Tree Removal

This tree was in our back yard and over half of it was dead, so we decided to remove it. it will open up the yard a lot when it is all done.


Jay is lucky and is able to bring home equipment from work to help with jobs like this. this machine really old and not in the best shape, but it got the job done

now we need to level it and seed it to grass. it should look good when it is done.

Ember's Birthday

I can't believe my little girl is now 9 years old. This year her birthday party theme was a game board party. she invited all of the girls in her class, a total of 11 girls plus Ember. then the grade three girls stayed for a sleep over ( 4 plus Ember). it was a lot of fun but really really loud.
we got Ember a DS lite and a game, and she got a lot o money so she will probably by another game and accesories for it. She also got some webkinz, and board games.

her birthday cake is a checker board, to go along with her theme of board games.

dance video's

these are video's taken at the kids dance recital in April. Ember took hip hop, jazz, tap and did a duet this year (4 video's). Zander took tap (i video). They did a lot of practicing, and put a lot of work learning the dances. I hope you enjoy seeing the video's.

Ember's hip hop - "get your head in the game" they won first at the dance competition.

Ember's duet - " Jail house rock" - they won second at the competition

Ember's Jazz - "Girls just want to have fun" they won first at the competition

Ember's Tap - " Crazy little thing"

Zander's tap - "Splish Splash"

4- H

Sunday was achievement day for 4-H. for those who don't know that is the day that the kids take their record books and projects they have made to be judged. Ember got first place ribbons for her record book and christmas ormament. I was a craft leader this year, it was a learning experince to say the least. I had 14 girls some where in grade 2 and others that were in grade 7. It was hard to try and find stuff that everyone would want to do, and would be capable of doing. We made a total of 11 crafts over six months.

Ember's new hair cut

Ember has wanted a hair cut for awhile, but I told her that she had to wait until after dance was done. I had to put her hair in a high pony tail with ringletts for dance and if she got it cut short, I wasn't sure how to accomplish that. these are her before pics

and these are the after pics

She looks so cute.

My dad's birthday

It was my dad's birthday on Thurday he turned 89. the kids and I went down for supper and cake. it was a nice visit but short, we were only there for a couple of hours.


dad is looking at the scrapbook Val made for him with all of his army pics in it. she did a really good job.

Zane didn't want to get his picture taken with the other kids so I got one of him and Grandpa when he wasn't really paying attention.