Wow, here today....gone tomorrow.

Labor day party at Uncle Daves

Mckenna's first tube ride with Mommy and Daddy

Enjoying the sunset on the beach

Having fun at Nina and Papa's!!

It always seems that as soon as the school year is back in, Mother Nature decides that she's had enough of the hot summer heat and throws a huge damper on the summer memories in an instant. It has been beautiful weather though, just my kind of liking. Nice and warm during the day, and cool if not cold at night. They are actually calling for frost tonight.... as my dad says 'Bring it on and get rid of the ragweed'

I got laid off on August 22nd and am enjoying my time off with the girls and getting some much needed rest and recovery from all the busy hours of working. It is why I chose to go back to electrical for this reason, that I can work for 3-4 months, make some money and then take some time with the girls and collect unemployment. It is a nice break to have and I consider myself lucky.

The girls are awesome and are loving mama home, although I have our nanny Andrea come over at least once a week to play with the girls and keep their bond strong.

Mckenna is amazing, and smart and funny and just blows us away with her thinking strategies. She sings continually and is really getting into watching Robots and Cinderella. I don't know why, but she is enthralled with robots. She makes tea for me every morning in her toy room and watches my face to see how much I like it, even though she knows it's pretend. She plays well with her sister and loves to teach her new things like emptying all the toys out of the toy box and hiding in it. We laugh all the time at them and cherish them so much.

Caili celebrated her first birthday on August 11th and we had a big family party on the 10th. She took her first steps 2 sundays' ago though continues to enjoy her crawling much better as she does it at lightning speed. She goes up and down the stairs, crawls up on everything, and even loves riding Mckenna's three wheeler up and down the sidewalk. Her third tooth just popped through (finally!) as she has been very cranky and keeping me up at all hours of the night.

Caili's Birthday Party!!

I'll have to load pictures of the Elmo cake later....she loved it

Her hair is finally growing in long and blonde and curly like Mckenna's.


Ryan and I just celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary and heading up to Haliburton for 3 days back to where we went for our honeymoon. It was awesome and such a great time for the two of us to re-connect. We went fishing, and canoeing, and......ate dinner and just has a great time. It was a nice break from the kids and I enjoyed sleeping in until whenever I felt like rolling out of bed.

I am still running and run about 5 miles 3 times a week, hoping to reach marathon length before the spring so I can run either a half marathon or a full marathon before my 30th birthday. It's amazing how far I've come already in 2 months, although I can no longer run in the morning at 4:30 as it is too dark. I run when Ryan gets home so that I can get my 'me' time in. It truly is exhilerating and unexplainable as to how amazing it is to feel your muscles thank you while you run.

So, I can load some photos today, hope you enjoy and I'll try and write again soon!


Ally