Thanksgiving dinner

Alex's birthday party

 Julia 2 1/2
Ella 5
Amalie 5 1/2
Lizzy 5 1/2

 Look at Julia's ringlet hair!

 Alex's dad made a big sand volcano!

 Ella and Teagan

Ella is always right in there with the cake and the birthday kid :)

Ella's first day of Grade 1

 Meeting her teacher Mrs Harris

 Wow.  Look at this mom.  Nice shoes to take your kids to school in.
You can't tell in the photos, but in real life she was about 6 1/2 feet tall and 2 inches wide.
She was a sight.

Ella and her friend Micala before school starts.

Ella's first swimming gala

 I wouldn't say she was brimming with confidence beforehand.

But that was my fault.  We went to the wrong pool at first and subsequently were late to the race.  We missed her heat :(

But they let her swim in the next heat which was an age group above.

 So instead of swimming the width of two lanes, she swam and entire length!














Ella did so well!

Julia cuteypie

 Julia and Martha

Carys, Martha and Julia taking the bus home from playgoup

Summertime!!

 At the Seattle market.  It was PACKED.

 At the Vancouver Zoo

 At the Chilliwack dairy farm

 Brighton Park, Vancouver

 Swimming lessons in Cheam Leisure Centre

 Gramma Judy :)

 Calgary

 Lake Whatcom

 Cultas Lake

 Queen's Park Petting zoo.  Our home away from home while staying in New West

 Abbey and Ainsley's back yard pool.

 Julia's first roller coaster.  I don't think that is her brave face...

 My brave face.  I had no idea the swings could be so freaky!

 Ella must have gone down this slide 20 times!

 Manning Park camping

 Julia expressing her inner goof ball

 On Uncle Marv's boat

 Collecting eggs at the petting zoo

 Julia's first movie theater.  We saw Despicable Me 2 which was awesome!

 Birch Bay

 Time to go for a quad ride

 Lady-like, Julia.  Real lady-like...