Dance Recital

Kayle has been taking dance lessons for the last 6 months and today was performance day!  It was Dance Recital Day!

 She got to perform 2 dances this year... a tap routine and a ballet routine... she did such an amazing job.  I was so proud of her!

So grown up already!

Julie comes to visit... Birthday trip!

This is Julie... she is my wonderful friend Julie... Julie and I have been friends since University!  

Julie came to visit for my birthday so we planned a fun, last minute trip to Victoria, Canada!

We booked the Victoria Clipper and packed a bag and took off for 3 days with our other wonderful friends Terrance, Kari and Elijah!

Jason and I have been to Victoria before, but Julie hasn't so it was really fun taking her to explore!

Something I have always wanted to do is go on a Whale Watching Trip... so as a gift for my birthday, we did it!  We jumped on a boat and hit the open waves and went and found us some whales!

It was wonderful seeing them swimming around!

Right before we went to Victoria, it was Terrance and Kari's wedding Anniversary, so we took Elijah for the night and they went for a nice romantic dinner!

Me and my amazing buddy Julie!

Science Center Fun with friends

As part of our 'Making Memories' family moto, my sweet Kayle wanted to go and see the Dinosaurs at the Science Center, so we waited for our fabulous friend Julie to arrive from England then planned out trip!  We had a fantastic time looking at the dinosaurs.... 

... the planets...

... and the butterflies!

Kayle had so much fun with her friends!

We all had a great time!

Swimming like a fish... almost!

In preparation for our trip to Spain... swim lessons!

Kayle loves being in the water, but I am always so worried because she can't quite swim so we put her in swim lesson so that when we got to Spain, she would be confident in the water.

She really enjoyed her lessons... most of the time!

She did such a great job learning to hold her breath under the water and float!