Go Canucks Go!

All ready to watch the game tonight! Go Canucks go!!!

Giggles

Just for fun!

Bouncy fun!

Last week we pulled out the exersaucer for Jocelyn. She is getting old enough to hold up her head and is getting tired of laying on the floor. She loved it in there! I think it was a little overstimulating for her but that could have been the other 2 kids sitting around her making every toy move and make noise! We sure are loving our happy little girl!

Fun at the Fair

Today we took the kids to a little fair at the parking lot of the mall. They had seen it set up a few days ago as we drove by so they were VERY excited when we said where we were going. We walked through the fair and told them that they could each pick 2 rides to go on. They wanted to see them all so they could choose their favourite ones. As you can see, they very much enjoyed their choices!!

Owen riding the dump truck of the "Construction Zone". Kendra and Owen on the "Racetrack".
Kendra riding her fancy pony!

Wee College

Last week Kendra had her graduation from Wee College. This is a once a week program that teaches kids Bible verses, stories, books of the Bible, all through songs, puppets, stories, etc. She loved going every week and learned so much! Here she is with her Bible, waiting for the program to start. She was very easy to hear as she sung her songs and recited her verses!

Accepting her certificate and her pin on stage.

My camera battery died half way through the program so we had to take the picture with her pin and certificate at home on the deck.

Remember . . .

. . . what an amazing sacrifice was made for each one of us!

Basement complete

As posted a few months ago, we did some work in our basement to make it more usable for our family. We made the main room into a playroom/computer/scrapbooking area. We did what we needed to do to make it usable but once Jocelyn arrived the 'decorating' kinda stopped.

However, we now have it all finished, at least for now. It is amazing how an offer to have guests for a week will make you finish off something! (They actually ended up going somewhere else because of Jocelyn being sick!) So, here are a few shots of our finished basement!

The playroom has been the greatest thing about the basement. The kids are spending more and more time there, especially if they are together or an adult is down there with them. They both love anything to do with painting, colouring, writing or creating. I love to display their work and this is what I came up with to do so. I found cheap frames at the local thrift stores and put their paintings in them. For the 3-D type of stuff, I bought this cable system at IKEA and it also works great for hanging their paintings to dry.

Another added bonus about the basement is that we now have a spare bedroom! No more sleeping on the floor in the computer room! It still needs a little more decorating help but that will have to wait until another time.

And finally, Kevin has somewhere to put all his books (there is still one more large bookshelf in our bedroom). Someday we'll get around to buying/making some nice bookshelves that all match and are not falling apart but for now, this will do.