Saturday, September 28, 2013

It's time to play hockey...

So this past month Alec has begun his first ever season of ice hockey.  We signed him up in a Christian  youth league in BC and so our weekends now include sitting in an ice rink watching him play.  We've been enjoying it - nice to chat with new people and watch him as he develops the skill.  Most kids in this league have been playing for years (they're Canadian after all) so he's definitely got lots to learn.  His first actual game this past Friday I missed - but he came home to tell us he had his first assist!!   Here he's practicing with Vincent in the garage - Vincent likes to think anything Alec can do he can probably do just as well!!

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It's a very rainy Saturday and I'm baking & cooking up a storm.  I'm usually annoyed when people post on facebook about all the amazing things they accomplished that day.  It's usually on a day where I feel I got very little done & it does nothing to inspire me...  But bragging on my blog is a little different!!!  The last month or so I've been busy in my garden - and believe me it's kept me busy.  Not sure what I did differently this year but my garden was a huge success.  I hope I can do that again next year - whatever it was...  So with all the excess produce I got busy canning & freezing.  So here's a little snapshot of what I put away - as well as my latest batch of salsa that we can't wait to try real soon!  If I'm making you feel bad because you had a very unproductive day - don't - you can come over and have chips and salsa with us!!!


Sunday, September 15, 2013

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo...

It's been a long time since we've taken the kids to the zoo but with Vincent being part of our family we realize we are going to be doing some of these things again.  So right after breakfast on Saturday morning we packed a lunch and drove off to Seattle to spend the day at the Woodland Park Zoo with Vincent and Alec.  It was a cloudy day and not too crowded - a perfect day to walk around and enjoy all the animals.  Vincent was so excited but after a few hours his enthusiasm started to fade.  All in all, it was a lot of fun - it was high time we took the day off from the busyness to just enjoy some time together.





Tuesday, September 10, 2013

And August flies by...

So I'm looking back since I blogged last in July and can't believe how time just flew!  After an uneventful August we are back into full swing with school and all the other regular activities that it brings.  Alec went to Ontario for 8 days and had a blast with his cousins - hardly had the time to text me or tell me how he was doing.

I forgot to add some photos in July - Jocelyn wanted to go skydiving for her birthday so Lorelle, Alec, Vincent and myself came with to cheer her on and take pictures.  We all agree we want to do it sometime too!!  It was a beautiful hot, sunny day so we all got a lot of sun as we waited in the field for her plane to take her up.  Here's some photos.  Oh, and I'm taking them on my "new" Canon Rebel I got from my boss...  After years of my old Canon Rebel non-digital being in storage I was able to use this new camera with all my old attachments - very exciting!!  I might just get back into photography...

PS  If anyone can tell me how to rotate the photos that are sideways I'd LOVE to know - cannot see that feature on blogspot nor on the program I use to save my photos...