Hello Everyone

Brunch sounds great, wish I could be there but I will be in Kamloops for the weekend. I will try to make it to the next one.
Take care, hope to see everyone soon.

Brunch

Let's do Turtle Bay at 10:00 out on the patio; I think Angelina would like it out there. Lindsay said she'll be out of town.

This sat.

Hey Keira..

We still up for brunch this sat?? have you decided where and when you want to get together?? k well just let me know.... Lindsay wants to come too... Sammi is off to the coast this weekend. :( Have you taken Angelina to the turtle bay yet to see if she is okay with it? the food there is so good.... We are up for anywhere you want to go though and that is easy for the kids.... if you are going out to the cabin that day...( I saw Sam was coming up) then we could always meet in Vernon too. Just let me know...
Can't wait to see you guys!

Coming up to the Okanagan!!

Hey Key - wow sounds like the kids are doing absolutely awesome!! So happy for you.

To All:
Lee and I are coming up to Vernon/Kelowna and if possible would like to see you guys!! We arrive at the Keough family cabin (vernon) early Saturday morning (July 26) and leave be leaving a week later on Sunday Aug 3 morning. We'll be in Kelowna for day not exactly sure when, will be in Vernon on Aug 2 for a family thing etc etc. Hope to see all or some of you!!

Other than that just busy working and enjoying this awesome summer weather! Rainy Vancouver is far from rainy lately, I love it!! Went to playland yesterday for a work event so much fun! I even went on the old rollercoaster which I hate, but it wasn't as bad as I remember plus if I went on the coaster, Lee would go on a ride he hates, called Hells Gate. So in the end it all worked out.
Lee and I are going to Mexico for my birthday, going to a town called Puerto Morelos it's abut 20 minutes from Cancun at the beginning of the Mayan Riveria. We're very excited!! It'll be lee's first time to Mexico and it'll my first time to this part. We're going for 7 days and will spend 5 of those relaxing at the resort, 1 day in the village shopping and observing and 1 day on a 2.5 tour of the Mayn ruins. We're going to the Chichen Itza ruins and can't wait we're both very interested in the history and artifacts.

Anywho I should get offline we're going to attempt to see Batman, The Dark Knight tonight...wish us luck that it's not all sold out!!

Baby Stuff

Roman started crawling on the weekend. Now he travels all around, climbing up on stuff and finding all kinds of shit to put in his mouth... he's such a boy!

He is very perceptive. He likes to feel everything and see everything. I have to take him into a quiet dark room to feed him because otherwise he is too distracted to eat!

Angelina is reading actual books now, so I took her to the library and got her a stack of those grade one readers. Stuff like, "Dad says it is bedtime. Goodnight little cow, it's time to sleep." She motors through those things all on her own. At first it was so weird, but now I'm pretty used to it.

She has started acting more like me and even saying the same phrases. One thing she says all the time is 'oh my goodness', only what she really says is "oh my gooeys!"

Oh my gooeys, all of these pictures are from back in June.

Yay, braids!

Roman found a blue marker on the ground

Ready for the pool

My little summer beauty

Outside with their friend Issac

Coolio

Thanks Dave. What a great picture of you and Jeffrey! My legs are always covered in bruises from wrestling around with the babies anyway, so a few scratches fit right in. Hey, did we leave Mr Shark at your house?

Angelina is naming all of her dolls and toys now. Some of them are pretty funny, like Perpetua and Mr. Tickles. She also pretends she is different animals. Also she is so funny! She likes to walk all funny and say, "are you walking funny?" It's funnier than it sounds, I think.

Roman with Bill and her boyfriend Joe.

I was trying to get them to practice sitting together so I can go and get their picture taken.

I love this one!

This was in her prize bag at Kal Tire Family Day at Predator Ridge. We had lots of fun there. Angelina even fed the goats all on her own. One bit her and she didn't get upset; she just said, "why?"

Angelina can do a whole puzzle. When she got this one for her birthday, I said, "look, Angelina, it's a puzzle with a little girl on it", and Angelina said "Mommy, she's called Dora!" She has never seen the show, but we see Dora stuff all the time.

Yay!

Sounds good... I think we should book it in.... does the 19th still sound good? Brunch is always nice. Is 11 am good for you? I will let Sammi know too.

Great to see you guys!

Jeffery says he's sorry for scratching your legs. He was just so excited to meet you!

Sunday

Wow, the kids are doing so much stuff. Angelina can now really read. She reads whole sentences whether they are typed or written. It's amazing. She also can do a whole kid-size puzzle by herself and talks more like a little grown-up than ever, with words like "probably" and "actually".

The other side of her genious is extreme sensitivity. A traumatic event involving her aunty made her afraid of babies for awhile. We've been working on it, and yesterday Angelina finally had a blast the whole time at baby group. I am so proud of her! Raising a gifted child is hard, but extra rewarding.

Ang, the first weekend in July we are busy, and you're busy on the 12th, but the following three weekends are free. We could do brunch again or go swimming in the pool or lake.

The babies' room is almost done, so I'll have pictures of that soon. I also have news about Matt's job but I'll have to get back to that. Here are the last of our vacation pictures.

Playing with Daddy's Father's Day presents

Roman and the giraffes

I didn't post this one before but so many people like it that now I will.

Oops

So sorry Keira... I missed that post about getting together havn't been online too much been so busy... how does your first weekend in July look?? As of July I have every Fri night, Sat, Sat night off... we should do something... let me know what works... I will check on here :) I have a wedding to do the weekend of the 12th though.

Lovin the pics of the kids... do you have the new room set up yet??

Friday, Saturday

On Friday we went to Ikea. We spent hours there, and bought all new stuff for the kids' room. We're still setting it up and then I'll have pictures! The kids loved Ikea. Angelina had such a blast playing in the kids' room section. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera!

Roman with one of his new dolls

My sweet little muffin

Check out this studly duo in their matching shirts

Aunty Sam and Uncle Lee!

I took this picture because Roman started out sitting in the curvey part at the front of the picture, then scooted on his bum all the way to where he is.

Thursday

We had the same incredible lunch as last year at this great little restaurant in the park
Although we saw lots of our friends, we never thought to get them to take a picture of all of us
Aww, look at my little baby in the big boy highchair
The kids loved the aquarium! Well, Roman loves everything.
Cruisin' with Kermit

Wednesday

What an awesome vacation, our first one as a whole family. It didn't rain, we didn't overschedule, and the kids were enthralled by all the new people and stuff to do and see. These pictures are from the first day, when we went to Stanley Park.

This is how Angelina slept the first night, in the spare room.

Hey guys

"Those goats like to lick the blue ball!"

Yay, petting zoo!

A fun train ride around Stanley Park

Saturday

Hey Key...welcome to rainy Vancouver.....it's suppose to get better starting this afternoon.....so we'll see.

Let's get together Saturday...let's say 10:30am??? We're free all day. Where do you want to meet, What do you want to do?? Call my cell phone or home phone....I'm not home tonight til 9:30(ish). Do you have your cell with you? Same number??

Very excited for you guys about Ontario, keep us posted.

Van

Sorry for the delay Sam! Let's do dinner Friday or Anything Saturday. The weather is supposed to be about 15 degrees with no rain the whole time... let's hope that's true!

We are staying at Matt's parents' again. We're actually trading condos with them for the week. June worked out perfect last year; nice(ish) weather but not too crouded with tourists.

As for Ontario, when we get back Matt will have a meeting at work about it... it could be as late as winter or early spring. I'll let you know when we know more... hopefully soon!

We want to see you guys!!

Hey Key...why you coming to Vancouver next week??? When are you moving to Ontario??

Lee and I would love to see you and the kids - here's our schedule let me know if anything works:
Tuesday free after 6pm
Wednesday - Lee has soccer in Vancouver if its sunny you should join me to watch it, there's a BBQ afterwards
Thursday free after 6pm
Friday free after 4:30pm
Saturday free all day
Sunday - Busy all day :(

Are you guys staying in Surrey at Matt's moms place again??

Hope everyone else is doing well!! Talk to you soon.

Let's Get Together

Ang, this weekend would be perfect for us, either day, and that sounds fun.


The following weekend we'll be in Vancouver! We hope to see all you Vancouverites... it may be the last time we see each other for a very, very long time since we are planning to move to Ontario. We'll be coming in to Surrey late Tuesday night and leaving Sunday.

In his cute outfit from Erin, hanging out with his bear-twin.

Wedding

On the weekend we went to my uncle Mike's wedding, waaaay up in the mountains at a camping resort. It was our first family camping trip, and it couldn't have gone better. The kids loved every minute! Angelina loves weddings. Last year at Ang and Bryce's wedding she was barely more than one and she stayed up and partied until midnight and walked for the first time. This time we made her come inside and go to bed at about 10:30, but she was laughing and talking and having a blast. A party animal already... I'm having visions of the future. Roman, of course, was thrilled to be passed around and played with by so many different people.

Uncle Mike and Carolyne, who we hadn't met before. She seems very happy and fun; way to go, uncle Mike! What a beautiful setting. This is the third time in as many years that we have seen this wedding commissioner. She married Ang and Bryce last year and Kirsten and Drew almost three years ago.
Hanging out in our cabin...
...and goofing around.
We got her this cool blow-up travel bed. Good thing, since we'll be sleeping away from home lots in the next couple of months.
A view from our window at a random time. There were 50-60 people at the wedding, and our cabin was right where the action was.

Wedding cont....

Goofing around by the campfire. Angelina had so much fun at the party. Drunk strangers kept coming up and grabbing her and dancing with her and taking her bear and stuff, but she just thought it was hillarious! She talked later about the "Two mommies dance and wear pink shoes". Two of my aunts were wearing pink Crocs and dancing the twist and the monkey with her.
There were lots of dogs there. Angelina said "the big dog is the mommy dog and the little dog is the baby dog". And then we saw this giant mofo, and she said, "Oh, it's a great big dog! He must be the daddy dog".
Taking a breather. Teddy bear is dancing on the log. Roman slept through the whole thing. Even though he's a poor sleeper, he always goes to sleep at the exact same time every night... blaring music or not!
The next morning, at breakfast. Roman slept way better on the camping trip than at home. Was it the fresh air and all the fun? Probably it was because I let him sleep in our bed... he's such a snuggler, he loves it! I'm such a light sleeper, I don't!
Angelina and Kaidyn playing with Angelina's new bubble machine. Remember that line from Knocked Up? "I wish I got as excited about anything, as kids get about bubbles" or something like that. Well, these two don't look that excited, but generally it's true!

Lets get together!!!

Do you guys have anytime coming up in the next couple of weeks when we can get together again?? Weekends are best for us. Just let us know what works for you and I will see if I am working... Bryce has most of his weekends off. I know Sammi wants to see you guys again soon... and we want to see Roman and Angelina all grown up... he was just little little when we went for brunch last time. K well talk to you soon.