Save the date . . . August 13th & 14th

Well it looks like BBQ & Camp Fire wins! That certainly makes it easy for us all. I have picked a date which according to the calendar of events is not anyone's birthday or a holiday weekend. This is an all ages event. 4 legged & other friends are welcome. We have lots of space to pitch a tent for those who need a place to crash (or you can fight over floor/couch/chair space). Please check out the poll re: Mother/Daughter Weekend. Once we see where everyone wants to go we can look into what we will do once there (wine tours, shopping, spa, casino, etc). Let's mark this on the calendar for September 10th & 11th (again not a holiday or birthday & a month after the family weekend). I hope this all works for everyone, if not I am sure you will let me know, but I trust with this much notice it should. xoxoxo

Whats New with The Browns....

Well I havent posted on here in awhile cuz I couldnt remember my password, but I FINALLY figured it out. Hmmm whats new with us??? Well Makayla is now 8!!!! I cant believe it... Seems like just yesterday she was just a baby! She just had her birthday party this weekend and I took the girls for a "Diva" photoshoot. She thought that was great cuz Aunt Erica does photo shoots too...:)She is turning into quite the little lady. She is doing really good in school, especially math and drama. She just joined the choir which she is very excited about. Come April she will be starting hip hop dance classes at the YMCA. Blake is my problem child all around....lol. I dont think I have EVER met a kid as picky as him when it comes to food, and believe me I have tried everything I can think of. There is only about 10 things that he will eat. Thankfully they are pretty good for him. He gets his grad pics for pre-school done this week!!! He is progressing sooooo well!!!!!! He is still a bit behind in certain areas but doing amazing in others! Makayla is very excited for him to start JK in Sept. Me on the other hand... well im TERRIFIED!! Ben is still doing the tire thing through his Dad's shop. He seems to enjoy it and I like that he is now home everynight....sometimes hahaha. Our basement FINALLY has the drywall up and has been mudded!!! Now we just have to paint( well get Mom to paint LOL) and finish the laundry room add a bathroom, and a few other things and it will be ready to decorate. Its only taken 4 years!!!!!!!! As for me I am thinking of doing a course for planning weddings/parties. It would be right up my alley. Other than that theres not too much new with me. Well I better go to bed before Blake wakes up....he STILL isnt sleeping through the night :( Take Care Ash XoXo

Happy belated 8th Birthday to my gorgeous little Diva :)

So, now what??

Hi everyone, it appears that everyone who will vote have done so. I guess the next step is what are we going to do, where are we going to do it, and when is a good time for everyone? Do you want suggestions? Does someone already have an idea or a plan? I have a couple of weekends coming up in the summer (as I am sure you all do) that I would like to go ahead and make some plans for.....so it would be good to kind of set a date.
I would love to take you all on a Caribean cruise....someday! We can dream.
I will be watching for the next step to happen...xo

Happy Birthday Aunt Viv!

Happy belated birthday to our Australia connection.
Hope it's a fantastic year.
With lots of love,
Kyle, Lisa and Lauryn xo

My life in a mother shell.....

Ok I will admit I have really been avoiding doing this as I can never really figure what to say on here but here goes.

Christmas went very well for us the boys got spoiled but were very good and had a lovely time when daddy was off and got to spend time with them....Wade ont he other hand by about tuesday was ready for the sitter agian lol. They are busy children. Wade and I also had a great christmas just the few days that I got went far too fast.

We had Alister's 2nd birthday in February and that went over great thanks for all the carsd and birthday wishes. He is a good...no...alright...no...he is a little 2 year old boy who many times I would likew to choke but he is getting better. The mommy mommy mommy is slowing down and likes to spend time with his daddy his nanyy and his papa. His words are coming like wild fire adn I am very proud of him. His manners are amazing tho. Not very often does he forget his please or thank yous even thru fits of tears he still remembers them. He is also growing like crazy. As some of you know we have been doing some late night hospital trips with to start off a case of pneumonia and then we have been temporarily diagnosed with asthma. I say temporarily because they can not do the proper tests on a 2 year old so we tried a run of steriods and they worked so we are treating it with asthma meds. Alister is on a puffer whenever he needs it then we have to take him in to get other meds when he is having difficulty. He is very good about the puffer and will sometimes ask for it when he is huffing and puffing. He is a movie loving child. Every once in a while I have to introduce him to a new one so that I can stop watching the old one that was a favorite before I scratch my eyes out. Right now we are on a run of Monsters Inc. Good movie but after 18465 times I want to scream.

Declan is the perfect child...(cough cough spit)...just about killed me to say that lol. No all kidding aside he is a good boy. He is doing very well in school and is really really looking forward to going into 1st grade. I am looking forward to the break in sitter fees lol. His intrests have not changed too much in the last year or so star wars, star wars lego, star wars movies, and his DS lol. He has quite a few friends and one best friend named Keegan. They are quite the pair together. Declan of course has no problem with his words he has been quite good at them for sometime now I would say the issue with him is getting him to stop using them for more then 5 minutes lol. This year Declan was in a program called Jr.Macs that taught him some hockey skills and really enjoyed it. Altough he is done now we are going to try to keep going to a local rink to play pick-up on Sundays. He has also started Tiger tots Martial Arts and really likes that too. Baseball starts in the spring.....wow what a busy life he leads which in turn makes my life crazy lol. Since his birthday in august I swear he has stretched up about 4 inches and we are wearing come size 7 pants with a roll in the bottom but still soooooo not ready for size 7. He is becoming a very well behaved little man and I am so proud in most of the decisions that he makes.

Now on to the umimportant stuff Wade and I lol. I am old. I was doing an online survey the other day and I am now in the next age bracket *tears*. All is well with us. I am really injoying my job and much more now that the accountant is back she was on holidays for a month and I was swamped. Wade has started his new shift just as of this past Monday. He now works 8 shifts away from home and then is home for 6 days straight. Right now he is stationed in Windsor so when he is done on Tuesdays he is home right away but soon he will be moving to the McTire sub and it is like 1800 km away so the 6 off will not be as great as travelling will take far longer, just one more step towards his goal tho adn I am very proud of him also....he loves his job very much too. the more he becomes involved in the union the better as he is gunning for a position there too. Wow I guess that is the update for our little family.

When it comes to what kind of family party we have I am pretty open but I do think that something that keeps all in the same location would be good. Looking forward to seeing you all when the weather gets nice.

All of our love from our family to yours,

Wade, Angela Declan and Alister

xoxo

Happy Birthday Angela!

Happy Birthday to you dear Angela!
Hope it's a fantastic day.
With lots of love and best wishes today and always.
Love, Kyle, Lisa and Lauryn xo

The moment you've all been waiting for...

Hi All!

Been a while since I've wrote on here, guess I better follow suit and update you all on my exciting life (i know you've all been patiently waiting lol...)

Not much is really new here - like mom says, we are doing our best with Sierrah. It's incredibly rewarding sometimes and equally as frustrating at other times.  She is like any four year old I suppose, but I definately wasn't ready to be co-parenting her. 

We wrapped up Bowl for Kids Sake and although I like doing it, I am glad it's over. It's very time consuming - it amazes me that some of the other committee members hold stressful jobs, have two kids and manage to sit on the committee.  I definitely have respect for the parents out there who manage it all so well. 

I hate my job and am looking for a new one.  Enough said!

Not much else is new here really - Sierrah's 4th birthday is coming up (holy cow) and I think she wants a princess party (again?!).


As for girls's weekend/family reunion party, I vote for both!  It would be nice to just hang out, we dont necessarily have to have a survivor type challenge.  The amazing race was fun but didn't allow for much time spent together.  I can't wait until the weather is nice enough!

Well folks, duty (aka child) calls - it's great to hear all your updates. I miss you guys lots and SO wish I lived closer. Maybe one day :)

Love ya's!
xo
Sarah