NEW NEPHEW!

So a couple months ago Tel and I flew home for my sisters baby shower in Victoria. Then two weeks we got to head home to meet brand new baby Ronan. He is truly a beautiful little man! We love him so much already!

The trip to Victoria was fun, short and sweet. But thats all we can manage :) Kane was wishing we could bring some mountains home, and Rye was in awe of the Osoyoos Valley and kept saying "its bootiful, its bootiful" as we drove down the hill...

The boys had lots of fun collecting seashells on the beach with Nana & Poppa. Playing with Auntie's and Uncles, & Great Gram. They went swimming, biking, enjoyed the warm sunshine, and of course all the snuggles with little Ronan.

My brother Cory moved to Estevan, so he followed us home. So excited for his new adventure!

I love being away but I love coming home! Baby Tel's birthday is right around the corner, and we have a couple of lions anxiously awaiting halloween!




my preggo sis with Tel




getting ready!




beautiful sisters!

 

 

PARENTING

 

Somedays (most days) this is how I feel.

Parenting is not all art projects, cookie making, and cozy snuggles.

 

LAST OF SUMMER DAYS!

So all summer my blog has been neglected.

Not because I haven't had anything to share, or been so busy I couldn't share it... but mainly I felt like I should always be doing something else. Which is why I probably shouldn't be posting right now because there really is 85 other things that should be getting done! But today seems like a good day to put off a few of those things :)

The last days of summer are going, going... and now, almost gone. This has been a beautiful summer so no complaints from me. The weather has been right in sync with the season! We've spend hours outside this summer, spending time with Brennan in the pasture, going to the pool and the lake, quadding, and having fires in the valley. Spent our fair share of time inside too! Going to 2 or 3 cattle auctions a week. And then of course listening to our little auctioneers selling "nice black heiffers" from a stick shoved in the couch cushions in our livingroom! All in all its been a fabulous summer without any (well not too many) complaints from me!

So as the nights are getting darker, and the days a little crisper, we are looking forward to fall and leaves, pumpkins, trick or treating, apple cider, and all the cozy things that come with the next season...

We get to head home for thanksgiving to see my sisters new baby (yay!) I can't wait to hold her brand new bundle. Seems like yesterday she told me they were expecting, and now he's arrived! So we are all so excited to be heading to Victoria soon!

Then our littlest boy turns 1. It boggles my mind how a year has already gone. I can still remember the brandnewness (I know thats not really a word) of him. So sad how it goes so so fast. I wish you could hit pause sometimes. Then Brennan turns 30. I remind him of that now and then - haha! I can hardly believe i'll have a 30 year old husband!

So this is a little life update. The pictures don't really correspond with the post but most are self explanatory :) This is it until next time...

happy birthday Cheyanne

up to no good :)

bedtime snack at the new colouring table

good morning snuggles

breakfast smoothies in the tubbie

what could I possibly say about this...

into everything!

Kane loves taking pictures

11 months old

"so are you saying we should buy more cows?"

Kane with a snuggle from baby Brielle

TEL 9 MONTHS

Our littlest boy aka Telly Bean, Tel Bel, Telly, Telo, Telly Bear, and Elly boo (thats what rye calls him) is 9 months old. He's crawling. jabbering, pulling himself up, eating solids, giggling, grunting, and making our lives brighter by just being in it.

I can't believe how fast his first year is flying by...

I took a few minutes (literally) to snap a few pictures of him. It had just stopped raining, the sun was beautiful and the air was still. A perfect night for a mom to take pictures of her baby!

Our sweet little man!

ITS BEEN A WHILE

So this is just a mini post to update the boys pictures. It really has been a while...

Kane and Rye are loving summer. They love being outside!

Telly is crawling, climing, standing and I think he wishes he could walk.

Here's a few summer shots...

Sorry these are all from my phone so the quality isn't totally great!

BIKERS

So last week we had to run into the city quickly for a few things. One things on my list, was to get the boys new bikes. They love riding the tricyles we have, but they couldn't get the hang of pedaling (our grass is old bumpy hay field, and the driveway is large gravel) unless it was down hill, and we have no hills in our yard... or even close by. So the boys would always push with their feet meanwhile scraping up their heels from the bar along the back, ouch!

Some friends of ours had got their little girl a strider bike, and the concept is perfect for this age of kiddos. They learn balance too so its easier to move to the next size bike.

Check out their face... they LOVE these bikes...



helping dad get it put together

couldn't stop smiling!

all ready to ride :)

JUNE HAPPENINGS

So June has arrived and is slowly sneaking by without me even realizing! I wish that June had arrived in sunshiney glory... instead we've had more then our fair share of wind, rain, thunder and lightning. It seems I'm doing more soggy laundry from the two little puddle jumpers (and the daddy one) then I did in April.

This past weekend my mom and dad touched down on their way home from a trip to Toronto. My kiddo's loved having Nana and Poppa... even if it was short!

Here's some of June's happenings...

after a hard day in the muck

my tubbie havin a tubbie :)

hot dog roast in the valley

best pals

poppa jumpin too

coffee & stories with nana

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sunday morning :)

nana and poppa and all their grandbabies