Ian & Helena

So far we are having a lovely day today!  We received a package from my parents filled with Valentine goodies for the kids, and they loved tearing into them and eating the snacks, of course!  Rory was pretty excited to see an R on his cookie! 

We’re going to make a Valentines Day card for Ian this afternoon with some of the stickers.  He’s out of town for a couple days for work this week.

This past weekend Theresa & Shaun came up to visit with us, which was really fun.  Theresa and I got a good start on painting our garage while Shaun & Ian held down the fort with all the kids.  On Sunday, Jay (Ian’s brother) and his girlfriend Fran came up to visit and we all went swimming together.  The pool in Edson just opened after 8 months of renovations, so it was crazy packed in there.  It took a bit for the kids to get used to it, but they seemed to enjoy themselves, especially in the hot tub!  It’s nice to have so much family just a couple hours away, and nice to meet Fran too!

Then on Monday Breanna and Rory stayed with friends for the day, while Stevie and I headed into Edmonton.  Stevie had an eye appointment which revealed that she has great eyes and no problems.  Then we spent the afternoon shopping and then headed over to aunt Theresa’s to make Thai dinner.  It was a great day for both of us, although as you may be able to detect, Stevie did give herself a black eye by falling into one of the display shelves at one of the stores we went to.  Anyway, we found a great outlet store where cute, brand new clothes are on sale for as low as $2.50 (Breanna’s skirt).  Here are the kids in their new duds:

And here’s one Stevie building a tower last week:

  Perhaps we have an architect on our hands!!!

I hope you all have a great Valentines Day; we’re sending out our love to all of you!

Helena, Ian, Rory, Stevie & Breanna