Rep Baseball

Well you probably know that D made the top rep baseball team. Here are some shots of him playing ball. The first photo D is at first base. The coach is behind first base, lets clarify this- it is not Brent! Brent was assistant coach number 44. D was number 19.

Here you can see Number 44&19. Dad & son. Our team finished as silver medal finalists for Alberta, Mosquito level. It was a long season but it was worth it.

By looking at the following photo you may have thought that Dawson got the chicken pocks this summer.

Wrong! It was a terrible year for mosquitoes. Being on the ball field 4X's a week, didn't help. The boys couldn't keep enough bug dope on. I felt so sorry for my boy. We had to use antihistamines to keep him from scratching. One night after ball he had 23 mosquito bites on his face & neck. He was at practice for 1.5 hours. I hope I never see mosquitoes again.

The Return

Hello! I am back after a long hiatus. I have so many photos of the last 6 months but will only post a couple each day this week. (Yes, each day this week.) Lets begin with Brent's Birthday. September 19 is Brent's special day. We celebrated it a day early. We had a nice steak dinner,oven roasted carrots and oven roasted potatoes. YUM! Of course you see Brent here with his birthday cake to finish the lovely meal off.

And of course we gave him some presents.

After opening presents, Dawson tell us he would like to have a birthday everyday, so he can get gifts everyday. That sounds good like a good life eh? Then Dawson realizes by the end of the year, he would be a ripe age of 365!!!! He decide with his mouth full of cake- that a birthday once a year is the way to go.

So many Requests!

Just a quick update. I have been soooooo busy the last month- yes, just like everyone else in this world. I am slowly and I mean slowly learning about my new mac and how to use it. So now I will have to go to mac school and learn how to post photos. I have some great photos to upload and video also. It's coming. I will try to step up the "how to classes" and get back here soon. Take care everyone.

Photos on Hold

Well our family is the proud owner of a new computer. That being said, I haven't uploaded the photo software to go with it, so that means no photos on this post. And you are not going to believe what I have to say this week, without photos. I have been busy in the kitchen cooking! Yes, me, cooking. I pulled out the slow cooker and made a fab stew. Oh it was yummy! I have also made some other meals that were equally as tasty. I am on a roll. So look for some photos hopefully next week, as I continue to be busy in the kitchen.

Enough

Enough snow! Enough cold! ENOUGH! In the last week & a half, we have had close to 65Cm of snow and temp ranging around -25 to -35C.

Here is one of the snow drifts hanging off the roof. Did I mention the wind here has been active in its own way too.

Huge icicles!

The snow fort was really big. Now it is filled with snow.

To think in 6 months I will probably be complaining it is way to hot. (It is predicted that we will have a hot & dry summer here.)

Canadian Snow Storm

Our weekend storm has brought us 30cm of the white stuff. We just shoveled and shoveled and shoveled all weekend. It was nice to get some fresh snow but this is a little much in one weekend.
Here is my little boy cleaning out the tires; so I can back up out of my parking spot to clean the snow off my car. What a great helper.

This is our yard. One good thing for Dawson; he has a huge snow fort now! (You cannot see it in this photo though. )

I want to go back to Florida!

Take care all - Jen.

Last Post 2010.

Well its New Years Eve. We had plans for a fun evening in the community and fireworks at 8pm to bring in 2011. We were planning to capture the evening events on Dawson's new camcorder, he got it for Christmas.
But just before going out for dinner - Dawson yells: I am gonna be sick! GREAT!!!!! So I guess we will pass on the big evening of events. And stay quietly at home, close to the bathroom. Always another day to use the camcorder, but try telling that to a boy who was so excited to use his tonite.

So we will end this blog entry with the sign we made today. Here is hoping everyone has a great 2011.