July 22, 2010

So we had my 4 nieces down for the past 4 days. We brought them back with us on Sunday night. The girls were so excited to have their cousins stay. We don't get to see them often, so this was a treat. On Monday the girls had lots planned. They created their own product. They decided to make their own perfume. They called their brand "Sager Scents".  Their first scent was a rose scent. They got some roses and put the petals in a bowl of water. They boiled it to get the scent out of them. It actually worked out pretty well, and ended up smelling nice. Very creative!
They went off to the park for a while and then came home for lunch. After lunch, we got ready to go out. Grant took the boys to go see "The Sorcerors Apprentice" at the Roxy in Airdrie. I dropped the girls off at the moviedome. (It's a second run theatre) They ended up watching "Shrek: Forever After".

While the girls were at the theatre, I took Maiya and Keira to the mall for a bit.

I bought them each one of those surprise bags from Ardene with an assortment of jewellery etc. They were so excited to open those bags and show eachother their treasures. After being at the mall for a little bit, we headed over to the McDonalds that is right beside the theatre so we would be close when it was time to pick up the girls from the movies.

 It was a very cool McDonalds. It had an interactive playplace in it with videogame stations. The girls weren't really bothered with them though, they just ate and then played tag and hide & go seek with some girl they met there. I just have to say that even the chairs that they ate at were cool at this McDonalds.

 

We went home and the girls made bead bracelets together.

They had dinner and then had a movie night. Grant and I went out to dinner to celebrate his b-day a little late. We went to Applebee's and then browsed a couple of stores that he was interested in.

On Tuesday morning I took the girls out for a photoshoot. We got some cute shots. I especially liked the bright yellow canola field. I was not liking the intense sun creating harsh shadows, but I wanted to do pictures there anyways. I think they turned out well...shadows and all!! (We went to another spot with shade later to do a few more as well)

When we got back we had lunch and then the girls all walked over to the rec centre to go swimming. Damian and Catcher went to Ethans house (their cousin) to play. The girls spent a good few hours at the pool and as soon as they got back they walked over to Macs. After dinner I had to leave on a photoshoot for a sweet little newborn. So they all watched a movie until Grant got home from work.

Wednesday morning, the girls all decided to have a fashion show in the basement.They came up with different looks using the clothing in the girls closets. They even did seasons (fall line, winter line etc) They made up a soundtrack for it, poses and made a T for the runway. They were quite excited for me to watch, and take pictures of their event. It was fun to watch. Kaitlyn did not want to be one of the models. She wanted to stay in her pjs and be the announcer.

We got some surprise visitors today. Pam and Pete Pepper and their 3 kids (teenagers now) came by for a visit. It was so good to see them. They used to be in our branch back in the Fort Erie days.

Garth and Sarah came up after dinner to stay the night and pick up their girls. As soon as they got here, we went over to Josh and Alex's house for a bonfire.

Yummy roasted marshmallows! I had to leave and go to guitar lessons after a bit. It was funny because when my instructor walked into the room, he said "hmmm...it smells like a fire in here" hahaha!! I guess the smell was really strong on my clothing. Oh well, I like that smell anyways. As soon as Grant got home from work, we watched "The Losers" with Garth and Sarah. We ended up chatting and didn't get to bed until 2:00am. oh dear!
This morning we got up and they got their stuff ready to go and visited a while. We had the Sherlocks over as well and had a BBQ before Garth and them left. They went clothes shopping and then headed home. The rest of my day was spent catching up on tons of things I had to do for my photography. Kaitlyn baked us all some VERY delicious cookies too. So YUMMY!
Oh, and it HAILED tonight! Sheesh! Alberta weather is so weird!!