More of our Hamilton Visit!

We met my sister in law Sarah and my nephews Nathaniel and Jacob as well as my great friend Sherri with her 3 kids, Josh, Eli and Leah at an indoor playplace...we stayed for 3 1/2 hrs....we all had soooo much fun!
Thank you guys so much for coming all the out to spend a few hours with us! We had such a great time!









These 3 girls had so much fun playing dress-up almost everyday!!! Thanks for bringing the garb!




I left Matthijs napping in the car after the playland...and checked on him every 5 minutes or so....well...he must've woken up right after I checked on him one time...cuz he was WAILING....what a traumatising experience for him!!!


FIRST FAT LIP.....awwww poor baby Isla


Ezra couldn't wait to check out Grampys new telescope...pretty cool...she LOVED it!
Thanks Grampy!


Girls Night out....WE MISSED YOU NANCY!!!!!
Happy Birthday to Ange.....love you!


Baking with Grandma....such YUMMY cookies!
What a big helper you were the whole time...especially with clean up time!


Another indoor playplace!! Thank GOD for these!



Mother & Daughters!!!


Celebrating BARBIES 50th in style (thanks Grandma!)


The kids can't get enough of Jacquie and Uncle Trev....Matthijs really took a liking to the men in the family...Grampy, Uncle Trev and Uncle Andrew!



Grandma and Ezra


Siblings....


My beautiful Grandma....and the kids GG (great grandma)
Love you

Isla and Daddy

Boy oh boy does she ever adore her dad!!!




DADDY PUT ME DOWN.........WAHHHHHHHHHHHH

A great visit!

Matthews parents came to visit us! We, as usual had a wonderful time!! It's always nice having some quality time with our families!!!
They came Feb 26th - Mar 1st.
I didn't take a ton of pictures...but I look forward to getting some of the photos Nelly May took with her new camera (wink wink).
I went out right after they left and invested in a quality point-n-shoot!!! So now, taking pictures will be something that can happen anywhere, anytime without the hassle!
Here are a few that I got!

Matthijs was sooooooooo cute having his FIRST SHAVE with Grandpa...he did this daily!






Thank you soooo much for coming to visit us! It was hard to say goodbye (especially for Ezra - many, many tears!) We can't wait to see you again!!!!

Love the Westerclan

We will miss you guys!

Well some great friends of ours just left Thunder Bay.
We really developed a close friendship in such a short time!
We are praying for you guys...and all the changes that have been happening in your lives...work situations, babysitters, new house and more!!!
We look forward to keeping in touch...
We will miss you guys
Mark, Beth, Alice and Atherton!

Love the Westerclan

LASHES - Feb 25th

Look at these LASHES.....


Bathtime with Thijs....

busy picture taking day....

believe it or not, there are days that go by and sometimes a week or so when I don't even pick up my camera! It's just not very convienient....it's heavy, clunky, have to change the lenses....etc, etc. But FEB 23rd was different....I think it was by my side the whole day....here is the result!

Fun in HAMILTON!!!

...so we got here safely on Tuesday! The kids were fantastic in the airports, on the plane and we had to wait an hour for my brother in law to pick us up...due to a bad accident on the 401.....but the kids were GREAT!!!

We went to Ange and Andrews first and my mom met us there!! Then she stayed with Isla while Ezra, Matthijs, Valerie, Meredith, Ange, Andrew and I took the kids to Neil and Shirleys, a very sweet couple from my Ange and Andrews church! They have a farm and had 22 baby lambs that were just a week or so old! Neil captured one for the kids to pet and feed...they loved this! Ange also took the plunge and held a baby lamb!!! We also got an up close look at the cows! It was a fun visit!

Ange (my sister) and I had a BLAST at dirty dancing yesterday...My mom did terrific with the kids, Isla even took a nap for her!!!!! It was a lot of fun!!! Ange and I had a great time in our travels to and through Toronto together!

Today we are meeting my sis in law, Sarah and my 2 nephews Nathaniel & Jacob as well as Sherri, Josh, Eli and Leah at an indoor playplace! Its going to be a lot of fun!!!

Anyways...here are some pictures!

Daddy, I tried hard to do this just for you! I know how much you miss us! We miss you too! We will see you on Sunday...

Enjoy the pictures!

9 month Isla (yesterday on Valentines Day)

Crazy...Isla has spent the same amout of time outside of me as she has INSIDE of me!!! Yesterday she turned 9 months....

* Very happy
* Love being near your family and dislike when mommy leaves your line of vision.
* All you want to do is walk, walk and walk some MORE (holding our fingers)
* Still not crawling and I don't think you will...
* You have cut 4 more teeth in the last 2 weeks...TOTALLING 8 teeth
* You have been sleeping STRAIGHT through the night for the last week at least! 11-12 hrs!! THANKS BABE!!!!
* Waving bye-bye all the time
* Claps on command...yeahhhhhhh Isla