Here's Cari's chubby little Sydney, 6 weeks old and cute as a button! It was wonderful to hold her finally, and I even caught a smile on camera!

Happy 2nd Birthday Jesson!!

The day was wet and cool, but the two little ones who attended had a blast with Jesson in the yard and under the carport once the rain came. They ate cake and opened presents like they were pros. Jesson had so much fun with kids over he asked for days after if there were kids at the door when the bell would ring. Congrats to our big boy!

We played on e quick game for which everyone got a prize. A race to the bottom, easy for little ones. They kept playing long after the prizes were given out. 

The kids had ice cream cake and ate it all despite the less-than-ideal weather. 

Jesson opened all of his presents with help from Grandma Nicholetts and I then the living room was full. It looked like Toys-R-Us had exploded in there! 

By the end of the evening, everyone including the birthday boy was tuckered. Blaine and Stacey drove all the way from Luseland to join us and their kids Matthew and Kaitlyn piled on Scott at the end of the night for a rest too. My poor chair! 

Jesson got his first tricycle from Mommy and Daddy. He thinks it's pretty cool, but hasn't figured out how to pedal quite yet but that will come.

Happy 15th Birthday Chantelle Taksas. Scott, Jesson and I were invited to help celebrate Chantelle's birthday. For supper, Joe and Darlene fried up the fresh pickerel he caught the night before, it was amazing! Here, Jesson helped blow out the candle on the lemon pie (her favorite). Thanks for the visit guys!

While at Taksas' house, Jesson got to sit on Joe's mini bike. He thought it was really COOL! 

Scott did manage to spend some time relaxing at the camp site during our 10 day stay. They toasted to taking it easy by the fire. Scott was quite busy during our stay with Kaz's wedding, and a 3 day meeting near Regina during the week. Jesson and I had a wonderful stay, we shopped, visited, and napped whenever possible. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. 

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Jill Kazakoff. They were married in a beautiful ceremony in Saskatoon on Saturday May 28th. The church was gorgeous, the reception was amazing, and everyone had a lot of fun. Jill's parents put on a heck of a party! Congrats guys. 

Here are my handsome men all duded up for a night of dancing. Scott in his tux and Jesson in his vest outfit we bought for Cari's wedding last year, it finally fit him. SEXY Boys! 

Jesson made a little friend named Rain. She found him amusing and spent most of the night chasing him while he ran away. She's a couple of months older than him, but I think they make a cute couple, don't you?

YMCA was popular with the little ones too. We're not sure what Jesson was running on by this time, but he joined in anyway. 

At the gift-opening the following day, Jesson got to try out Kaz's authentic Rough Rider's helmet, a gift from the groomsmen. 

May long weekend was beautiful! Once the dock was in, Scott, Jesson and I went for a boat ride. This is the "first" boat ride for Jesson as he was only 9 weeks old and oblivious to his whereabouts during the real first ride. Mommy drove the boat (almost had to stay home due to life jacket restriction) while Daddy fished. He had a few nibbles but nothing landed. Jesson thought it was great fun. I'm sure he'll be thrilled when we use the gas motor instead of the trolling motor, more noise and smoke, right up his alley.

A toast to the water level! It's been 3 seasons since Grandpa's dock has been out. Mom & Dad went from 150+ feet of beach to around 10-15 feet due to snow fall and spring rain. Thank you Mother Nature! Dad spent the past three years moving rocks and cleaning up weeds so now the area below the dock is sandy and perfect for swimming and fun. His hard work paid off, the area looks great! Scott and Dad got the dock put out on Friday while the weather was nice, then fished on Saturday and Sunday. They caught so many on Sunday I'm sure we'll be hearing about it for a long time. Good work guys! 

While the work was being done, Jesson, Grandma and I spent our time exploring the shore line and playing in Grandpa's boat. 

It wasn't all work though, Daddy and Jesson managed to spend some time playing with the new sand toys too! 

I am bursting at the seams with pride to share these photos of my new niece, Sydney Maria Lynn. She and Cari are doing well. Cari's healing quickly and Sydney's growing like a weed already. Darrell is still able to be at home with them as the ground is too wet to go back to the rigs. We wish them all the best as time goes on, and we look forward to meeting Sydney sometime this summer. Jesson has already added Sydney to the list of cousins he repeats regularly when we say we're going to the lake. Congrats Cari, Darrell, Kelsey and Hannah! 

Grandma and Grandpa Nicholetts were understandably thrilled by their new Grand-baby. They made the trip to Bonnyville quite quickly to be with Cari and Darell as soon as they could.

She's barely bigger than Cari's old Cabbage Patch doll.

Her Daddy bought her bunny slippers. Too cute! She's so tiny! 

She's JUST the sweetest little peanut! 

Yummmm! The joys of summer! 

Every evening Jesson becomes Daddy's boy. Scott can't move very far without his shadow right behind him. Daddy doesn't mind one bit, of course, and they have a blast together.