our hike

after the hike at the duck pond

We went on a little hike Monday. It was nice. We went with my Mom and Dad, Steven and little Jonas. Nick came with us also. (Amanda was at a birthday party for a good friend of hers) John was even here too. The trail was a little bit too rocky for my liking, but other than that it was good. Steven got tired out first, but the girls loved it!!! I guess we'll have to go again soon! We also went to the pond afterwards and fed the ducks.

My new do!!

Well i went and did it finally!!! I had hightlights put in my hair! The last time was in 2005 or 2006 and i thought that it was too blond then.... so i was a little nervous about doing it again. John really liked the highlights the first time around, so i decided to try it again for fun and this time i liked the outcome a lot more. What do you think?

Happy Birthday John!!!

Kassidy and Buster

Brenda, Lindzi and Jonas

attacked by Kassidy and the silly string!!

Happy Birthday to John!!

John's chocolately chocolate cake!!!

Mom and Dad took us out to lunch at a chinese restaurant... Yum

We miss you Chris.....

Happy Birthday Chris..... we wish you were here to celebrate your birthday today. We miss and love you so much and are thinking of you especially today.

Family Reunion

Desi, My Dad and Amanda ... and yes that is a kilt my Dad is wearing.


Jonas and Brenda.....he never stopped smiling!


Lindzi -the old pro- at the carousel

Our group minus and Amanda and Nick who hadn't made it yet.

Me and the little girls

My Dad and most of his siblings.... Bob and LouAnn missing from the picture.

We had fun at the Shaw reunion on Saturday. It was sooo cold though. Especially for August. We stayed wrapped up in blankets for a good part of the day. They even had a fire going in the fire pit which helped a lot. It was overall enjoyable to visit and see relatives and cousins. Lindzi and Jonas rode the carousel and Jonas absolutely loved it!!! He was grinning from ear to ear the whole ride. It was his first ride ever. Lindzi loved it too, but she's been on one quite a few times before. The girls had fun playing tag with some of their second cousins. Amanda and Nick also came over for a little while in the afternoon. There was a really cute splash park there too unfortunately it was too cold to use it....little did I know that i should have packed jackets and long sleeved shirts instead of swimming suits and towels - oh well.

Markers and Make up.....

how can you be mad at a face like this???

She wanted the camera too!!!

She found my eyeliner and went to town with it.... Then another day she finds a marker (at least this time it was a washable marker and came right off.) This little girl finds all the fun stuff!! She is always busy, busy, busy!

Diva Baby!

Lindzi LOVES trying on other people's shoes.... She also seems to like mommy and Amanda's heels. She thinks she's all that!

Splash Pad fun!!

We went to the splash pad today on a spur of the moment impulse. Most of this summer it has been a trip to Lagoon, since we have season passes. We had not made it to the splash pad once yet...... so today we changed that! Lindzi had fun too! While we were there I was talking to another girl there. She had two little girls and one looked around the same size as Lindzi... so then i asked how old her little girl was and she said 20 months almost. Which was surprizing since Lindzi is turning 20 months tomorrow! I said that mine would turn tomorrow and she said hers was turning tomorrow too!! I said, " so her birthday is Dec 1st also??" and she said yes. Well it even turns out that we were at the same hospital and everything!! These two little girls had met before in the nursery and we didn't even know it!! Funny huh??? What a crazy coincidence though. Her little one's name is Talia and she's the one in the top picture in the brown and white little tankini.... she so cute.

Desi's family party

we had a fun little family party for Desi on Monday. She had a fun time opening up all her presents and then we all enjoyed cake and ice cream and each others company.

Desi's friend party

Desi had a friend party today on her official birthday day!!!! Wow I still can't believe that she's 12! Her friend got to paint treasure chests and then bead some bracelets. Then we played a game with trivia questions and unwrapping a present with many layers of wrapping paper. Then she got to open presents. When we went outside to play with the water balloons (which i spent close to two hours filling, mind you) most of them had popped because of the heat and sun!! So that was a bit of a bummer. Oh well they played a bit with the hose instead. Then they all had cupcakes and milk and soon it was time for them to go home .... Now i need to rest.

Grandpa Hansen

Our very much loved Grandpa Hansen passed away today July 14th 2009. He was 96 years old. He was the best Grandpa ever! When I was a kid I used to love visiting him and Grandma on their farm. Whenever we visited, we were always met with open arms. I loved playing on the swings in the backyard. I loved looking at all his art work and wood work. I was always amazed (and still am) how he could carve a chain out of a solid piece of wood. He loved doing puzzles like rubix cube and i was always amazed at how easy he made it seem. He always had M&M's around, and we all loved getting those! I only have fond memories of Grandpa.... I was hoping he would make it to 100 + years old! He almost made it too.... he gave it a great shot!
We will miss you so much Grandpa!!!