OK, you are almost up to date!
So June was a whirlwind of stuff - not sure where to start.
Kris and I started the month at Assiniboine Park for the Spring Sprint for the Brain Tumour Foundation - The FooFighters had another great team this year and we had a great time and the weather cooperated! Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us.
Kris completed another swimming level, went to 2 more birthday parties at the paintball place (he started a trend!), had school field trips and more soccer. Jen completed her diving course, studied for exams (and did well), had a school field trip and had her birthday party - 7 girls dipping chocolate at Morden's - awesome! (slightly different atmosphere than the boys!). Dad worked :( (and watched lots of great soccer, swimming, diving, etc)
Spring finally came and we got out into the yard to plant gardens and out to the lake a couple of times as well.
The month ended with great report cards and another Excellence Award for Jen. We were sad to say goodbye to the kid's amazing grade 3 teacher who is leaving the school but we hope to keep in touch with her.
As the month ended we headed off to the lake where we celebrated Jen's becoming a teenager (wish me luck!) with family and friends, and of course some rain. We did manage to get the boat in the water finally though and ready for water sports.
July brought nice weather, a flooding river behind our house (the grass was just getting nice again after 2011!), quieter days and CAMPS!
Both kids have been away for a week and both have done a day camp for a week (the way it worked out they basically didn't see each other for 2 weeks (and I think might have been starting to miss each other)). Seems like a great time was had by all - Jen at the resort - Camp Cedarwood, and Kris at something more traditional (by that I mean no wallpaper or air conditioning!) - Camp Assiniboia. Jen worked on her badminton skills the other week while Kris developed his wakeboard skills among other "extreme adventures".
We also had a visit from our cousins from Montreal and yesterday had dinner at one of Karen's favourite restaurants and took in Ballet in the Park to mark her birthday.
Now we plan to enjoy the lake and be out on the boat together for what will hopefully be some great summer days.
We'll try and check in with you again when we start getting ready for school (not a word the kids want me to be using!)
Take care and enjoy your summer everyone - we hope to see you along the way
Love
Doug, Jen and Kris
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Bonjour!
Hey everyone! This is a really late post but Dad promised me I could have a post to myself about my school Quebec trip.
So we started our journey at the Winnipeg Airport at 3:30 am! (no that's not a typo, we really were up that early) When we landed in Montreal we got on our bus to go to Quebec City. By that evening the teachers were stuck with a bunch of tired teenagers.
Wow Quebec City is really beautiful. During our 3 days in Quebec City we did lots of walking, went to the Citadelle, the Plains of Abraham, Montmorency Falls, Ste Anne du Beaupre Basilica, a copper museum, and I'Ile d'Orleans (where we had delicious ice cream and played on the banks of the St. Lawrence River)
After 3 busy days in Quebec City we boarded our bus for Montreal. I was lucky enough to be able to meet up with my cousins there. In Montreal we spent almost a full day at La Ronde - the huge 6 Flags amusement park. Two of my friends and I went on a roller coaster (twice) that had a drop that was 86 degrees (down!) - SO FUN! In Montreal we also went to the Biodome, the Olympic Park/Tower and went shopping on rue Ste Catherine.
When we got home there was a crowd of our families waiting for us (I've always wanted to be greeted by a crowd at the airport :) !)
All in all it was a great trip! Probably the best week of my grade 7 school year!
Love
Jen
So we started our journey at the Winnipeg Airport at 3:30 am! (no that's not a typo, we really were up that early) When we landed in Montreal we got on our bus to go to Quebec City. By that evening the teachers were stuck with a bunch of tired teenagers.
Wow Quebec City is really beautiful. During our 3 days in Quebec City we did lots of walking, went to the Citadelle, the Plains of Abraham, Montmorency Falls, Ste Anne du Beaupre Basilica, a copper museum, and I'Ile d'Orleans (where we had delicious ice cream and played on the banks of the St. Lawrence River)
After 3 busy days in Quebec City we boarded our bus for Montreal. I was lucky enough to be able to meet up with my cousins there. In Montreal we spent almost a full day at La Ronde - the huge 6 Flags amusement park. Two of my friends and I went on a roller coaster (twice) that had a drop that was 86 degrees (down!) - SO FUN! In Montreal we also went to the Biodome, the Olympic Park/Tower and went shopping on rue Ste Catherine.
When we got home there was a crowd of our families waiting for us (I've always wanted to be greeted by a crowd at the airport :) !)
All in all it was a great trip! Probably the best week of my grade 7 school year!
Love
Jen
Wow, it's been a long time
We haven't forgotten about keeping you up to date, we've just been busy (very busy it seems!) So we have 3 posts coming together to get you from April to July
So April came to an end with an accountant busy at work and also trying to get 2 kids ready to leave for trips on May 1st. We did get everything done to prepare them and Jen and I managed to get to the Father Daughter ball (our 4th year) while Kris had an evening with Uncle Garth and Auntie Shari.
I got the first one (that's Kris) off to the school to meet the bus at the very uncivilized hour of 4:30 am for a 5:00 am departure (thankfully the school is 2 minutes away). The kids were surprisingly awake for that hour (not so much the parents!). After the last goodbyes the bus was off to Calgary for the music festival. After 16 hours on the bus they arrived at the festival opening show and after the show they met their billet families - Kris' family took 6 grade 5/6 boys into their home for the festival. It was mostly singing until Saturday when they went to the Calgary Zoo in the snow! (May in Calgary, eh?) Sunday was the big Stampede Breakfast and concert. Their pianist was Cindy Klassen's sister and they met Cindy at chapel and Kris got a picture with her. After the concert they boarded their bus and headed east through the night to Winnipeg. Everyone awoke when the bus stopped, thinking they were home but it was 1:17 am and the driver was only stopping at Tim's. When morning did really come, everyone sang Happy Birthday to Kris and shortly after they were back at the school. Kris thought it was cool to get the day off school on his birthday - needless to say he had a pretty quiet day after a great trip! The day ended with the 3 of us going to Kris' favourite restaurant for a birthday dinner.
Back to Thursday, Dad didn't really get much sleep after getting back home, then it was time to do the drop off thing all over again, this time at the much more civilized time of 8:30 as Jen's choir headed off to Steinbach for a weekend tour. It may not sound that exciting compared to Calgary but Steinbach was actually really fun. They sang (of course) but also swam at Steinbach Pool, had fun with friends and put on skits (Jen's was about flies in people's soup - sounds crazy to me - she has the details and video).
Dad had a weekend without kids and actually was able to go to the office end of tax season party and out for dinner with friends, not to mention sleep in and get a few things done around the house - but I missed them too.
The rest of May involved lots of soccer, more swimming, diving (she's up to the 5 meter now), choir concerts and opening up the cottage. Later in May we also had Kris' birthday party with his friends when I agreed to a paintball party for 10 boys......despite what you might be thinking right now, it turned out well, they all had a great time and escaped with only a few minor bruises. Of course 2 of the players were on crutches and when the skies opened just as they were finishing, who do you think got soaked getting back to the building?
Kris and I also participated in the Physio Fit run/walk again this year - Kris ran the 10k with his friend and his Dad while I walked the 5k again.
May ended much like it started, getting up very early to get someone on a trip (3:30 am at the airport this time) but Jen will tell you more in the next post.
While she was away, someone defaced my front lawn with the spray painted question, "Who's 50?" I don't know (or admit maybe) the answer, but Kris, Garth and Shari did take me out for a great birthday dinner that night!
That's about it for this post - stay tuned.......
So April came to an end with an accountant busy at work and also trying to get 2 kids ready to leave for trips on May 1st. We did get everything done to prepare them and Jen and I managed to get to the Father Daughter ball (our 4th year) while Kris had an evening with Uncle Garth and Auntie Shari.
I got the first one (that's Kris) off to the school to meet the bus at the very uncivilized hour of 4:30 am for a 5:00 am departure (thankfully the school is 2 minutes away). The kids were surprisingly awake for that hour (not so much the parents!). After the last goodbyes the bus was off to Calgary for the music festival. After 16 hours on the bus they arrived at the festival opening show and after the show they met their billet families - Kris' family took 6 grade 5/6 boys into their home for the festival. It was mostly singing until Saturday when they went to the Calgary Zoo in the snow! (May in Calgary, eh?) Sunday was the big Stampede Breakfast and concert. Their pianist was Cindy Klassen's sister and they met Cindy at chapel and Kris got a picture with her. After the concert they boarded their bus and headed east through the night to Winnipeg. Everyone awoke when the bus stopped, thinking they were home but it was 1:17 am and the driver was only stopping at Tim's. When morning did really come, everyone sang Happy Birthday to Kris and shortly after they were back at the school. Kris thought it was cool to get the day off school on his birthday - needless to say he had a pretty quiet day after a great trip! The day ended with the 3 of us going to Kris' favourite restaurant for a birthday dinner.
Back to Thursday, Dad didn't really get much sleep after getting back home, then it was time to do the drop off thing all over again, this time at the much more civilized time of 8:30 as Jen's choir headed off to Steinbach for a weekend tour. It may not sound that exciting compared to Calgary but Steinbach was actually really fun. They sang (of course) but also swam at Steinbach Pool, had fun with friends and put on skits (Jen's was about flies in people's soup - sounds crazy to me - she has the details and video).
Dad had a weekend without kids and actually was able to go to the office end of tax season party and out for dinner with friends, not to mention sleep in and get a few things done around the house - but I missed them too.
The rest of May involved lots of soccer, more swimming, diving (she's up to the 5 meter now), choir concerts and opening up the cottage. Later in May we also had Kris' birthday party with his friends when I agreed to a paintball party for 10 boys......despite what you might be thinking right now, it turned out well, they all had a great time and escaped with only a few minor bruises. Of course 2 of the players were on crutches and when the skies opened just as they were finishing, who do you think got soaked getting back to the building?
Kris and I also participated in the Physio Fit run/walk again this year - Kris ran the 10k with his friend and his Dad while I walked the 5k again.
May ended much like it started, getting up very early to get someone on a trip (3:30 am at the airport this time) but Jen will tell you more in the next post.
While she was away, someone defaced my front lawn with the spray painted question, "Who's 50?" I don't know (or admit maybe) the answer, but Kris, Garth and Shari did take me out for a great birthday dinner that night!
That's about it for this post - stay tuned.......
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