What rhymes with orange?

KARATE!
Cameron got his orange belt today!!!!!!!!!! On another note, the tree fort is finally finished. Daddy did a kick butt job on building this little oasis for Avery. It has a shelf inside for all her bug jars, a planter box outside one of the windows, and a soon-to-be bench and table. The deer skull above the door was Avery's finishing touch.

Wacky Hair Day.

It was Wacky Hair Day at the kids school today and although they are wacky enough, Cameron decided to sport a mini-mohawk with his now long hair and Avery was the human version of a Unicorn. Avery's teacher told me after school that every time she looked Avery's way she thought she had her hand up! LOL. Believe it or not her hair stood up like that ALL day.

Why God Created Children.

Sometimes us old folks forget how to laugh and be happy, that's why God created children...to remind us.

Our fantastic trip to Quebec City.

We just returned home from a four day getaway to Quebec. Other then the long, long drive we had a great time. I was amazed by the beauty of Quebec City and I could have spent a week just wandering the streets and having drinks on all the outdoor patios (without kids of course).

Quebec City from the ferry.
We decided that it would be fun to tour the town on a horse pulled carriage (Yes, I know, how touristy) and it was so much fun. The kids loved it. Here is a picture of Avery and our tour guide Champion.

Cam, Avery and Isaac outside the Legislature building.

My gorgeous kids....well two of them anyway.

While we were in Quebec we were able to hook up with the couple I was in Vietnam with. It was so nice to see them again. The little guy they adopted is doing fantastic and is as cute as ever. Here is a picture of Victor and Isaac and if you look back in the blog to when I was in Vietnam there is an earlier picture of the two boys and you can see how much they have grown.

Guess who is 1 year old today?

Tilley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Officially Canadian!!!!

Isaac received his Canadian Citizenship today. He is now "Officially" Canadian Eh!!!!

Playing at the park.

Sorry for so many pictures but I'm just a proud mom who loves to show off her beautiful babies.

Happy Sunday!!

We received a wonderful surprise email today from our adoption rep in Vietnam. She sent us a picture of Isaac when he was only twenty-one days old! How amazing is that! Loan, if you are reading this, thank you so much for these pics. We love and miss you.

Like father, like son.

I am sure you all remember the 'shoulder ride' picture of Mike and Isaac taken in Horseshoe Valley (I only say that because so many people commented on it). Well here is another, only this time its Mini Mike and Isaac havin' all the fun. My babies.

We headed out to Inverhuron Park (yes, again...its our favourite place to walk) this morning and decided to go exploring for deer antlers. Cameron found a small five point antler and amazingly Avery found and larger four point about ten minutes later. The both of them were screaming with excitement. It was so much fun to watch. They were so proud of themselves for their discoveries. For those of you who have ever visited our place you may recall that Avery has a collection of antlers in her room so this was a pretty big find today.

Isaac joining in the excitement. He had no clue what was going on but he got pretty excited anyway.