I put this picture in her crib because she loves looking at it. I usually take it down to look at while I change her on the dresser.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Shiloh's Room
I have been meaning to take pics of Shiloh's room, complete with the dresser and bookshelves my dad made for her! I love it, it is the one room in the house that is almost always tidy there's no one to clutter it up and nothing really to clutter it up with :) So here it is. . . .
I put this picture in her crib because she loves looking at it. I usually take it down to look at while I change her on the dresser.
I put this picture in her crib because she loves looking at it. I usually take it down to look at while I change her on the dresser.
Wild Night!!
Well, last night we had a pretty intense thunderstorm. I was talking with one of our spring/summer staffers and she had just been out for a run but cut it short because as she was running the air was super thick and humid, the clouds looked eerie and not a single bird was chirping. Then around 9pm the rain and lighting and wind hit! It was crazy winds. The power went out and with it so did Trevor. He needed to assess what was going on, and dangerous damage, if any. And help get the campers, who were in chapel, safely to their cabins, also get the generators up and running. God was good, there was not a single person hurt in this storm!!
This is the shed beside the craft/bike shop that was lifted off the ground by tree roots of a tree that fell. You can also kinda see that there's a tree that fell on top of it too!
This is camps trailer where speakers or nurses stay the week they are here. Thankfully no one was in the trailer when the tree fell.
These are trees down along the road to the beach as well as the huge washouts from the torrential rain. Our rain gauge shows up to two inches and it was overflowing!!
This is a tree that fell on the boat house. There's another one you can't see in the picture behind me that is leaning and has to come down too!
This is the shed beside the craft/bike shop that was lifted off the ground by tree roots of a tree that fell. You can also kinda see that there's a tree that fell on top of it too!
This is camps trailer where speakers or nurses stay the week they are here. Thankfully no one was in the trailer when the tree fell.
These are trees down along the road to the beach as well as the huge washouts from the torrential rain. Our rain gauge shows up to two inches and it was overflowing!!
This is a tree that fell on the boat house. There's another one you can't see in the picture behind me that is leaning and has to come down too!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Last week we went to my parents house while Trev ran his camp errands and she had a house full of girls! She looks after my niece Jo and two other girls that she's babysat since they were 6 months old. Karly and Mackenzie (blonde). There was also a school friend of Jo's named Andrea (dark hair). They all wanted to hold Shiloh and my mom took some pictures of them. They were all so good and gentle :)
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Trev is 30!!!
This week was an exciting time! Trev has moved out of his twenties and has hit the big three-oh!! We gave him his birthday present a few months ago. He REALLY wanted to go to Michael W. Smith in Wpg this past May, and so my Mom and I bought tickets and he and I went, it was a great concert!! But to celebrate his day here I had Chloe, Natasha and Anika color a crown that says 'King for a Day' on it, which he got to wear at lunch and supper at the lodge! Also a happy birthday banner and balloons set up by the table we were at!! At supper Matt introduced him and had a huge plate with his own special cake on it, and Joey Traa, one of our summer staffers, rapped out Happy Birthday for him! It was Awesome!!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
We have just finished a week of summer staff camp and today the first group of campers arrive!! Wow, time flies!! This last week is like a blur. Trev had a crew of some serious hard workers to help out with building concrete forms, mixing and pouring concrete, then carefully removing forms, some drainage excavating (to prevent foundation problems for the future), and backfilling, levelling and laying bricks. . . Phew!!! What a job! They worked so very hard, and I didn't get a picture of them working! I do have a finished product picture and you can see how truly wonderful it is!
Trev's mom came out for a few days to help out while Trev was so busy and I appreciated it sooo much!! I got a little extra sleep and a little extra time with just Shiloh without feeling guilty about not being with the other two. Grama took them to the beach and even went in the water with them! and they REALLY just loved having Grama all to themselves, lol! Now they keep asking when we are going to the farm! Soon, I hope, really soon!! Thank you Mom for coming!! The extra sleep was wonderful!!
Right now, life seems to have a very predictable pattern. Shiloh eats, then I try to keep her awake for a few minutes and she sleeps. I could end up staying inside at home all day every day, but I think that would not go over well with Chloe and Natasha, or myself for that matter. So we are working at getting her used to sleeping in a variety of different places. Such as; vehicles - so long as it's not close to food time and that her diaper is dry, it works fairly well. The beach - we had two more trying times and the third time, she slept thru the whole experience!! Yay! At the moment, those are the important ones :) It's a work in progress. She sleeps best in her crib, but what really matters is that she sleeps well at night and that is not a problem! Here she is at the beach!
The girls are loving being at the beach, riding the boogey boards and paddling with nets for catching water critters! They enjoy everything about the beach, the sand, the water and all the people! They dunk their faces, Chloe jumps off the shallow dock, summer staffers play with them. Here's Mark pulling Chloe snd a couple others on the boogey boards, Goober is super good at catching leeches and minnows and carries them around in her hands, lol!! Two years ago, I wasn't sure Natasha would ever like the water, and now we can't keep her out! She has a summer staffer, Jenelle, that plays with her, and the other kids, and spends so much time with her and they have such a blast together! Oooh! and my excitement is running very high bcause we found a bathing suit for Chloe!! It fits absolutely everywhere and looks great!
She is getting more used to her baths, so long as I keep a cloth on her warm from the water. She does not like to be cold. I don't blame her, I don't like being cold either. I finally have pictures of the three girls together!
We were at my parents house while Trev ran his many errands in the city, and the girls got to play in the pool with Jo, Karly, Kenzie and Jo's school friend Andrea. Karly and Kenzie are girls that my mom has taken care of since they were 6 months old (they are all 10 or turning 10 soon) and every summer since they started school full time. When we first arrived, the four of them were just dying to hold Shiloh, so they set up an assembly line on the couch and each one of them had a turn holding her! It was pretty funny :) I was busy with Natasha at the time, but I hope to get those pictures from my mom soon! It is so nice to have somewhere to go with the girls (especially since Shiloh needs to eat and sleep so often) and relax while Trev runs his many errands. Now that it's summer it's great that my parents have a pool!! Chloe discovered how to use a snorkle and goggles at my moms and she swam around with her face plastered in the water. She did dunk the whole thing under once or twice, but she learned and was a pro at it in no time! Goober kept insisting she could swim by herself, so I had to make sure she had her life jacket on before she went near the pool. Only once did she almost make it in. Thankfully I saw her before she was all the way down the steps. I'm not sure that she can touch the bottom, but until Trev or I are in there with her, I'm not taking any chances. But it does reaffirm the need for her to be in swimming, so she'll know what to do and be able to do it! But really, she is still 3 and apparently 3 year olds think they are invincible!
It was nice, we had my Grama, Uncle and two cousins over for a bit of a birthday dinner. Trev and my two cousins all have july birthdays, we had a yummy and delicious and uber expensive DQ Ice Cream Cake.
Trev's mom came out for a few days to help out while Trev was so busy and I appreciated it sooo much!! I got a little extra sleep and a little extra time with just Shiloh without feeling guilty about not being with the other two. Grama took them to the beach and even went in the water with them! and they REALLY just loved having Grama all to themselves, lol! Now they keep asking when we are going to the farm! Soon, I hope, really soon!! Thank you Mom for coming!! The extra sleep was wonderful!!
Right now, life seems to have a very predictable pattern. Shiloh eats, then I try to keep her awake for a few minutes and she sleeps. I could end up staying inside at home all day every day, but I think that would not go over well with Chloe and Natasha, or myself for that matter. So we are working at getting her used to sleeping in a variety of different places. Such as; vehicles - so long as it's not close to food time and that her diaper is dry, it works fairly well. The beach - we had two more trying times and the third time, she slept thru the whole experience!! Yay! At the moment, those are the important ones :) It's a work in progress. She sleeps best in her crib, but what really matters is that she sleeps well at night and that is not a problem! Here she is at the beach!
The girls are loving being at the beach, riding the boogey boards and paddling with nets for catching water critters! They enjoy everything about the beach, the sand, the water and all the people! They dunk their faces, Chloe jumps off the shallow dock, summer staffers play with them. Here's Mark pulling Chloe snd a couple others on the boogey boards, Goober is super good at catching leeches and minnows and carries them around in her hands, lol!! Two years ago, I wasn't sure Natasha would ever like the water, and now we can't keep her out! She has a summer staffer, Jenelle, that plays with her, and the other kids, and spends so much time with her and they have such a blast together! Oooh! and my excitement is running very high bcause we found a bathing suit for Chloe!! It fits absolutely everywhere and looks great!
She is getting more used to her baths, so long as I keep a cloth on her warm from the water. She does not like to be cold. I don't blame her, I don't like being cold either. I finally have pictures of the three girls together!
We were at my parents house while Trev ran his many errands in the city, and the girls got to play in the pool with Jo, Karly, Kenzie and Jo's school friend Andrea. Karly and Kenzie are girls that my mom has taken care of since they were 6 months old (they are all 10 or turning 10 soon) and every summer since they started school full time. When we first arrived, the four of them were just dying to hold Shiloh, so they set up an assembly line on the couch and each one of them had a turn holding her! It was pretty funny :) I was busy with Natasha at the time, but I hope to get those pictures from my mom soon! It is so nice to have somewhere to go with the girls (especially since Shiloh needs to eat and sleep so often) and relax while Trev runs his many errands. Now that it's summer it's great that my parents have a pool!! Chloe discovered how to use a snorkle and goggles at my moms and she swam around with her face plastered in the water. She did dunk the whole thing under once or twice, but she learned and was a pro at it in no time! Goober kept insisting she could swim by herself, so I had to make sure she had her life jacket on before she went near the pool. Only once did she almost make it in. Thankfully I saw her before she was all the way down the steps. I'm not sure that she can touch the bottom, but until Trev or I are in there with her, I'm not taking any chances. But it does reaffirm the need for her to be in swimming, so she'll know what to do and be able to do it! But really, she is still 3 and apparently 3 year olds think they are invincible!
It was nice, we had my Grama, Uncle and two cousins over for a bit of a birthday dinner. Trev and my two cousins all have july birthdays, we had a yummy and delicious and uber expensive DQ Ice Cream Cake.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Yawn
Here is the picture of Shiloh's yawn that I said would be there :) Still haven't figured out how to edit my mistakes, lol!
Busy Bees!
It has been a pretty busy week! One that went by so quickly too. We had our last school group and our last church group until fall, spring went by so quick! With the last school group, Chloe really wanted to go wall climbing, so we waited until one evening when the group wasn't using it and let her go! She made it all the way to the top, and if I'm not mistaken, with little or no "help" from Trev, who was belaying her! She is our athletic one!
Here is Chloe Climbing and at the top!
Natasha also really wanted to go wall climbing, but unfortunately she was a bit too small for the littlest harness. Trev helped her boulder a little bit, but she was in tears of devastation when she realized she couldn't climb to the top!! Maybe by the end of summer she will be big enough!
She is a dress-up queen, both of them are actually! But it is a daily (and sometimes multiple times daily) occurance that she comes out of her room in a fancy white dress. She loves being a princess and Chloe is the queen! This is her favorite dress-up dress at the moment. I wore it at 5 when I was a flower girl at my Uncle's wedding!!
It's hard to believe that Shiloh is two weeks old already! She has changed so much in two weeks. I'm still amazed after three kids that change happens so quickly! She has gained a little over 10oz in one week, is holding her head up a lot more, and is way more alert with her eyes! It's such a wonder to see! She has, for the past two nights, only woken up once in the middle of the night! Normally she would wake up twice, between the hours of 11:30 and 8:30. The first night she did that, both Chloe and Natasha slept in till almost 10, so I had a REALLY good sleep that night (and morning)!
I took a few pics for her "two week" mark, so here they are. There's one of her sleeping on her Daddy's pillow, and also an adorable yawn!
In september Chloe is going to be a flower girl with another Chloe at a former Red Rock staffers wedding. Jill (the bride-to-be) was Chloe's favorite person for those two summers and if I didn't know where she was, all I had to do was find Jill and Chloe would typically be with her, lol! So this week we went dress shopping, Jill and the two Chloe's! It was such a fun experience trying on fancy dresses. Natasha tried some on too, because she didn't want to feel left out. :) Jill took some pictures in our van of the kids while we were in the city! So fun!
This is Jill with Chloe and Anika her last summer here on staff. And the other picture is the other Cloe, who was a camper of Jill's! I wish I had taken some pictures of the girls trying on stuff, but I forgot to bring the camera in the store, despite having to go out to the van twice to change and feed Shiloh!!
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A little note about Goober and her seat in the van. She is sitting in a built-in child car seat in our van and for the past few trips in we've let her sit in that instead of putting in her other car seat, which is totally fine, except that after a while in the built-in one, her poor little bottom gets sore and we've had a few late night drives home and she would be crying because her 'bum hurts'. So needless to say, her original car seat is back in the van!! But at this point in time she is enjoying herself hugely!
Here is Chloe Climbing and at the top!
Natasha also really wanted to go wall climbing, but unfortunately she was a bit too small for the littlest harness. Trev helped her boulder a little bit, but she was in tears of devastation when she realized she couldn't climb to the top!! Maybe by the end of summer she will be big enough!
She is a dress-up queen, both of them are actually! But it is a daily (and sometimes multiple times daily) occurance that she comes out of her room in a fancy white dress. She loves being a princess and Chloe is the queen! This is her favorite dress-up dress at the moment. I wore it at 5 when I was a flower girl at my Uncle's wedding!!
It's hard to believe that Shiloh is two weeks old already! She has changed so much in two weeks. I'm still amazed after three kids that change happens so quickly! She has gained a little over 10oz in one week, is holding her head up a lot more, and is way more alert with her eyes! It's such a wonder to see! She has, for the past two nights, only woken up once in the middle of the night! Normally she would wake up twice, between the hours of 11:30 and 8:30. The first night she did that, both Chloe and Natasha slept in till almost 10, so I had a REALLY good sleep that night (and morning)!
I took a few pics for her "two week" mark, so here they are. There's one of her sleeping on her Daddy's pillow, and also an adorable yawn!
In september Chloe is going to be a flower girl with another Chloe at a former Red Rock staffers wedding. Jill (the bride-to-be) was Chloe's favorite person for those two summers and if I didn't know where she was, all I had to do was find Jill and Chloe would typically be with her, lol! So this week we went dress shopping, Jill and the two Chloe's! It was such a fun experience trying on fancy dresses. Natasha tried some on too, because she didn't want to feel left out. :) Jill took some pictures in our van of the kids while we were in the city! So fun!
This is Jill with Chloe and Anika her last summer here on staff. And the other picture is the other Cloe, who was a camper of Jill's! I wish I had taken some pictures of the girls trying on stuff, but I forgot to bring the camera in the store, despite having to go out to the van twice to change and feed Shiloh!!
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A little note about Goober and her seat in the van. She is sitting in a built-in child car seat in our van and for the past few trips in we've let her sit in that instead of putting in her other car seat, which is totally fine, except that after a while in the built-in one, her poor little bottom gets sore and we've had a few late night drives home and she would be crying because her 'bum hurts'. So needless to say, her original car seat is back in the van!! But at this point in time she is enjoying herself hugely!
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