July 10, 2010

These days I have been trying to get the house more organized again. It tends to get out of control with all of the summer fun! Lots of laundry to do too. Yesterday Grant worked on the deck (it is super shabby looking and so he was stripping it, cleaning it and painting it).

 I took some of the kids to the rec centre to go swimming.  Kaitlyn went to Calgary with a friend and Damian went over to hang out at Draytons house. It was a good day for the rec centre because it was so hot and stampede is going on, so there was barely anyone there. No overcrowding, which was nice. Maiya went over to Presleys house afterwards too.
Later on in the evening, Kaitlyn had some girls come over for a games and fondue night.

It was too gorgeous to stay inside though. So they all went over to the park to play frisbee etc. When they came back we had the yummy fondue with a small assortment of things to dip in it (strawberries, grapes, pretzels and marshmallows)
Then the girls went outside to play a game that Leah was teaching them called "Ninja Assassin" haha.

They were having a blast together, and then it all of the sudden turned into a big neighbourhood water war. They got so soaked and were just having so much fun!

This was how Kaitlyn looked by the end of it. It went on until 10pm.

Needless to say, they all slept extremely well. This morning I had to wake them all up to go to the stampede breakfast. They were entirely out and didn't look like they would have woken up anytime soon on their own.

There was lots for the kids to do and they had a lot of fun there.

Kaitlyn holding the baby goat.

Tyson jumping in the bouncy house

Damian in the head cut out photo op.

McKenna with her balloon flower.

Catcher getting his face painted by Kaitlyn. (They didn't have face paint, they were using washable markers, haha)

Maiya and Tyson riding on the wooden horse wagon, haha!!!

I went to Marvins baptism in the afternoon while Grant rested before work and the kids played.

My photoshoot got cancelled because of our crazy Alberta weather that decides to keep pouring every few minutes. My sister in law, Alex, was a god send today. She made an extra meatloaf and asked if we would like it for dinner. YAY!! Dinner is covered thanks to an awesome sister in law! My neighbour also did something so kind for us today. She brought over a tub full of art stuff and treats for the kids. Perfect day for it because it is now raining. My kids were very excited. They always love new art supplies...but especially on a rainy day!