SALTIMBANCO!

Back in april, I had been watching tv when i saw an ad for Cirque Du Soleil. I have ALWAYS loved watching it on tv and only really have only dreampt of seeing it live. I mentioned it to julian later as going to see it for my birthday but he said we couldnt afford it. Well, Julian surprised me last night! he told me to pack an over night bag and wear something fancy so i knew right then we were going to see it! Our very good friends Scott and Katrina also surprised me HUGELY by coming along with us! what an incredible evening!! The acrobatics were by far the coolest thing i have ever and probably will ever see! the strength they had was out of this world!! What a blast it was going and getting to have that experience with our best friends! Unfortunatley we werent aloud cameras in the show, so i dont have any pictures that i took of it, but i have before and afters of us!! If anyone ever gets the opportunity to go see Cirque Du Soleil, i can tell you with 100% certanty, you will not regret it at all! it is worth EVERY penny!!

these 2 are brothers from Russia, as you can see,

their strength is beyond crazy!!

these 2 girls did some pretty incredible stunts on this

swing that was about 50 feet above the crowd

our hotel room

the boys were impressed taht our room had nintendo...

one of the best friends a girl could have!

couple pics...ours is sideways...dont know how to fix that

mmmm pizza!

thank you ju for the BEST birthday present i have ever had! love you babe :)

happy birthday dear baby

1 year ago today, our lives were blessed in a way neither Julian or I could ever imagine, Allistair was born! What a joy he has been to have in our lives and we are so thankful for everyday we have with him. Today we celebrated his 1st birthday (yes, it actually was his bday) and had some of (his) and our closest friends to help celebrate. Although Allistair wasnt a huge fan of the balloons/wrapping paper, and didnt even realize it was any special day, its a great memory for us as parents! Thanks so much to all who came out! what a great day!!

food galore!! and that was just the half of it!

i thought that even though allistair wont remember this

cake, it would still be fun to do something special.

how much do we love our little man!

"happy birthday dear allistair!"

"grandma says when God made me, He was just showing off"

Allistair absolutely adores any stuffed animals, so this

giant bear from uncle jon and auntie shanelle was a GREAT gift!

it took a bit of coaxing to get allistair used to the icing...

we are looking forward to celebrating many more birthdays as good as this one!

camping!

well, when august comes along, it means one thing...mcf's annual camping trip! Julian and i werent ablet o go last year as i was 9 months pregnant, but we were quite excited to get out this year. we packed up much more than we needed, and yet still not enough?! and headed out to mcgregor point provincial park! we were some of the first to arrive so we spent about an hour setting up and then just sat back and waited for everyone else to come. unfortunatley, it rained ALL weekend...so that put a damper (literally) on our plans , we were stuck sitting under a leaking tarp all huddled by are barely-there fire trying to stay warm. At about 5 30 on saturday evening, we decided it just wasnt worth allistair getting sick over so we packed up as fast as we could (we were dripping wet by the end of it!) and decided to head back home a day early. it was a fun weekend dispite the rain but hopefully allistairs 2nd time camping will be a bit better than his 1st! we came home with wet clothes, muddy tents and lots of laundry but we also came home with great memories! heres a few pics.

julian setting up the tent

hanging out, waiting for the others to arrive

kris and i

trying to keep the fire alive despite the rain!

allistair and i playing

in other news...allistair took his first steps yesterday (august 10th) what a proud moment for julian and i as parents! our little baby is not such a baby anymore ...he'll be 1 yr already on the 24th! amazing how fast its gone!