Alana and Jaylee got to ride on a horse for the first time this last week. They loved it! Some friends of ours have horses and invited the girls and I to ride while Kale was at school. Alana was very brave about riding with our friend Whitney. Jaylee rode with Whitney, and again with me. She loved it!

Alana doesn't walk down the balance beam-she runs. They have to step over the little bean bags on the beam. She does amazingly well, but the bars are her favorite so far. Well, and the trampoline, but that one is a given with the kids.

You know, I'm realizing that it is really hard to get a decent picture of three wiggly kids. I tired for quite a while, and someone was always looking the other way, running the other way, or moving so much that the picture comes out blurry. Our camera is clearly not fast enough to keep up with them!

We went with Dave up to Kelowna, Canada when he was up there for work. He spent three weeks there. We just went with him for the last week. It was beautiful! The kids and I found a park on the waterfront that had a playground, free kids water park, and a beach. We spent our days there while Dave worked. It was a lot of work for me to try to keep the kids entertained and fed in a different country, but I am glad we got to see where Dave was working.

This picture is Kale and Alana sitting on Ogopogo, a sea serpent legend around there.

I know, I am sorry about our blog not happening for a while. We have been experiencing technical difficulties with our computer. Hopefully it will give me a small window to post this before it locks up!

Kale had his first day of school yesterday. He was so excited! He is in the same class as his best friend from last year, so it was a happy day for him. He is seeming so grown up lately! (including dropping his nap, which makes me sad!)

Alana and Kale are both doing gymastics. They love it! They ask everyday if it is thursday so they can go. Grammy bought Alana a leotard to wear for gymnastics. I was somewhat skeptical about if she would actually wear it, but when she tried it on this morning, she wouldn't take it off! I had to pull rank, mostly because of the potty issue.

Jaylee is walking! Horay! She is still the slowest walker I have ever seen, which is funny, but she is walking most everywhere now. She is even trying to walk carrying toys around, especially those that are bigger than she is! That is always funny. Her favorite game right now is basketball. She'll chase the ball down, then I"ll help her dunk. She claps and says "good job".

Well, that is the update for now I will do my best to upload more pictures later.