January 19, 2008

We went out to lunch today with Sara and Quincey and their kids Charlie, Max and Eloise. Max sat up on the windowsill of the restaurant and I took this picture of him. Although he was backlit from the outside, the picture turned out remarkably good, IMHO. Three year old Max is the only boy and middle child, flanked by a four-year old sister and 7-week old sister.... poor kid. He's a real sweetie.

July 18, 200

Somewhere along the way I've missed a day. This is my 17th day of entries, but the picture was taken today, January 18, and the snow on bushes page was taken on the 17th. Didn't take me long to goof up.

Anyway, this is Layla (3 yr. old granddaughter) in her car seat in the Swiss Chalet parking lot where we had just finished lunch with her Mother, Mary, and aunties Sara and Emily. Layla is moving to BC next week so I won't have many more chances to take pictures of her sweet self.

January 16, 2008

It started snowing around 4 this morning and didn't let up until suppertime. It was light, fluffy snow but the roads were messy with it. What can you expect in January in Edmonton???

January 12 (Out of Order)

Rob and Cindy hosted a farewell party for Mary and Greg. It was a lot of fun but we sure don't like to see them move away, especially now that Mary is pregnant. They have to live their lives though and take opportunities as they come. I made a scrapbook to present to them at the party. In looking through all my pictures, I realized we didn't have one of Lloyd and I with them since their wedding in 2000. So, in spite of bad lighting and shadows, we got Emily to take one of us. Greg's eyes aren't open so it's not a great picture of him, but it's good of Mary and Lloyd.

January 15, 2008

Mary relaxing in our funky new orange chair. Lloyd and I are really into retro and fell in love with this chair. Mary had to try it out when she came over. She and her husband, Greg, and daughter Layla, are moving to Osoyoos at the end of the month. We're going to miss them so much...and Mary is expecting their second baby in August. Looks like I'll be making a trip to BC this summer :)

January 14, 2008

Not the best picture of Eloise but the only one I got this evening when Lloyd and I were watching her and Charlie and Max while Sara drove Quincey to the airport. Elly is six weeks old now and is such a sweet little peanut. She still does most of her sleeping during the day, keeping Sara up late into the night. The kids love their little sister. Four-year old Charlie mothers her and takes her role of big sister very seriously. Three-year old Max is sometimes a little too enthusiastic in his hugs and kisses, but he loves her too.

January 13, 2008

I didn't take this picture, but I wanted to post it here in my picture-of-the-day blog anyway. This is one of the pictures taken by my daughter Sara for the engagement of my baby girl, Emily, and her fiance Allan. They're getting married on August 23 this year. Some of the 'old timers' at POTP may remember Emily from a couple years ago when she was living in Scotland and was an active participant in the Patch. She went by the username "Emtron". She and Allan have been together for 2 years now. She'll be 22 in May and he's a couple years older. He's our go-to guy for computer problems.