Monday, July 25, 2016

Sir Branson - 18 months!


This sweet face is 18 months!  He is currently weighing in at 29lbs and his height is 32".  He is a fun little dude!  

He loves...
- music
-dancing
-playing with trucks and cars
-reading
- playing any "sports"
- puzzles
-his family
-water
- animals
-adventures
- working in the garage with dad
- eating

Things he doesn't love...
- being told "No"
- lack of independence!

Branson you are wild and crazy, stubborn and opinionated, cute and delightfully cuddly, fun and oh so joyful!  

We love you little man!  



Sunday, July 17, 2016

Kaminski FUN!

Both before and after camp we were able to spend some quality time with the Kaminski side of the family.  We flew into Saskatoon to see Dan & Hailey and had a great time with them!

Friday was Canada Day so we were able to spend the day together.  We visited Kinsmen Park - complete with a ferris wheel, mini train, merry go round, playground and mini water park!


Friday evening we woke the kids up and headed down to the river to watch the Canada Day fireworks!

The weekend after camp Dan & Hailey meet us at Mom & Dad's for the weekend.  We celebrated these two and their huge accomplishments - Matt finishing his Masters and Dan starting a new business!!!

Then the next night we went out for dinner to celebrate Dad's retirement from teaching!

we gave him a smoker for his retirement


the first taste test

Sully went on a morning date with his Grams - brunch and a craft class!

playing in the backyard with Gramps

love the beauty of the canola fields this time of year

checking out Lloyd's fantastic Home Hardware


playing at the park

watermelon for dessert

a trip to the park with Gramps & Grams

the favorite toy of the trip - a very out of tune ukulele that I gave Matt years ago as a souvenir from my trip to Maui

the parade happened to be on while we were in Lloyd - it was awesome!


Sully scored at the parade and was handed a make your own helicopter from he Home Depot float

Love this crew - thankful for the quality time we were able to spend together!

Monday, July 11, 2016

Southridge Camp

We spent last week at Southridge Camp.  A place that is very near and dear to our hearts!  Matt was the speaker for the week of teen camp.  We got to hang out with 41 very cool teenagers for the week!  Our boys were well loved on and we were so blessed by the teenagers and staff there!  

Kingfisher Cabin was our home for the week

so many rocks to play with, roads to travel and forest to explore - camp is a little boys dream

the barge still remains afloat :)

tubing fun!


campfires

B playing with the big kids!

basketball!

the food was AWESOME!  and what a treat to not have to cook or do dishes for an entire week!

Matt teaching...





chapel on the beach

catching minnows 

Hawaiian Luau Night



the cutest thing!  it was so fun to get to hang out with this family for the week - Sully had so much fun with the Parkinson kids (all three of them)!


Messy Day fun - there was a lot of paint flying around






Such a great week!  We love camp and we can confindently say our boys do too :)  What a great crew in this picture!  May God use these teens and may they know that we are cheering them on as they do life. 

Until next time...