I can't believe Megan only has 2 and a half months of school left...and next year we will have both girls in school full time!! I'm not quite ready for all these changes. Although, Gabby is so ready for school, she is going to love it.
About a month ago, Gabby had her very first ballet recital. It was pretty much the cutest thing ever!!! She was so serious and nervous being in front of a crowd. She did great and now she wants to be a ballet teacher when she grows up:)
Her ballet class...
The Recital...my friend took better pictures, I just haven't gotten them from her yet!
I have all 3 kids in swimming lessons right now. The girls love it and are doing awesome in the water...Marty on the other hand is not loving it so much. He cries when the teacher holds him and just calls out mommy, mommy, mommy!! He likes the water when we take him to the pool or in our hottub or the bathtub, so I'm wondering if he just doesn't like his teacher or it he wants me to be in the water with him. Anyways, I'm sure he will get better over the next month or so(hopefully!). On the way to swimming lessons, he says "I don't want to go on my back, I don't want to got under water!!" It was like he was preparing himself, poor little guy!
We had some wonderful house guests come for a visit a few weeks ago! It was so great to have Malcolm and Kirsten come up for the weekend. Although, the time always goes far too quickly. I love that we can just hang out and there is no pressure with them. We are so blessed to have them in our lives. Thank you for making the effort to come see us. We love you guys!!
While Kirsten and Malcom were here, Jeff ran his very first 1/2 marathon. This was the same event that got him hooked on running three years ago! He came in 8th place overall and 3rd place in his age category. We were so proud of him!! We got to see him at the start line, at about 16 km mark and again at the finish line. He was hoping to do it in about one hour and 28 minutes and he did it in one hour 23 minutes!! Pretty amazing if you ask me:). Lately he has been talking about qualifying for the Boston Marathon...so we will see where that goes!
Almost at the finish line...
So proud of him...
Getting his medal...
I started running as well, just over a month ago. I need to get in shape for my upcoming soccer season! I have been running with my friend at the indoor track and then also doing P90X about 3 days a week. I feel a lot better and my body, especially my legs, feel stronger. I am planning to do an all womens 5km run this summer. It should be fun!! We had our first soccer game of the season last night. It felt great to get out again. We are now in Division 2 and last year we were in Div 3...so I wasn't too excited about moving up. But, we only lost 2-1 last night, so maybe it won't be too bad.
Pirate day at school...
This past weekend, we had a great Easter! So thankful for the hope we have in a living God!! We were expecting my brother and sister in law for the weekend, but they were last minute unable to come up. My sister in law just got a new job and we are so excited for her!!
We walked up to a great park near our house on the weekend and did an Easter egg hunt up there for the kids. They had so much fun!! Then the kids played at the park and my mom and I played some tennis. I am really enjoying tennis...I really suck at it...but, I love it:)
We had dinner at our place that evening and then the next morning we went to the Easter service at church. That in the afternoon, we went to my parents for Easter dinner!! So yummy!!
Easter Sunday...
Oh, also all weekend long we worked on our front yard landscaping!! It is almost complete. We have been wanting to change up the landscaping since we moved here...but everything is a process in an older home. We finally decided to do it this year. We are really happy with it!
Before, I don't have a great before picture of all the weeds and ugly bushes, but here is the front of the house...
During...
Oh and we also painted the front of the house this past weekend. It rained a bit during the day, but we got it done. We are really happy with color. Now we need to paint the staircase and do some trim around the door and windows. We had a front loader bring a few huge rocks for the landscape over the weekend. Most of the neighbours came over to watch the rocks being placed! We put the house number on the large rock and Jeff put in spot lights for the number that shine up from the ground.
The house projects continue...
This is what the house looked like when we moved in over 9 years ago...
Here is it today...
Today is my dad's birthday and I want to wish him a very happy birthday!! Thank you for being such a wonderful father to us and an awesome grandpa to our kids. We all love you so much!!
That's it for today! Thanks for reading.
