What Camera Should I Buy???

MY DREAM CAMERA!!!


I am in search of a new camera!! Emma dropped my camera a few weeeks ago and broke it and now I am feeling lost without it. Of course it had to happen just before school starting. My camera wasn't even a year old but of course future shop won't do anything about it. So I need some suggestions from all of you Bloggers who take such wonderful pictures. What kind of camera do you use??

What Should I Wear???

Emma and I have spent the last 2 days shopping for back to school. I had sooo much fun...and Emma did too. She loves shopping just as much as me, maybe even more!! We started off in Winnipeg on Thursday and then headed across the border to the States on Friday. We went to all our favorite stores that we don't have in Brandon. She picked alot of skirts this year instead of dresses and even some pants (WOW!). Her favorite purchase however is a pair of pajamas from the Disney store that grandma bought for her and she hasn't taken off since we got home. Since she can't wear that on her first day of school we thought it would be fun to take pictures of some of her favorite outfits she got and see what everyone thinks she should wear on her first day of Kindergarten!! So let us know what you think!!

Celebrating Ben!!

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We celebrated Ben's 3rd birthday on Sunday! I can't believe he is 3 already. Where does the time go??? Is it time to have another one??? I miss having a little baby...anyway....We had both Cecil's family and my family over for the afternoon. Unfortunately my brother Darren and his family and Grandma Roulette couldn't make it but the show must go on! Ben is very lucky to have so many cousins and mostly boys at that. He had 11 cousins come and 3 of his "girl"friends who he loves (Abby, Issa, and Mary). The kids had a blast on the waterslide!! It is cheap entertainment watching them on it! Ben wanted to have a spiderman cake....again. He had a spiderman party last year too. Hopefully next year he'll move on past his obssession with this superhero!!

Ben's actual birthday was yesterday the 12th. We had a party with my daycare kids and my friend Leah and her son Ethan and her very adorable daycare girl Charlie! And then for supper we went to the McDonald's playstructure with the Grindey's for supper. This is Ben's favorite place....a playstructure and french fries all in the same place!

I've enjoyed watching Ben grow this past year! He has matured sooo much it is hard to believe he is the same kid. I seriously thought there might be something wrong with him from like age 10 months until he turned 2 (hehehe), he was crazy busy!! We love him so much, he is so much fun, everyone who meets him loves him!! We can't wait to see what this year brings!!

Clear Lake

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Last week we went to Clear Lake for a week with my family. We had so much fun! All the cousins got to play with each other and had a blast! My kids' favorite part was riding on the big boat. I was a little nervous during the ride though. Ben just wanted to run around and I thought he was going to take a header of the back of the boat. Anyway we made it out safe and sound! It was nice to spend time with my mom and dad. Cecil and I enjoyed playing cards with them and visiting. Cecil got a golf game in with Dad, he had a great time! Emma conquered the monkey bars while we were there and made it across all by herself!! She also started to go under water which we were happy to see. Ben enjoyed his bike rides and takes off at a great speed now. He would just yell at people to get out of the way as we ran after him, he's so funny! It was nice to have some time away. We look forward to this trip every summer!