Weekend Update!

I know I know it's been too long since I've wrote on the blog.  Life got away with me and I'm finally getting around to write a post on here.  I went back to work at the beginning of April for 3 months and have been off with the girls since the end of June.  It has been just wonderful being off this summer, the weather has been gorgeous and hot.  I am heading back to work on September 8th but I'm looking forward to stating a new position at a new school.  Can't wait! 

My reading area in my classroom! Thanks Ikea!

We didn't have the best weather this weekend.  Kyle and I were hoping of going off on our own this weekend for a canoe trip but the weather didn't look pretty so we decided to stay home and hang out as a family. 

Friday was a beautiful day so we took both girls to ThunderRapids adventure park.  We did some mini golfing the four of us.  Abby and Claire loved it, they got the hang of it but got tired hear the 9th hole.  Then Claire accidentally hit Abby with her putter so that was the end for Abby, she had enough.  Poor girl just wanted me to hold her after that. 

We then drove to our favourite spot, Stella's on Grant for lunch.  It was soooo delicious as always.  I had the chicken burger and we were able to order the fish tacos for Abby without breading so she shared those with Kyle.  Claire wanted pasta noodles so Kyle ordered the Pad Tai and shared that with Claire as well.  

After naps we took them both to the park to go on the slides and on the swings.  It has been so nice having the park right behind our house.  It's the quickest walk to it and the girls love playing there. 

Swinging with Daddy

Saturday morning we chilled out at home until Kyle played football at 10:30 at Adrenaline Adventure Park.  It was really cloudy but not raining yet so I told Kyle I would take the other car and meet him there with the girls.  They were excited to watch their dad play football.  On our way home the storm just hit us, hail, downpour of rain, lightning and strong winds.  It was good we missed it when we were out on the field.  I had to pull over off the road because I couldn't see in front of me with the rain coming down so hard.  It was pretty intense but the girls were so good and just hanged tight in the back for the storm to calm down.  

Claire taking selfies!

They would rather fight over the umbrella than watch the game

During Abby's nap I decided to take Claire to her first movie.  We went to see the new Minions movie at the Theatre on McGillvary.  It was an hour and a half but she sat the whole time watching it.  We got popcorn and water to snack on, she just loved the whole experience.  She can't stop talking about it and asked today if someone could come over to watch Abby during her nap so we could go see another movie together, lol!! 

Loved watching her expressions!

Sunday morning we headed out to Kyle's grandmas place for breaky.  She made us a yummy spread of eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast.  The girls ate well and had a nice visit with her.  They played with the toys there and we made plans to come another time for dinner.  Claire requested great grandma make pasta because that's her favourite.  

Leaving Great Grandma's House

Sunday afternoon we went out shopping with the girls.  We received a nice gift card to Homesense from our friends and we wanted to check out what they have.  We are in the process of working with an Interior Designer from Interior Illusions to design the space in our living room.  We saw a beautiful console table that would look awesome in our front hallway.  There were lots of other accessories we could get as well.  We also saw a gorgeous large mirror for our walk in closet to lean against the wall.  Can't wait to decorate our living room and get that started!! 

Hanging out in the bathroom!

What a beauty!