July 1st fashion preview.

I hate it.
Oh wait....

I LOVE IT!!!

I have this thing about buying "national holiday" clothes from stores. Most shirts are either horribly overpriced or horridly hideous. So this year I decided to make Aubrey her own Canada Day outfit. This skirt cost a whole 2 bucks to make, wait $2.50 since the "dollar" store is now the $1.25 Store. It was cheap, you get the point. The maple leaf fabric is actually 2 bandannas sewn together and the lining is a old junky white shirt that I found jammed in the back of my closet! The headband is another $1.25 Store find, and the tank is from Walmart, I think I got it for $1 a couple weeks ago. So in total a whopping $4.75, man, I love a good deal.
I followed this tutorial then kind of tweaked it a little to suit Aubba. All in all I think Aubrey will be the Cutest Canadian tomorrow :)

time for an update

There's nothing more comfortable then curling up with a box of soda crackers.

We've been sticking around the house alot lately. Playing in the outdoors, NOT watching t.v. It's been so nice. Soaking up the sunshine. Here's Penny doing what she does best, sucky fingers.

Talking with Pops.

The Dad and all of his kids on Father's Day. I love these guys :)

A sweet little oatmeal eater. The paper beside Will has a bunch of numbers written on it. His new thing that he likes to do is stand in front of our alarm clock and every time the numbers change, he writes out the new sequence. It's great, keeps him entertained for at least 20 minutes or more.

last year today.

Last year on this day this is what we were doing.

SUMMER GET OVER HERE!!!

We are severely misssing you.

Love, the bundled up coldies!

you know who's awesome?

WILL!!

I love my Willers. He is so helpful and kind to his little sissies. Will has so much love to share I don't know where he gets it all. In the morning all he wants to do is snuggle up to his girls (after a GIANT breakfast of course). He's the best big brother in the whole wide world. I wonder how it'll feel as he gets older to be the only boy in our family.

Will, Aubrey, Penny and Piraththanan?

Yes Piraththanan. He's the newest member of our family. We are his sponsors. Isn't he the cutest little dude you've ever seen?

Piraththanan is from Sri Lanka and lives in a hostel. His parents both work, but dont' make enough money to provide for their family. We are so excited to help them out.

If you are interested in sponsoring a child in need go to www.worldvision.ca

or call 1-800-268-4888

taking the best things out of life.

This morning for breakfast Aubrey asked for " Lucky Charms". I got her a bowl, poured in the cereal and milk then went about my morning business. When Aubrey said she was finished I came to find this. All of the Lucky with no Charms left, or maybe it was all of the Charms with the Lucky picked out. Either way, it got me thinking.

What are your marshmellows?

What do you carefully pick out of the soggy, puffy, gross cereals in your life?

What are the things that you find "Magically Delicious"?

Think about it.

count your many blessings

Blessing #1 - Penny's big day. It literally WAS a blessing. We had such a wonderful day. Thanks to all of our family that came a supported little Pen.

Blessing #2 - Whipped Cream

Blessing #3 - Having someone as awesome as this to be your wife.

Blessing #4 - Fresh from heaven babies and making new friends.

Blessing #5 - Exploring new places.

We've had a really eventful past couple of weeks! First Penny was blessed on May 2. Then we travelled to Saskatoon to watch our new little cousin Jacob receive his baby blessing. We loved Saskatoon! I had low expectations for the city, I don't really know why? old Sasketchewan stereotypes ingrained into my mind I suppose? Anyways it's a very cool place, filled with very cool people such as... these guys. You are welcome for the plug Roberts'....

We had lots of fun exploring the city, Dad took us to the University and we walked all around in there, it's lovely and full of interesting things to look at. I wanted to go back to school when I was walking around the halls. I miss learning.

Never again will we travel 6 hours straight with 3 children under the age of 4 though. That was just a nightmare.