer Association on the Red Devils. The team was U6 boys and girls, so she was playing with kids who were both older and had 2 years experience whereas this was her first year. It was a growing year. She definitely improved throughout the season and we learned that she doesn't have the natural aggression both her parents have when it comes to sports (at least not yet)!

Macy had games Monday and Wednesday nights and had one Saturday tournament. We lucked out with weather and had a great season making it to all our games!

Below are pictures throughout the season. The first few are from her very first night, and the rest are from her Saturday tournament. They had a bouncy castle for in between games which both girls enjoyed. Grandma and Grandpa Lamont joined us for the tournament games to cheer on Macy!  

 The team: Julia, Coach Bill, Coach Sherri, Macy, Elizabetta (Italian, and totally a natural soccer star), Rylan, Lucas, Connor, and McKenzie.

Edmonton Rush

One of my work bonuses is getting free Edmonton Rush Lacrosse tickets. We ended up going to about 5 season games and then to the finals where the Edmonton Rush won! It was fun getting out on some dates and watching the team throughout the season. Sometimes we went just the two of us, we took friends on a double dates, and took Macy a few times. I've never watched Lacrosse before this, but it is a fun spectator sport, a cross between hockey, basketball, and soccer. Lots of contact action and enough points scored a game to keep it interesting.

Here are some photos from the season.

 Macy loved going and was great at cheering "Go Rush Go!!"

 The score at the finals, they won 11-10, it was a great match!

More Snow

You are going to get a lot of summer and outside pics soon, so here is the last snow one. All the snow had melted and we had really great weather. We set up the trampoline and brought out the summer toys, then the first week of May we got a huge dump that took a couple days to melt. Macy had fun with it though!

 Snow slide!

Easter

Easter weekend turned out to be a cold one. On Good Friday we went to the new rec center by our old house that had recently opened. We went early so it  wasn't too busy and the pool was great. They had an awesome waterslide that Macy could go on by herself, which she did many times. We played in their indoor playground after and then left for lunch and naps at home. 

On Saturday our friend's the Fixsen's had extra tickets to the Easter event at Fort Edmonton Park. Usually they have a big hunt, but this year they changed it and it was just a scavenger hunt geared towards older kids. It was cold, and totally not worth it, and we even got in for free!

 

 They did have one indoor activity of decorating cookies, Macy enjoyed the cookie, and Rachel and I enjoyed the warmth!

 Isla, Macy, and Rachel

 In the afternoon we decorated eggs to get ready for Easter Sunday.

 Easter morning. Macy loved the egg hunt, and was great with helping Rachel too. We did Easter dinner at home with just our family, ham, scalloped potatoes, veggies, and buns. Probably something yummy for dessert, but I don't remember!

 And here's just a funny one of Rachel (17th months)