Max the Cat

We have a good kitty. He often scratches the furniture and if the kids leave a small piece of plastic somewhere, he will eat it and then throw up. But he is sweet and affectionate and soft and puts up with stuff like this...

and this...
and maybe a little chasing, but he definitely does not like it when we are away and makes it known when we come home.

We Love Going to the Dentist's Office

It is kind of crazy taking all my kids to the dentist, but they love going there and getting new toothbrushes, stickers and stuff. Jamin was downstairs with our friend from church who happens to be a dental hygenist. I was upstairs with the younger ones, so I didn't get a picture of him in the chair. He was the only one with a cavity, but it was in a baby tooth that has actually already fallen out. I think that may have scared him enough, though, to do better at flossing every day.

Gordon was looking a little worried.

But he ended up doing great. He opened his mouth up nice and wide and held pretty still which isn't easy for my Gordon.

He wanted to show in the picture his super clean teeth and his awesome new stickers.

Neil did great too. He loved wearing the apple sunglasses.

Then, of course, Tegan wanted a turn too. =)

Minor Collision

I have not been in very many car accidents. This one was no biggie. It was kind of funny. It was such a nice day outside. I guess the guy behind was rolling down his window and saw me inch forward when one of the three cars in front of me at a stop sign went. He just didn't notice me stop again since his head was turned rolling his window down. It was so odd to be hit when completely stopped at a stop sign with two cars in front of me. The guy was pretty embarrassed especially when I got out with my big pregnant belly. I guess I basically told him no worries accidents happen. He was like you do realize this was my fault, right. I said, uh yeah.

Just a pain to have to take it in to get fixed, but no big deal.

The culprit.

March Dresses

Kub Kar Rally

Jamin's Kub Kar. A red angry bird car, of course. Jamin designed it, a friend cut it out, and Jamin did the rest. I thought he did a pretty good job. It wasn't the fastest, but it looked cool.

This was Jamin's best race. After coming in 6th the first race, he made some adjustments to the wheels and came in second the next race.

Happy boy.

Too close Neil. The kids were antsy during the presentation. The 150 year old Baden Powell came and talked about his life. It was interesting, but not enough for a 2 and 4 year old who just wanted to chase each other and make lots of noise. Sooo we visited the primary room to listen.

They love pretending to give talks.

Gordon's new friend

February Dresses

Couldn't get her to hold still for this one.

I love this dress. So pretty.

Tegan's choice. I gave her options and this is what she finally agreed to. She is becoming a little more independent in her thinking about what she wants to wear as opposed to what I want her to wear.

Decisions

Who knew there were so many decision when building your own home?

I thought the hard part was done when we decided the layout of our floor plans.

Nope just the beginning. Windows, outside materials and colours, flooring, lighting, plumbing fixtures, and on and on and on. Everything takes forever and every time we make a choice it gets a little more expensive. Don't get me wrong, it is fun and exciting, but exhausting and takes forever! Through it all we are making great memories, though. Like the other day at the kitchen/bathroom store. We were picking out all of our fixtures and Neil helped himself to a display toilet. He peed before anyone could stop him. It wasn't funny at the moment, but it is hilarious now. I can't wait to talk about that at his wedding. =)

We have been taking Neil and Tegan to most of our appointments while Gordon and Jamin are at school, and for the most part they have been pretty good.

No, this isn't the throne that Neil relieved himself, this is one we chose for a couple of our bathrooms. It has the two button flush. Saves on water usage.

It is a big house, so lots of choices to be made on flooring.