Thomas Family

Melissa meets cousin Luca

Today Melissa met her cousin Luca Thomas (2 yrs) for the first time! Luca and his family (Ken's brother from Toronto) spent the afternoon, and the kids played so well together and were just too cute!

Growing up

Tonight we had my highschool friend Amber and her family over for a bbq. It is quite baffling at times to reflect upon how much we have changed and grown up together. Here are a few pics of Ken & Amber holding her second son Colby and our Melissa. We were trying to see which one weighs more.... the verdit, it was pretty much a tie!







































Okay here are a couple pics of us back in the day...

My 16th birthday















1997 Graduation... yikes almost 10 years!!!

Mally Bib Model

Yesterday Melissa was one of the cute little models for Mally Bibs, and will be featured in their upcoming catalogue with their new fall line of bibs. The photos were taken by Jason of Revival Arts Studio. You can see more pics of the other toddlers on his blog.

Another dip

Today we went back to Aldergrove Lake, and this time we lasted 2 hours! It was a lovely day and there were lots of people who had the same idea as us. We had fun till Melissa was done...

Mini Chef

Yesterday we got Melissa a little kitchenette set.
Hey it can't hurt to start her learning early!

Beat the heat

What a hot, hot day today! Not much more to do than run through a crazy daisy sprinkler to cool off...

Birchwood Dairy Farm

Today Melissa and I went for a visit to Birchwood Dairy with Amber and her boys. It was a great day to try some of their locally renowned ice cream and then we got friendly with the farm animals!





Melissa admiring a horse from
a safe distance...








then he came much too close for comfort!





















Amber, Colby and a very friendly donkey!












Colby (10 months)
trying out his legs.












3 year old Dawson's main attraction, driving the Massey tractor!

Melissa and Daddy

It is evident we need to work on wearing a skirt!

Thanks for taking the pics

Jason.

Fish

Today Melissa got to learn all about fish. In the morning we found a fish bowl at a neighbour's garage sale for 50¢... a deal hard to pass up! (This past week she had been just tickled by the fish in the local pet store. So the idea of getting her own was in the back of my mind.) To make the exerience all that much more entertaining, we took a trip to Nani & Papa's farm to catch our own wild goldfish from their backyard pond! We'll see how long they last :P

Swinging

Today Melissa got to swing on her own turf... thank-you Nana!