Blogger vs. Facebook

It appears that Facebook is winning. Although it is often a time-sucking evil, it is great finding and catching up with some old friends and long-lost relatives. And keeping up with close friends too. However, I think some kind of time limit needs to be set as every time I get on the computer I find myself on Facebook and then all of a sudden it is too late or time to get off the computer and do something productive. I was a bit alarmed just now when I tried to sign on to Blogger and it took me 5 tries to remember my name and password. Anyways, apparently some people do read this blog, and have told me its long past time I posted again. So, what have we been up to...
Well this morning we woke up to a thick blanket of snow. Again. (We made some cookies today too, but they were from frozen chocolate chip cookie dough we bought and had in the freezer, not like last time. Much easier!) A fine contrast to a couple weeks ago where a friend and I sweated it out at the Zoo in +26 degree weather. It's like a weird time warp back to March. We have had some sunny spring activities going on though. Our sister-in-law Michaelia was visiting from New York the first part of the month (and brought the rain with her). We picked her up from the airport and had a nice visit. She was here for a visit home and also made it to Edmonton to visit her brother and his wife just in time for the birth of her new niece, Emery. Congratulations Brendan and Renny! The weekend before last was a busy one! My mom came up and she, my sister, and I took Jaina to Heritage park to see Thomas the Train. The weather was very nice and it turned out to be a great day! Here are some photos:

Then we all had a nice supper and birthday cake at our house joined by my Aunt Carole and Granny who had come to Calgary for the night. The next day, Mother's Day, we had everyone back here for brunch before everyone headed home. Later that day Matt's parents brought Michaelia up to Calgary and treated us all to a nice supper out. Michaelia flew out the next day. We were so busy chatting we didn't even take any photos!

We went down to Taber for the May long weekend, where we had a nice visit at my mom's house. She also had Matt's parents out for supper so we got to visit everyone, which was very nice. The beginning of the weekend was quite warm so we had the chance to take the kids to the park, play in the yard, and walk to the "Purple Cow" for ice cream. Here are just a few more photos of us at my mom's and just hanging around home here too.

Jaina has been going to drop-in preschool once a week lately, I think she has been about 4 times now. She loves it, and I am excited for her but also sad that my little girl is growing up so quickly. She will be going to preschool 2 mornings a week in the fall so we thought this would be a good way to try it out. She loves it so much she often asks if it is Wednesday or Friday so she can go to school. Lewis is also growing at a pace that sometimes seems much to quick. He has 2 teeth and is working on more, is starting to eat crackers and bread, plays pat-a-cake and peekaboo, and his babble is starting to sound like real conversation (but he's the only one who knows what he might be saying). He's not walking or crawling yet, but you won't hear any complaints from us. We like being able to sit him on the floor, clear a safety radius of small objects, and go about our business if we have to and still find him where we left him.

We are looking forward to nicer weather and summer. This weekend, weather permitting, we are going to get going on finishing the landscaping of our yard. We need some sod in a few places, and to finish building the flowerbed, and to weed the patch we left for a small vegetable garden. We are not looking forward to the work but we know we will enjoy the results.

I will try to be a bit better at posting updates here, especially as summer's activities and events begin.