Never Befriend a Wounded Cat!

Poor Kaitlyn had a rough afternoon today. She was walking home from school and noticed a cat in the bushes and said that it looked like it was injured. She went over to pick it up and see if it was ok, when the cat turned wild on her and climbed up her arm and onto her head, scratching 2 big gashes into her scalp. She came home crying and very shook up and when Mark saw it he knew pretty much immediately that it looked like it needed stitches. I took her to the bathroom and tried to clean things up as best we could and then Mark took her down to Quick Care where they said she needed 6 staples in her head. Ouch! Poor thing. It wasn't a very fun experience for her but she was very brave Mark said. Tonight she told me she doesn't like cats anymore and I can't say I blame her! She was trying to be nice and she ended up scratched up and hurt because of it. We hope you feel better soon Katie. :( Sounds like she'll have to have the staples in for at least a week and on antibiotics too. You never know what kind of infectious diseases that ferral cat may have had! I'm glad Mark was home when this all happened.

Our New Fire Pit

We have had some gorgeous weather lately and so with that comes yard work and bbq's. We've been talking about adding a fire pit so we decided to go ahead and do it. I had to dig up a bunch of grass and it took all afternoon to do, but we got it finished with a path included. I think it turned out pretty good considering we did the work ourselves. The kids are really excited about it and couldn't wait for us to have a fire and roast some marshmallows. So Saturday we fired up the bbq and had a yummy dinner and then finished off the night roasting marshmallows and making smores. It was fun and the kids loved it. Here are some pictures!Mark is the Master of the BBQ! He makes the best hamburgers!
Kaitlyn and her friend Addy.

Natalie, Matt & his friend Tristan.

All set up ready for the fire & marshmallows!

All the fire bugs........

Matt loaded up his stick of course!

The girls!

It was a fun night and we look forward to more bbq's, fires and marshmallows as summer approaches.

Brady Gets Buzzed!

Brady had his first official haircut last week. His hair was getting rather long, and whilst he had some really cute curls at the back, it was looking a bit untidy so it was time!! Here are a few pics of his new do! He looks like a handsome little boy now. So cute!

This one was taken right after it was all done. He was a really good boy through it all too. The poor thing did end up with a bunch of hair in his mouth though and that didn't make him too happy after a while. Can't say I blame him either! Overall he did great!

Easter, Birthdays & Puppy Dog Tales.....

Ok, so be fair warned, there are lots of photos to this entry. I've been slow to get on and update things because life has been busy. But finally we have some photos from Easter, Josh's birthday, and our new puppy named Lucy.

First we have photos of our Easter Sunday. The weather was beautiful and sunny and even warm if you can believe that! This is the first Easter Sunday in as many years as I can remember that it was warm enough to go outside and enjoy an easter egg hunt. When we came home from church we hid the kids' easter baskets outside and they had fun finding where they were. Then later in the day we had the easter egg hunt, but by then the sun had gone and it was overcast again. So here are some photos of the kids enjoying there loot! My beautiful girls!

Emily & Lucy

All the fam, except Brady didn't want to cooperate!

Brady was more interested in other things.

Enjoying hanging out on the grass.

Josh checking out what the Easter Bunny brought him! Candy is always a good thing. :)

Sponge Bob.... oh I mean Matt!

Emily being a show off!

Natalie finds an egg!

And so does Emily.... lucky her!

Kaitlyn is thinking and wondering where more eggs are.....

JOSH'S BIRTHDAY

Josh just turned 15 and had a nice birthday. The cake wasn't very fancy this year, partly because he said he didn't want anything special (so you don't have to tell me twice not to go to too much effort when it comes to cooking!), but also because my first cake I made was invaded by ants. There were ants everywhere the next morning in the kitchen so the cake had to be thrown away. We've had an ant invasion in our house which is driving me crazy. We've put out some ant bait hoping to take care of it. We think they are coming in from the garage. Anyway, happy birthday to our almost sweet Josh! One more year and then he'll officially be sweet. ;) We love you!

Eating Cake and Ice-cream. Doesn't take much to make the boy happy!

AND NOW OUR NEW PUPPY!

This is our new puppy Lucy! Mark surprised the kids and I the other day with this adorable little thing. Mark is a big softy and I guess decided she would be ok to have after one of his patients said he couldn't keep her. Sounds like he'd been planning this all for awhile, as his patient was getting it for his wife but didn't know if that was going to work out. As it turned out, the wife told him the dog had to go....... she said it was either her or the dog! So Mark was sweet and gave into his kids and brought a puppy home, unbeknowst to us! It was a fun surprise. She is a Shitzhu and seems to be very sweet and smart. Hopefully she'll keep being a nice dog. We've all enjoyed her so far so fingers crossed! She is just a little thing and is only about 10 weeks old. She was born on January 26th, Australia Day, so perhaps that is a good omen of good luck for us!

Awww.... so cute!