Easter Celebrations 2013 Part 2

Part 2 of our journey was the Royal Canadian Winter Fair in Brandon Manitoba.  I hadn't been to this fair either since I was a girl or when Kate was a baby.  So, a long time.  Gregg couldn't remember ever going!  We did go every year and I remember going out to Pizza Hut for lunch/supper, then wandering around the displays, entering free draws and watching chicks hatch out of an incubator.

 The first building we went into had a little show of some of the Super Dogs doing disc demonstrations.

 This dog had been in a movie, but we can't remember which one now.

 Look who got picked to throw a disc to the dogs!

 So proud of her ~ we came home with a pet friendly throwing disc to train our dog!

 Then off to displays... the girls had 1 finger nail painted

 and Daddy bought them the nail kit to do designs!

 Had to stop and get a massage!

I actually sat in one of those big 15 minutes massage chairs and wow, I was relaxed after that!

 Having some packed lunch while we watched the Super Dogs

 So much fun watching these dogs and thinking "our dogs could do that!"

 It's more fun whenever Nana & Papa are along

 always have to include a couple photo, except my man always tries to get a kiss in... don't I look durp?

 Kate was excited to watch the horse jumping.  A lot were from BC!  $18, 000 prize money.

 This is the happy face after a very traumatic day for Mei.  She put her purse down somewhere in the display areas and we couldn't find it.  Lots of tears and finally realizing that she may have blessed someone else with her special ocean whale wallet and money.   Imagine how we all felt when 5 hours later we got a call from the office that the SUNRISE Credit Union had turned her purse in!

.... yup... she promptly went and bought a build a bunny and build a giraffe !  haha

 Why a picture of our gourmet breakfast?

Nana & Papa took our children home after the fair and we had some couple time.

It was a wonderful time to reconnect to our dreams for the future and do some financial, spiritual, life planning type stuff.  Plus we watched movies until 3 am!  Just because we could!

We highly recommend this to every couple at least once a year.

Easter Celebrations 2013 Part 1

Easter celebrations to our family are not just about bunnies and eggs.   We have always celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ, knowing what He did for us. We have always enjoyed a little egg hunt with the children.  This year we ended up having 3 different ones with 3 sides of our families.

 The first one was held in our yard, with some nieces and nephews and our good friend's 2 little girls.

 It was a little chilly, but it was still fun climbing over the mounds of snow....

 going through tunnels

 and then we unleashed the children to look for their names or "letters" on their treats

 Found some sugar sprinkles and decorations!

 Stickers, silly putty and finger flashy things

 We had to dig paths throughout the backyard to even make this possible.  

 Found a tiny bunny

 The girls said I had to include this silly photo.  He was being adorable and would close his eyes while he bobbed the balloons up and down.

 The children are getting old enough to play games like UNO together

 Others like the shelves of books

 and still others like playing with the games

 Making new friends while warming up with hot chocolate (super sweet hot chocolate I might add)

 These little girls were so good with Cocoa, they would play with his chewy toys and giggle when he'd run after it.

Kate also found out that you get little cuddlers when you have technology going.

I didn't get any good photos of the older kids AKA Gregg's siblings with their Million bunny bucks they found in the trees.  Hope it was tasty as I'm sure the cheque would have bounced at the bank!

Mennonite Girls Can Cook Celebrations Cook Book

They've done it again!  Another great cookbook... I have their first cookbook and while you don't have to be Mennonite to enjoy these recipes, they bring back such fond memories.
I especially like the Gluten Free options and the healthier versions to all those rich creamy dishes that we grew up on.

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Birthday fun

I realized I'm not taking the camera out very much lately ~ so here is a little bit of our Miss Ruth's 12th birthday celebration.

 The girls have found a neat little website/videos where a Mom teaches a bunch of cool and easy hair do's.  Thus, the Aunt Jemima head covering.

 Nothing like some sugar junk cereal for breakfast.  Guess it off sets the gluten free lemon poppy seed muffins.

 I think Mei is doing some tricky boxing maneuvers on the Wii.

 Then she was off to Nana & Papa's for the week.  Very blessed little girl....

...she left us here to shovel the snow...

Cocoon Curls make your hair curly

How to make your hair curly without a curling iron?

Girls did this little trick called Cocoon Curls in Ruth's hair and this is the result

They were only in for a few hours, so you could do them longer.