Buying a home

Well, we have officially grown up!!! We are going to be buying a home, we hope. Its a little scarry but I'm sure we will be fine. It is a nice new home, not even built yet. It is located in a nice developement in Sooke, call Sunriver Estates, about 1/2 hr away from where we live now. This developement is growing rapidly and we have managed to secure a lot in the second phase. Right now there is about 300 home in there and ther will be around 800 by the time the deevelpoement is finished. There is only about 10 lots left in this phase and the next one will be even more expensive, but then again EVERYTHING around here is expensive!!!! I like the fact that we get some say in how the house is put together. I mean that we get to pick colours and alot of the little things that when buying a normal house you don't get a choice. Little things like lighting fixtures, door knobs/handles, flooring, cupboards and of couse anything extra that we want ...like a jetted tub in the master bath!!!! And YES we will be getting the jetted tub!!!

If you want to check out the house it is the Driftwood plan and we will be adding a basement onto it as well.
http://sunriverestates.com/

I know I haven't been here much to update but I do have more pictures/videos to share so come back soon and hopefull I will have them posted too.

Christmas and Stuff

Okay, this should get me all caught up, then its off to beddy-by for me!!! These are some pictures mostly from Christmas and New Years Eve.

Daddy was downstairs with Haylei doing laundry and apparently it was easier to carry everything up together.

Daddy is feeding her a ketchup chip.

Keenan with his friends Erin and Cameron on New Years Eve

Still doing some catch up !!

Okay, now for the pictures. I know that I'm not writting that much to go with these blogs but I'm just wanting to catch up at this point. Then I will work on filling in any details later...

His gingerbread house looked sooo good. He did it all by himself and he was soooo proud of it.

No, we did NOT give her anything to drink!!!

Doesn't she look happy?????

I call this one "Daddy's Scowl" LOL!!

They are both just sooo adoreable!!!

Just Hanging Out

He still likes to play with the boxes, but now he plays with the presents that come in them too!!

Karate Keenan. The boots don't go so well but we were just on our way out. I keep forgetting to bring my camera to karate, but next week I will get some video of him to post.

Daddy at feeding time

Isn't he adoreable!!!!! I have posted these video's of James feeding Haylei for those of you who have never seen him with kids, especially his own. Okay, so that would be almost all of you. He makes all sorts of noises and stuff to keep her attention and I was trying to catch him but he always knew when I was doing it...kinda made it hard to catch him.



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Catching Up

Okay, I know its been awhile and I promise I will catch you up on everything.

I have alot of photos to post but I also have a few videos for you all to enjoy, first is Haylei's first try at a jolly jumper. She isn't quite sure what to do but she is getting the hang of it now.



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Next up is Keenan's Christmas concert, he was soooo cute. The crappy part is that I was trying to take pictures/video with my camera and shoot some footage on my normal video camera, the results weren't too great. Next year I hope James can go, he was away on course. Also, next year I will stick to one device!!!


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Here he is again preforming the same song he did at the concert, but for a smaller crowd...me and 2 of his friends.


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OUCH!!!!

Sorry about the long time between posts but with Christmas and all it has been a busy time. This is going to be short too, I fell down the stairs the other morning and have pulled multiple muscles in my back, shoulder, neck and knee. Once they heal I will get back to posting. I just can't sit in this chair for too long.

Take Care and I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!!

Oops

I published the last three in the wrong order but I'm sure you all know what I mean. Apparently my brain was stuck in reverse. LOL!!!

And even more....

And now we have Chaddy...

And of course baby Courtney ...And last but not least a couple old group shots...

Hey guys look close.....dad with little to no grey!!!! LOL!!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed these, I LOVE pictures and looking back on how we all looked at one point in time. I know that I have alot of Dayna but if anyone out there has more of Lance, Chad or Courtney could you post them or email them to me I would love to add them to my photo albums!!!

Some more old pictures

For some reason it will let me post so many pictures per blog so now we have Dayna...

Wasn't she a cutie!!!

And a couple of Lance...who knew that 15 years later my friends would think he is hot??!!!

Old pictures

Okay, so I was going through my photo albums (and I have alot of them) with Keenan and I decided to post some old pictures of my family. No real reason for it, just thought they were cute. Okay, and maybe to embarrass some of them, and me.


This is my step mom Shona...

Look at all the hair she use to have. Strike a pose mom!!!
Then there is Chris, our oldest brother

Gotta LOVE those suspenders...and he thought he was HOT!!!!

I don't have any good ones of Michelle, and I don't have ANY of Mark, but then there is Angella...

Angella, Dayna and I. LOVE those denim skirts !!!

See, she did have straight hair at one point. And she too can have that mischievious smile!!

I don't know if you can tell, but check out how high her bangs are. I must say back then when it was the higher the better, she made me jealous.

Welcome Home

I have just heard the most amazing song!!! It was written by Rory Feek and it has totally touched me to the point that it got me crying. It was written for the Vietnam Vets who did not get a proper "Welcome Home" when they returned from overseas. They didn't get the appreciation and celebration that the soldiers nowadays get. I think that this has been a long time coming. It was written for the American Vets but I think that this is for ALL vets. If you know any vets please pass this song along to them because they deserve it !!!!!

There is a little bit of chatting before and after the song but just listen.

Welcome Home

The Kids

I love my kids...they are soooooooo cute. I just wanted to share some shots with all of you.....and here they are...

Haylei doesn't like the flash on my camera...she looks like a dear in headlights. LOL!!!

And man....can I see more and more of her daddy in her.

And here she is sitting all by herself on the couch...man she is growing quick!!!

We have finally gotten around to decorating the yard for Christmas and the neighbourhood boys wanted to help too.

Doesn't daddy look impressed ? We let the kids help to a point and when we wanted to do the bigger stuff we sent them on their way and fixed what they had done. Hehehe...

I know I don't put many of me in here, but James liked this one...I have garland in my hair. He thought it looked cute. Ya sure.....

Man, these military houses are U-G-L-Y !!! Yes, our house is yellow and green. It is a giant UGLY easter egg!!!!!! At least the insides aren't as bad.