Adventures of Thing One and Thing Two

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Weekend in the Mountains!!

At the end of spring break we headed off for a weekend in Banff!! As always we stayed at the Douglas Fir which we love it's cozy and fun for the whole family!! We usually don't even leave the hotel:) Kevin and I always rent the same kind of room it has a loft for the kids to sleep in, our own room and a wood burning fireplace with kitchen oh ya we love it:) This year my parents, Steven, Ang and the girls joined us and we had a great time.

My whole family on the slide in the play structure:0) Oh Ya!!

HeHe!!

Breanna, Simon, Megan & Emma

How many kids are in this tree:)

Love Christine

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Diving, Hockey and Gymnastics!!

It's been awhile since I have blogged but today is our families lazy day!! The last couple weeks have been very busy!

Kevin and I went to Roatan Honduras for a week of diving with our friends:) The weather was beautiful, food more then amazing and "The Reef House" was small, cozy and wonderful. Kevin dove 18 times and can you believe it I dove 11 times:) Yes I am a diver now! HeHe I think Kevin is proud of me but never says much. Thanks again to my Mom and Dad for taking the kids for 9 days! We had a wonderful time!

Hopefully Adam has a better one of us!

Mame and I

Green seahorse

Adam and Mame

Kevin and Adam went on a shark dive while Mame and I did a wreck

dive but as you can imagine the boys had ALL the cameras!

Our resort we loved it!!

Playing card and having a few drinks!!

Hmmmm.... Whisky sours my favorite!!

Our dive resort!

When we got home Simon played hockey 5 times in 8 days and Mary had dance and gymnastics yikes we were busy!

He loves hockey so much!!!

Well we are a hockey family now!!

Mary will probably be starting in September:)

My monkey and her coach!

Our little gymnast!

This spring she will be trying out for Pre-Comp for 4 year old!! She has

no fear and is very determined on the gym floor just a bit scary:)

Love to all!!!

Christine

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Happy Valentine's 2011

Eleven years ago this Valentines Day was our first Valentines together!!

Kevin remembered me saying that the Calgary Tower was special in our family because my parents were engaged in the restaurant at the top of the tower! So for our first Valentine's day he took me there:)

Valentine's 2000

My parents engagement picture Dec 26, 1968 after my dad asked my mom to marry him at the tower!!

So this year Simon had to keep the secret for a long time that Kevin was taking us all there for Valentine's Day!!! But our house has been so sick lately he had to cancel the reservations we were all disappointed. But this family day weekend we finally got our Valentine's Day Lunch at the top of the tower!! It was the kids first time to the top of the Calgary Tower and we were all excited! Here are some pictures of our morning the weather was great and we could see all the mountains beautifully. Simon and Mary loved that the restaurant moved while we ate and we got to go all the way around twice!!!

Love the faces she is her fathers daughter:)

Look at the difference 11 years made:)

Love Christine

Monday, February 14, 2011

My baby is 6!!! Happy Birthday Simon

I can't believe he is 6:( I enjoy my time at home with him and this September it's going to come to an end which makes me very sad. I love to watch him play lego by the hour, trying to sound out words as he learns how to read, playing Wii and getting so upset when his 3 year old sister kicks his butt:) HEHE Sorry had to say it! Cuddling he is the worlds best!! Asking me questions I don't know the answer to at 5 yikes help me! Playing in the yard with his friends and listening to the imagination! I sure hope it continues to grow!

Time is going way to fast for me.

He wanted to have a Lego party this year so that's what we did!! It amazes both Kevin and I that we really don't have to help him much anymore.

Here are some pictures from his party!!!

Kevin, Simon and Mary lined the front sidewalk with snow lego blocks!!

Scavenger Hunt for lego and Jelly Jeans!

Simons team was Cierra & Sam!!

Natalie telling Chad and Dylan where to dig:)

Easton telling his team (Cohen, Carter & Ethan) where to dig!

Simon "dig right there guys!!"

The party kids!!

The amazing cake!! Oh ya he was pumped!!

Thanks so much DM for all your hard work:)

The birthday boy!

Happy Birthday Simon

Love MOM!!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

This year it is the year of the Rabbit!!!

The trip to Thailand opened my eyes to many things but one big thing was how traditions are passed down through generations. Talking to many elders on my travels really made me realize that Kevin & I need to teach our children more about their own cultures and build new traditions in our family!!

Everyone knows how I love to gain information and stories through older peoples experiences. A couple of older woman said to me that North Americans don't spend enough time talking to their children, telling them stories(not reading telling), teaching them tradition and finally one of them said teaching them to listen to their elders!

So Simon wanted to do another detectives club so I thought why not do a Chinese New Year Celebration! The kids had a great time we decorated the house and i asked them what they wanted to do!!! Simon and Mary invited 14 of their friends and they all learned a little about China, as well as some of our traditions, did some crafts and ended with a snowball fight in the yard:)

Here are some of the pictures from the party!