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 :)

February Updates!

February is always a busy and exciting month in our family, with so many birthday's to celebrate and usually a few ringette and hockey tournaments!! Here's the rest of February for the Cameron clan :)

February 15 to 16th the Panthers and Em participated in one of our favorite ringette tournaments - the Sweetheart Tournament in Spruce Grove! Spruce Grove puts on such a great tournament!! The Panthers didn't win a medal but had a blast playing 3 games and fitting in some team bonding in between games! They headed to WEM to paint pottery and have a team lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was a lot of fun! Of course the girls squeezed in shopping and team pics and selfies at the mall, lol! The Ardene surprise bags are sure a hit!!!

February 16th was a busy day with ringette, a birthday brunch for Em at my Mom and Dad's and then a family dinner to celebrate all the February birthday's (Mom, Cal, Jeremy, Emerson, Connor and Mason). We went to Royal Pizza on the west end and it was delicious!! It was also nice to get everyone together before Mom and Dad headed south for a few months :)

February 20th was our first appointment with K911 - a dog trainer. Quinn is so amazing in almost everyway, other than she does not welcome people in to our home. And that's to put it mildly ... she thinks she has to guard our house, yard and that includes our campsite when we're camping :( It's really stressful for me. I just choose to avoid having people over to be honest, rather than deal with it. But we do want to help her, so we're going to see how it goes to have a trainer work with us and her. He was really, really awesome! And turns out we needed more help than we thought, as he suggested strategies for walking her as well! We'll try all his recommendations and see how it goes. We love Quinn so much!!!

February 22nd was Emerson's birthday party! And boy oh boy did they ever have a blast!! Such a great group of young ladies, they really can shop until they drop!!!

February 23rd Mom (that's me this time!) got to celebrate one of her besties birthday's with a night of awesome ladies and dancing!! Happy birthday to Paula who is over 40 but doesn't look a day over 30 ... lucky lady!

And that about wraps up February! Take care everyone, see ya in March!

Happy 10th birthday, Emerson!!

Emerson is in the double digits!! The big 1-0!! She's been planning this birthday for a long time :) Love that organizational side of her ... hmmmm, where does she get that from?! #minime

We celebrated Emerson's birthday with numerous events, as seems to happen with her birthday!! Lucky girl, lol!! Her ringette team was in the Sweetheart Tournament in Spruce Grove the weekend of her birthday, so we enjoyed a birthday brunch between games at my parents house! We then had somewhat of a last minute dinner with my family at Royal Pizza. It was delicious and so nice to celebrate all the February birthday's in our family, before my Mom and Dad headed down South on vacation! Thank you Mom & Dad!

Due to the ringette tournament, Emerson's friend birthday party was the following weekend, the 22nd. She went back and forth on what to do for her birthday and finally settled for another 'shopping' party at WEM! 7 girls + me took on West Edmonton Mall and had a blast :) She has a nice group of friends and all the girls were so good! They enjoyed spending their gift cards at various stores and finding the best deals!! We had dinner and dessert at Boston Pizza and shopped 'till we dropped. Such a great time, I love this birthday party idea!!

I can't believe our little Em is 10! I remember hearing, "It's a GIRL!" and being so overwhelmingly happy to have a baby girl!! I also remember when Emerson was born, the nurse told me, "This one will be saying her ABC's before she's 1!!" and she wasn't far off! Em's been talking since nearly out of the womb and she hasn't slowed down!! Miss chatty Kathy, you never feel alone or bored in her company. She keeps things interesting and everyone around her on their toes :) We lover her feisty personality, how hard she loves and how she does everything (absolutely everything) full on - there is no half-way with our Emerson! She dedicates 110% to everything she does and expects top results!! It can be hard to live this way, as you can't always be right, you can't always score 100% on everything and you can't always win all the games! But with this drive, you can always say you've done your best and you do always get better and stronger and smarter :) And that's our Em!! Always reaching for the stars :) Love her to death and love to watch her soar and reach for the sky! Thanks for being our little helper, Em. Always willing to led a helping hand, so organized and full of common sense and intelligence! You are an amazing big and little sister when you want to be and Reese's bff most of the time :) You're going places, sweetie and we are just along for the ride!! Happy 10th birthday, xoxoxoxo