Suburban!

Well today we brought home our new suburban - it's big, black & beautiful. We didn't really NEED it but it might be better on gas mileage than the trailblazer (different engine) & it will be better for towing the tent trailer. It has a lot of gadgets and is quite loaded - I'm sure we'll really like it (once I get used to a bigger vehicle). We saw the exact same one in Green Bay last year at a dealership & Miles was drooling then, so I knew it was going to happen someday! To me, a suburban brings back memories of carpooling to middle-school with the Berkes'! It was also the Dixon-mobile in Port Alberni!!!

Happy Birthday Greg!

Today is Greg's 33rd Birthday! He is Miles' good buddy from Caronport, SK school days & is currently living in Mexico, with his bride of 25 days! Congrats! This summer he came by for a quick visit...

Florida

Well we've been home from Florida now for about a week & a half so thought I'd put in a couple pictures from our trip. We were away from November 1st until the 20th and went with Miles' entire family. Highlights were the 4-night Disney cruise, three rounds of Splash Mountain at 10pm and relaxing at Coronado Springs Resort! On Disney's island, Castaway Cay, we got to see the pirate ship from the movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean". We also got to dock in the Bahamas for the day!

Let it snow!

In the past couple days, we've been competing with all the snow that the west-coast has been getting... only ours will stick around longer, the temperature will be colder and winter will seem like forever! Despite all that, the snow is beautiful even if dear hubby has to use the snow blower twice in a day! The boys were thrilled to be outside, as we walked to pick up Ethan from school, but when Liam decided he wasn't going to sit in the sled anymore and we hadn't even left the school yard yet, I knew we were in for a LONG walk home! Note to self: pick another mode of transportation! As long as the wind is blowing, it is not pleasant to be outside...'tis the season!

Welcome to my blog!

I'm finally here in blogger-ville and looking forward to having an exciting (hopefully) site like all the others I've seen. I'm hoping this is a way to share some creativity, as well as photos of my charming youngsters, with friends and family near & far! This will definitely stretch my computer skills but I'm up for the challenge...