Saturday, April 30, 2011

Exploring St.Johns.

We had a Dance party!! She (like always) came right up to get her picture taken.

 Dance dance. We were going to do a 1 2 3... and every body jump but it obviously didn't work.
Our Rock pets. I needed something to entertain them and this seemed as good as any. There is more than enough rocks in our back yard. So we each picked one and coloured a face on it. Madison named hers Fluffy!

Now you didn't think I could let Madison miss the making of a Princess, did you? We enjoyed it. She looked beautiful and we wish them all the best! Her favorite part was when they Kissed on the balcony!

THE OCEAN!!!
Steve had asked me to pick something up for him so we thought we would go exploring and try to find a beach. I just followed the road closest to the water and we went up a enormous hill (i was a little surprised that we made it up) and ended up somewhere I was planning on taking them later in the summer. A place called Signal hill. There is a tower (that used to be a signal tower) that they are standing in front of.  The wind was so strong that when I put Cammi down it knocked her over. I had to zip up Madison's coat so it didn't blow her away. They didn't like it much. So we hid by the tower where the wind was less and looked at the ocean. Landon said "Mom, look at the big pond!"  Haha funny kid.  We weren't up there long. They got quite upset because of the wind. But this morning We were playing in the back yard and our neighbour came out and told us that you can often see icebergs from signal hill. And that there are some on their way. So we will be back there soon! How exciting.



 

 Once leaving the hill we went again looking for a beach. We didn't find one but we found a waterfall!
After a while we decided just to go to a park it was the strangest park I had ever seen. It turns out it is a workout park. All the park equipment uses your body weight to help you work out! Best park idea ever. Beside it was a normal kids park. This duck came right up to Madison. It must be used to people.


This is Cammeron right after she was almost knocked over from the wind. Clearly not impressed!
Probably the best picture of Landon I have gotten in a long time!

All the sudden i hear Landon "ummm, Mom. Cammeron is going on the slide." I was like Okay (whatever) haha until i turned around to see her climbing up. She climbed to the top and went down all by herself. She is fearless.

Much like her sister, she loves to swing.

Learning to pump her legs.

We found a tree house and went up. The wind though annoying, was so warm. It was a beautiful day! 

The workout park.




taking time to see the water.




The best Giggle ever!


Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Margarets Place


Our house.  I love that its a row house! Its much bigger inside than it looks.

Enjoying dinner or dessert. I cant remember.

Mr.L.

 Poor Madison who has been sick since we got here. She has the flu or something. But she still smiled!
 Oh how I love that little girl! Best smile ever!
 Me, tired. No. Okay yes. It has been a long week and a bit.
The new kitchen. That I Love!

 All the days have been melting together. Nothing too exciting to report. We haven't seen or heard from Steve since we got here. Its a good thing. It means he is busy and working hard. This season started with a bang. They are still trying to catch up. It looks like we chose a good office.


Playing in the back yard. No fence but I am confident the hill will keep them in.

 We needed to get to a store to get some much needed Groceries. It was nice enough and there is a Sobey's just behind our house. So we went on an adventure! It was a little steeper than I thought it would be but I didn't hear any complaints.                                 
 Yet another great picture of chubby Cammi
 My Kids...Adorable.

Madison found some shells (she thought they were sea shells) She wasn't as excited when she found out they were snails. There is tons of them!

 We made it! Sobeys and back with no casualties.
Beautiful Madison. Love those curls.

I don't think you can get a bad one of Her.
I had a close up of Landon. I don't know what happened to it. I will have to take another.

 I have made Jello a million times and it has never turned out this awesome! you could cut it into shapes it was so fun. every one was taking pieces and jiggling them. Obviously Cammeron has never seen anything like it before!

He looks less than impressed. He isn't he just looks it!



The End. Of the trip that is.

While we were waiting for the ferry to be loaded, Landon decided to try to lick the raindrops from inside the van. Unfortunately we only got one lick. What a goof.

Waiting and waiting....
 Getting settled. Make sure every ones comfy.
 Hurray we are on the ferry! They coloured for a bit and then passed right out. Then I followed suit. It was a relaxing journey across the water.
 The windows got all misty from the snow/rain mix. So not much of a view from where we were.
Preparing to set foot in Newfoundland

 One of the Most Exciting Sites. We made it to Newfoundland!!!
 
 Unfortunately not very sunny. Very Rocky  and lots of trees.
 How could we go all that way and not stop and visit Stephenville. So we did. We had breakfast and prepared to finish the trip.
Oh what nice fog. That's about as much of St. Johns we got to see once we got there. Part of the reason we don't have a "Welcome to St.John's" Picture.  Oh well we will go back later.Maybe. probably not.
Cammi playing a game of "don't pick your nose" with daddy!
We got there and got settled in our Nice suite. My favorite of them all. Such a nice set up. We could put the kids to bed and still watch tv.

We spent 2 days here and then had to move rooms. In our Last room we stayed one night. Got up early bathed kids got them dressed for church. packed up the van as fast as lightning! Checked out and got to church. Right up near the front where we generally sit, was open (as was most of the rest of the seats) so we sat there. We counted 40 people. A far cry from the ward we left. What a change. It was also Cammeron's first week in Nursery, having turned 18months that Thursday!! Yeah, i thought she would love it. Not quite. Every time i would sneak out she would notice. I guess it will take her a bit to get used to.

We wasted some time chatting with new people and then went to get keys for our new house!