Ben's first Birthday Party!!

We had a great time having everyone over to celebrate Ben's birthday. It turned out to be a beautiful day.

Who are you??? 

Wendy's little guy Eric liked the pool more than Ben did. Ben only seems to like it as long as nobody else is in with him. Hopefully he'll get over that. 

Presents. Thanks everyone. 

Ben was not sure what to do. 

My first birthday cake. 

Although we didn't let Ben put his face in the cake, he did manage to get one good swipe at it. 

Fun in the pool. 

1 YEAR OLD

Wow, I can't believe that Ben is one!! We are having a party for him this weekend so Matt and I just spent time with him last night. We took a trip to Walmart so Ben could choose a gift (or we could choose one for him). He picked a Dora kiddie pool. We blew it up in the living room last night and even put some water in it and Ben loved it. The bottom is sticky so he can walk around and stomp in the water (not like in the bath tub). It was very cute. I will put some pictures up after the weekend. Not much else is new with us. Things are well.

Finally a picture of Ben. Thanks to Shanna's camera as ours is still broken. Ben is doing well, walking all over and getting into everything. I am back at work now and that is going well. Matt is Mr. Mom and it really suits him.  

We are still alive.

It has been so long since I have had a chance to put anything on here. Our camera is still broken so no new pictures but I can tell you a couple of new things. Ben took his first couple steps two weeks ago, right before his 10 month birthday. Four steps is his record. Him and I only have three more weeks together before I am back to work. I am really looking forward to going back but will miss all the extra time.

Well it looks like moving is in the books for us. We are building a house at the south end of Deerfoot in the new community of Auburn Bay. It is scheduled to be ready Nov/Dec of this year. I am very excited to be closer to the city and to have more space in the house. If you are interested you can look at our house at www.baywesthomes.com. It is the Rushmore 3 that we are building. Very exciting.

Matt and I have been climbing together quite a bit now and I am starting to get addicted. It is such a good way for me to de-stress and good together time too.

Well hopefully we will have a camera soon and put up some new pictures.

What a great girls weekend. Mom took Jenn and I shopping to get "party dresses". Who knows where I will ever wear mine, although I did put it on for Matt and I's valentines dinner at home. 

Trip to Saskatoon

Finally some pics, although no new ones of Ben. Our camera is actually broken and had to be sent away to be repaired. I did get some pics from my mom though of our trip to Saskatoon to visit my sister Jenn. My first time away from Ben. We also do have some pics from Matt and Jon's famous weekend that we will hopefully get up shortly.

Friday night at the hotel they have a chocolate buffet. Everything you could ever want that's chocolate. You can see the fountain behind us is running out. Some of Jenn's friends joined us. Jenn told me that other people she knows have gone to this before and made themselves sick!!!  

Here I am attempting to stay on the wall. 

Climbing with Jenn at her school. 

The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. 

Here are Matt and my pictures from Lake Louise. When we arrived we went skating on the lake and drank hot chocolate. We then got cleaned up and went for a nice quiet dinner. The next morning Matt got up and went hiking while I slept in until 10am!!! We had an awesome time.

Not sure what mountain this is but they never cease to amaze me. 

It was so warm I didn't need gloves or a hat.