A year has passed

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY EVVA!!!!

I can't believe how fast this past year has gone, in the blink of an eye and our baby girl is one!

Evva has been an awesome baby and her personality is really starting to shine as she grows! Her brother is her best friend and she is definitely Daddy's Little Girl! A bittersweet day for me as she turns one - I really miss the days of looking into the eyes of my cooing newborn, but I can't wait to enjoy the future with this amazing little girl.

Lester Beach

Saturday we went out to Dan and Char's new cabin at Lester Beach. Although our time at the beach was cut short by the rain we got in a good 2 hours of sunshine.
Layne and Evva have no fear when it comes to water, a good and bad thing I suppose. Evva likes playing in the sand the best though, poor girl had sand in every baby roll possible!

Back at the cabin everyone tried out Dan's Harley, even Evva! Layne has a picture on the bike every birthday except this year so we took one at the cabin. He wants daddy to get a bike like Uncle Danny so they can race!


This week we are getting ready for our little girls FIRST birthday and Todd's and my TENTH anniversary! I will be sure to take lots of pictures and post again next week!

The beginning for me

For whatever reason, today is the day I decided to join the masses and start blogging. Yes, I'd jump off the bridge if everyone else was doing that too!

So...for today:
The kids and I picked up Matt, Brandy and Darean and we went to the zoo for a few hours. The boys went nuts running around, I don't think they really even looked at any animals for the first 20 minutes. They sure had fun though and it was a beautiful day for the zoo, not too hot!
This evening after supper Todd took the kids in the pool while I took pictures, I was not a fan of the cold water. (but I said I would jump off a bridge) Evva didn't really like it either but she got used to it and splashed around in her little boat. Layne loves his new flutter board, rides it in the water like a horse though! As for Todd, the man who didn't think the pool was a good idea in the first place, he lounged like a king on his cheapo raft.










We are now in search of a new gazebo...damn winds took ours down yesterday and snapped some of the frame. Todd took it back today, no questions asked....there is a reason people call it Stupidstore. We'll hit up Rona and buy the one we wanted in the first place, the one I didn't want to spend the money on, the one that will hold up in the harsh weather, the one that will make our backyard once again our own personal sanctuary. I can't believe we went without a gazebo last summer. There is NO refuge from the sun in the back and the gazebo provides shelter from the sun AND those awful blood thirsty mosquitos.