Happy 75th Birthday Dad C.

This past weekend, Ed headed to Calgary for his dad's 75th Birthday. His family through a surprise birthday at D & L's house, it was a great time had by all. Happy 75th Birthday Dad C., may God bless you this year.

Happy 2nd Birthday Addysen Olivia!!!

This past weekend we celebrated my niece Addysen's 2nd Birthday. She is such an amazing little girl with lots of expression and great big stories. T & D put on a great birthday starting with cookie decorating, lunch, gift opening and cake...We all had a wonderful time:)
Here she is so excited to have on her party hat!!!!

On her new tricycle from Grandpa and Grandma A., she loved it!!!!

Here is her Birthday cake. My sister and I made this together...this was my second experience decorating a cake with fondant...

Singing Happy Birthday to Addysen, she loved hearing us sing.

Happy Birthday Addysen, you are such an amazing little girl. My God bless you in your 2nd year!

Happy Valentines Day!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day! Here is Madeline and her cousin Addysen dressed up in the Valentine's clothes.

Toys, Toys, Everywhere!

The other day I was brainstorming about what to do with all the toys that we have around the house. We have an old buffet that I like, but was ready to get rid of! So I decided to re-create it. I was looking on the internet at different ideas for toy storage, but the prices were ridiculous...so I thought I would just copy one that I saw... The original colour was pine, so I painted it black, took off the doors, bought some baskets and liners ( Iam still waiting for more liners from Pottery Barn), and there is my finished product. I just love it and it is completley functional for all of the toys and of course for Madeline to use.

Beautiful, but cold Nature Walk

On a beautiful, cold January day we headed out for a nature walk with some good friend Rob and Sari. First we stopped at there house and looked at all the sheep!!!

Here is Madeline ready to venture out on our walk! It sure was cold, but she had a great time walking and running on the path!

Rob sat her on this rock and we took some great pictures of her!!

Walking through all the dried up leaves! We had a great day with R & S and hope to do it again sometime. Thanks:)

Our little Flowergirl!

While in Mexico, Ed's sister Lori married a wonderful man, Dave. They had an amazing wedding on the beach, overlooking the ocean...BEAUTIFUL!! Madeline had the privledge of being there flowergirl. Here she is after the wedding dancing with the photographer.Playing Peek a boo with the photographer!

Here she is with the beautiful bride in the background. Lori looked stunning on her wedding day!!!

Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs. F!!! Welcome to the family Dave, you are a great addition to the C family!!!!

Our trip to Mexico

We have just returned from our trip to the Mayan Riviera for my Sister in Law's wedding. We had a wonderful time in the sun, sand and water. While in Mexico we stayed at a beautiful resort that was only 3 years old called El Cid. Most of our trip we hung out by the pool or on the beach enjoying the relaxation. Madeline had an amazing time exploring the beach; playing in the sand, walking in the water and playing in the pool.

Here are Daddy and Madeline enjoying the beach.

We had a photographer take our family pictures on the beach, they turned out better than I had hoped for. Here is Madeline playing on the beach, not paying any attention to the camera, it was great!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Madeline on the beach, it is such an amazing reminder of our wonderful trip to Mexico.

I have to say that our trip was one I will cherish for a long time. I really didn't realize I would have such a wonderful time in Mexico, but it was amazing.