Ivy's baseball

Ivy has been waiting all year for baseball, she loves it!

Each local town has their own team comprised of players from kindergarten, grade 1 and 2. They only play 2 innings and no one worries about strikes or foul balls. It's just to introduce the game to the kids and teach team spirit! We have practice on Mondays and games on Thursdays. Ivy missed the first game while we were in Vancouver and every game since then has been cancelled due to weather and other teams being sick.

Finally she had a game!

Ivy in the out field.
Ivy with her team waiting to bat.

Ivy up to bat, didn't get a good shot of her swinging, coach stepped in the way.

Ivy running for first.

Posing on first.

Running for third...

And running for home, Montana caught up and passed Ivy.

Gramma P came to watch the game, Anna had fun running around with her.

Ivy slid (tripped) into first.

Ivy on Second.

Playing with the pompoms while waiting.

Anna loved playing with the pompoms too.

As did Avneet!

Hopefully we'll have another game before the all day tournament on June 5th.

Life is good...

Yup, even with a nasty headache, I can say life is Good!

We've been so busy lately, most of the time it's fun but a little stressful and the rest is dull and mundane but I'm alright with it.

Oh boy do I have pictures to share but I have not had the time/energy to do it yet. Soon!

We've been out every weekend camping in our trailer since we got it! I'm still adjusting and finding things that would make life easier with it but it's 100 times better then tent camping. This past long weekend was sooo cold and it even snowed but it didn't bother us, all snug in our RV! Makes me very happy! and the girls are happy they don't need to use an outhouse, LOL!

This week is supposed to be the last of my babysitting the cousins, I'm so relieved. They are (mostly) good kids but I am not cut out for looking after other peoples kids! I wish that family would get their act together, it would normalize our extended family alot!

Hopefully I'll be getting some free time soon, but it's all GoooooD!

Take a tour....

...Of my new Trailer!!

For a few years now, we've been thinking about getting a travel trailer. Mike has many memories of camping with his extended family and I have a few memories camping with Nana and Popa, they were always fun times and we wanted our girls to have those memories like that too. So this spring we started looking seriously for the ideal RV. And we found one!

19 foot, Super Sport!

As you enter the door, on the left, is the sofa and folds open into a bed.
Directly across from the door is the kitchen, with a 3 burner stove and oven, double sink and lots of counter space
To the right of the door is the dinette, also folds down into a bed.

The rest of the kitchen, Fridge/freezer and microwave. The dark door in the middle is the bathroom.

The cute bathroom, mini tub/shower and toilet.

Bathroom door open and the bedroom area.

Just in front of the bathroom and across from the bed is the Vanity.

The bedroom area, Double bed with a single bunk and a small clothes closet.

Slightly different angle of the beds, I love all the light from the windows.

A bonus DVD/CD/Radio that's TV ready but we probably won't be getting one, we want the girls to explore the wilderness, not stare at a TV.

The view from the back looking to the front.

And another angle of the kitchen, I love the extra counters, most models this size do not have this much counter!

I have been busy this past week buying and stocking the trailer for our future excursions. Our first will be a "trial" overnight run to a local lake, hopefully we'll learn what we really need for an upcoming family trip to the Hot springs! Mike's Grandma and Uncle have a 5th wheel and we're going to caravan together!

I'm so excited! And the girls can't wait!

Vancouver trip part 2

As promised, here is the rest of our visit to Vancouver or rather our exploration of Bridal Falls. It was a nice warm day but the park was in the shade of the mountain and it was very moist due to the falls and the park being apart of the coastal rain forest. (Click on the pictures to enlarge.)

Mike and the girls posing by the sign post.

I loved how tall the trees were and there was moss along their whole length.
On the forest floor were many ferns, these were in the process of uncurling.
The closer we came to the falls, the more little falls there were along the creek.
Mike and the girls (blue things in the middle) were at the top view point while I was just below them... it was a difficult climb for me, the couch potato that I am :D
Another shot of the small falls, it looked like a Dinosaur would come clomping around threw the dense undergrowth...

Bridal Falls!! Over 100 meter drop!

The actual view from the top view point.

Anna and Mike enjoying the view.

Ivy had more fun goofing around on the railings than looking at the falls. A wide angle view of the bottom of the falls, the little falls are on the right.

Family looking at the Falls with the little falls in the background.

On the walk back down the hill, the girls found lots to explore like this rotten hollow stump.

The way back had steps (the path up did not)

lots of stairs...

A close up of the moss on the trees.

Ivy was quite happy on the journey but was sad the maple leaf was brown and not green, lol!

Mike waiting for me to stop taking pictures and to get into the van so we could continue on our way home.

Last but not least, My favorite picture! My happy family on a cool hollow log.

Somewhat Blahh

Yup, I'm still not healthy.
I felt almost better after our Vancouver trip but on Saturday I started feeling worse.
Monday evening, after Ivy's baseball practice, my ear started to hurt. It was popping, aching and then stabbing pain. I had a Hot neo-citron and some Tylenol and went to bed. In the morning I could barely hear out of my right ear but the pain was minimal. I suffered thought that day and night and first thing Wednesday I went to the Doc.
He gave me a script for antibiotics and said it was real bad, if it doesn't clear up after the meds then I have to go back to him and he'll set up an appointment for tubes. Momma!! Waahhh, I don't want more surgery!


I have been riding a nice high from the Great appointment Anna had at Children's but it was shattered yesterday. The Dietitian called to say she was looking more closely at Anna's height records and noticed that she didn't grow enough for this visit.... Say Wha?? ... She wanted to know why... ?
How I'm I supposed to know why Anna didn't grow!! She could have a growth spurt next week for all I know! Most of the women on Mike's side are petite!
The Doctors have never been concerned with her height, they have wanted to know her weight more than anything else, geesh! This has me so frustrated!!

Vancouver Part 1

It was time again for Anna's Galactosmia check-up at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, we go every 6 months. This time was a little bit different as we left home late in the morning instead of the normal 4 am. Because of that late start, the girls were awake for the whole trip and we got to do some sight seeing along the way. Sadly the camera was left in the car for most of it but we did capture some pictures of the girls at Hope slide.

Ivy asking what the sign says, Anna checking out the hole in the post.

Ivy reading what the sign said and Anna still checking out the hole in the post.

Ivy posing and Anna yelling "wait for me!"

Ivy climbing back into the van, she loves posing for the camera.

We stayed at my Brother Rob's place, we had a wonderful visit with his fiance Jamie and son Cam but we didn't see much of Rob as he was working afternoons. Once again the camera wasn't brought out till it was time to go home. Cam grew attached to Mike during our visit, Cam burst into tears when Mike put on his shoes to take our luggage to the van. We all trying to cheer him up but as you see from the picture... it wasn't working!

A kiss from Anna didn't make things better either...Jamie and Rob were shocked Cam was so attached to Mike.

Finally Cam settled down and blew a kiss to his Auntie...

And there were smiles all around!While we loaded up the van, Mike and Rob spotted a raccoon, Mike tracked it down for this shot.

Rob and Jamie's Landlord had a beautiful tulip garden.

We loved the Cherry Blossom trees that lined every street in East Van, so wonderful seeing it rain pink petals!

Anna's appointments went well, as usually. She tested above her age (again) during the Occupational Therapy and will no longer need to followed by OT. The therapist did suggest we find Anna some shoes with a high arch as she has her daddy's flat feet. Her diet is good and her G1P levels are coming back down!! March's blood work isn't back from the lab in Manitoba yet, but we are all hoping they will show a downward trend too. Anna is still on the 10% curve for her age in height and weight and she is finally over 30lbs!! So it's all good, we continue with blood work every 2 months till her levels steady out and come back in the fall. And that's that!

I'll post some more pictures of our jaunt up to Bridal Falls in a few days.