Introducing......

Pila-Pila the newest member of the Westerclan, our Honda Odyssey MINI-VAN!!!!

After many months of trying to figure out what vehicle would be the next blessing & burden to our family...the decision had been made for us! When our Volvo 850 Wagon died on the side of the road two times in a 26 hr span!!!

We got a great deal...and we are very happy with our choice!!! We look forward to running Pila-Pila (Ezras name for the van) into the ground over the next several years!!!

We are happy with the extra room it provides for our family and it will be a luxury to drive home with heat that doesnt kill your ear drums and AC.....that'll be great!!!!









LONG DAY AT SCHOOL....1st day back after March Break!

10 Months Old

On the 14th Isla hit the 10 month mark! I can't believe that she is really just around the corner from turning 1....my baby is becoming less of a baby daily!!!

* Has a very interesting way of "crawling" sits on her BUTT and throws her right hand forward and scoots herself all across the house! She is getting sooo quick at this! Ive needed to put the baby gate up at the stairs. The other day I found her with a mouthful of marbels....which stopped my heart! Matthijs left the Hungry Hippos game out! She can make her way into any room.
* She is still all about walking while holding fingers
* She has been pulling herself up on things and starting to cruise a bit

VIDEOS

Isla pulling herself up for the 2nd time.....she is so proud of herself (can ya tell?)


Isla and her "crawl" what I like to call bumscoot....


AND SOME PICTURES

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....