Great weekend...

Good Morning all - Happy Monday!
Jim & I went to Windsor this weekend for the 80th birthday party of our old (no pun intended) friend Ken Brownlee. Just can't believe he is 80! Anyway, it was great to see them and their family. Their son Ken used to babysit Lisa and he is now 40! I know we're getting older but I really forget that everyone gets older too!
On the way to Windsor we stopped to see our darlin Lisa & Kyle in Oshawa and drop off Maxx. They kept him for the weekend for us. Then we went on to stay with Donna & Sarah in London Friday night. We went to Windsor Saturday and back to Donna's Saturday night.
We had a fantastic weekend although the mileage was getting to us. We did about 12oo kms and riding in the car that long is just not fun for me.
I think the drive from London to Windsor has to be the most boring strip of highway in existence - perfectly straight, perfectly flat and not one service centre open between the 2 cities.
Windsor is a beautiful city, especially along Riverside Drive, directly across from Detroit.
The bonus was we saw Barb & Stacey at Donna's in London.
Bonus # 2 was that we met Gary - Donna's friend and Jason - Sarah's friend.
Apparently neither of them are dating and both are "just friends" (so Hollywood!) - What the hell??? Regardless of their status they both seem to be really nice guys.
We all went to London's SunFest on Sunday - a beautiful sunny day in the park.
Thanks so much to Donna, Sarah & Sue for your hospitality and Lisa & Kyle for everything including having Maxx!
Hope you all had a great weekend and had a chance to get out and enjoy the amazing weather.
Love to you all,
Lorraine
xo

Well i know this is a little late, but better late then never. We have made it here...obviously...lol. Sierrah was amazing on the flight. She got a little stir crazy a few times but other then that she was just fine. I dont even think she felt the cabin pressurizing or anything like that. My ears hurt when we landed into Perth but other then that it was smooth sailing. Or flying..whatever.We did have a few problems along the way. The first thing was in Toronto. We checked out bags and tehn said our sobby goodbyes and i love yous and then we were off to the scanning of your shoes and everything that eould possibly be removed from your body. Once we were up, they sadi that we were in the wrong area and needed to get to the OTHER end of the terminal. And by then everyone had left so we made the walk with our teary eyes alone. We slept and ate snacks and slept some more on the way to Vancouver. We had to get off the plane in Vancouver but only for about 2 hours or so. Then we had the long flight from Vancouver to Sydney. You know how you fall asleep and then you wake up and you figure that you ahve about 2 or 3 hours to go? Well there were 8 more to go. That was a long flight. When i did it alone it wasnt too bad but with Sierrah it had to be on her schedule... but we made it to Sydney....finally. So we are there and i had called Air Canada like 5 times to make sure that there was fgoing to be someone available to help with our luggage because i had paid extra to have more then you are allowed and i couldnt push all like 300 pounds and Sierrah in the stroller at the same time. Well apparently, contrary to what Air Canada tells you, there is NO HELP there! I had a lady that went out of her area to help me a little. I literally had to push this f-ing cart, sweating like crazy while she pushed Sierrah who was freaking out. This 1st idiot hit the back of my heal with his cart and was very sorry. By now i am exhausted, sweating, hungry you name it. Then this 2nd idiot did it to me and i could barely stand! I turned around and yelled " The next person that hits me with their f-ing cart.... I swear to God !!!" So because of all of that crap we missed our connecting flight to Perth. So after pushing the cartt and then Sierrah OVER AND OVER.... we finally got a flight booked for about 2 hours later.At this point I had not had a smoke or a drink which I had totally forgot about on the plane....free drinks??? Who forgets about that?
So I got my smoke, had to buy "nappies" and then we were ready to board.
Wow this is long....sorry...lol.
So out of the 4 seats in the middle of the plane of course we have the middle 2. This big hairy guy behind me says " Oh thats my seat" I asked him if he would sit on the inside becaue of Sierrah and he said " i dont think so". So Sierrah sat beside him and was asking him all these questions and bugging him as i hoped she would. The stewartess (sp?) came up and offered him another seat further down the plane....asshole. Then i fell asleep and they woke me up because Sierrah had taken all her clothes off and was creating a little scene ...lol. I thought it was pretty funny. The guy on the other side was great. I guess he was talking to her and wiping her face.... good guy. Then when we landed they woke us both up and the staff said "was that guy not with you? We thought that you were a family!" He was really good to her. I had already thanked him a lot before we got off the plane.
Once we got off Sebi and Daniella were there with her baby waiting patiently for us. So all in all it was a pretty good flight.
I ave lost like 10 pounds in the last week, Sierrah keeps triping and falling off the toilet...we have now bought her this step thing with ahndles, but we are happy so far tso there is nothing to worry abo9ut. I cant wait for all of you to come and visit! We are moving a lot sooner then we thought apparently so we will have an extra room!
Well i think that is it for now. I will post some pics when i calm down a bit!
Take care everyone we love you all!

Attn: Big Brother Fans

Well July 9th has finally arrived. For those of you who just can't get enough reality TV enjoy the show! I have my snack planned . . . banana strawberry smoothie & popcorn.

Thank you

Just wanted to say Thank-You to Aunt Norma and Aunt Lorraine for making me feel much better the past few days and also for giving me lots of amazing advice . Its been really stressful!!! For those of you who don't know what I am talking about Ben and I went away this past weekend and left the kids with Ben's parents. On Saturday his mom took them to the Airshow and forgot to put sunscreen on Blake! What a mess that was. So I took him to the Dr. and he had a 2Nd degree burn on his left cheek. While I was there she let me know that she is supposed to be reporting this to CAS but couldn't do that to me because she knew it wasn't my fault. But also wanted to let me know that someone in the office that saw him still may. Thankfully nothing has happened yet. (crossing my fingers) Blake is doing really good and it doesnt seem to bother him one bit. So that's is my life up to date for all of you! Hope everyone has a great week/end.
Oh by the way Stacey, Erica doesn't have an email address and also never goes online. I have told Tyler to tell Dad and Brenda but guess I will have to tell them myself.

Love Ash

Missing McKown's (& Wade)

Well almost everyone I have invited to join our blog has accepted my invitation. But there seems to be several McKown's who have not accepted . . . Uncle Steve, Aunt Pat, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Brenda, Tyler & Erica . . . where are you??? I have sent the invites twice to these folks so if you are talking to them remind them we are all waiting to hear their family business!

Leaving on a jet plane...

Good luck Jackie and Sierrah! Have a safe trip!
Please let us know when you land safe and sound.
With lots of love and nothing but best wishes,
All your family xoxo

Hi everyone..
Well our visit was quick and somewhat short but I am glad that Jackie and Sierrah had the opportunity to get to see most of you before they leave..It was a pretty quiet ride home..both deep in thought..We always think that the situation that we are going through at the time is the hardest one that life can throw at us but to tell you the truth..the hardest for me is on the way! I know if most of us had this opportunity we wouldn't hesitate either. It is definately what everyone wants for their kids...to find someone that makes them happy and that loves them like no other..and I know that that is what Jackie has found in Sebi. We have all had the opportunity to meet him and I am sure you will agree that he adores Jackie and Sierrah. What more could a mom ask for!! Other then to live closer..lol
Time is getting close..4 days and counting..