CLE Fair

 

Every year the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition comes to Thunder Bay. This is the first year that MacKenzie was interested in going on any of the rides.

 

and she went on lot and lots of them!

 

I would say the carousel of horses was her favorite

Followed very closely by the airplanes, of course

Having a fun time at the fair

 

 

That is one big ferris wheel!!!!!!

Grand Marais

Grand Marais is a little fishing/ tourist village in Minnesota about  an hour and a half from us. We occasional go there in the summer  for a family fun afternoon

 

Skipping stones, eating "The Worlds Best Donut", watching the sailboats go by and roaming around the tourist shops fill our day

 

Playground Fun

Swimming in August 2012

 

 

MacKenzie's friends Andrew and Hannah came over for a swim

 

 

Tummy Time

 

It seems only right that Alexa's tummy time mat should be an airplane.

 

In retrospect we should have tried to find an orange one to match the plane that daddy flies

  

It's all the same to Alexa I suppose. Who is having a good time regardless of the color

Cooling Down with Dad

 

 

Another beautiful August day

 

Sister Love

I am really amazed at how quickly these two bonded. MacKenzie loved her baby sister right away (actually before she was even born) and Alexa just adores her big sister.

 

Tiny Toes Twitching Together

 

More Katarina Setala Photos

 

Our good friend Katarina (who was just starting her personal photography portfolio) took some really wonderful shots of Alexa when she was 3 months old.

 

Sunny July 2011

It's true that babies need lots of love and attention......and sometimes both of those things come in the form of snuggles with daddy

 

Near the end of the month we spent a day out at the lake with our good friends Georgia and Annika. Ever since MacKenzie was a baby they have had a special bond. This was MacKenzie's first time on a Jet Ski - she didn't like it very much!

 

 

Not quite old enough to go on a jet ski - but Alexa loved hangin' out in the shade

 

 

Chilling out in the house on a hot day

 

Genesis 9 :12-13  "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth."

This is Mrs.T and Mr.Paul (as MacKenzie calls them).They are such amazing people. They are true gems and love us unconditionally. Their daughter came with their  grandsons to ThunderBay for a visit and joined us for an afternoon of lounging by the pool.

As per usual, PE is clowning around in the "shark attack" pool toy

 

On a more relaxed note : Lexi and I are hanging out in the shade

 

 

Family breakfast

Home in Nova Scotia

June 2011 - We went home to Nova Scotia so everyone could meet Alexa

and to see how much MacKenzie had grown too.

It was a beautiful visit. All of the flowers were in bloom and the weather was wonderful

Grampy and Alexa snuggling in Grampy's chair watching golf

The girls with their daddy

and with Grampy

Nana, Grampy, MacKenzie and Alexa. 

Very proud Grand Parents

Peanut

What a little Peanut

A Moment in Time Photography

by Katarina Setala

Picture Perfect

Our friend Katarina with "A Moment in Time Photography" just started doing some newborn photo shoots. She graciously offered to do some photos of Alexa for free to build her porfolio

All wrapped up and sleeping

Thanks Katarina

Proud as punch

MacKenzie and Alexa - a proud big sister

You Can't do it Alone

They say it takes a village to raise a family. While a lot of people choose to do it on their own, we have an amazing church family that is helping us to raise ours. These are just some of our closest friends that came over to celebrate Alexa's birth.

Back Row: PE, Mike, Hugo, Josh, Carla, Kaj and Alicia

Front row: Kim, Andrew, MacKenzie, me, Ceighan, Pete and Alexa and Ryleigh

Smiles

May 26th - Alexa is just so full of smiles