I Hope You Dance

Sadie had her final dance performance this weekend. These pictures were taken during her dress rehearsal.



She looked so beautiful in her ballet costume and so sassy in her jazz costume!

She did such a great job on her performance day. Daddy came to watch this year and was very impressed with what a good dancer Sadie is. He brought her flowers and she beamed from ear to ear when he gave them to her. Sadie, you were born to dance!

A Pirate's Life for Me

We celebrated Jordan's birthday at the end of June so all of his friends would be around for his birthday party. We had a beautiful day and were able to do the whole party outside. (That is very rare in Calgary!) The boys had a swashbuckling good time!

They were entertained by Captain Jack Sparrow (Carson) and he did a great job playing all kinds of games with them. This was called "Bomb the Enemy Ship" and they had to throw baseballs through the holes in the ship.

This was "Walk the Plank" while sword fighting with Captain Sparrow. The boys thought this was great fun!

Jordan opening presents with his friend Ethan by his side.

This was the best game of all. Bomb Jack Sparrow. They had squishy balls soaked in water and Jack Sparrow ran around the yard while they tried to soak him with their water balls. This game could have gone on all day.

JJ totally enjoying his roll as "Captain JJ"

Of course it wouldn't be a pirate party without a treasure hunt with a treasure chest full of loot for the boys. They enjoyed dressing up like pirates and fighting with their swords.

What time is it Jack Sparrow? - Abandon Ship! This was so cute to watch them play.

Here they are all dressed up in their pirate garb. Ahoy Matey! It was a great Party!

Wrapping up the School Year

Well the school year is coming to an end (yahoo!) and we have been busy wrapping up another great year. Jordan has enjoyed playing soccer this year. One of the highlights was the Saturday he got to have his best buddy (and cousin) Cody play on his team. We were watching Cody for the weekend and because he was missing his own soccer game Jordan's AWESOME COACH (his daddy) let Cody play on Jordan's team. It was the most fun I have had in a long time watching 4-year-olds play soccer. These two crack me up. They were a mean green team that is for sure!

This was the famous chest bump cheer when they did something awesome they would run up to each other and jump up to bang chests and then some high fiving would follow! HILARIOUS TO WATCH!

It is amazing that even at such a young age these two have great team work.




This is Cody in Action! If you have ever watched 4-year-olds play soccer there is not much passing going on. It is usually each man for himself . . . .

But Cody and Jordan were passing back and forth and made a few great plays. They were always looking for each other on the field and it was fun to watch them.

WHAT A TEAM!

Then there was sports day. This is Kailey (in the white shirt) and her best buddies Tara (purple shirt) and Katie (blue shirt). (Tara and Kailey get mistaken for the each other quite a bit thus I had to point out the shirt colors.) For these girls it is all about the matching outfits or bandanas etc. They get to go to middle school next year and are really excited about this. Look out Springbank Middle School here comes TRIPPLE TROUBLE!

JJ got a new bike as an early birthday present. You should see him go! It is all about the reving engine on the handlebars of this bike. It gives him super power to ride even faster!


We are looking forward to a fun summer and hope that it doesn't go by too quickly. The yard work is always present but I don't complain because I love my garden. Darcy has got the landscaping finally completed (4 years since we moved into this house) and it looks awesome.

Ear Piercing!

Sadie wanted to get her ears pierced on her birthday but Kailey had to wait until her 8th birthday to get hers pierced so we told Sadie the same thing. (We don't want to be unfair parents!) Then her cousin Jaden was getting her ears pierced on Good Friday for her 6th birthday. Kailey said "mom Sadie should get hers pierced together with Jaden!" I told her I didn't want to be unfair and let her do it a year earlier than Kailey. Kailey didn't care because she wants to be able to share earings with Sadie so I said OK. We met them at the mall and Sadie was so excited but she had butterflies in her stomach.

In one quick second they were both pierced and she didn't cry at all.

This is Sadie and Jaden with their new holes in their ears!

Family Update

Family update!

Kailey came in third at Provincials. Her team played well thanks to a great coach! More importantly, they had a lot of fun! Kailey is sad that basketball season is over but is looking forward to some summer camps perhaps.

Carson turned the big 12 on March 23! I can't believe I have an "almost teenager"! He had a great time at grade 6 camp last week and didn't even miss his mom for 4 whole nights in a row! I have to say I missed him but I did enjoy how quiet the house was while he was gone.

Sadie turned 7 and had a really fun cupcake birthday party. She planned all the activities herself and boy can she plan a party! She must take after her dad or something :)

Jordan and I are both looking forward to spring finally being here! He can't wait to start playing soccer and I can't wait to start playing in the dirt in the backyard (gardening). It is so nice to finally be able to see the pavement on our street! We haven't seen it since the first part of December!

Darcy is counting the days until golf season starts. Who knows when it will be this year but he is ready to dust off the clubs and head out to the driving range!

My highlight of the week was getting our big blue recycle bin! I am so excited to have a place to store my recycling all week without it being inside my house. Better than that I don't have to make those trips to the community recycling bins in the freezing cold any more and I can recycle so many more items that the community drop offs didn't accept! Yeah for city wide recycling!