Grace's Birthday

Grace had a fun birthday day. We she woke up to chocolate chip pancakes and strawberries. We shopped for her birthday party, had chicken kabobs for dinner and ended the day with daddy special ice cream sundaes. I am still having a hard time believing she is 10. Oh where has the time gone. Friday is her big birthday bash. I'm praying for sunny weather because I have 10 girls coming over to play at the beach for the afternoon, then 4 girls will spend the night. I'm looking forward to it. And so is Grace!

Gracie is 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How did it happen!?! 10 years old today. I remember going to hospital to have her like it was yesterday. That sweet little baby with the chubby cheeks. She really has turned into a beautiful young lady. Grace is part sporty, part fashion diva. She loves playing hockey, riding her bike, shooting hoops and just being crazy like her poppa. But the other side she loves to dress up and be very fashionable and girly. I'm in a bit of denial over my baby being 10. This is a hard one for me to accept. Isn't she still that little girl with the curly hair in pigtails??? Nope she is a young lady with ideas and opinions of her own, and she's not afraid to share them. I love watching her grow and learn and become the person God made her to be.

Happy Birthday Gracie!!! We LOVE you!!!!

Blue Jays Game

Matt and Kaitlyn headed out to Toronto on Saturday with Kaitlyn's friend Olivia's church group to watch a Toronto Blue Jays game. Grace and I were suppose to go but Grace was one sick little girl. She was bummed not to go but had no desire to even try going. So Matt and Kaitlyn left at 7:00am, got on a school bus with a bunch of other people and rode 3 1/2 hours to Toronto. It was an awesome game. If I remember right it went 11 or 12 innings the score was 9 to 9 and the Blue Jays ended up loosing. They got home about 10:00 that night. All in all it was a wonderful Daddy/ Daughter day!

Dad and Debbies Visit

Dad and Debbie came out for a week for a wonderful visit. We took a trip to Niagara Falls and got to see all the sights there. It was busy but so much fun. The Maid of the Mist was a hit with everyone. It was amazing how close you can get to the falls and how wet we all got. We saw the pipe band in town and watched them put on a little show for us. We took a tour of the Bruce Power visitors center and just hung out playing games and visiting.

Scottish Festival

We got to experience our first Scottish Festival this weekend. Matt had been to one when he lived in Scotland and was very excited for the girls and I to see one here. We got to see the pipe bands come down main street, see some dancing and pipe band competitions and then we went up to the heavy events. We saw the ball toss both 56 pound and 28 pound and the hammer throw. It was very neat to see and amazing how far those guys can throw those things. I really wanted to see the caber toss but that was the last event and we were all getting tired and hot being in the sun. I'm really glad we went and got to experience this and can't wait to for next years to see even more!

Canada Day!!

We got to celebrate our first Canada Day. I have to say it was such a wonderful day. Our little town of Kincardine sure puts on a great celebration for all. We started our day downtown with a small parade that consisted of the pipe band, which was just incredible!! Then the VFW and scouts. Once they passed by us we joined in and followed them down the street to the flag pole where we sang O Canada while the flag was raised. There was a very small "carnival" that they girls passed on. It was geared more for younger kids.

Later that night we all ended up at the Dunhams for a BBQ and just hung out until sunset. We went back down to town and went to a co-workers house and parked in his parking lot which looked right over where they were going to shoot off the fireworks. The kids got to light giant sparklers while they waited. The show was SO awesome, so much better than we expected. It was such a great end to a wonderful day.