Another June 16 Blessing!!

June 16 will always be a special day in our hearts! This year its specialness increased with the birth of our dear, handsome little nephew, Hendrix Lee Wilson! We were able to visit them in hospital today and he was (and is) such a precious little man. He stole our hearts in an instant! Janelle, my sister-in-law, looks so amazing and is such a relaxed and calm mother, if it weren't for being in hospital, one would never know that she just went thru labour and delivery :) They are a beautiful family and I am just so blessed that we're part of it!
Janelle's sister Christel Nadeau is an aspiring photographer, and is amazing at it! I am using her pictures here because, frankly, hers are WAY better than mine!! (although I am throwing one I took with my girls in there)
This one Christel photoshopped his name on her belly. It looks AWESOME!

Hendrix Lee


The Family (just missing the eldest Paxton)

And then Chloe and Natasha meeting their new cousin!

Shiloh Is 1!!

It's been a long time coming, a whole year in fact and it happened in the blink of eye. Shiloh is now 1 year old. As I look back it seems surreal that it was a whole year ago that she entered the world! The many changes and development that happens in a year is so amazing, it just flies by and each day brings new changes and joys and is not without its challenges as well. Shiloh has brought so much sunshine to our lives. Her big sisters adore her, help her, mother her, teach her and play with her. They love being big sisters to a little one. I have seen a lot of growth in them as they 'take care' of their baby sister. :)
I have to admit I have mixed feelings about her turning one. It feels like she should still be my baby, and in many ways she is, but she is her own little person now, she has her own opinions and voices them, loves getting her hands dirty (but doesn't like touching grass), she loves being wherever her sisters are, is a very good eater, has a favorite stuffed unicorn that she needs to go to sleep, she scooches around on her bum (no crawling), stands up on almost everything, climbs on anything she can go up on. . . . Life is so full and is so fun with our three girls. We can't imagine life without any of them!! Here is a look at Shiloh's 1st year
The day Shiloh entered our world

6 weeks old and already changed so much!

Here she is almost 3 months old with her sisters at the Brandon Farm!

A super-cute pumpkin at Halloween

Meeting her Great-Great Grandmother

Our little snow baby at 8 months

Swinging for the first time and loving it!

And now 1 year old!! Our precious little girla!

My Little Girl is Growing Up

For a few months, Chloe has been talking about doing the Red Rock Cyclathon. To be honest, I felt a little skepticism, she's still so young. . . . but she really wanted to do it!! So we decided to let our little bird jump out of the nest and try to fly. And she flew. We told her what the cyclathon was all about and she knew she was raising money to help kids come to camp and was stoked about that! Trev and Chloe planned to do the half cyclathon.
Goober didn't want to be left out and wanted to go, so Trev decided to pull her in our chariot. She was loaded down with a blanket, pillow, tag books, toys and a water bottle all cozied up in the chariot. Here they are leaving the lunch stop (their starting point)

Goober all decked out in the chariot :)

The first stop was the town of Elma, which was a little over 15kms past the starting point. Chloe still going strong!!

My heart nearly burst with joy at her success! She made it the whole way, and nothing beats the ginormous smile on her face at what she accomplished! Not only did she ride 52kms, but because of how much she raised, (a HUGE THANK YOU to all who sponsored her!) she is able to put money towards her cousin coming to camp for a week!! And get a gift cert as well. It was a beautiful day, my little girl is growing up!



As parents I believe our job is to plant our kids roots, but allow them to use the wings God gave them. My heart burst with joy at watching her fly and disbelief that this girl has come so far since the first day we met. But as the Robert Munsch book "Love you Forever" says;
'I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always.
As long as I'm living,
my baby you'll be'. . . . . and so she will be

Sunshine and Lemonade Party!!

Just this last sunday we had a birthday party for Shiloh and, another adorable camp kid, Kaylia! Kendra and I had so much fun planning, and making, and baking and putting it all together! Ben came up with some crazy games for the kids!! Our theme for the girls was Sunshine and Lemonade, pinks and yellows, and it turned out FANTASTIC!!
These were just some of the decorations. The lemonade stand has been such a big hit with the kids! They have played Lemonade Stand so much, using pretend money to buy their goods :)



Here are the camp kids playing at the lemonade stand while waiting for the party to start.

Let the games begin!!






And then there's the food table. It was so much fun!



Then of course it's cake time!! Here we are with the birthday girls! And it was officially Kaylia's birthday!!