Snake Family

The big event today was Mike and Owen catching 8 snakes in our backyard today.   I'm just glad none of the snakes came in the house this time.

 It looks like the snake I'm holding is dead, but don't be fooled by the little devil.

Owen loves the baby snakes!  He had a hard time letting them go.  I'm sure he'll be out tomorrow to go find them again.

Closest I'll get to a Stampede this year

A family of snakes have made there home in our backyard.  As I'm typing Owen is finding baby snakes right now.  A bucket with a family of snakes in it is the next blog post :)

 We went to the Beacon Hill Petting Zoo for the last 10 minutes it was open.  Those goats were really cute and feisty.  Thankfully it only takes 10 minutes to see everything there and we even got to see the goats stampede to where they sleep.

We had a little picnic in the park and it wasn't long before we had 2 peacocks and a seagull stocking our dinner.  Later we had fun picking Ruban and Faiths apple tree at there new house.  We'll be back to do some serious picking and canning with all the apples soon.

Mums Park

This lovely Sunday evening we decided to go for a nice little walk and pick some blackberries.  We weren't expecting Owen to pick a bucket of slugs. Yuck!  He of course was in heaven and it makes me smile every time he tells me how friendly slugs are :)

 Owen and I are both proud of our treasures.  Mine are blackberry's.  I couldn't believe we found a bush that hadn't already been picked.

General Update

I thought I should do a little general update.  We are all good and healthy for one which is lovely.  My pregnancy is going really well, of course I have my "Man I feel Good!"  days, and "I need a nap" days.  Oh and please try not to be to terrified by my english skills :)  I have a love for the piano.  I can't believe that I love to practice the piano.  It has become my favourite little get a way where I can make beautiful music and learn a new skill.  I can't wait till my piano teacher is available for another lesson.  I need more direction into the classical and not just the simplified hymns.  I do feel great playing the simplified hymns but I need to expand my horizon.

Owen is awesome.  He made Grandma and Grandpa Heninger's day when he told them "I love you like a lightsaber fight".   They new that ment true love :)  I finally got Owen craft supplies yesterday with the going back to school sales.  Yes, a glue stick and scissors can be hours of fun :)  I feel bad for waiting so long, but hey, it's now time for crafts with mom :)

Lyla is now down to one nap a day.  Very sad but true.  She can find her fingers, eyes, toes and more.  But the big ones are knees and elbows that she found for me the other day.  I was impressed.  She can say nyny, byebye, mine, mama, me, and I'm pretty sure she said no to me yesterday.  I love waking up to Mike placing our pretty baby on me in the morning and getting big hugs from her.  She will forever be my angle baby.

Mike is busy.  He has been having long days at work and then he loves to work on his new project in the back yard.  It's a waterfall which he named "Julianne Falls"  to butter me up....it worked.  When I find my camera i'll take some pictures of it.  Then it's plugging away one chapter at a time finishing his Power Engineering class.  He's a hard working man and we can't get enough of him.  When he comes home from work he sneaks in the house so he can at least go to the bathroom before Lyla attaches herself to him.

We have more adventures planned for this summer, so tune in again:)

Special Visitors

Grandma Julane and her new husband Grandpa Gordon came for a visit.  We had a wonderful time!

 Here we are at Maple Bay and it was a beautiful day.  We enjoyed the salty air, and the feeling of little crab legs in the palm of our hands.

 My Grandma Julane loves flowers, so we went to Butchart Gardens for the afternoon.

 We enjoyed the boat tour from Butchart Cove and around Brentwood Bay.  We learned about the Butchart family and interesting things that are behind the scenes at the gardens.  It was lovely.

 We don't know if we are having a baby girl but just in case Grandma and I made a very sweet baby quilt top.  I love quilting with the women in my life.  Plus Grandma has some great little tricks that I loved.

Now it's time to work on the little boy quilt :)

Frogs

This morning we played at Star Angel?....or Angel Bright?...maybe Star Bright?  Anyway this week seems to be a week of firsts.  This fun little river was full of adventure for a little 3 year old boy.  He is the proud explorer that found 2 frogs.  

 The frogs he found in the rock

The suspension bridge was half the fun :)

Fuller Lake

Today was our first time going to Fuller Lake and it was lovely.  Great toddler park and fun little beach with warm lake water.  They even have a fishing dock.  

 I think her lips look cute here

 Finally a smiling picture of her.

 Here is Owen's favourite thing to do when I try and take his picture.

After being cooped up in the house with sick people it was nice to finally get out and enjoy the sunny day.
On a side note:  Mommy bird got out of her cage and is freely enjoying the house all day for the first time. Owen has a list of animals we need to buy. First, another Daddy bird for Mommy bird.  Second, two frogs. Third, a shark.  We may consider the frogs :)