Happy Anniversary!!!

Saturday June 6th was our Eleventh wedding anniversary. Eric and I don't do a lot for things like valentines day and anniversaries....we just enjoy our time spent together.

That being said, we had the chance to go to Stratford with Norm and see the swans sitting on their nests. Norm likes on swan in particular, her name is Margaret.

Her nest is right near the water's edge but very close to the road as well. The parks have fenced off her nest so people and animals can't get to her.

When we came up to her we noticed that it looked like she had three cygnets (baby swans)! She would lift her wing up a bit and let us have a peak at her new little ones. She was very calm and relaxed with us there.

Slowly she started to get off the nest to find herself some food and water...this was a huge treat for us. We were able to see that 4 of 7 eggs had hatched. There were three gray cygnets and one white one. These are the pictures that I printed out for my mum so she could see them while still in hospital.

The rest of the day we spent just hanging out with the kids and watching TV. The old married couple that we are! Here's to many more years together, just the way we like it :)

more random type pictures

I was having fun taking pictures outside after a long rainfall. This is another leaf that I thought looked really nice with the droplets on it.

The girls found a baby bird on the side of our driveway a few days ago. We managed to locate the morning dove nest it must have come from. I placed it back in, but the parents were already gone. The poor thing passed away the next day :( We have a lot of cowbirds in our yard this year and they are known for pusing eggs out of other birds' nests to lay their own. We have seen the scare away about 6 dove pairs from their nests. The doves won't come back to them and rebuild elsewhere.
I am hoping to take some nice shots tomorrow of swans with Eric's father. I will post them tomorrow evening. (weather permitting that is ! )

its been a very long time...

...sorry for such a long time in my posts. Its been a very very busy couple of weeks. We had Bekah's 5th birthday party. It was a blast! We had so many family and friends come over for a visit and some good cake and Ice Cream! Bekah loved seeing all of her family here, especially her great Nanny and Nana from British Columbia. Here are a few pictures from her special day! (the first picture is from her actual birthday on May 20th as she was going out the door for school. She is wearing one of her new outfits!)

On May 23 the family met at Cagney's in Guelph for a celebration of Eric's Aunt Ann's wedding on May 1st in Northern Ontario. I can't post any pictures of the couple on here but I do have one of Bekah and her cousin Abby. Abby became very attached to me and wanted to come and play at our house after. Her brother Noah and sister Ann-Marie came over for about an hour. It was so great to see cousins find each other and become instant friends. Tammy and Carlos you guys are always welcome here we need to keep in touch :)!

The rest are random pictures taken the last weeks of May.

Raven our younger dog playing fetch with Snicker's bone. Raven is sneaky she takes it and then plays keep away instead of fetch!! Water droplets on a buffet leave for caterpillars. I love the big drop at the end.

Its time for me to send the kids off to school. I will be making a few more posts a bit later today.

As well as an update on my mum.