Well I just received these pictures from my daughter -in -law Mindi

if you look at the background picture I used this is their backyard on Easter weekend

yes that is snow and it is still has high as the trampoline ...

but it looks like the girls and their friend Logan still had

lots of fun...with the Easter bunny...the paper you see Logan holding was a letter

from the Easter bunny...

Sure miss you Jordana and Madison ...Papa says to tell you

he loves and misses you to ..we will see you soon.

Shawn and Mindi and Jordana and Madison .....have fun at Disneyland

(they are going there for holiday around the 16th of this month )

( and thanks again Barb for the duck and bunny elements )

Remember you can always click on the picture to make it bigger

This was Abigail and Hannah all dressed up

for yesterday dinner ...they were so

cute....but these girls love the trampoline.

Good morning to all ...just a quick one here to start the day

flowers blooming in the yard....

the Apricot tree (background picture)is in full bloom has you can see..

I want to say thanks to all that came for dinner yesterday ..

and Ivy the carrot cake was awesome ....

The Little ones Abigail and Hannah had a fun time of Easter egg hunting...
it's so neat to see them grow and to get so the excitement over the small things
WAY TO GO GIRL'S

of course Papa was there to video them

Well even the big kids got into Easter Egg Hunt this Easter Sunday
fun was had by all and boy that bunny left lots of Easter chocolate eggs for
everybody ....HAPPY EASTER TO ALL

(want to thank Sarah for the background paper and my sister in law Barb for

the cute little bunny and duck elements..

I love them)

Glen and Patty took the girls to the Kamloops Wildlife Park

for the annual egg hunt held over the weekend.

They went on Saturday which was a wonderful 25 degrees out

and sunny. Girls had an awesome time and has you can see

they meet the Easter Bunny.

Glen and Patty have been working hard to get the back yard

up and ready for the girls to have a play area..

well the girls are having fun and loving their yard.

Way to go guys ...

These are our birdhouse in the backyard....each year we have had birds

and has been fun to watch and to see them ....

Melissa has see so many baby bird's came out and

learn to fly ....

again this year the bird's have came to nest again .

( I want to thank Daisie for the elements use in this layout )

Well the bathroom is beginning to look a lot like a new bathroom...
Barry has done an awesome job ...along with DJ the plumber...
thanks guys looks great ...but there is a funny store to go with this bathroom..

you see the toilet we bought was a different size and won't fit ....
Barry bought 2 different toilets only to have to go back to the one I planted in our garden ....so see good thing I said hey that would make a good planter .....DJ and Barry had funny with that ....but has you can see by the big picture all came together...


Thanks guys you did an awesome job ...glad to have the upstairs bathroom back ...
Oh yes Melissa was the first to have a bath in the new tub !!!

Hannah and water time ...boy she loves it....












Abi loves her time in the water ..but there is one thing the girl hates is water in her ears ..so she has a bit of trouble putting her head all the way under the water ..




This is the girls second week of swimming lessons ....it is lots of fun to watch them grow and learn.

Today may be April Fool's Day

but to us it is a very special day

my brother - in - laws birthday is TODAY

and he is no fool ...

he is a brother, a friend, a fellow who gives 100%

and

we want all to know how much we love him...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE

love from

Barry (who says he will out fish you this year ..again)

Melissa who loves her Uncle David

and me ... XOXOXO

(Sorry we couldn't join you for that rib dinner..

well have a feast when we all meet ...heard you enjoyed it)

Mr. Spoilt.

I drove up to Edith Lake on Friday .....hoping to see

open water..but no way...

about 2 feet of shore line thawed out..

oh well Barry says it will be soon...

can't wait to be fishing and camping.

Hannah and Mom swimming ...and she is loving it .....
and Abi is in her glory too....this their first week
of swimming lessons.
But these girls love the water..
way to go girls .

Peewee and Tia

the cat belongs to Abi and Hannah...

and Peewee is Melissa's dog..

when these two get together it is a race

around the house .

There is no barking or sissing

just lots of running and playing.

I think the picture explains everything ....all

had fun with their ice cream cones....

of course they were the best

Dairy Queen cones.

well if you saw the slide show ..you would of notice a toilet on the garden well ...

My husband is doing the bathroom upstairs ...so I took the old

toilet to the garden for a planter....

To Neti ...her and I chat all the time about our gardens

so here's some pictures ..Neti ....to say the plants are coming thru

and your peach tree is doing great ...she loves the peaches

from our tree .....love you sis

On my sister- in - laws site Mrs.Miles she add a free site that helps with english:

This was what she had to say about it : You come across a word you don't recognize - or you need a quick synonym for a word. You don't have to get up and get your dictionary, nor have to open up a word program or go online either. The secret? There's a nifty little program I've been using for a few days now, and its proving itself VERY helpful. It's called WordWeb and its a free download. It comes with it's own library of words and can even do audio of speech-to-text, standalone, if you have that feature enabled from your existing word program. If you're like me you will be wondering how you did without it!
By the way, it FREE

WEB WORD

Patty check it out ..be something you would want !!!!

I hope you will read this thru ...so many times we miss what is important:
We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.
For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade
ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by
being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog
put to sleep.
I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's
all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he
wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let
him.
When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along
I hope you'll let him/her.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in
a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to
drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as
your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of
buying one.
I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in
your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a
boy\girl,and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap
tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick
your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.
And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa .
And go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window
and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Written with a pen.
Sealed with a kiss.
I'm here for you.
And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.

We secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.
this was written by : Paul Harvey
I thought about how much kids of today have missed out and how many of them are hurting for old fashion LOVE......

We left on Saturday morning and head into Chilliwack for their big RV show ..sure some beautiful RV units out there. Of course it rained the whole time we were there..but we did have fun...Melissa picked out a really nice Motor home ...only $199,000 and boy it was awesome. Sorry did not get any pictures..did bring a camera ..but left it in the truck.
On Sunday morning heading back we were able to go through where the big slide had happen ...boy the water coming off the hills and rocks were beautiful...if you click on the picture you can see some of the big trees that got knocked down...boy what a mess....
Nicola Lake is thawed and alive with lots of birds ....it was beautiful.

Dave and Neti's New Tent Trailer

They look ready to go and have some fun ...

looks good CONGRATS...

can't wait to meet ...and us girls to out fish

those brothers

Well we brought the baby home yesterday

from Barriere...thanks so much DJ for watching over our fifth wheel .....now we will get it ready for some great camping and fishing ...

CAN'T WAIT !!!!!

I am so sorry this blog page is late..I so wanted it to be up yesterday for Abi and Hannah to see... cause yesterday was their first Dentist visit.




Abi and Hannah were so good ....Dr. Chris Wilson had no problem with either of them and the girls teeth are doing great. He told Patty she was doing an awesome job with their brushing and teaching them some good stuff...on keeping them brushing...way to go Patty ....you are doing a great job

Starting the day off ...

Today is Abigail's 3rd Birthday ...she is a little sweetheart ..we love her dearly

Happy Birthday Abi

Love from all of us

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Well today is DJ's birthday..we had his dinner last night ...

the ice cream cake was a design of Barry's...

Barry and Dj love their Buds.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DJ

It is my sister Ann's birthday today ...her dinner was Friday ..

wishing her the best this year ..and hope we all get together for a camp-out.

Fred needs to show Barry and Bobby how to fish.

have a relaxing day ..and remember you our Queen for the day

it's your Birthday

Love Jud

(thanks to daisie for the elements used on this layout)

On Saturday Abi had a party ...a start to her birthday...the kids went bowling

it was fun...the adults also bowled...great fun was had by all.

Abigail turns 3 on March 12.

Can't wait till Monday Abi to give you ..your pinch to grow an inch

Love ya girl XOXOX

This our new boat loader...this is going to save time and my husband's back ....it is the neatest thing..if you would like to see a video of how it works click on this loadmyboat . This is neat site for all kinds of boat loaders .

Yesterday afternoon we all decided to head to DJ's

that is where our fifth wheel spend the winter.

Well DJ got the fire going ..and we all got out the wiener sticks

and had some fun....they still have snow..has you can see

the kids had fun ...and of course Abi and Hannah did

found the mud holes with water in them.

Kids will be kids ..they had fun.

Our little Abi adopted DJ's Mom as a new Grama Ivy..and off they were

exploring..and grama Ivy taking Abi for some homemade cookies

to share with all the kids...

It was a nice evening with some great people for soon the yard filled with

other families to join in on the wiener roast and fire.

It was also nice to have some time in our fifth wheel ..can't wait

for our first camping meet ..with everyone.

This shows us Spring is on the way in...hurray!!!

Thanks to my sis Barb for the elements used in this layout .

Melissa's class had skating today ...the kids had a lot of fun...

some can skate so great others learning ..like Melissa

first row is Rayne -- Melissa --and Hannah

second row is Melissa &Mikaela --Jake --Andrea & Melissa & Ellesia

Way to go !!!!

This was so cute ..Patty thought she would be a sweetheart

and buy me some

fresh cut flowers...so when she got to our house

she said Mom close your eyes...so I did.

Well what beautiful flowers .....I love them ...

but they are not fresh cut ...they are fake ones ..but what an awesome job

they look real till you check them out further..but

I want to thank my daughter for the callylilies.

I love them .

Also they will look great in the fifth wheel

thanks to Bderksen for the elements used in this layout

The girls and I get together every Tuesday and Thursday

while Mom is at College.

We have fun with play dough and crayons and paper .

You can see this time it was the play dough .

Hannah and Abi are growing so fast.

It was fun girls

Love ya

XOXOXO

(thanks to Elizabeth Mcfarlene for the elements used in this layout)

It was Bruce's birthday March 3rd....

Happy Birthday ...hope you enjoyed the meal.

Well the words in the picture should say it all...yes ...I started to put GAS into our new truck which is a DIESEL

Yesterday was the day I learned how pray and helping hands are there for us.

I want to Thank a fellow who with out his help ..I would still be there crying...

for the time he gave me and the phone numbers to get my truck back. If ever you put gas into a diesel truck ...

DON'T START THAT TRUCK(the cost to fix is WOW)

this fellow told me not to and to get the truck towed and have some one qualified to do it .

And I followed his advice...by the pictures you can see my baby being carried away.

The company who did the job got the truck in right away for me ..it is funny today it was to have it's oil and tran fluids done .. so they started the job at the same time so this morning I had a truck clean and gas free....and My HUSBAND ..show nothing but love and understanding ..thanks Barry XOXOXO

(Thanks to Bderkens for paper and doodle art flower)

Our

Melissa

girl...

we

are so

proud of you girl.....this is our

grand-daughter she is doing an awesome job in school ...she is turning into a little lady.

We all love you girl ......XOXOXOXO

Shawn and Mindi just sent us these pictures ...they received another 6" of snow ...on the weekend ...and we think we have it bad ....