Rocking out!!!

The other night Jared came in from working to have some supper and while I was getting it ready he sat down and started playing his guitar!! I love it when he does that, he is really good, much better then he gives himself credit for!!! While he was sitting there playing Armin pulled a chair up right next to him and sat down with his toy guitar and started to jam with dad!!  It was really quite a sight to see!!

Time With Grandpa

My dad recently took our kids to spend the weekend with him!! It was the best gift Jared and I have been given!! We've had weekends away but we have never had a weekend at our house without kids!!! We really enjoyed it and it was most definitely something we desperately needed!! We went suit shopping for Jared since his old one (from the thrift store!!!) no longer fits him!! We went out to eat, I won the movie choice and took him to "If I Stay"...sooooooo good, though Jared did say it totally felt like he spent two hours in a hospital watching family members dying!! We were able to finish hauling bales off the quarter the cows so generously moved themselves to a week ago!! And we enjoyed our church meetings without the distraction of our little rug rats!!! Though lots of people did come up to us after to see what we were missing!!!! 

The kids went to the Southland Leisure Centre with Grandpa and got completely worn out, Armin was asleep for the night by 6:00pm!!! They went shopping and to Prince's Island Park where they ran free and were totally in their element!!! Nature and our boys go hand in hand!!! It was a great getaway for them too!!! Thanks Dad for the great, and much needed weekend to ourselves!! And thanks for making memories the kids will never forget!!!!

Girl's Club

Grandpa Glen held his annual girls club with Lily and Emry!! This year he wanted to do something totally different so he took them horseback riding!!! Emry was pretty excited since it is her ultimate dream to own her own horse!! They went on a two hour trail ride in the hills, or the "foothills" as Emry politely corrected me!!! Both girls loved their horses and especially loved feeding them carrots after they were all done! It was a huge hit and I think it will fast become a tradition with Grandpa and his girls!!!

The black horse was named Moon!!! I wonder why?!!!!!

Reuniting With an Old Friend

The kids and I had a great day visiting with old friends!!! We headed up to Okotoks to spend an afternoon at the beach with the Stasiuks!!! Warren and Tanya moved from Champion to Okotoks 2 years ago and we have only gotten together one other time since!  The main reason for going to see Tanya was to pick up a shelf I bought from her but I can't tell Jared that ;) Tanya has started her own little furniture restoration called Sweet Repeats Furniture!!! The stuff she does is amazing and totally my style!!! So she said if we were coming up anyway to get the shelf we might as well stay and go to their community beach!! The kids had a blast and it was neat to see them reconnect with long lost friends!

Emry and Hudson, who are the same age, did better than they ever have!! Their very first meeting involved teeth marks and tears!!! Tanya and were reminiscing about that first day, yet we were thankful this meeting did NOT involve teeth marks or tears!!!! It was so much fun visiting with her, it's like we haven't been apart for two years!! 

Armin played with his tractors in the sand, Calum swam to the dock with Lincoln, and Emry just hung out with everyone, Marley, Landry and Hudson!!! When it was time to go I had a really tough time getting our kids out of the water!! But we left with the promise that we would be back again much sooner!! In fact, in the next couple of weeks since I bought a cabinet Tanya redid!!! 

When we got home I had to help Jared finish up with the baling! I raked while he baled!! A storm started brewing and we cut it very close but we were able to get it all finished!! On my back to the house the sunset was absolutely gorgeous and since I had my camera handy I couldn't resist taking some pictures!!

Best pals, Fender and Gibson!!!!!