Sports, Sports and More Sports

I am so behind on updating this blog and PopPop Adams has clearly reminded me of this, so I combined three sports in one. This year Conor played volleyball for his school. His team was undefeated. He also played league basketball. He is presently playing football for the Cowichan Bulldogs. He plays offensive line. Conor really wants to play defense; however, this year he moved up to a bigger team and he is "low man on the totem pole", so I told him that he has to work his way up. He is doing well and most of our Saturdays are consumed by football.

A Day at Transfer Beach

One of our favorite places to go is Transfer Beach. One Saturday when the weather was clear the kids and some friends had a picnic at the beach. I have to remind myself that even though the weather is clear it is quite cool at this beach as the breeze comes from the ocean. We had a great time but it definitely was not quite spring yet. We found baby jelly fish along the beach. Mack walked along the beach picking them up and throwing them back in the water. She was trying to rescue them. Hmm this sounds like someone else I know; however, her mother is not as passionate about rescuing fish!!!!

A Spa Birthday

Well, the much anticipated birthday of Mackensey has come and gone. She chose a Spa theme after watching me prepare for a MOPS spa event. With the help of two very wonderful friends, thirteen girls had chocolate facials, pedicures and manicures. They came in their house coats (This is Canadian for robes. I was told that nobody knows what a robe is in Canada.) They made homemade bath salts and decorated the jars with tissue paper flowers. If I could do it over, I would have made the party longer and had one more helper. The party went by so fast and it was hard to get everything in. The girls had a blast and the huge hug and kiss after the party from Mack made it all worth it. After everything settled down and it was just her best friend left in the house, I let her open her American Girl stuff from the grandparents. She screamed when she saw the packages because they are very distinctly wrapped American Girl. Thank you Nanny and G-daddy, Nanny and PopPop, Great Nana, Uncle Scott and Aunt Mara, Great Grandma Franks, Kelly and Wendy for making this day great. By the way, Shane was locked in the bedroom during the party!!!!!