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| (the first photo shoot of my family done my moi (thank you self timer)! many more to come!)
We’ve had a happy, busy 2012 here in the Cameron household!
Blake turned 5 on May 5th and started
Kindergarten this fall at Ecole Bishop Savaryn elementary school. He is in a French Immersion program and so
far we are happy with our choice! He is
learning so much, it is amazing how his French vocabulary expands each
week. He is really enjoying Kindergarten
and making many new friends (there seems to be a birthday party to attend
nearly every weekend!). As for extracurricular
activities, Blake has been busy with hockey and swimming lessons. He moved up to Initiation 2 in hockey this
year, which means a practice on Saturday and a game on Sunday. He loves it and has the biggest grin on his
face, each time he is on the ice. It is
so sweet after each game he will say, “I touched the
puck __ times today!” Blake continues to
love swimming lessons and is very excited about learning how to swim
underwater! He is still quite tall for
his age, tallest in his class, which has us replacing his pants every few
months!! I can’t believe how fast he
grows and I wonder if he’ll slow down soon or will he tower over Cal and I
before we know it?! Blake is even more
LEGO crazed this year, his LEGO collection has increased and he spends hours
building LEGO, and reading LEGO instructions and his LEGO magazines. He is still our serious, thoughtful boy who
thinks things over thoroughly! I see a lot
of Cal in him!
Emerson turned 3 on February 16th and started
preschool in September. Last year she
went to preschool at the YMCA with Blake for the last few months of the school
year but this year she is at a new preschool and attends Tuesday and Thursday
mornings. She has such a great time; she
absolutely adores her teachers and class.
We really enjoy seeing the excitement on her face as she runs out of
class to greet us! Emerson’s extracurricular
activities are a dance class (combined ballet/jazz/tap) and swimming lessons. She is sooo excited for each class and tells
us many, many stories of her time in dance, swimming and preschool (not all are
to be believed!!)! Seeing her so excited
and happy, warms our hearts. Emerson is
still very girly, we cannot get her to wear a pair of pants (unless we’re
public skating but even then, she will often wear a tutu over her
pants!!)! She twirls around the house,
dancing everywhere and saying, “Look at this!
Look at me! Can you do this?” She has the dance bug, that is for sure! We’re excited for her dance recital at the
end of the season (not until June). Emerson
can be a bit moody but is really very sweet and so kind. She has this soft side that has really
emerged since Reese was born. She’s very
nurturing and motherly :)
Our youngest peanut, Reese, turned 2 on November 19th. I truly felt as though it should have been
her 1st birthday, not her 2nd! Unbelievable how fast her first 2 years have
gone by. Reese enjoys the
music/play/craft program we go to at the YMCA.
She loves singing and dancing and making crafts (the glue sticks are a
big draw!)! Reese loooooves her swimming
lessons and has no problem being under water!!
She is certainly the baby of the family … she has us all, including
Blake and Emerson, wrapped around her little finger! When she speaks, you hear her!! But just like Emerson, she has a very
nurturing/soft side that is evident when either of her siblings is sad and she
spends hours each day taking care of her babies (feeding, bathing, and cuddling),
it is adorable :)
Cal is busy at work and at home. He is in his 14th year of employment
with TELUS and has recently been designated as a mobile employee, which means
he is at the downtown office once every few weeks and works out of home or at the
wire centre closest to our house the remainder of the time. He is loving this transition! He gets so much more work done, away from the
distractions of the typical office!! He
is quite busy right now, covering a few different positions but we are not
complaining … the overtime makes it easier!!
Cal completed his 3rd half marathon this summer, with a
personal best finish. It was a great
weekend, with Blake participating in the kid’s event and good friends also
running in the 10K and ½ marathon. He is
looking forward to running in his 2nd Hypo-half marathon at the end
of February. Cal is an assistant coach
for Blake’s hockey team and is really enjoying the jump up to Initiation
2. He is often the on-ice coach during
the games and has a great time with his team!
I am enjoying our new fall routine. Busy with driving kids to school and activities
but very blessed that Cal can come home and run Blake or Em to school if need
be. I am glad Blake is in ½ day kindergarten
and I still have quite a bit of time with him at home. They grow up so fast, I want to savour every
minute! When kindergarten first started,
the girls and I felt a bit lost without Blake but we have adjusted! We still give him big hugs every afternoon
when he gets off the bus (he takes the bus home from school) J I took the plunge in January and joined a
friend in a Russian kettlebell fitness class.
It has been the best thing I’ve done for myself in a long, long
time!! I feel great and really enjoy not
only the exercise but the friendships that have formed. I also attend a yoga class every now and then
and have fallen in love with yoga! I’ve tried other yoga classes and have not
enjoyed them near as much! I think it’s
all in the instructor! I wish I had more
time for yoga but maybe one day! I am
still very busy with Cameron’s Closet, my online consignment business. I now have two helpers, which has been a huge
success! I’m always on the lookout for
other part time opportunities that still allow me to stay home with the kids
but so far nothing has popped up!
Our time away from home this year began with our annual May
long weekend camping trip to Cross Lake.
We had a great time but realized our trailer was definitely too small
for our family of 5!! This lead to
posting the trailer on Kijiji and eventually selling it. We were sad to see it drive away, there are
so many great memories that revolve around that trailer! But we are excited to spend the upcoming
camping season in our new trailer, making new memories!! In July we rented a cabin on Lac la
Biche. We had a great time, spending
most of our days on the beach and at the playground and our evenings around the
fire pit! Our other travels this year, included
trips to Fort McMurray (one by myself in February to meet my new nephew and one
for a girls weekend with my Mom, sister and kids while Cal and the guys went on
a quadding/fishing trip), two trips to Grande Prairie (love visiting friends
and family up north!), a trip to Calgary with one of my best friends for a
girls weekend (sooo much fun!), a family trip to Calgary (we met Cal’s sister
Carmen and family for a fun day at the Zoo) and Cal and I took a trip to Denver
at the end of October (great time away, enjoyed the R&R and most especially
finally saw Peyton Manning live at a Bronco’s game!!).
We are wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all
the best in the New Year! Hopefully our
paths will cross in 2013 :)
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
2012 Photo card and Christmas Letter!
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