Did you Know???

Today September 11 is Ryan's Birthday! He is turning 34, I dare each and every one of you to phone him today and sing,

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
You look like a monkey
And you smell like one too!

I promise to post the results....come on it would be pretty great to have his cell phone ringing all day long with that tune ringing in his ear:) If you need his cell phone number just email me and I will pass it on to you! You can leave a voice mail but you can't tell him what possessed you to phone and sing!!! hee hee hee.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!!!

The BIG day

This morning at 8:30am I brought Josh to school at which time the morning and afternoon classes were taken into the multi purpose room! The final moment has arrived....we find out which class Josh will be in for the next year!
Now the only request Josh has made was that he be with David in the same class. So we have been praying that would happen. At 8:45am Mrs. Mitchell began dividing up the kids into their respective classes. I was so overwhelmed with anticipation. David's class was the other morning class so they were not in the room at this time. All the kids in the multipurpose room had been divided as I look at the group Josh is with I was completely stressed, not one boy from his previous class with him, two of his favorite girls but no boys! I find out his teacher is Mrs. Hansen which is apparently a good thing, a verywell like teacher strict but excellent! Josh at this point has to go to the bathroom so I take him in the hallway I see Auntie Cara Lee I ask do you know who david's teacher is, at the exact same moment she asks me who is josh's. I tell her Mrs. Hansen....she scans the list outside david's old class and there it was in black and white Mrs. Hansen's class, wuhoo!!! I will leave out the part about where I turn into a blubbering fool and Auntie has to track down where josh is suppose to go because I was too emotional to follow through with my parental repsonsibilities....ya I will leave that part out:)
So I left Josh at 9:10am this morning with a big grin on his face sitting in Mrs. Hansen's class with his cousin by his side! PHEW!

First Day of School!

The big day is tomorrow, Josh officially will start Grade 1. He seems excited but assures me he does not like school! He has his new lunch bag and is ready to hit the road to the big leagues. The highlight for him is lunch time! The only bad part is I want him to come home for lunch...we will have to make a deal in there.
Anyhow keep Josh in your prayers as his ventures off to public school 5 days a week 6 hours a day um and maybe for his mom too:)))

Abigail Gracie Douglas

The Amazing Race

We celebrated our friend Matt's birthday Amazing Race style. We had a blast and it was great way to spend a Saturday!
have a peek...

Our Cutie Pies!

Jamaica

here it is our vacation in a 5 minute summary!

Bags are Home

Well after even some more confusion we have finally received our luggage! Everything there and accounted for. They spent the night at some other douglas home, these people live in Seattle and in turn we housed their luggage for the night too! Crazy airline. Today at 10:30 our luggage arrived at our door and the other pair of bags were taken and hopefully will end up where they are suppose to as well!
US Airways....not a good experience.

we're back!

It has been awhile since my last post but only because we have be out and about visiting other parts of the world. We are home now and have so much to share and show but of course I need time to put it all together for you!
We left two weeks ago to Osoyoos where we left our kids for 9 days and flew off to Jamaica. Ya'Mon, it was great! We soaked up the rays enjoyed the warm ocean and had a great time. We took in a few sights while away and even had a chance to experience some true Jamaican culture when we spent the day with our friends Jerrold and Keisha who live in Kingston. We were in Ochrios which is about a 2 hour drive. So I promise that I will have my slide show presentation together to share all of it, I may have to do it in a few installments I took loads of pics at least I think I did, haven't looked through them all!
Although we are home, are bags have yet to arrive. Apparently they weren't done their travels just yet.....so we are quite anxiously waiting for their return!

The New Bauer/Nike Campaign

created by Uncle David!!!!

soccer camp

WE had soccer camp all week long, the boys had a blast!

HELP!!

WE have had a spill on the carpet, you know those smelly felts? Well a while back Caleb was experimenting with them and put them in water. It was so messy well we cleaned it all up and put the felts away for about three weeks, that was the consequence. We brought them back out yesterday and one of the felts had a build up of water in it and when josh opened it, it splashed him all over the belly, he then proceeded to bring it to me to show me the mess it made, in doing so he dripped on the carpet. I have tried to get it out but have had no luck! HELP, any suggestions? Does anyone know the miracle thing I can buy to remove the pink blobs from the carpet???

Family Holiday!

In case you didn't know we just returned from the never ending journey to Saskatchewan! We headed to the prairies for my cousin's wedding July 15th! Although it was a LOT of driving we had a great time with my family, here have a peek!

Boys Night Out!

Here is a night out for the boys in honor of Josh's 6th Birthday! He was allowed to bring two friends he picked his brother Caleb and his cousin David! They had a great time!
have a peek!

Painting Gone Wrong?

A few weeks ago I had my favorite Nephews over, we had a few activites set out that we were working on! I had seperated the oldies and youngies for a bit! The young guns had finished at the painting table and left everything neat and tidy for their big brothers to come and have a turn using the water paints! I came back into the kitchen after a while to discover my eldest nephew decided to explore with paint, I just laughed and thought hmmm well that is kinda fun! So I gathered all four boys and let them all be as creative as they wanted with the water color paints. Turns out this kids water paint, the kind you had in school that barely shows up and is really light, was not so light after all! The boys played with water balloons and still no paint faded at all! My kids ran threw the sprinkler and nothing. Cara lee later called me after she gave David a shower to say um this is not coming off! So I then had my kids in the bath scrubbing them down....I think to this dayJosh's belly button is still blue! But just really have a look at some of the decorative painting especially Caleb's face and Davids legs. Leave it to me....but itwas a painting experience we will never forget hee hee!

Summer is Fabulous!

So far we have jumped right into the summer swing of things! Took off to Osoyoos for a couple days and soaked up the rays! We have also visited a few water parks, hung out with friends, stayed in our jammies for way to long, slept in and of course been swimming like crazy in our pool! The only bad news is our pool has sprung a leak. We finally had it warmed up to a swimmable standard (grown up standard that is, the kids will swim in ice water)and last night we noticed the hole. Our kids are soooo sad. But we think we can fix it, so far most stores are sold out of patch kits, but we are on the hunt and hopefully we will be able to fill the pool up again soon. That thing holds a ton of water, it is taking FOREVER to drain. I will keep ya posted on the mend. We will still manage to enjoy this sweet start to summer, keep those sunshiney days a coming!

Caleb's Preschool Graduation!

here it is....

Man I can be sooo cute!

Our Fantastically Fun Father's Day Festivities!!

We had a great day on Saturday we were all at Nana and Papa's for great food and lots of adventures for our dear dads!!

Today is Preschool Graduation

Caleb has completed his first year of Preschool! I think he enjoyed himself. He looked forward to going each week, and came home with lots of different creations. We are off to celebrate at his preschool this morning. I will take lots of pictures for you all to see!!