Woah .. MAY!!

May has been intense ;) But fun!!

May started out with the Crusher Cup! Cal and Mom decided to make their weekends busier by volunteering to time keep! I guess I shouldn't say "volunteering" as they were paid! The Outriders had a good tourney, bringing home a silver medal on Blake's 12th birthday!! We were lucky enough to fit in a family lunch to celebrate his birthday. We met the Stecyk's and G&G at Red Robin's before the gold medal game! This weekend was also the Veeteretz Year End recital. Thankfully Cal and Blake were able to attend, as Blake's game wasn't until the evening on the 4th! Sometimes the timing works out in our favor ;) At first I wasn't happy about an 8:15 pm game but, turns out it was a blessing! Em had a fantastic season of dance! Each year she grows and learns and advances! It's such a joy to watch her perform and she has made some great friends with her teammates. Looking forward to next season!!

Some of our other May highlights were:
- a date with my sister-in-law Lesley ;) We met up at Moxie's for dinner before going to the Thomas Rhett concert at Rogers Place!! It was such a fun night and so great to catch up with Lesley!!
- Reese attended a Brownies Rally Day! We dropped her off at Walmart where they took a bus to Hawrelak Park for the day! She had a blast :)
- Blake finished the Babysitting Course! He attended classes hosted by his school, which was really nice as they were on early dismissal Thursday's so didn't take any of his evening or weekend time :)
- Grandma Marg visisted!! We're so lucky to have her in our lives and that she is healthy enough to spend time out west with us!!
- Emerson and her group performed for the last time this dance season, at UFest in Borden park. Such a fun event!! We enjoyed some perogies afterwards, of course ;) Later that day Blake's spring team had an exhibition game in Penhold. We've never been to the Penhold rec facility and were quite surprised by how nice it was!!
- We met up with Bev, Katie and Greyson for lunch one afternoon as they were in town for a taekwondo tournament!
- I was lucky enough to take a day off work to volunteer with Blake's class at their field trip to the Bennett Centre. It was a bit emotional for me as this is likely the last field trip I'll be able to volunteer for with Blake as he moves on to grade 7 next year. Crazy!!

And May ended with a busy day on the 28th, as Blake and Cal attended grade 6 camp at Camp Yowochas. They had an awesome day and evening!! I'm so glad Cal could take the day off to attend with Blake! The same day, I went out for dinner and to the Carrie Underwood concert with my sister and friends Adriana and Steph. It was so much fun and man, can that lady put on a performance!!

May 31st was my parents 39th wedding anniversary - Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! Love you guys!!

Our May long weekend was very different than our usual but I'll write a seperate post on that :) Talk to you all soon!!

A Different Kind of May Long Weekend

For many, many years we have camped at Cross Lake on May Long Weekend! Off the top of my head, I think it's been 11 years with a one year hiatus in there when we sold our old trailer and hadn't bought a new one yet! But even that year, we drove out and spent the day with my parents and Jeremy and Lindsay! So it was strange to not do the same thing this year but to be honest, we knew it was coming! When Blake made the zone lacrosse team, we suspected we would have a tournament in Red Deer on May long and we did. Although we weren't camping, we had a really great weekend in Red Deer! Emerson spent some time at the Stecyk cabin with my parents and had a lot of fun fishing and quadding - thanks for having her :) In Red Deer, we had fun with the lax team and watched some great lacrosse!! Blake had an awesome tourney and won player of the tournament for his team!! I suspect our next few May long weekends will be spent at this lacrosse tournament! Hope everyone's May long was fun!! xo

Happy 12th Birthday, Blake!!

Our kind, strong, caring, intelligent boy is 12!! We are so proud of the person he is growing up to be! Everyone who coaches and teaches Blake, remarks on what a great kid he is and we couldn't agree more! He is a leader, calm, patient and reasonable! He is resilient and strives to do the best he can, in everything he does. How did we get so lucky to be blessed as his parents?! I don't know but I do know we will continue to support him in everything he does and will love him fiercely at the same time!! Happy birthday, Blake! xoxo

April

What else were we up to in April?! I attended my friend Sam's stagette. Such a fun night!! I met Sam a few years ago when her son and Blake played on the same team in second year novice and ever since we've kept in touch. We have a lot of fun together and I was happy to celebrate her upcoming marriage!

Emerson and I hopped in with Chloe and her mom Lisa for a day trip to Lloydminister for the Ukrainian Dancing on the Border Festival! The girls had a successful day, bringing home 3 gold medals!! We had a lot of fun carpooling with Lisa and Chloe!

Blake and the North Peewee A lax team participated in their first tournament of the season, the Icebreaker tournament hosted by the Blues. Blake brought home player of the game for one game and had a wicked tournament! Man do we ever love this sport, so much fun to watch!! 

And wrapping up April, the oldest two Cameron kiddo's participated in their schools spring concert. Emerson performed in the Muscial part of the concert on the first night while Blake's class sang and Emerson's class sang on the second night. Emerson has been practicing so hard for the musical, with extra practices after school. She did a great job and remembered all her lines :) Reese's class will perform at the Christmas concert this year. 

Talk to you all in May!! xo

Happy Easter from Calgary!

This weekened was Easter long weekend and it was also our first Spring hockey tournament! We hit the road to Calgary on Thursday and arrived back home on Sunday. We had a FANTASTIC weekend!!! So much fun with the team and a gold medal, what could be better?! Blake played so good and was player of the game for one of the games :) Eric and Berlyn came out to watch a game and so did Kourtney and Auora! The team had a blast, we rented a meeting room at the hotel to hang out in and to have a few team dinners. We did a pot luck one night and had pizza and salad brought in for another meal. We also had the hotel cater lunch one of the days. The service and quality was awesome, highly recommend the Delta South!! The team played so well, it was so much fun to cheer them on!! And the girls had a blast too with the other siblings! Easter was post-poned due to being away but the Easter Bunny was notified and delivered to the Cameron house on Easter Monday! Thank you E.B.! We hope everyone enjoyed their Easter long weekend! xo

Bring on the Spring Sports!!

Spring is here and with it, Spring sports!! Woo hoo!!! Emerson is continuing with dance and keeping busy as they prepare for a festival in Lloydminister and their year end performance. She has had some extra practices on Sunday afternoons/evenings this dance season. Reese decided to try 3 on 3 ringette this year, which is on Monday and Wednesday evenings and Brownies continues until June! Blake decided to play Spring hockey this year and is playing lacrosse. He will be VERY busy but I'm sure he'll love every second. His spring hockey team is called the CanWest Outriders and his buddies Brogin, Dante, Ryan and Brody are all playing as well. We're looking forward to it!! Cal is behind the bench and I am managing. We'll update ya on April at the end of the month, hope everyone is doing well!

March is Marvelous

It's March!! Closer and closer to summer and sunny skies :) Our March was fun, as we wrapped up hockey and ringette and enjoyed a nice break during spring break! Here's a run-down:

March 4th Blake began Peewee A lacrosse evaluations! Right smack in the middle of hockey playoffs. Every dang year!! But this year he didn't have any conflicts, so it worked out :)

March 8th began the Veeteretz Ukrianian Dance festival. We love this festival!! Our dance club does an amazing job organizing the festival at the DOW in Fort Saskatchewan. I usually volunteer most of the weekend and Em does her thing!! This year she had 7 performances (4 dances + 3 dances chosen for the showcase)! For their 4 dances, they won 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal. It was an awesome weekend and we're so proud of Emerson and her group!!

March 9th Reese attended a day of Brownie Camp at a local community hall. It was a science camp and it sounds like they had a super fun day!! She is in Brownies with her best friend, Alexa, so any time they can spend together is a good day in Reese's books :) On March 9th we also found out the Blake made the Peewee A lacrosse team! This team is comprised of players born in 2007 & 2008 from the Wizards lax club, Rams lax club and the Fort Saskatchewan lax club. We're so proud Blake was chosen and pumped for the upcoming season!!

March 10th brought a wind-up tournament for Reese and the Ice Queens! They played 2 games in Sherwood Park and in between games had a wind-up party at an art studio in Edmonton. They painted pottery and had pizza and cupcakes :) It was a super fun day!! We had such a great group of young ladies this season, they were a pleasure to coach and all grew so much over the season! I love seeing the development of the girls, it's wonderful to see how much they grow throughout the season. Reese wrapped up the last game with a hat trick, we are so proud of her!!

March 15th - Quinn turned 1!! She spent the day with her friends at "It's a Dogs Life" then came home for a quick nap and a pup-cake :) Quinn brings so much joy to our family, we just love her to bits!! We love taking her to the dog park, for walks and cuddling her! She is approx. 60 lbs and a giant teddybear! She loves her cuddles and loves us fiercly!!

March 16-17th brought the Panthers wind-up tournament in Lacombe, followed by a year in end party back in Edmonton at Plaza Bowl. The Panthers ended up 3rd in their division, which is really awesome! They had such a wonderful team this year, all the girls got along so well and the coaching staff too! I really enjoyed assistant coaching and spending time with everyone! The players grew so much over the season, it was wonderful to see! We will miss everyone and hopefully we'll play together next season!!

March 18th was Blake's turn for a year end party! The Spartans had a blast at FitSet Ninja! This was a challenging year for us all to be honest but Blake persevered and had such an awesome season. He was an amazing defenseman and such a strong player, it was a really great season in that regard for him. And he really enjoyed playing with 2 of his besties so all in all, it was a good year but we are ready for a change, lol! Bring on the Spring season!! The Spartans also participated in one more tournament on March 22-24, the St. Charles spring tournament.

March 25-29th brought a much needed rest - Spring Break! We didn't go very far this year but spent our time with dr. appointments, dog park visits, a family dinner at the KEG and a short trip to Beaumont to visit the Bezan and Hrdlicka families! It was so nice to see my besties and their kids :) Love them all and don't get to see them very often. And we also had a cousin date at the movies with my sister, Connor and Mason!! We visited Landmark Cinemas in St. Albert for the first time and wow, very nice to have recliners while watching a movie! This is definitely our new favorite theater :) During Spring Break the girls and I also took in a few Open A ringette games at the Western Canadian finals in St. Albert. Emerson's ringette coach, Alexis, played in the gold medal final and won! It was a very exciting game and it's also so cool to watch high level ringette!! We also spent a lot of time relaxing, which really to me, is being lazy! And it was glorious!!

We hope your March was marvelous too :)