Cal takes on Florida!

Cal was lucky enough to attend a work conference in Florida from June 1st to 5th! The kids and I were jealous of his close proximity to Disney World and then our jaws dropped when we saw the resort he was staying at! Check it out here: Gaylord Palms!

He enjoyed the conference and networking with suppliers. His trip home was a bit of a nightmare with missed flights and being stranded at he Calgary airport at midnight!! Thankfully he was able to secure a hotel and in the end, received some flight discounts for future flights. Most importantly, he arrived home safe and sound, just a day late :)

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!