dekker is the cutest little boy

dekker thought he'd died and gone to heaven with all that water and muk!

the day after he learned to crawl i caught him in the bathroom twice like this!
of course being the germaphobe that i am, he went directly into the tub.
and i learned to close bathroom doors.



dekker LOVES balls
this is the funniest pic to me, it reminds me of keelia saying - "oh this, tis nothing"


i got a fancy new camera so i took some pics of dekker to blow up on the wall
of course i chose this one

although this one really tempted me and probably would have been the more sensible choice

the big 04 for the haze

the birthday cake bar has been raised.

that's right, that is rolled, home-made frondant on a 4 yr old birthday cake.

a little overboard, but hazel helped me.

hazel fluctuates moment to moment as a baby, doggie (bolt) or a princess!

she had an awesome party and now is planning dekkers b-day cake.

disclaimer

wow what a hottie all clean shaven!

hazel with her own 'stache

dekker looks worreid

so does kandace

your eyes do not decieve you, this IS a sexy handlebar mustache pose

kyle's version of multi-tasking- working on his computer (busy season and mustache season are one and the same), biking AND making us all jealous of his upper lip

kyle's authentic old man glasses that he wears occasionally to work - actually looks pretty rad (yes rad) with his business attire on. chay's ray ban glasses are pretty sweet as well

pure euro mullet glory

throughout the following blog you may notice a man with a mullet, mustache or other strange facial hair/glasses/clothing. he is my husband, do not be afraid.

actually one of the things i love about kyle is that he is entertaining - what is truly more exciting than never knowing what a person will do next. you'll notice i have gathered an array of examples and displayed them here. in kyle's defence he thinks he has a disorder that makes him afraid of hair cuts angairafobia or something. like a wee lad he is afraid of sizzors and must do the cutting himself. and if a bad mullet occurs it stays for weeks at a time untill he gathers the courage for another hair cut. possibly the reason he avoids shaving his upper lip during certain times of the year.... one can only speculate.

pss. i must say i find kyle extremely attractive no matter what is growing on his face or the back of his head.

hazels first day of preschool

i know i'm biased, but isn't she just the prettiest little girl?

she was soooo excited

five years of marital bliss!!!

kyle and i have been married five years today! we didn't make it to hawaii due to budget and time restrictions, but we did make it to a posh restuarant in downtown calgary. we ate really expensive yummy food out on the patio of the restuarant. highlights included a bunch of expensive cars that i can't remember the names of (except the bently- i remember that one). also the live music and the homeless woman dancing in the street. it was fun. i am so so so happy that i married kyle. best five years of my life!

steve smyth llb (or somethin like that)

my brother in law steve became a certified lawyer today! one of the nicest guys i know (there goes my view of lawyers being argumentitive jerks). hazel thought it was a riot taking the C-train downtown to go see the spectacle. congrats steve!

yay! our legal worries are over!

welcome home elder harker!

payton got home from his mission today!!!! watch out christmas piniata, he's back. payton is so much fun to be around, i'm excited for my kids to get to know their uncle payt because he is just a great person all around. plus now we'll be able to sample the delicacy of wild game again.

payton and some future missionaries! gotta love that face - it was nice to see that payton hasn't changed too much!

payton cracking everyone up with his story of " not only sharing a meal with a monk on the plane, but sharing his fork as well!"

california

hazel would get mad if anyone helped her swim - she really wanted to do it all by herself!

hazels favorite movie at this time was tinkerbell and although she was soooo excited to see her she is so nervious to be in the presence of her idol.

hazel has a small obsession with goofy - he's not "bolt" but her favorite non princess at disneyland. look at her face!

if i could figure out how to put the pics in the right order you would see this is before she went to meet the princesses and got shy.

pool at aunti norma's

zoo in palm desert - how do these animals survive? it was 47 C. we were dying.

poor dekker. so hot.

we seem to go down to california every year - in fact we have gone every year since we got married (and once before). luckily ivory and brodie have been the hostests with the mostest and let us stay with them. it makes me jealous every year that we are going for a vacation where they live. probably ivory's ulterior motive letting us stay there. she wants more people to move down - it's working cuz i totally want to.

soccer mania

kyle and i get to play on a co-ed outdoor soccer team together this spring - lots of fun. it was a bit of a struggle trying to keep the kids entertained on the sidelines though.

i also got to coach hazels little soccer team on saturday mornings. also lots of fun, only had one dad lose his cool at his son's 4 yr old soccer game, sort of sad! hazel loved playing, even though she mainly chased the group of kids around that were actually kicking the ball!

road trips to go see keelia, skou and jodi and so on and so forth

the "miracle" prom dress

i love how cute their faces are in this pic!

spring was awesome this year, i got to go see skou play ball in edmonton a bunch. hang out with jodi and the kids. hazel, everson and boston had a blast dancing at the games and partying at the pool. i went to raymond a bunch to see kee glamed up for prom and then go down for grad and also for easter, rugby etc etc. the only thing that could of improved it is having kyle not studying and actually able to come with me on all my excursions. but alass, there was no point hanging around cuz he was too busy and i tried to tell myself that if i was having fun it was doing him a favor because he didn't have to feel bad not hanging out with us!