June is a song...

...and I love the tune. 

Did we really go straight from June to October?  That's kinda what if feels like... the summers always fly by!  

Here's to a wonderful October (which is nearly half way over too!)

A.

Be "Maya" Valentine!

These are the Valentines Cards that Maya and I came up with for her classmates and teacher this year.  When we did a google search for Valentine clip art, we came across this little owl creature and just had to use him!  We recognized the vintage charm of him and we're pretty sure that we have seen an origional owl card back on the farm in a place mat that Grandma Jean made of Valentines cards recieved by her kids (Randy and siblings) in school back in the 70/80's.  Are we right Grandpa Larry?  He just looked SO familiar!

So, after cutting, sewing, stapling and stuffing; we loved the finished product. 

And... it was high time I had some "Maya time"!  It was most enjoyable for both of us. :)

Just this tonight as I try and get caught up on January too...
Goodnight,
Alison

HAPPY MAY DAY!

Ahhh April!

where did you go?

I finally took some 1 year pictures of her



and we got some of these



and these girls made some of these



and we enjoyed some of this

and she played this in town

while they were doing this

and I did this

and we are taking turns doing this

and I mads some more of these

for this

and then we started this new project

and then we made these yesterday

Just this for now (perhaps more to come)...

A VERY HAPPY MAY DAY TO YOU!

Randy, Alison, Kyla, Colter, Maya and Melita

Meeting At Fairmont

It was super special to meet all my family last week at Fairmont Hotsprings. We had a really wonderful, relaxing time together.

We took special time to get a picture together on Sunday afternoon. We would have liked to be able to take the picture outside but the weather didn't cooperate so we snapped this indoor shot...

I loved to complare it to this picture taken back in April of 2007 when we met at Fairmont Hotsprings the last time...

Here is a picture of all the kiddos with Grandpa and Grandma...
We have to take a silly picture too. Looks like Melita finally smiled!
Dear Dad and Mom... Here are a few more pictures taken of our time together. As usual, I didn't take very many pictures so thanks Mom and Dad for sharing yours with us!..


Thanks for the special time everyone! Can't wait to do it again sometime!

March Unedited

A post about March...

It was fun to have a house full of 4-H kids and parents...
After the meeting and presentations, the kids decorated clovers for the St. Patricks Day parade...
In the basement...
Maya and Daddy enjoying the evening...
With the warmer weather, the kids have been taking Lita outside...
Love these two!
We saw our first robin earlier this month. Randy snapped this picture below. We are starting to hear the birds sing there early morning songs now. Love, love, love that!
Anther reason my days are always good days...
Grandpa Larry came to visit for a few days!
There was lots of visiting going on. Farming, sheet-rocking, wiring, weather, traveling, heavy equipment, engineering, camping, hunting, and fishing, lots of fishing. They also got a lot of work done too! I missed a picture of them tearing apart and rewiring Colter's room downstairs!
We enjoyed our traditional Irish meal (corned beef, cabbage, potatos, soda bread and Irish Applesauce cake by Kyla), with Grandpa Steve and Grandma Judy joining us...
Grandpa enjoying a story read by Colter...
Thanks Grandpa for the Kendama's! They are a hit! And we enjoy them too. And Melita still loves her ball. She calls it "Bop, bop!" Her favorite toy by far!
The beginning of Spring break started with a low key, play games Friday evening. Later we played "hands down" and "Memory"...
The last part of March saw us through a couple weeks of sickies. And just when I thought Maya and Melita were getting better, they both relapsed with nasty ear infections. After several days of antibiotics, I think we are headed in the right direction!
I couldn't resist picking up these beautiful tulips at Costco one day...
The month is almost over! Were did it go? Spring Break is almost over! Were did IT go?

Have a wonderful weekend!
Alison and family

A Happy Valentines Day 2012

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Thank You Auntie MaryAnn for the party and the bag of cute Valentines stuff! Thanks Caitlyn for helping with the party and the sweet gifts for the kids. Thanks everyone else for the neat cards and gifts. We♥you!

Valentines celebrations started early here and I think it's going to go late too. That's okay with us...

♥♥♥Alison♥♥♥