Toronto!!

Sorry that this post is very overdue as we've been home for over a month already but it is definitely worth posting about.
Josh and I were finally able to make a trip out east to visit Jason and Darcie in Toronto! We sent Liam off to Grandpa and Grandma Weglo's in Vernon for the week (thanks mom and dad!) and flew to Toronto. We got to see and do SO much thanks to our wonderful tour guides, Jason and Darcie. Thanks guys for letting us stay with you and showing us around the beautiful city. And for letting us have the better bathroom :)

We flew in Thursday night and this is how our weekend went:

Friday:

Friday morning we got a chance to see where Darcie goes to school and where Jason works. Darcie is in her 4th year to become a chiropractor at CMCC and since she had clinic that morning, we were able to get a tour.

After the grand tour of the school, Jason had a chance to show us where he worked. I never got any pictures but it was great to finally see in person what Jason does. Now it's a little easier to explain to people :)

Then we headed into the city.

Our first stop was the CBC building. They had this huge FIFA World Cup soccer ball in the entrance. Liam would have loved it :)

Our next Stop: The Hockey Hall of Fame

The rest of the afternoon was spent walking around downtown trying to take in all the sites. We were hoping to maybe see the "Cash Cab" but no luck. Maybe next time :)

At the base of the CN Tower.

Subway Station

On our way to pick up Darcie from school, Jason also took us to see the "rich people" houses. They were incredible! I didn't take any pictures though cause that would be a little creepy :)

That evening we headed to an amazing Teppanyaki restaurant for supper. This is where they grill everything right in front of you. The food was amazing!

Saturday:

Saturday we decided to make the 2 hour drive to Niagra Falls. Josh and I had never been before and it was definitely a highlight of our trip!

We had a chance to eat lunch with the falls right behind us. The picture is quite dark, but this was probably one of my favorite parts of the trip. Enjoying lunch on the patio of a good restaurant with NIAGRA FALLS!! right behind us :)


After lunch we went shopping in town. This was outside of the Hershey store. I think it was meant more for kids. Josh's head was a little too big :)

Saturday night we headed over to Jason and Darcie's friends house and played games for the evening. Lots of laughs and lots of fun and it was great to meet some of their friends!

Sunday:

Sunday we headed into the city again to catch a Blue Jays game. We made sure we went to a game against the Yankees. We got great seats and were only 8 rows up from the field. We took in the whole experience by getting a footlong hot dog (well Josh did) and popcorn.

Monday:

Our first stop Monday morning was a little area of Toronto called Unionville. It was such a beautiful little community with little shops and historic houses and restaurants.

For lunch we headed to another area in Toronto called the Danforth. This is known as the Greek part of Toronto. We had a great meal at a little Greek restaurant.

Our great Tour Guides!

Thanks again guys for letting us come visit you. We loved Toronto!

My Future Male Model

Lock up your daughters!!

MS Walk

This past weekend our family was able to participate in the Lakeland MS Walk. Our good friend James Purdy was diagnosed with MS a couple years ago so we participated in the walk to support him and his young family. His/our team was called, "MS Ain't Purdy" and we were able to raise $30,000! Here are some photos from the walk:

The Purdy's:

James, Terina, Griffin, & Stella

All ready for the 10km walk

Our cool shirts

Thanks to everyone who supported Liam for this walk. He met his goal and raised just over $1,000!!

Our weekend getaway

Josh and I were able to get away for the May 1st and 2nd weekend to the beautiful town of Banff. We were there for a marriage conference and were able to stay for 3 nights in the Banff Springs hotel. It was definitely a treat to stay in such a fancy hotel and with great rates too because of the conference. It was nice to get away for the weekend and reconnect away from the busy routine of life.

Beautiful waterfall right by the hotel

The view from our room

The group from our church

If you look really close, you can see our hotel on the left of the mountain.

We were able to car pool with our good friends Lorne and Gianne. Thanks guys!

As nice as it was to get away, we were definitely excited to get back and see this little guy :)

Thanks John and Tam for watching him for the weekend.

Snapshots from our Weekened

Easter was spent in Bonnyville this year and it was great to have Rachel and Jared home for the weekend. They had both brought their roommates, and Sarah and Brad came up for the day on Sunday. It was definitely a full house at John and Tam's.

We had a couple days of beautiful sunshine and Liam loved being outside. He never wanted to come in.

Riding Grandpa Phillips' mower

Drawing chalk pictures on the cement

"Hey Emmett, come get the Frizbee"

Grandpa P. stuck Liam in the wheelbarrow and he loved it!

Chasing Uncle Jared around.

Brad, Sarah, and Isaac came up for the day on Sunday. The boys were thrilled to play hockey and soccer together.

Issac playing with the airplane. It was going to Africa to visit Uncle Jackson and Auntie Shelley :)

The Easter Meal :)

Had to get this shot of Josh helping with dishes :)

haha...I love this picture of Liam. One of his favorite things to do at Grandpa and Grandma Phillips is play on the Wii.

The boys getting Horsey rides from John


And to end off here's a funny picture of Liam. On Saturday morning we got up to find him filling up Emmett's dog food. I guess he thinks we don't feed him enough :)


We hope you all had a great Easter weekend.

Liam is starting to talk more everyday and is saying more words than just "ball". Even though his mama, grandma, and Emmett all sound the same. :)

Now he can repeat a lot of words we ask him to say. They're not always the easiest to understand but you can tell he's trying.

Here's a little video of me trying to get him to say some words.

Liam's new thing is to take things from the cleaning closet and copy what mommy does.

I'm training him early :)

Sweeping...

Vacuuming...

And cooking :)