Long Weekend!

We had a lovely, long weekend. The weather was nice and Easter was pretty low key. Resurrection power and celebration are daily before me.

The boys had their cub car races at the church where they participate in a Cadets group on Friday. We had lunch there and I even met another home schooling mom! Several of the boys did not show up for the races, so our little girls were allowed to participate with two of the extra cars. We are thankful for this church and that they allow and welcome our children even though it is not our home fellowship!

And the most exciting part was that Austin's car won the whole shebang! Way to go, Buddy!

(Sorry for the weird yellow colour...taken with my phone.)

The one "Easter-y" kind of thing we did was to make Resurrection Rolls (or buns as we say in Canada). It's been a tradition since Emma was a little girl.

And we enjoyed the beautiful blue skies and sunshine!

(Can you spot TWO cool dudes in this tree?)

Pine cone wars!...

Not a little girl anymore...

Enjoying Maya's "restaurant"!

"Daddy, come and find me!!!"...

And this week we celebrate Austin's birthday! He is, at this very moment, playing laser tag with two friends, as well as Ben, Emma and Bob. He was so excited that he woke up at 6:45 this morning...not like him at all! :)

I need to run to get the chocolate glaze made for the cake.

Blessings in Jesus!

Catching Up

Happy April!

I've been very focused on Kenya on my blog lately and just busy with life. We did have some fun in February and March that I didn't want to just overlook. So hang on while we go on a *quick* catch up blog!

Skating with our friend, Leah, who really knows how to figure skate! It was fun to watch her.

She gave the girls some helpful pointers...

Tobogganing in a snow storm!

We took my Mom tobogganing with us and laughed until our sides hurt!

Collected for snow cream!

Gammy bought the girls a sewing machine while she was here visiting and they were able to make a few cute pieces for their room...

We went to our local botanical gardens for the Amazon exhibit (this was actually our third time to go).

A fun visit to the ROM...

A few shots from my trip to NC for Grandma's funeral...

My Uncle Jamie and Aunt Winky (Dad's brother and sister-in-law) were so kind to come all the way to Charlotte for the service. I loved seeing them!

Mom with her two brothers (Uncle Ervin and Uncle Gerald)...

Ava turned FIVE!!!!

And she had a dance recital...

During March Break we visited a local military museum...

We also had a great bike ride/scooter ride/walk with friends on one of the first sunny and warm days of the year!

The first official barbecue of the season. Austin wanted a lesson in how to BBQ!

Silly string fun with Daddy!

And just this week, two of my favourite friends were both at my house at the same time. It was extra-special since one of them lives on the other side of the planet! XOXO

I tried to make that brief, but I had close to three hundred photos to sort through. Whew! I hope to keep up a little bit better from now on. ;)

Blessings in Jesus!