Cousins

Alex considers his cousin Liam his brother. They fight like brothers but they also love each other like brothers. This is them in Gibbons park this summer feeding the ducks. Gibbons has the best climbing trees ever. This particular one is huge and the boys loved to climb it and pretend it was their house. Sometimes I would be invited in but mostly I had to have the tree on the other side and wait for an invite to the cool tree.

Montreal Bound

These are just a few of the pictures from Montreal this summer. Alex and I took the train to visit my best friends Kelly and Stacey and their kids. The trip was a huge success-too much fun!! Alex had a ball with Quinsea and Keidi and thought Conaugh was the coolest. Catriona and Alex didn't show too much interest in one another except for a toddler curiousity. Kelly's mum was the hostest with the mostest and kept our bellies full and our wine glasses fuller with her homemade wine. It was so good to catch up on old times and hear all about the goings on in Ireland and Norway. I hadn't seen the girls (kiedi and Quinsea) since we went to Japan 5 years ago and before that they were the flower girls in our wedding. They have grown into beautiful young girls who are just as beautiful inside as they are out!! They pretty much babysat Alex the whole time while I drank wine with Stacey and Kelly!! Thanks Girls!!

More Summer Fun in Mtl.

Hanging out in Montreal with good friends.

A Trip to Port Stanley

No trip to Canada is complete without a trip to the beach. When David and Amy went to Ottawa we took all the kids to Port Stanley (Lake Erie) for the morning. Although the trip was really fun I must admit that I was really nervous having all three kids in the water even when Ava and Alex were really only on shore. Port Stanley has a really bad undertow and the waves were getting quite large. I think they actually had more fun playing in the sand anyway.

Storybook Gardens

Our annual tradition is to spend the day at Storybook gardens-something I did as a child many, many times. Although it has changed quite a bit since the old days it is always fun, and today was no different. We had Liam with us and met Auntie Casandra and Sienna there. We even got to ride the Merry Go Round at the end.

Lunch With Sarah C

I am so honored as always that my friends Sarah and Dan always make a trip down to London to see us when we come home. They live in Ottawa so it is a far trek. They are moving to Toronto in September so hopefully we will be able to see them more often and even stay the night. I can't wait to see their new house. Here are a couple of photos of Alex and I at the Vietnamese restaurant Sarah took us to and one picture of Sarah.

Our Anniversary

Today represented 7 years of marriage for us. That is a long time, but not as long as 14 years which is how long we have known each other. We celebrated very low key at home with a juicy steak dinner cooked on Jay's new Weber Grill (cooked to perfection I might add) and a Little Penguin ( my new favorite wine). Here is a picture of Alex and I just after dinner.

Sour Cream Face

4th of July

Today was my big race day but since I was all by myself I don't have any pictures to share. I place 166th out of about 240 people. I was impressed that I actually finished, didn't embarass myself and ran the whole thing.

That afternoon we went to Johnny and Kim's house for a pool party barbeque. Then that evening fireworks in Georgetown!! All in all a great day.

Pony Rides

These are from a little festival they had in San Gabriel Park over the holiday. It was unbearably hot so all we did was the pony rides and then got out of there!! Way too hot!

4th of July Party

These were taken at Dina's party on the 4th. Alex really liked the blue cupcakes!! It was also Canada day so he is wearing his Canada t-shirt.

Robin Bledsoe

We have been hanging out at a new sprinkler park recently that is not too far in Leander. We love it because there is no pool, it is just lots of splash fun. The only down side to it, is there is not a lot of shade. We have gone with Alex's BFF Adrina and she loves it too.

Playdate Fun

Alex and I hosted a small party for some of our friends today. We had both pools out and the sandbox. Alex loves having his friends over and I do too especially when it is outside :). It has been so hot here in Texas the past month the only thing to do to cool off is to go swimming. Alex's new pool is a lot bigger than his old one and he can actually swim in it (if he could swim). I have a lot of fun in it too!! Here are a few pictures of Adrina and Alex having fun!!