Arizona House

Here's the pictures some of you have been wanting to see of the Arizona house that my parents took when they were there. My parents and Uncle Doug and Aunt Blanche just bought it close to Florence, it's in an adult complex backing onto a golf course.

The front of the house

The outdoor pool

Kitchen area and computer area

Living room

The back deck, they actually had to put fans up on the outside since it gets so hot.

Master Bedroom

Master Ensuite




Front entrance

Dad lounging

Indoor pool

Workout Room

backyard/golf course

Calgary Zoo

We took the kids to the Calgary Zoo today, they had so much fun looking at all the different animals.

a bat

I love this playground at the zoo. It has different sections for different ages and only one exit which makes it easy to monitor where the kids are.

It hit me today how big Zoë is getting already when we were at the playground. We saw her once in awhile as she ran past and said hi while running around with different kids, she doesn't need her parents help as much anymore to get around.

Only place Dreyton will stay still on is his daddy's shoulders.

The red panda
a cownose stingray
the pink flamingos

These gorillas were so funny, putting on a good show. There is a very cute baby gorilla there too.

It took awhile to find the tiger but we finally did, he actually came up to us and jumped on his two feet, unfortunately we didn't have the camera ready.

Getting a picture of all 4 cousins is nearly impossible, this is as good as I could get.


Brother and Sister

Zoë giving her baby brother a kiss.. not sure why she's kissing his eye though.

Mall's Play Area

Lee and I took the kids to this free mall play area today. They had lots of fun, just wish the kids could play a little longer, it's way too structured and only allows them to come play for 30 minutes a day. They have a different section for older kids which I think is a great idea.

Dreyton practicing his spanish

Jesse and Jenn are officially married!

It has been a long time coming as Lee's brother was engaged to Jenn before we were engaged. They got married on Saturday and now the festivities are officially over.

We had Lee's extended family and the groomsmen over for dinner before the wedding as it was an appetizer wedding and most of the family was from out of town. We just did a bunch of frozen lasagnas, garlic bread and chicken caesar salad. I didn't get pictures of all the family members that came to our house for dinner, but was able to get this picture of Lee and Jesse with Grandma Stanford on the right and Great Aunt Jessie on the left.

Brothers just getting ready to head to the barn where the wedding was at

Zoë's New Bike

Pampa and Grandma Sefcik brought Jayden and Zoë to Toys R Us and treated them to a new bike. Zoë had a tricycle before hand so she knows how to use the bicycle, just needs some practice once the weather decides to get nice.

It is crazy to see her on a big bike, time flies. She is now fully potty trained except for at night time, we're slowly working on that. It is nice we just have one kid in diapers now.

Zoë is now really getting into pretend play, she loves to have tea parties and take her bunny Flopsy to the park around the house in her play stroller.

She also loves going on play dates with family that come pick her up once in awhile. It is nice for her to get closer to other family members and Dreyton can have one on one time with me as well.

Dreyton, almost 16 months old

Dreyton is such a toddler and growing up SO quickly. His vocabulary is growing quick, some of his most common words are mama, dada, ooee (Zoë), juice, cheese, ball, bath, shoes, eat, book, uh sairs(upstairs), and dank you (thank you). He can point to body parts on his face if you ask them where they are, as well as lots of animal sounds.

Trying on Pampa's shoes, quite funny seeing him try to walk in those big shoes


His red-headed temper, has a COMPLETE meltdown if anybody says NO to him, shakes his whole body and fists in his tantrum.


We went to fish creek park today, just after he threw up all over Arby's (glad it wasn't in my vehicle).

This was taken the other day in Costco, it is such a RARE occurance for him to sleep while we're out.

Stanford Easter Hunt

We had a Easter egg hunt just before our Turkey dinner at the Stanfords today.

Dreyton getting the eggs while Daddy held the basket

Zoë getting as much as she could (we had each child take 20 eggs so it would be equal in the end)

cousins Tighe and Dominique getting there eggs