Portraits!!

It has been a little while since I last posted a blog!! Life is busy with balancing it all!! The other day my friend Lara took some family portraits of us & I wanted to share them with you. Her website is www.redwagonphotography.com and she does such amazing work! Here are a few that she posted on her blog and I am looking forward to checking out the rest of the pictures soon! Hope you are all healthy and happy! Love Suzette :)

Uniforms, Stitches & Sisters!

Here are some pictures of Cally in her uniform! The first one was her very first day of kindergarten and the second one is the first day I was able to walk her to school! I also added a picture of Brie's stitches!! The poor little thing but she is doing well and the stitches are out!! The last was a cute picture of my girls just "hanging out" together. How cute are they??

Steph & Adrian's Wedding

It has been a very busy September filled with back to school, work, new babysitters, stitches, weddings, church & the list could go on and on!! Here are some pictures from Steph and Adrian's wedding on Sunday. She was a gorgeous bride and they had a beautiful wedding filled with showers of blessings!!!

So that is a glimpse into our summer . . .

So I hope you all enjoyed the pictures. We've had a great summer and it has been fun posting all those pictures!! I would love to hear about your summers too!!


Bless you all!

Love Suzette :-)

The dining room . . . the green is called Tuscan Hillside!

The living room . . . the red is called Red Boxcar! Now we just need another piece of furniture to put under the window.

Brie's new furniture . . . we are still in the midst of decorating it.

Cally's new bed . . . I just finished painting one of her dressers black and her side table pink! So we are getting there! I am heading out antique shopping with some friends to find some shabby chic accessories for her room!! Fun:)

Andy's amazing swing!!

Dave ready to hit that ball!!

The girls & the boys!! They had so much fun with Nick and Jacob!

Jumping up and down!!

Picking blueberries & strawberries with Dad! Andy's three gardens did so well this year! Fruit, veggies & herbs!!

Hanging out in the backyard.

Enjoying some ice cream . . . I love this picture of Brie!

Learning to ride her bike with Dad's help!

The Beach with Nana!! They loved it both weeks that they were there!

Fun in the sand!

Isaiah's First Birthday!

Gabriella's Second Birthday! She was having trouble forming the number 2 on one hand so she used both!! Too cute!!

Just before heading out on our 9th Anniversary Date! Dinner at Rick's Grill, Oceans 13, & dessert at Med Grill!

Cally swinging away at Majestic Park in Victoria

The three munchkins contemplating the big slide!

Away she goes!!

It has been quite some time . . .

Hello everyone! It has been a long time since my last post. I don't even know where to begin. Our summer has been jam packed with activity! We did two trips to Victoria and we've had fun just hanging out at home and Cally has become an amazing little swimmer!! I also took on some new challenges! I painted our dining room and living room (part of it) with some help from Lara & Dave. It looks great! We also bought our girls some new bedroom furniture. Andy found a great set for Brie at an auction and I took on repainting some pieces in Cally's room. So that has been fun! Gabriella is now in a toddler bed!! She is growing up so fast. Cally is also learning to ride a bike sans training wheels! So both girls are taking on new challenges! We have some new neighbours and the girls are enjoying them and that has been fun. We also watched Andy's baseball team in the playoffs so that was fun. The girls got to hang our with Nick and Jacob & the all had a blast!! Nelia, Andrew & kids were over for the last few days and that was fun hanging out together. They are expecting baby number 3!!! We are so excited for them. So the summer has just flown by and I can't believe September is almost here! Our lives are going to get very busy in a matter of weeks!! So I thought I would post various pictures of our summer that I just finished describing before school begins . . . enjoy!

Cally's First Tooth!!

Cally lost her first tooth a little over a week ago and was absolutely thrilled. We had been in Victoria for a week and she had been wiggling and wiggling her front tooth. When Andy arrived that Friday she asked him to pull it!! She was so brave . . . I could barely watch! She was so excited and couldn't wait to put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy:) She was tickled pink when she found a letter and some money under her pillow the next day. She is enjoying showing everyone her new smile:) Another milestone . . . my little girl is growing up so quickly!! So here are a few pictures that we took just after it happened!

My baby girl is two!

Hello fellow bloggers! It has been quite some time since I've written! Life has been busy with the end of the school year and then we headed straight to Victoria to visit for the week! Lots has happened and I have tons of pictures to post and I wasn't sure which ones to begin with since it was a busy week of activity. Well my little baby girl is now 2 years old! She was so cute . . . we had a little party for her at my mom's and her favourite gift was her little golf set. (she will make her Dad proud!) She also loved the Dora the Explorer cake too:) Andy's parents also bought her a Dora rider and we bought her a trike so she can keep up with her big sister.

We had a busy week of visiting with family & friends. We went to the beach with my mother in law, went to the Sidney Canada Day parade with my mom & Nelia and the kids, did many starbucks trips & we relaxed in my parent's backyard with the sprinkler. The girls had so much fun. Cally also lost her first tooth which was also a big moment and I will post those pictures soon. Andy & I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary and we also celebrated my nephew Isaiah's first birthday party!! So like I said it was a very full and busy week. My parents also left for the Acores yesterday (they arrived safe & sound) and will be gone for the next 3 months!! So it was good that we got a chance to visit with them before they left.

Andy enjoyed a week to himself while we were gone and he filled it with various backyard projects. He planted some raspberry bushes and worked on the various gardens in our backyard:) He went golfing and white river rafting with some friends so I will have to post some of those pictures soon too!

Well stay tuned . . . I will try and post various moments from our wonderful week away. Bless you all!

Summer is almost here!!

Here are some beautiful pictures of my girls that my friend Lara took the other day! We were watching Andy & the church team play ball and Lara was walking around taking pictures you often see her doing!! I just love her photographs . . . the colours are so vivid!! She is an amazing photographer and if you are looking for someone to take some photos of your children or of your family you should check out her website www.redwagonphotography.com !!! She is so talented!!

It has been a very busy few weeks with the end of school just around the corner! Life is filled with so much activity and balancing work and kids has been a challenge at times. But summer is almost here and I am off to the island with the girls to visit family. We are excited to see everyone . . . Andy will have some "guy" time . . . he and a group of men are going to be white river rafting this Saturday and then he will have the house all to himself for a whole week!!! Then he will join us to celebrate my nephew Isaiah's first birthday, Gabriella's second birthday and our 9 th anniversary!! July is a big celebration month:)

I hope you are all well and that you have a great summer planned full of fun & excitement!! Talk to you soon!!