Well the summer has gone and we are getting back into the routine of things. School started on Sept 1 and we finally have internet again. Our trip to Canada was great, although it was a whirlwind we had a blast travelling, catchin up with friends and family and of course....stampeding!
MAY 2012
Lots happend in May. Jaymee turned 8 years old. Her birthday party was cancelled due to the fact that she suffered a severe asthma attack a week before. We spent the day at the hospital, finally to be released as long as we kept up with the medication at home. It was a scary one, we had to get up every 4 hours for 7 days and pump her full of steroids, trying to get her pulse oxygen up. We got into a Pulmonary specialist and we now have her on a new asthma regime, so far so good.
Jaymee turns 8!
(For those of you who are unfamiliar this is a Littlest Pet Shop cake)
(For those of you who are unfamiliar this is a Littlest Pet Shop cake)
Birthday party for my big girl
Littlest Pet shops!
Think Pink!
Walk to remember Robin
Breast Cancer walk remembering Robin
Day at the beach
(L: Jordyn, William, Jaymee and Gabe)
Rob and his "mini-me" Gabe
Lunch at our house!
(L: Jaymee, Sarah, Jordyn and Sienna)
Buddies
(L: Jaymee, Sienna, Jordyn and Sarah)
Buddies
(L: Jaymee, Sienna, Jordyn and Sarah)
Making sushi with mom!
My Oscar winning performance!
Shockingly I performed in a skit with the theatre group, it was a blast. I was told I have quite the facial expressions....huh who knew?
Bubble, bubble toil and trouble!
Oh my...really there are no words
June 2012
The school year is ending and we are counting the days down to our trip back home! Said good-bye to some good friends in style and battled it out at the Battle of the Bands and survived another year of ballet!
Jaymee's 2nd grade class
Lemonade stand
(L: Adrienne, Jaymee and Alejandro)
I mean who wouldn't buy lemonade from that face?
Doughnuts for Dad
Father's Day celebration
They are builiding a new building at the school so the Art teachers came up with a great idea to have every class paint the panels that covered the construction.
Jaymee
Jordyn with her art work
Notice how Jordyn's pasta art is the only one perfectly linear?....I'm just sayin
Battle of the Bands
Battle of the Bands
(L: Kelly D, Kelly M, Heather, Me, Nancy and tucked behind is Tanya!)
Battle of the Bands
(L: Nancy, Heather, LaLani and Me)
Ballet
Well we survived another year of ballet, this year's performance was "Anastasia"
The Big Performance
Little Miss Jaymee!
Jazz time!
Adrienne and Jaymee
Saying goodbye to friends is never easy, at least they went out in style!
The day started out with a bike ride, then run/walk followed by a nap, then the afternoon was zumba and yoga followed again by a nap to awaken to hit the pub crawl! Such fun!
Zumba girls
Zumba men
Saying goodbye to good friends. Lauritzen family we will miss you
(L: Eric, Sarah and Dawn)
We could be twins!
(LaLani and I)
Moving to our next spot
Whoo hooo!
July 2012
Off to Canada we go!
Our first day in Canada
Nannan and her girls
(Geez Nannan their almost as tall as you!)
Enjoying and A&W float with Grandpa
Jordyn and Grandpa
What is this wetness on my arm? The one and only time it rained for us!
Science Center
Off to the science center with Nannan, Grandpa and cousin Grayson
Grandpa, Grayson and Nannan
Grayson, Jordyn and Jaymee
Jaymee and Grayson
Jordyn's dress she designed out of scraps of material
Jaymee's dress
Staring contest...who blinked first?
Off to see more friends and family
Jaymee and her buddy Isabella
The Balzac troop
(Jaymee, Julianna, Isabella and Jordyn)
The night was filled with pizza and a trip to Build-a-bear
Darby and Auntie
Smiles from Darby-loo
Uncle Chris and Daddy
Uncle Chris
Chris and Tyra
Mom and Darby
Lobster!
Ahhh timbits!
Battle of the Bands
(L: Adrienne, Kelly S. and Me)
Ballet
Well we survived another year of ballet, this year's performance was "Anastasia"
Ballet Jaymee
Our little ballerina
Mom and her ballerina
Sharing a laugh before the big performance
The Big Performance
Little Miss Jaymee!
Jazz time!
Adrienne and Jaymee
Saying goodbye to friends is never easy, at least they went out in style!
The day started out with a bike ride, then run/walk followed by a nap, then the afternoon was zumba and yoga followed again by a nap to awaken to hit the pub crawl! Such fun!
Zumba girls
Zumba men
Saying goodbye to good friends. Lauritzen family we will miss you
(L: Eric, Sarah and Dawn)
We could be twins!
(LaLani and I)
Moving to our next spot
Whoo hooo!
July 2012
Off to Canada we go!
Our first day in Canada
Nannan and her girls
(Geez Nannan their almost as tall as you!)
Enjoying and A&W float with Grandpa
Jordyn and Grandpa
What is this wetness on my arm? The one and only time it rained for us!
Science Center
Off to the science center with Nannan, Grandpa and cousin Grayson
Grandpa, Grayson and Nannan
Grayson, Jordyn and Jaymee
Jaymee and Grayson
Nanna and Jordyn looking at the moon.
No matter where we are in the world, we look up and see the moon and think of Nannan and Grampy back home!
Jaymee's dress
Staring contest...who blinked first?
Off to see more friends and family
Jaymee and her buddy Isabella
The Balzac troop
(Jaymee, Julianna, Isabella and Jordyn)
The night was filled with pizza and a trip to Build-a-bear
Darby and Auntie
Smiles from Darby-loo
Uncle Chris and Daddy
Uncle Chris
Chris and Tyra
Mom and Darby
Lobster!
Ahhh timbits!
At the zoo with Nannan
Penguins
Gotta love ice cream
Don't you have a gardner to do that?
Cowboy up, it's Stampede time!
How to get cowboy boots off
Rob and I ready for stampede
Kirsty and Jason
Erin and I
Yee haw, girls are ready to cowboy up!
(L: Erin, Kirsty, Me, Lisa and Val)
The "gang" ready to stampede! Taking the C-train
Now those are some fine cowboys!
Riding the rails in style!
Karie and I
Us gals at Cowboys Night Club and Casino
Lisa and Kirsty
Yee haw!
Angela and I
Kelowna, British Columbia
Off to the lake we go!
Brothers
Lake looks a little chilly!
Jaymee on the lake
Jordyn bouncing on the trampoline that was in the lake
Jordyn cruising
Trampoline on the lake
Crusin'
Surfer girl
Emma and the girls at the campsite
Going tubing!
Why dirty more dishes? Its much more classier to eat the pies out of the boxes!
Day at H20
Grayson, Jordyn and Jaymee heading to the waterslides
Swimming in the wave pool
Such great cousins
After a day at the pool we headed to Montana's for ribs and chicken wings...okay and beer too!
At Auntie's house with Darby
Girl's Night Out!
Me and my gals!
(L: Me, Kirsty and Val)
Love you guys!
What are you to do after a night of drinking? Stand in a fountain, of course...and there may have been some butt showing
My girls!Love and miss you guys!
There are no words....
Back to the sandpit we go
Staying cool
Getting over jet lag with some friends at the pool
Jordyn turns 6!
Jordyn wanted a cake made of her favorite stuffy "orange crush"
Jordyn turns 6!
August 2012
August was interesting to say the least, our internet was down for a few weeks sue to a virus that corrupted the system...good times. So Eid came and we headed off to Bahrain
Alexa
Back to the sandpit we go
Staying cool
Getting over jet lag with some friends at the pool
Jordyn turns 6!
Jordyn wanted a cake made of her favorite stuffy "orange crush"
Jordyn turns 6!
August 2012
August was interesting to say the least, our internet was down for a few weeks sue to a virus that corrupted the system...good times. So Eid came and we headed off to Bahrain
Alexa
Mom and Jordyn going for sushi
Mmmmmm sushi
Sushi tummy, what happens after eating 30 pcs of sushi!
September 2012
September was the beginning of a new year of school. The girls were excited to see all their friends and see who was in their classes and mommy gets some peace and quiet at home!
First day of school!
Buddies
(L: Brenna, Allison and Jaymee)
My big girls!
Jordyn's first day of Grade 1
Jaymee's first day of Grade 3
In 3rd grade they get to do clubs and Jaymee is so excited because she got cheerleading!
Jordyn with Suva
This year I have decided to hang up the apron. I love making cakes, but it was one crazy year last year and I got burnt out.
Tropical cupcakes
Well that is all for now. Have a great school year and keep watching the blog, I will do my best to update it regularily.
Love and miss all of you!
Hugs and Kisses
from
The Richards Family
