Monday, August 6, 2007

A VISIT FROM THE STANILANDS

At about the 3rd week in July we were very happy to have Curtis' sister, Tanya, his mom, Bernice, and our Nephew and Niece, Morgan and Jorja, come to visit from Lenswood, Manitoba.

Jorja is 2 1/2 and completely in awe of Claire and wants to do everything that she is doing. Morgan is 5 and completely in awe of Daniel and wants to do everything that Daniel is doing. It made for some sticky situations and fast talking on Tanya's part, but all went well and we all had a great time. I was sad to see them get in the truck to drive home.

We spent a lot of our time just letting the kids play together at home. They have not seen each other for almost a year and it was good for them to reconnect. Tanya and I, of course, managed to get some shopping in and we spent one day at the Waterpark at the West Edmonton Mall, which the kids loved.

We also spent an afternoon at Alberta Beach, about 40 kms from our house. Here are some pictures from our beach day!


This is Jorja. She never went in the water. Too funny. She is very sweet, but 2 1/2 and you have to treat her like a bank robber with hostages that you are constantly negotiating with. Claire was just the same when she was this age. You forget how fun toddlers are when your kids are 7 and 9.


This is Daniel, Claire and Morgan. Morgan is 5 and just the most wonderful boy that you could ever ask for. A total sweetheart!


This is my goofy Daniel


And Miss Claire.


The big event of the beach trip was building this sand castle village. Morgan and Daniel had a great time.


These pictures were taken just before we left the beach. The kids were pretending to be sea monsters as they came out of the water and the last shot looks like they are going to eat little Jorja. Thought they were super funny!


1 comment:

chiropollock said...

Man you looked like you guys were having so much fun. Those kids are getting big!