Poor chap...

How can you tell Aiden has a big sister? That's how.

Sandpoint, ID

We went to the Sandpoint (Idaho) for a night over the weekend to meet Kevin's parents (from Seattle area, not Sandpoint), as they haven't had an opportunity to meet Aiden yet and it's been 9 months since we last saw them!! It was so good to see them again! Nana & Papa with their 7th Grandchild! They never come empty-handed;) Atalie gets a new baby!

The deck that Kevin built:)

Kev's been hard at work for 4 weeks straight (off regular $paying$ work, that is). He completed the deck on Thursday and put up some trim today - it's really coming together! We also picked up a bath tub at Home Depot and finally decided on our heating source. We were originally thinking baseboard heating b/c it's the cheapest (budget budget budget) but seeing as how it's a small house to begin with, they would take up a bit more room space (not to mention don't look terribly attractive). So we're going with an Electric furnace. Also we've decided to put in a fireplace as opposed to a woodstove (likely anyways) as it is more practical considering we framed the house for a fireplace and we'd be saving space (a wood stove has to stick out from the wall so we'd have a huge void space sitting behind it where a fireplace was meant to fit). It's tricky trying to stick to a budget while considering the fact that this is for us, utimately, an investment.. so we're trying to upgrade where we can, for the purpose of re-sell, without spending alot of money. Our quote for putting in heating was actually the same for a fireplace as it was for a woodstove anyway (due to having to put in an HRV system for fresh air with a woodstove) so we thought, "what the heck aye?". I'm just waiting to get the final word from our heating guy regarding the wood-burning aspect of this fireplace. I know woodstoves are fantastic for long burning time and I don't want to be constantly stoking it, as it will be our main source of heat during the winter. Anyway, I won't bore with more heat-related details. Here's some pics: (The picture below was taken on Thursday, before the trim went up)

A little video trial...will it work?

I haven't figured out (I'll take help!) how to get the actual video on my blog so the links will have to do... also, I haven't figured out (again, help!) how make "enter" work when typing in this thing - what the heck aye?!? I have endless run-ons and it drives me nuts!! Atalie holds Aiden Atalie & Daddy on trampoline Blanket Time I took some advice and tried copying the words in the box on YouTube but there was nothing saying "embed" anywhere. Hmm.... help?

Banff

This was an evening trip we made a few weeks ago with our friends Devon & Ethan. Dinner and a walk downtown is always a treat in Banff:) You'd think it would get old - yet it doesn't. Why is it kids instinctively know when they are in a store full of candy, even if they've never seen the stuff before???

More Coaldale Pics

This first one is kinda cute. We went for a walk with the family and I couldn't resist (it reads, "Don't Pee On Me"). This is what you would drive up to if you had called 903-22nd Avenue your home for 20 years... home, sweet home:) Of course, returning to our home in Invermere is just as sweet! Just a couple o' kids... ...oh wait - here's the kids!