Thursday, July 12

You might have to open this picture up bigger (by clicking on the photo) to see why I shared it... This was the first month my name was going to be in the ParentMap magazine as the events coordinator and I was rather excited about seeing my name published in a monthly publication! Oops, there was a slight error with my name. Oh well, it'll be right in the August issue :)

Wednesday, July 11

Here's an update... I thought 96 was bad (see next photo) but check this out! 105 on my van thermometer when I got in it after a few hours of it being parked in the sun. Now that's just painful.


Record breaking heat!

Here's me in the rearview mirror saying "OH" about the 96 degree temperature. It'll likely get a few degrees hotter before the day is done, I believe we have now broken the record from the early 1950s of 95 degrees on July 11...

Fun in the Sun

July 10: My "little" brother's 33rd birthday today! So we're twins for a month til I turn 34 in August... I will never stop wondering what the heck my parents were thinking having us so close!! I like to think it's b/c I was just such a great baby ;)















One of the hottest summer days... nothing better than fun in the sun (and shade!) with buddies.














E playing golf in the background, one of our cute little neighbor boys laying out on his towel and the girls perusing the High School Musical special People edition... Ahh, a relaxing summer afternoon.

Monday, July 9

The cutest little neighbor boy in the universe!!

July 6-8

Our 3 Day Walk Girl's Weekend in Vancouver...
My parents were out of town so we had free reign of their apartment downtown Vancouver.















First stop: dinner at a Greek restaurant on Davie Street...














...then out dancing with our good family friend, Solomon. Us old married ladies had such a blast on the dance floor!! The 19 year olds didn't quite know what to think of us ;)















But you see, it wasn't all food and dancing... We walked all day Saturday starting with the sea wall around Stanley Park.





We all loved this giant old tree.



























There was a lot of wind damage in Stanley Park after the wind storm in the fall of 2006 so a large portion of the sea wall is closed while they continue to make repairs. Part of our walk was on these lovely trails throughout the park. This beautiful change of scenery was just what we needed for a good long training walk for the 3 Day!!















At the end of the day we had another fabulous dinner and then went over to a dessert restaurant on Denman. Yes, it's a Dessert Restaurant! That's all they serve on the menu. Love it.














Proof of all the hard work we did! Funny how we didn't get any photos of us shopping... Didn't want any incriminating evidence I suppose ;)

What a fun weekend!!

Thursday, July 5

On the day of the two birthday parties A lost two teeth!! Now she's missing all four of her top front teeth (plus one on the bottom). Such a goofy look, but what a great childhood rite of passage!

In the background is our driveway full of stuff from our garage. All part of a huge project, we painted the garage floor and now I still have to finish putting everything back in and organizing it all. I took a "before" picture but it's too embarassing to share before I can also show the "after" shot! Stay tuned...

Happy Independance Day!

A bunch of us in the neighborhood got together out on the street and enjoyed our own fireworks show. No crowds, no traffic... It was perfect!

Birthday Party Day

First birthday party: Evan turned 3!!! (Yummy melty ice-cream cones on a super hot day) If you click on the picture--like for all the pics on the blog--it'll come up big on your screen and you can see the candy-topped ice-cream feast :)















Second birthday party: Simrunn turned 7!!! (Fun at the bowling alley)

Monday, July 2

We had to say goodbye to A's hamster, Scooter... Here she is watching daddy digging a special little grave for him right next to her first hamster, Mr. Cuddles...

Sunday, July 1

15 Miles, baby. We made it!!

Saturday, June 30

Nothing like a room full of grown men playing the Wii! AT was showing these guys how to play golf at a friend's house. We brought our Wiimote along with some of our Miis. Gotta love the new vocabulary! If you don't know what I'm talking about then you either need to go out and buy a Wii or you have to find a friend who has one and give it a try. Trust me, it's a blast!

Friday, June 29

My first event as a ParentMap employee!















Our magazines on one end, a craft on the other... Unfortunately it rained most of the day so there weren't nearly as many people as expected at the fair. Oh well, overall it was a successful first event for me.

Thursday, June 28

Keep climbing higher, A!!! Fun times at gymnastics class.

Wednesday, June 27

The coolest car dealership EVER! Here we are having a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie, drinking sprite and coffee, hanging out waiting for the van to get an oil change. All complimentary. Well, except for the oil change ;)

Tuesday, June 26

It had been way too long since our dear friends, Sharon and Kirk, came over for a home cooked meal. As always, it was a lovely evening together.















Cheers! (woah, AT, calm down on the fire building action!! ;)















S'mores. Yum.



















We love ShaSha!!

Monday, June 25

We took the middle row of seats out of the van for a Home Depot run, the kids loved sitting in the way back row. They suggested we hang a disco ball from the ceiling b/c they thought it would be a cool dance area... It was so quiet way up front in the driver's seat ;)

Sunday, June 24

The stairs leading up to darkness and quiet... Everyone else is asleep so that means some quiet time for me down here!! Sweet dreams my lovelies.

Saturday, June 23

I didn't take any pictures today! Not-a-one...

So I'll post a picture I really like of me and my mother-in-law, aka: Gramma. This was taken on Father's Day. I know, this is cheating, but I wanted to post this picture and, well, here was my chance!

Friday, June 22

The last day of school! 6th grade graduation--my dear Emma looking lovely in a dress!!!




















A and her much-loved teacher along with her classmate/neighborhood friend. It was a great year... And now she's a 2nd grader!

Thursday, June 21

Today at school we did the annual "fun run" (although I didn't actually see anyone running!) which is a 1.6 mile loop around the neighborhood next to the school. E and I went along for the exercise...















A and I made this wall hanging gift for her teacher. We decoupaged letters on this plaque with the class motto: "We can do it, we can do it, we can do it if we try" and spruced it up a little with some funky beads, wire and a school bus :)