Friday, April 13, 2012

A bit 'o March and some of April

Let's start with April - since we are very much looking forward to all things spring - whenever they decide to show! (As I type this, it is snowing big juicy flakes....) 
*sigh*

The kids wanted to paint Easter eggs, here they are hard at work!

April is an exciting month at our house for the particular reason that it is Dylan's birthday month! He turned 8 this time! We had the usual celebration which included the family within close proximity to our house!
Dylan was horribly spoiled - he now has lego coming out of his ears! :)
The food request for his party, was hamburgers and ice cream cake - a little summery, but we can't wait that long in this country! ;)

I found a new recipe for the cake! Definitely worthy of a repeat - Toblerone and Toasted Almond&Chocolate were the two flavours attempted this time!


This was the last of March!
We had heaps of fun with Uncle Aaron, who came to stay for his 'midterm break'! We celebrated his birthday and enjoyed the first wiener roast at our new place!
We went up to visit Shaun & Bonnie for a little bit of our spring break! (Tried Bikram hot yoga for the first time!) 
And just a couple of photos of Dylan and Emarie's award assembly - they were awarded for being good listeners! (I wish they'd put their skills to work at home a little more!) ;0)

A few shots of my afternoon out snowshoeing - so undeniably gorgeous.. Sun shining, warm breeze stirring, water running, birds chirping.. 
ahhhhhh... Bliss!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

The last month!


Most recent : the SNOW storm. A lovely March blizzard that landed us 2 days off school!
It is all melting in a hurry this week however.. Is spring on it's way?

Enjoying the fresh 12+" of powder!

Fun with some of our cousins! They came to our house and we went to theirs!


We have had some gorgeous sunrises - pretty pink skies. This particular morning we had a moose grazing on our shrubs!

Pretty frost.

Another nice surprise in the wildlife department - elk! Such a beautiful animal.

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( This a.m. we saw a cute fox in our yard - it was too quick in leaving and I didn't get a photo..)
I may have mentioned this before, but I'll say it again:

We are loving our new spot!!  :)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In the year 1912....

So, a few weekends ago, Sheldon planned a murder mystery and young kids weekend. These photos are just of the Friday evening murder mystery.
(Sorry there are so many photos...lots to choose from!)

Was  a fun filled evening - from prep work to dress-up, rook games, fancy food, music, etc... 
Great job again Shel! Glad we could get in on it! :)

Some of the small details, that added their bit to the 1912 evening..

And here are some of the guests!

(..Notice Ash, the talented photographer for the evening, in her 2012, pardon me, 2010 clothes!) ;D 
Also like to point out Gossipella (Jacintha) and Rumourelda (Jo), 
head to head - discussing some 'hot' topic!! :) 



Getting the murder part started..

On the bottem right corner - the ladies retired to their sitting room for a cup of tea..!

Yummy food!

The chamber music, provided by Reagan and I (poor things!), and the murdered guest!


The whole crew!