Norwegian Wedding Cake

Mom Kaminski was in charge of making the Norwegian Wedding Cake for Dan & Hailey's wedding. The cake is very detailed and intricate to make - mom did a great job - with only a little help from Auntie Cindi and Nicole.

the flags represent the heritage of Dan and Hailey

the cake is rigged so that during the reception with the bride and groom try to pick up the cake the number of rings that come up is meant to be the number of children that the couple will have - looks like we will be Auntie and Uncle to three little people:)

Sawyer turned ONE!

While we were in Lloyd we were able to visit with Morgan, Nikki and Sawyer for an evening. Sawyer had just had her first birthday the week before so to keep the party going by heading out to the Lloydminster petting zoo after, of course, a wonderful supper in town.

Matt excited to be at the zoo - Sawyer was not as excited:)

the reptile room

petting a calf

checking out the lions!!! (yup lions in Lloydminster....very strange!)

Matt feeding the alpaca

baby goat

I think the baby goats were my favorite...

until Nikki made me hold one...

and it started to eat my hair...

it tickled and I may have freaked out a little:)

these kids were eating anything they got their little mouths close to

Sawyer riding a goose - it was VERY tame!

back at the house after the zoo we gave Sawyer her birthday present - a singing card - hours of entertainment for a one year old:)

Happy 1st Birthday Sawyer Rose - we love you!

Ryder Paul Parkinson

Ryder was born on June 6th and we were blessed enough to meet him just 2 short weeks later!!! Correna and I spent the day together on Tuesday and it was such a treat! We had a nice breakfast in town with the boys and then headed out for a relaxing afternoon basking in the beautiful weather and catching up on life in person (way better than over the phone)!

Welcome to the world Ryder - we love you so much already!

Skype!

We LOVE skype!!! We have been able to keep in contact with friends from all over the world because of it - such a treat!!! Last Sunday night Matt and I were able to skype my sister in Oregon, brother in California and my parents who were in Romania - such fun!

Father's Day 2011

We have been blessed with incredible Dads who love the Lord and have chosen to be very intentional in raising their children. Both of these men have greatly shaped who we are and we are forever thankful for it! Know that we love you both - HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Dad Morgan

Dad Kaminski

The White Rock

Last Sunday, after I woke up from night shift, Matt and I went on a little date afternoon to White Rock. Sunday has been one of the very few days that the weather has felt like summer - so we took full advantage of the situation!

Matt with the pier in the far off background.

LOVING the sunshine!

ice cream and the beach - two of my favorite things!

CANUCK FEVER!!!

the FAMOUS "White" Rock

bliss.

3 years!

Matt and I celebrated our 3rd year anniversary last weekend. Our actual anniversary, on the 24th, was a work day for both of us. Matt worked during the day we went out to dinner and then I worked nights - we went away on the weekend to celebrate.

In the morning when I woke up, on the 24th, these beautiful flowers greeted me in the kitchen!

A beautiful arrangment both in sight and smell! The lillies are still thriving a week and a half later!

We went down to the states for our weekend away. We had a great time - stopped at the outlets, ate good food, saw a chick flick at the theatre - my husband is a good man!

Here we are in our hotel room practicing our moves - someday we are going on the road - we have mad hidden talents:)

DONUTS! Matt had never been to a Krispy Kreme store - unfortunaely the donuts were not serving HOT, but we still enjoyed ourselves.

they are sooo good - melt in your mouth good!

I am so thankful for this man - I could not ask for a better husband! Matt is kind, giving, loving, protective, gentle, calm, steady, faithful, hardworking, thoughtful, organized, clean, adventorus and really really good looking! It is so fun to look back on the past three years together - we have done so much and I look forward to the next 50 together. I am a blessed woman!