Happy Birthday Tracey

Tracey's birthday week is over. She had two celebrations, one with the kids and grandma and the other with a games night at the house. No one ever believes that she's 46, probably a testament to all the good living. It's probably due to good genetics too. Here are some pictures to commemorate her birthday.

Melody's Birthday

We celebrated Melody's 6th birthday this past weekend. We had a Michael's party making arts and crafts followed by dinner at Boston Pizza. Melody and her friends had a great time decorating a photo frame, christmas ornaments and gingerbread cookies. The next night, the family went to see Frozen on Ice. Here are some pictures from the birthday.

Malcolm's Birthday

Malcolm's birthday was a hit, on thursday the family went out to White Spot to celebrate. It was grandma, Roger, Tracey, Carol, Grandpa Harry and Annis for dinner. He got to enjoy his favourite mac and cheese. On Saturday, we had a small party with a number of his friends and classmates at the house. Tracey and Roger had put together a movie theme for his party, with four kinds of popcorn, candy and lot of kid favourites to satisfy the group. Best of all his best friend from school was able to join. Here are some pictures of Malcolm's birthday.

Happy Birthday Jada.

Nothing makes you realize the passing of time than to watch children grow and develop. As much as I stay the same in look and feel, the kids are ever-changing. Little Jada is now 4 years old. She's growing up. We had the privilege of attending her birthday party a few weeks ago, but this past weekend the family attended a home bbq. Auntie Shannon even arranged for a pony! Here are some pics:

Adrianna's sweet 16.

The family helped celebrate Adrianna's 16th birthday last week. It was a lot of fun surprising her. Here are some pictures from the party and some silhouettes shot on the hill by the house. She's leaving for Vienna soon, we all wish her well.

Pictionary Against Humanity.

Well Tracey's "adult only" games night/birthday party was a roaring success. Roger surprised Tracey with a game themed birthday cake from the Pink Ribbon Bakery down the street, they made a lemon berry cream cheese cake that was not only beautiful, but delicious.

The gang played Pictionary, Taboo, Cards Against Humanity and finally Pictionary Against Humanity, where the contestants would have to draw what was on the CAH cards. It was a challenge to say the least. So the kids stayed at grandma's until almost 9:30pm and Tracey and Roger put them to bed soon after. Malcolm had a bit of trouble falling asleep because of all the noise, but eventually closing his door helped. In the morning he said, why do adults have to laugh so much when they're playing games? If that's not a good indicator of a good time, I don't know what is.

Tracey and Roger handed out some prizes, had some yummy treats, and enjoyed a good time with their friends. Here are some pictures from the evening, lots of laughs for sure:

Happy Birthday Alexander

Last weekend we got to celebrate Baby Alexander's 2nd birthday. The truth is, he's not really a baby anymore. The family had a great time at his birthday party at the community centre. It's always a good time when good friends get together.

In other news, the kids have settled back into school very well. The two weeks off during the holidays didn't really phase them. They did a full week without any miss-steps.

Happy Birthday Carol.

Wow, Carol turned 21 last week... where has the time gone. We went out for dinner at Fatburger and came back to the house to have cake. Carol is all grown up. She's living on her own, she's fending for herself and even for a short while worked at a job. It's all part of growing up. From the bottom of our hearts we'd like to wish her a very happy birthday.