Strike a pose!

The girls right after their photos

I think that we need to cut back on watching Americas next top model

Rachel was the western rider, she loved her outfit, especially the belt, it has crystals all over it! This is one of the outfits that I would like to buy for them. They all need some new boots and a new pair of jeans. They have a belt here at home that is very similar but is black.

This show shirt was from the states and apparently cost over a thousand dollars. It has lots of crystals all over it. She would love to have this shirt to wear to Regionals. I will have to learn to sew...

Taylor loved her english attire! All Taylor wants to do is jump with her horse. We are trying to find her and the others some jumping lessons before they start 4H next season. She cannot wait!

This was the girls first photo shoot! We pulled them out of school for the day, they got their hair and makeup done at a salon in Calgary. They were very excited to have all of this done of course. Then we were off to have the photos taken. The photos were for a magazine here in Calgary, called "The Western Horse Review". It is available all across Western Canada. These photos will be in May's issue. They were all very thrilled to do it. A friend of mine that is the editor for the magazine had asked if they would be interested. Well of course it didn't take them too long to answer if they wanted to do it. It probably helped that the pictures were taken in a stable full of horses. The girls really enjoyed their day. Now they want the outfits that they modelled. Maybe...

The Beach....Searching for Sea Shells

Jacks first day at the beach

Chelsea looking for the perfect sea shell

Taylor making her mark in in the sand

Rachel found her perfect shell

The gang all at Newport Beach, the weather wasn't the greatest!, It had just stopped raining and the sun was trying to shine

We had an awesome time at Newport Beach, the girls just loved playing in the freezing cold ocean. It was very cold and windy this day we were there. Though they still thought that it was pretty cool. We really do need to get them to a really nice warm beach...

I just wanted to add a few more photos of our trip to California. We took so many photos and lots of videos. There are more to come!

Our Trip to Disneyland!!!

Jack feel asleep watching Shamu the killer whale show.... isn't this a precious picture?

Jack loved to watch the stingrays and the girls enjoyed playing with them!

We all had chance to play with the stingrays, it took Chelsea awhile but she finally pet them. They feel really rubbery and slimey, it was pretty wild

The girls got to feed the dolphins and pet them, they all really enjoyed getting that close to them

The girls enjoying the ocean in Santa Monica

Troy and Jack watching the girls play... isn't this a cute picture of the boys?

Jack enjoying the beach in Santa Monica

The girls had a blast looking for seashells in Newport Beach

They just couldn't resist to see the horses, they loved seeing them around Disneyland

Taylor was soooo excited to meet Jessie!

Jack loves to pull on the girls hair!

Taylors face painted as a princess

Chelsea with Swans

Rachel's face was beautiful!

The candy store will never be the same ! Yes Caitlin, they bought all of that candy and even more for their classmates.
Our first day in Disneyland!!!!

This was the first day, they got to meet Mickey

Well we had a wonderful holiday in Southern California. The girls didn't want to come home. They loved Disneyland the most! It was very crowded, bumper to bumper strollers. It wasn't as busy later on in the week, so the kids were able to ride on all the rides. We did Disneyland for 3 days, Universal Studios, Knotts Berry Farm, and Sea World. We really wanted to get back to San Diego for the Zoo, but the traffic coming home from Sea World was crazy! It took us about 1.5 hours to get to San Diego, coming home was 3 hours. So the girls didn't want to do the drive again. We did manage to get to some beaches for a few hours, it wasn't the warmest weather, but it was enjoyable. We were on the go for the whole week, the kids had a ball. Now Troy and I need to get away for a holiday. Troy was pretty sick the whole week, but he toughed it out and came everywhere with us. Jack was awesome! He loved all the people and all of the colors. We had lots of people tell us how cute he is and Jack would just eat it up and smile at everyone.

I will post some more photos soon....

Jacks 1st Flames Game

Jack taking it all in....

Dad came over for a visit to see how Jack looked in his Jersey that he gave to Jack!

And also to say hi to us...

Troy and I finally made it to a game together this season! Yeh!

Troy was so proud to take Jack to his 1st Flames game. He was amazingly awesome, he totally watched the whole 1st period! He was great through the 2nd period and then he had a bottle part way through the 3rd, then fell asleep for the last 3 goals for the Flames!

Jack enjoying the game!

The Flames won in a great game that ended in a 5 to 4 win in OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 more sleeps!!!

I can't believe that Christmas is just about here!

Here is Rachel at Troys office christmas party playing the air guitar. There was a contest for the best player, and she won. She won a box of chocolates. She was very excited.

Here is Jack sitting in his bumbo seat... He thinks that he is pretty cool sitting up and playing with the girls. Thanks Caitlin for letting us borrow this seat. Meghan you will be getting this next, if Reggie doesn't get to it first! ( just kidding), I have to put it up on the dresser just to be safe!)

Here are the girls with their horses, Bubba and Doc, it was pretty cold out, but they still wanted to ride. So I drove them out to where their horses were, (way out in the far corner of the pasture) and let them ride back home. But we had to take the photo with the Santa hats first. They can't wait till the holidays so they can ride every day. Lets hope that the weather stays nice, although, it would be great if we had some snow!

Jacks 1st Trip to Kansas City, MO

Here is Jack at 4 months old. As you can see, Rachel is having fun holding "little" Jack!

Jack is now 4 months old, it is so hard to believe.

Jack enjoying the flight, he was a great passenger, he never fussed!

Troy and Jack watching TV at the hotel

Our view from our plane leaving Denver.

Jack watching the Big 12 Championship game in Kansas City

Jacks 1st plane ride to Kansas City, Missouri was a long trip. We left Calgary at 7:00am on Friday morning and arrived in KC at 8:30 pm. He was awesome, a great little traveller. He went to his first college football game on Saturday after we spent the day shopping at the Country Club Plaza. It was the Big 12 Championship game at the Kansas City Chiefs Stadium, "Arrowhead Stadium". We watched the Oklahoma Sooners play the Nebraska Corn Huskers. 85,000 people were there braving the cold, but we were in a suite where we watched the game in comfort. It was so much fun! ...It was a very short trip, we were back on a flight early Sunday morning and home at 3:00 pm in the afternoon.

Christmas Party and Jack

Here are the girls at Troys office Christmas party. They had it at Spruce Meadows, it was decorated so nice. They had a wonderful time dancing from 8:30 pm till we pulled them off the dance floor at 12:30 am. Jack was great too, he fell asleep through all the loud music. I wanted to take our Christmas photo here because of all of the beautiful decorations, but it never happened.

Here are some other fun snaps of Jack just hangin out at home with me.