Deck Building!

My Aunt and Uncle are putting in a new deck on the back of their house and have hired Scott as their "supervisor". He was there last weekend as they got things started. The kids and I headed over after nap time to have supper with everyone.

Norah spent the afternoon hanging out in the grass.

One person working...two standing around.

Add another person standing around...

Haha

Brothers posing.

Brendan's friend Paige was there. She played with the boys. It was AWESOME.

This looks like a serious conversation.

 Once the deck is finished, I'll try and get some pictures up!

We're Going to the Zoo...

Our friends were visiting from the States last week and so we joined them and some other friends for a day at the Zoo! The weather was absolutely fabulous and we had a great day together.

Julie and Ella check out a butterfly

Friends walking together.

Trying to arrange all the children for a picture...

The end result!

My fav animal, the giraffe!

I also loved seeing the penguins.

Jacob and Emma working together to pull the wagon.

We checked out the new panda exhibit.

We got lucky as the male panda was quite active and we got to see him move around a bit.

Almost all of them are looking!

Trying to move the the earth...with no success.

We had 7 adults and 8 children and didn't lose anyone. As the kids continue to get older, it will only get easier!

7 Years

Today Scott and I celebrate our 7th anniversary. A lot has changed since that hot, hot day in June 2006 when we were married!

Can't wait to see what life bring us next!

Happy Father's Day!

To my dad.

To Scott's dad.

And to my kid's dad!
(We need to take a picture of you with all of them!)

We love you! Have a great day!

Norah's Birthday

We celebrated Norah's birthday a day early at home since we had plans on her actual birthday.

This is blurry, but I love the expression on her face when she saw the candle coming.

Ooh, fire!

Trying to touch it.

Cheese!

Yum! Cupcake!

Her gift was a car!

Checking it out...

She's a serious driver.

LOVE these expressions!

Testing it out.

The boys riding bikes on our walk.

:)

I love how she hangs her arm off the side.

The boys love pushing her around.

Hanging out with Logan on the grass.

It's hard to believe she is 1 now. What a year it has been!

Happy Birthday, Norah!

Around 5:30pm today, our baby girl will turn 1 year old! It's crazy to think that so much time has passed already and that we are already celebrating her first year of life!

Here are a bunch of pictures of her first year...

Last picture of her on the inside! 

Here she is! All 7lbs 9oz of her.
You can recall her birth, here.

With her crazy brothers.

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old

5 months old

6 months old
You can remember her hospital visit, here.

7 months old

8 months old

9 months old

10 months old

11 months old

Almost 1 year old!

 Currently Norah is

- 16lbs 11oz. Still a small thing but doing much, much better than 6 months ago!

- Moving around in interesting ways and is very close to crawling.
- Eating more food than her brothers at most meals.
- Babbling up a storm.
- Totally in love with her older brothers. They can always get her to smile.
- A super happy and easy going baby, which is a very nice change from her earlier days of life.

We feel very blessed to have a third healthy child, and a daughter to round out our family.

We love you, baby girl, happy birthday!