2 New Additions to the Family

And no, we aren't announcing the arrival of twins. Jay and Emily are getting a new uncle and a new auntie late this summer! Here we are picking up Uncle Rob's new fiance at the airport, freshly flown in from Brazil.


Upon arrival she decided my brother needed a haircut....


Congrats to Rob and Karin, and to Teri and Jonathan too!

We are now true residents of Cloverdale having participated in our first Cloverdale rodeo. We went to the fair last night and the parade this morning. Jay had a great time on the little rides and Emily was frustrated that she wasn't old enough to ride on anything. However, one friendly ride operator let Emily ride on Wes' knee, so she was a happy girl.



Here's Emily cuddling with Papa Linde a couple of weeks ago.



Jay's starting to ask questions about God. He always says that God made him and made Mama and Daddy and Emily. Today his burning question was, "Did God make treehouse?" Wes said that he did in a sort of round about way.

I guess this is all a little random, but it's my first shot at this blogging thing!
Christy

I said SCIENCE again!

We went to science world on Monday. It was a lot of fun and Jayson keeps on asking to go back! Here is a video that Christy took the other day.




On another note. Sophie is no more. She got really sick this week and the vet even suggested that we put her down. We are really sad for Jayson who loved her so much.

Canucks put out the Flames!

Christy and I had the chance to go to a Canucks game with a couple from our church that are season ticket holders. We thought it was really cool until we found out it was section 114, row 1, seat 1, and then we were ecstatic!
It was great to see the Canucks pull out of the slump they were in too. 6-2 win over Calgary. It was Christy's first time seeing a game and she said she likes hockey more now that she's seen it live.

Teri and Jonathan babysat and got our kids down no sweat.

We loved the night, and we thank Dan and Sue for the opportunity of a lifetime!

A day outside

We spent a lot of the day outside today, Jayson loved helping daddy wash the car and splash in the puddles. Emily liked exploring in our back yard too.

Here is a video from Dinner... mmm... squash soup!


Here are some pictures of the kids in our backyard...

Kid-profiles

I was thinking about an idea that would be kinda fun for the blog. It is kid-profiles! I'll just post some of the things that are similar or different about Jayson and Emily.

Jayson:
Age: 3
Nicknames he gives himself: little frog (used to be little horse), Diego
Favorite meal of the day: Breakfast
Favorite food: pancakes, mini-wheats, Peanut Butter and Jam wraps, Trident "Splash" gum.
Favorite books: Fox in Sox, God Makes Nighttimes Too, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Spots Big Lift The Flap Book, Dinosaur Book, My Little Goodnight Bible.
Hobbies: Cars, Trains, Diego megablocks, Little people barnyard, Little stuffed animals, feeding the ducks or chickadeedees.
Sports: Floor hockey with mini sticks, basketball into his ball-storage container
What he spends the most time doing: Tormenting the family cat
Favorite TV show: Treehouse (he likes EVERYTHING on this channel)

Emily
Age: 1
Nicknames that Jayson gives her: Baby frog (used to be baby horse)
Favorite meal of the day: there's a separation between meals?
Favorite food: The cat food, anything that mama is eating.
Favorite books: The ones with furry things and other things she can touch.
Hobbies: She doesn't have any observed hobbies yet.
What she spends the most time doing: running from one thing to the next, tormenting the family cat.
Favorite TV show: she can't sit still long enough for us to figure it out.
Favorite words: Dada, Mama, Jayson, Wow, Sophie, Uh-oh

I'll add to this later,
meanwhile. Happy Easter!
Wes

Vancouver Aquarium, AGAIN!

We went to the Vancouver Aquarium again today. It's nice to think that with Season passes it eventually becomes free.... like from now on 'till November 2008 every time we go is free. I guess we'll be getting our money's worth!

Emily is cutting more teeth, I know, last week was some molars on the top, but now she's getting new ones on the bottom. That combined with a rainy day is a good recipe for the Vancouver Aquarium. Here are some of the pictures!

Petrolium Jelly

Well, our little son had some adventures last night. He did not want to go down to bed, and when he got quiet we thought that he was asleep. But then, we heard the tap running so Christy ran up there and found Jayson in the sink. He was trying to rinse himself off from getting into the Vaseline. hmmm.... water.... vaseline.... clean? no. MESS!