Big Events

Ryan is having surgery tomorow. Nothing major. He will be put under but will likley be home by noon. I am nervous for my little guy. He does not know what will be happening but It is not something he would understand. Breanna knows something is happening and she tells Ryan not to worry that we will be there with him. Man she can fight like the dickens with her little brother but at the same time be so nice too.

Kari-Lynn may be having her baby in the next day or two. Unfortunatly I may not be able to see him right away because I will be pretty occupied tomorow.

Well here is to babies that come soon and surgeries that go well!

Mistaken Identity

Ryan walks up pointing at a picture.

"Daddy, Daddy"

To wich I respond.

"No thats not your Daddy, thats Tiger Woods"

I didnt see any possible family resemblance but maybe he did.

The ants go marching two by two....

Our house is over run by ants. I think they might be under the front step or something but I am not positive. They are everywhere.

I was on the phone with my sister-in-law last night telling her about our invasion. Breanna was standing right beside me listening so she pipes up.

"I like to make ants die".

Im not sure if I should be worried about this or not.

A Puppy Dog?

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Me and Jon

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Fishin with dad

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Over The Edge

Over The Edge
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At least he didnt take my camera with him

Near the beginning of our marriage Jon still had the camera he took with him on his mission. He went hiking in the mountains with a friend of his. Curtis took a picture of Jon who was standing by a cliff. Then he tossed the camera over to Jon. It hit Jon's fingers and rolled off. It bounced once. It bounced again. Then over the cliff it went never to be seen again.

Today Jon is on a day trip to Jasper with some missionaries. I let him take my camera. I instructed him very specifacly. NO THROWING THE CAMERA OFF A CLIFF!!!

So here is to a safe trip. Oh yeah and Jon I hope you come back too.

June Happenings

1. Jon is working now and we are getting used to having a normal schedule again.
2. Our washing machine broke down a week ago, it kind of makes me feel like a normal grown up. I get to call my first appliance repairman for my self. Not that I have not had to have things fixed before but this is the first one that I have to do all by myslef because the washer and dryer is mine and not owned by who we rent from. Until we get it fixed we are usining our little aparnment washing machine that hooks up to our sink. Since it is not in the basement I find our main floor is getting taken over by piles of laundry. I cant wait till that is over. Hopefully we will have a repair person in by the end of the week.
3. Jon's laptop hard drive decided to die this week which is sad because I do not have all my pictures backed up. Many of them especially the old ones are on my computer but there are some that were taken since I got my new camerea that I wont get back that makes me sad. I have learned my lesson now though. Back your pictures up to cd!!!!! The lap top screen also has had some pixels going on the screen for a while so it has been sent off to get both problems fixed. It will probably be about three weeks till it is finished. Until then I am back on my dinosaur of a computer.
4. I get my ultrasound In about 2 weeks yay! We will get our first look at the next member of the family. I have realized that although I think a suprise would be cool if they can tell us what the baby is, I will probably find out because I cant wait. Maby the baby will be shy and wont show anything.
   

Swimming

We took the kids to toddler time at the water park. The love it. The wave pool, the kiddie pool, the hot pool. One thing is for sure I dont have children that are afraid of the water. In fact if I did not know better I would swear they had fish DNA. Im sure they would grow gills if they could.

An outside observer would see Ryan in the waves and wonder where the poor childs parents are. The kid would stand in waves that would wash right over his head (by a good 6 inches at least). Out he comes on the other side all smiles and ready for the next one. Or he is diving head first again and again. The kid is crazy I dont know where he gets the chance to breathe.

Breanna is nuts. She has no problem putting her face in water. The problem is geting her out of the water. She likes to dive in swim around, come up for air for a second and is right back under water.

Breanna was playing in the waves and she lost her footing and a couple of small waves came one after the other. So I grabbed her and put her on her feet again. I said Breanna are you ok? I expected a couple of gasps and her to say: "yeah mom"... uh no, she looked at me and said. "Where do rabbits live" yeah the kid was fine. Maybe she already has gills after all.

sigh

• If we tell you we cant sell the display model when we still have the item in the box. Dont bre sarcastic and ask me if I want to come and set it up for you! HELLO of course we dont want to set it up for you that is why we dont want to sell the display model because as soon as you take that we have to put another one together! (ok maybe not me but one of the boys will)

• Actual phone call

Me: hello xyz store

Lady: Hi I bought a scale and it is not weighing the way I want it to I was wondering if I could bring it back.

Me: (pause) there is a thirty day exchange if there is something wrong with it.

(this is the kind of exchange you joke about but seriously who would do it!)

turns out she needed it to be more accurate for medical purposes makes so much more sense now.

• Chances are if the boxes are taped shut and there are signs that say "please do not open the packages" we actually do not want you to open the packeges. That is why we usualy put a demo item on display. No we are not trying to trick you that is really what is in the box. Oh and why when there are already 20 million open boxes of an item must you open one more!

springtime in Narnia

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Its all in a name?

John Ducey Park - Telus Feild

Northlands Coliseum - SkyReach - Rexall place

The Convention Center - Shaw Conference Center

Capilano Drive - Wayne Gretzky Drive

Calgary Trail North - Gateway Boulevard

Fantasy Land - Galaxy Land

Klondike Days - Capital EX

Mayfair Park - Hawrelak Park (ok so I dont even remember it being called Mayfair but I included it in my list anyway)


What is with changing names? I still slip up and say names like fantasy land and Calgary trail north. What is summer going to be like with out Klonkike days? Its not like Im not good with change I can handle it but it confuses my tounge really. It is not like I decide to change my childrens names halfway through their lives or something.

Thats all I have to say about that.

This that and another thing

• Absolutly loving: Homemade strawberry freezer jam. MMMM so good thanks Nikki.
• We are just waiting for Jon to start his new job at Canada Revenue. They are starting 8 of them and they all have to prove that they passed their program then everyone can start.
• Im loving the weather I cant wait to get out and do some camping and picnics and stuff
• I have been officaly arrested by some neigbourhood kids for "suspicous behaviour" apparently taking pictures of rocks and flowers is suspicous. Im under house arrest for tow days. I can only go out when they are at school. Yeah right. They keep knocking at my door and giving me warnings and stuff. It was funny at first but it might get old fast.
• 24 and a half weeks to go until baby arrives.
• and that is about all that I can think of that is interesting right now. (ok maybe it is not that interesting but it is all I have)

Fry guy

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It is hard to get a good smile on this kid for a picture. He does this cheeze thing where he sticks his chin out and it looks so funny. I got this smile though by making snorting noises.

Flower Girl

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photo shoot in the back yard today. This is my favourite!

Breanna's Reaction

After Jon came home with roadburn on his face.

"Daddy you need to be more careful, next time use your brake."

wipe out

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Poppin Wheelies on his bike. It kind of got away from him and he met the pavement face to umm concrete. This is before it got all scabbed up. Goatee time for the next couple of days because shaving is no fun. Thank heavens for helmets and gloves or he probably would have had a split open forehead and road burns on his hands to go with the burns on his face!

Miracles of parenting

Breanna: I need a new brother this one dosent listen

I got down and explained that sometimes she dosent listen either but we still love her and we still love Ryan. I explained that she could help teach Ryan by showing him how to listen and do things.

Then the most amazing thing happend. She started picking up toys and said: "Ryan we need to clean up the floor!"

It was amazing.

It was wonderful. I had the awnser to all of Breannas problems.

I had finaly found the secret of good behaviour.

It lasted all of 15 seconds.

Renuinon

Breanna and Abby saw each other for the first time in about 7 months. I was interested in seeing their reaction as we had not told them ahead of time they would be meeting.

Abby: BREAAANNNA!

Breanna: Oh Abby Ive been missing you!