Aug13, 2010

Well, August has been a very blah month thus far! It has been cool, rainy...very fall like. As much fun as we've been having, I am very sad that our summer never REALLY showed up. It's been decent weather, but not many days that could really be considered summer weather. I have almost given up on summer (and am so sad to see a full aisle of christmas decor in the dollarama, BOOOO!!!!). Not because I don't love christmas, but August??? really?? is that absolutely necessary?!

So there's been a lot going on around here, but more on the side of organizing the house, purging, photoshoots, editing, preparing stuff for school, making dentist appointments, working out lessons for the fall etc. Life stuff, with bits of summer fun in between it all. Damian was able to go camping with his Uncle Jesse and Drayton. He loves going camping! The kids have been going to the rec centre a lot to use up our pass while we still have it, more sleepovers (isn't summer just one big sleepover?) Grant and I got to go on a date.

We went out to dinner at Chilis (Grant won a $50 gift card, so it was free) and then we went out to the new AMX theatres and watched "Inception". Loved it! Really good!

Yesterday we headed out to my Mom and Dads house to visit and sleepover. It was pouring rain. When we got there, Shawna cut Maiyas hair (just a trim for school) and gave Tyson a cut (his hair was getting too long) My Mom and Dad bought them all new colouring and activity books to give them something to do. Grandma (my Mom) coloured with them. They bought pizza for dinner along with our families very favourite drink (chocolate milk...it's my weakness)

The rain stopped for a bit, and so we took the kids to the park for a bit.
 

They LOVE this twirly thing. It's the best thing at the park.
 

Catcher didn't want to leave. Grandma's oreo cookies were a good bribe though.

Poor Tyson. I forgot to bring a sweater for him, and Grandma thought it was too cold (Alberta weather sucks) for him, so she put an adult vest on him to keep him warmer. He looked so funny!!
 

A cute picture I took of Maiya at the park. (the head to one side thing seems to be a trademark for her and McKenna, haha)

The kids had a movie night with a huge bowl of popcorn. They watched "Beverly Hills Chihuaua".
My Mom, Shawna, Seth and I stayed up playing a card game called "Wacky Six". It was fun! After everyone went to bed, McKenna (who was still awake) and I put out a little surprise for the Grandparents to see in the morning.
 

We gave them an updated group photo of the Grandkids in a frame, and each child wrote in a card with their photo on it about what they like best about their Grandma and Grandpa. I just added the balloons to make it look more fun! Balloons make everything look more fun, don't they?!
 

Chelsea came over with her kids for a bit. We went out together for a little bit to check out Pier 1 and Chelsea treated everyone to donuts.
Grandma and Grandpa gave my kids some fun toys. The boys got pirate stuff, Kaitlyn got stationary and pens (her fave), McKenna got a puzzle and necklace kit and Maiya got a cell phone and purse. They were all happy with their gifts.
 
We had fun visiting!
 

(Tyson playing with Grandpa and Grandmas toys)