some of you already know this but

last weekend was beautiful here so we took the kids to kenora for the night to go swimming in a beach that isn't craawling with some sort of algae problem.(the biggest lake here has an unsafe algae level, or something like that)


it was really nice to watch the kids play on the beach and explore the things around them. Matthew found out that a beach is somewhere where he can throw wet sand in his hair reapeatedly, and mommy just has to dunk his head in the lake to clean it out




and the girls realized that snacks lef ton the sand are no longer ymmuy. we went through a few rice krispie squares to prove that point.


although the pool at the hotel as pathetic to say the least, the view of the lake while we ate breakfast was great, so great in fact that the kids barely ate, because they were to busy looking at the boats and birds flying by.


here are a few more pictures of the beach

they grow so fast.

i just picked up sarah from school and asked her how her day was, my answer.......
"i don't have to tell you since i am a big girl now"

and to think that i wouldn't be hearing that for another 13 years or so.

i can never find the time

why oh why is that when i finally find 5 minutes of peace in the hosue, someone finds me, and that is when they decide that all bets are off?

the kdis hace been fairly peaceful all morning, but for a few biting incidents from Matty and the occasional "NO" or "LEAVE ME ALONE" from the girls, so i decided it would be a good time to post something on here. silly me, what was i thinking, i swear the kids have a radar that just sends them right to me. so here i type with two girls that clearly have nothing better to do then yyell at each other.

i guess the toy dump we call the playroom can just clean itself, or the clothes that i left on the table can just magically attach themselves to the kids, since they feel the need to yell at each other instead of doing their chores.

i always look at them at night and think, what in the world are you going to do for me tomorrow??

see the cuteness, but in reality they are plotting their next moves......

welcome to our blog

i have always wanted to do something like this so that family members and friends can stay close to us and know what is going on in our lives. that is if they want to know!

the school year is in full swing and the girls are off to a great start. i have a hard time convincing sarah that school is only 5 days a week, without her getting upset about it.
well, that is my first post ever, and there will be many more, and lots of pictures to share with those we love.

take care

here is my beautiful ballerina and my athletic superstar!!

when matty starts doing some activities, i'll post pics of him then.