SLACKER ALERT!

Well this is one of the longest stretches I've gone without updating our blog. Hopefully I have some readers left. Bravo to those of you who have not given up on me!

Here's a quick list of some highlights over the past....month and a half. Yikes

In point form...

Anniversary - We have now been married for 7 years! I feel like a schmuck for not doing one of those lovely, timely posts on the nature of our love. But we did have a wonderful time away at an undisclosed location where we had a lovely dinner at The Creperie, walked around downtown, browsed bookshops, jimmy-rigged a flat screen in our hotel so that we could watch a funny movie while swimming, slept in and had lots of fun.

Olympics - We watched them, we loved them, we bought the gloves. It was fun to be so patriotic. :)

Swimming - We love swimming at Millenium Place.

Big Al's shark feeding - that pretty much says it all.

Ryan spent a few days winter camping up near Hinton with the YM. He made it one night in the tent and spent the other in the cook house. Luckily they had good weather, ate well and had fun playing hockey and hiking. He had an educationally fun time at Teacher's Convention. He's been helping with the track team at school and attending track meets. He was also officially invested at Baden Powell night with the YM.

Claire had an opthamology appointment with Dr Lewis, I enjoyed my duty days at her school, she had a penguin visit her class, she had a vision assessment, we're figuring out kindergarten for next year, we had a fun music therapy class at the CNIB, she went to the GRIT Winter Festival with Lisa, and did her first scripture and prayer in our ward in primary.

I've lost 15 pounds in the past two months. Yay! I'm really enjoying going to Spa Lady. The group fitness classes are awesome. I've had a few meetings with the Preschool association and an open house for the school. I've joined a women's choir, Bella Voce, and have been working a lot doing transcriptions and annotations at home. It's been a great job, but it's taking over my life a little bit.

Our family has had the missionaries over for dinner a couple of times, had a delicious, candlelit Valentine's Day dinner, celebrated our Family day in Wetaskiwin, had a good time at Broc's baptism and had Rob sleepover while my parents were in DC.

Madeline is busy as a bee. She's getting really good at going to the bathroom in the right place, but for some reason is deathly afraid of going "number 2" on the toilet. Any tips? Sheesh. She loves her Gymboree classes, still gets dressed up fancy everyday and loves to wear my high heels around the house. She's getting very excited to start preschool next year and has been loving the gorgeous weather.

Alright - to go along with my disjointed lists are some random pictures!

Madeline got this new dress from our friends as a hand-me-down treasure. She loves it. Can you tell?


Claire can fall asleep anytime, anywhere.


Madeline has picked up my penchant for perusing the flyers on the weekend.


A beautiful sunset over our garage.


Claire and her new walker. Note that she is standing and walking without sitting on the sling. Yay for Claire!


Candlelit Valentine's Family dinner - before


Candlelit Valentine's Family dinner - after
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Madeline picking up some good life "skillz" from Dad.


I think we need a bigger tub. But there's always room for more bubbles, right?


Tandem head massages.


Claire sporting her Olympic shirt and long bangs whilst playing a tune on her pian-yo (as Maddie says it).


A typical dinner moment captured in time.