Happy Birthday Annika

Tomorrow is Annika's 5th Birthday! I can hardly believe she's FIVE already!! Wow, the time has flown.

Five years ago to this minute I was playing a computer game while listening to Allan give his Mom directions to the Graduation ceremony at the University. I kept telling them "we aren't going to the grad, I am in labour" but nobody believed me LOL!!

At around midnight Allan's dad arrived (he drove in from Regina after work) and about 1:00am things really started going. We went to the hospital around 4:30am and Annika was born just after 6:00am.

She's such a joy to have in our lives - so outgoing and friendly to everyone. Happy 5th Birthday Ana Banana!

Our Trip

We spent last weekend in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Because of the flooding (and wow was there flooding!) the drive took four hours instead of two. I was so sore the entire trip from the time in the car and not getting out to stretch that it wasn't much of a fun trip. Most importantly, the girls had a blast playing in the water park.

Soccer and Baseball season have officially started, meaning May and June are extremely busy and sure to fly by. Thankfully we have beautiful weather to go with the season (22C today!) so it's not so bad to sit outside every evening and watch the girls play. Annika plays soccer Monday and Wednesday evenings. Madison plays soccer Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Allan plays ball Tuesday and Thursday evenings. TGIF!

Here are some photos from our trip.

Flooding - this is the highway just past the U.S. border, it had just been opened back up and you can see why. Water on both sides as far as you can see at some points and deep enough for waves!