June 2009

Catching UP.

June 2009 mentionables: The pictures keep uploading sooo out of order but because this is nearly a YEAR ago, i dont have the patience to arrange them.

Audrey finally standing. about 8 months old.

Zeke on the job with Daddy

Diedre brave enough to climb the new structure at the water park and Zeke to practice skateboarding

Ballet School Show

Celebrating Diedre's performance as a bunny for her ballet school show.

Celebrating Father's Day

Audrey turns 2!

 my mom shared her birthday hat with Audrey for her party...it didnt last long :)

 Audrey is finally big enough to stand on the bouncy pillow (giant trampoline thing)

 looking pleased on the hay ride

walking to have cake with Grandma Jen

 

i only got video of her blowing out the candle, no pictures. here she's licking the "2" candle.

 you can see a decorated cupcake in front of Ezekiel here

smiling at the kitty card

 trying to figure out how to carry this bag...

still trying...

 very proud of her 2 puppies after she figured out the perfect way to carry them

 

the farm was so empty, it was like a private party :)

 she's big now, she's 2, she can jump!

Audrey is a delightfully mischievous girl :) We dont LOVE it when she's being naughty of course, but we appreciate her strength, her confidence, her kindness, her independence (she's been dressing herself in whatever clothes she can reach and has recently figured out buttons!), her super cuddles, and that she goes to bed so well! Her language has exploded in the last few weeks and its been very exciting as she is already speaking in short sentences. 

 a funny pic of my other 2 kids and a friend

September 29 2008
Audrey Jude Salmon arrived.
We had a pretty tough first year (mostly circumstances not relating to Audrey). Things turned around and the last year has gotten better and better and life seems to be easier and more enjoyable the older she gets. We are very excited to have a 2-year-old in the house. I'm especially looking forward to the day when potty training "clicks" :)

Thank you God for this wonderful girl who has a strong presence in our family.

take a little break

well, i updated from February to May while i foolishly let my kids nap. but i have been wanting to get back to blogging so the best i can do is little by little. enjoy! more to come...

May 2009

Diedre was so excited to give me the Mother's Day craft she made for me at church

awwww

we went out for lunch after church

my & my first born :)

we went mini-golfing at Castle Fun Park

derek showing ezekiel how to use the putter. ezekiel lost interest pretty quick, but just wandered around looking at all the interesting things at the course.

mom & i went to the beach with joanna and her mom one springy day

ezekiel's cat Cloudy had a litter of kittens. 3 live births, one stillborn, it was very traumatic.

Audrey began crawling a little

i picked up this house 2nd hand and she loved to find the basket of kittens that "meow". soo cute!

April 2009

The highlight of April for me was our family trip to Whistler to celebrate our 9th anniversary. We dated and got married while living up in Whistler and lived there for another year and a half after we got married. its a special place to us and we were happy to bring the family to meet some good friends at Whistler Community Church on Sunday.

ready to hit the pool at the Marriott

note to us: next time, bring life jackets!

we happened to be up there during the Ski & Snowboard festival, Big Air competition which was perfect. it was free, lots of free samples in the village, Ezekiel LOVED it and said he wanted to do that too!

we went on the "new" Peak to Peak chair

soooo high up. it goes between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains.

a touristy shot :P

life had been pretty stressful with a new baby in the house, derek working extra to provide while doing renovations. i was getting really burnt out so the night away with the family really was refreshing. ahhh

We celebrated Easter and my Birthday at my Mom's home

my sweet family :) (and yes, that includes my fave niece & nephew--loove them!)

ah, just what i wanted :) cake

some of the family

Here i am on the morning of my 31st birthday after sleeping in (:

my choice of activity for the day was to go to my birth place, White Rock with the family and some friends

my lovely sister-in-law Heather and my brother Andrew

cute people over here too eating at Moby Dick's Fish n' Chips

it was a beautifully sunny day, not warm, but lovely

Derek took the stress off me and was super dad, as always :)

and i was soooo excited to see a live sea star at White Rock beach!!! this was the first time i'd seen any in my adult life (here, as they were here when i was a kid, but pollution killed them, so glad to see some life back at the beach)!