My cute babies!

Mayson and Tyreed have done a great job halter breaking the filly.

Is there anything more precious?

Charity loves jumping on the trampoline with the boys.

Our newest little addition, a bay filly sired by Renenic and out of Dusty, foaled on April 9th. We were all there making it really special.

The littlest party animal finally gave up around 7pm.

Happy Birthday Jaxson! I cannot believe he's 7. He had a permanent grin all day yesterday, he was just so happy!

Jaxson and Gabe, best friends.

Flint has been asking and asking for a Nintendo DS forever! He finally got one and was so excited he slept with it.

Charity throughly enjoyed Jaxson's birthday cake!

Sand had just gotten out of the shower and sat down to have his evening ice cream. Apparently Charity was desperate for something to chew on!

Pour Muff! Once in while she forgets that Charity's mobile!

The boys at their ski races. Tyreed was 4th, just off the podium, but did a great job. He had to race with the 12 and 13 year olds and did 3km! I was just amazed. Jaxson was second in his group, did a great job and won a silver medal. The snow hasn't been very good this year, but they have had fun!

And they're off!

Crossing the finish line.

The medal ceremony.

Can she get any cuter?

Charity is everywhere now!

Away they go!! Tyreed had the awesome opportunity to travel to Quebec City for 8 days with his class. He got to fly on an airplane for his first time, he love it! They got to explore the heritage of the city, it has beautiful buildings. They had a lot of fun, made new friends and created memories that will last a lifetime!

At the airport in Toronto.

On the ferry crossing the St. Lawerence River.

Quebec city, it's like a little European city. Lots of old brick buildings.

One of the amazing snow sculptures.

Bonnehomme - this is the carnival mascot. Every year in February, Quebec does a Carnival, a huge winter party. They carve ice and snow sculptures, have a big parade and do fun games. The teachers here do if for the kids at their school every year, but what fun to be at a real carnival in Quebec!

They had the awesome opportunity to drive sled-dog teams! Here Tyreed is pictured with his 'buddy' Emile, he stayed with Emile's family while in Quebec. This was definitely the highlight of the trip for Ty.

Having fun at the 'Sugar Shack'.

Quebec folks love to pour maple syrup in snow, they take Popsicle sticks and roll the maple and then eat it!

HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!

Get dirty, smile, coo, giggle and have fun, this is what life is about!

Charity always has kisses for daddy. ALWAYS! Do you think she'll kiss her mother? Coarse not! But I'm glad I was able to capture this one.

She loves standing up, I think she thinks she's 'big stuff'!

Team Strategy

Mayson had her second basketball tournament this past weekend, and it was here at home, even more exciting. She had a fun weekend, the moms served a spaghetti lunch the one day and the final game was exciting!

Their first gold trophy! The final game was so good! The team they played were mostly 9th graders, so it was a challenge. They won the game by 2 baskets...that they scored in the last minute!

Charity is obsessed with the cat, if she can get her, she will, and now that she's crawling, Muff is not safe! Yes, she's crawling, it's an army crawl, she puts her arms out in front of her, locks her hands and pulls! The other night during family circle, Charity was sitting in my lap, Muff decided to take a stroll threw... bad idea. Charity totally slow motion lifted her cute little hands in the air and BAM! pounced on Muff. I guess she'll watch where she's strollin' from now on!

The boys had their first ski races the weekend before last. It was a fun day, they were split into teams, Tyreed was on the Green Team and Jaxson the Red Team. They did tons of fun team events. At the end of the day, Tyreeds team placed 2nd and Jaxson's 4th.

The center of attention, of course! A Team meeting before the events start.

Even though Jaxson's team placed last, Jaxson received a special award for great classic skiing technique. He was pretty proud of himself.

Jaxson's team placed last.

Sand and I decided we were sick of spending a ton of money buying Christmas presents that the kids would either break or stop playing with after a couple months. We felt they were loosing the spirit of Christmas which I think should be family and being together. So we packed everyone up and headed to West Edmonton Mall in Alberta. We spent 4 nights there, had a blast and left with some awesome Christmas memories that will last forever...

Merry Christmas! The first day we spent at the World Water Park.

Charity and I watched from the sidelines...

...and Sand took the kids out on the monster waves!

Jaxson on one of the tube slides. He had so much fun this day that he wanted to go back again the next day and was quite mad about it. But we still had 2 fun filled days left!

On Boxing Day, Mayson, Tyreed and I had the amazing opportunity to swim with Sea Lions. It was pretty amazing how well trained they are! We spent time with 3 of them. Pictured with Tyreed and I is the male, Pablo, and he was probably double the size of the females. Pictured with Mayson is Kelpie, one of the females. It was definately something to do!

This incredible day was only just beginning!

Sleeping during shopping! I gotta get this girl trained up!

Grabbing a quick bite...

petting the sting rays...