Briggs turns 4

Briggs turned 4 on June 8. I cannot believe he is 4. Crazy boy. He is still such a cuddly boy that it doesn't feel like he is this old. He still loves to sit on my lap and be with me. He still thinks mom is pretty cool. I love it. I never want this kid to grow up.

Briggs is into Shrek right now. I don't know why. He always asks if he can watch Shrek. He loves the donkey and the dragon. He always says "he's in love with her." In his cute voice it's pretty funny.

He had a couple of his new friends come over and enjoy the day with him. He was so excited for his friends to come over.

Of course the best part of any birthday is the PRESENTS.

Armes drew Shrek for me and I colored it. Then I traced the head. Then the kids colored the photocopied Shrek head however they liked. Then we played pin the head on the Ogre. It was pretty funny. One kid wasn't sure about being blindfolded by this strange women though. Briggs loved this game and this poster stayed up for a week after so we could still play.


You're 4. So it's time for the training wheels to be gone!! Goodbye training wheels. The first try without them did not go so well. So then we put him on Rueger's scooter for 2 weeks because that will teach you balance in a hurry. Then it was time to get back on the bike.

Back on the bike and.....success. He took off and is so good at riding without those training wheel. We have the most amazing paths right out our front door. It is awesome. We spend a lot of nights out on the path!!

Graduation Time

The gang. Armes, Eric, Erin and Conner. After being in Saskatoon for 6 years the day came to Graduate and move on with life!!!! Yay. I can't even explain how hard these guys had to work and how many endless hours of studying this took for them. Finally it all paid off and it all ended!!

Phil and Colleen came out for Graduation and it was so much fun. Do his parents look proud or what??? I will admit that when his name got called and he walked across the stage to get his diploma my eyes watered. I know lame eh? I think it's cause as his wife I got to see his daily struggles and all the hard times he went through. Sometimes I thought we were crazy to be here, but I am glad to say it's over. At the same time moving was really hard. I was fine until the morning of the move. I was thinking about all my great friends and all the fun times, then Krystyn showed up with McD's breakfast for us and I kinda broke down when she left. I love everyone there. I miss you so much.

Yes, my husband the dentist. Isn't he cute in his gown.

Mom and Dad Perrett at the Banquet. Armes had to give the toast to the family speech. He did such a good job. He was so so so nervous. He practiced and practiced and he didn't even let his parents hear him until that night. He was awesome.

Yes, it's true I get to make out with a dentist ALL THE TIME!

Cattle Drive (Early May)

One of the best thing about living in Medicine Hat is that we are close enought to home that we don't have to miss out on all the fun. Cattle Drive baby. Growing up, hands down one of my favorite things to do. Now, still loving it and it has rubbed off on my kids too. They love it so much. Here's Russ and his girlfriend Robin. I love Russ to death, but Russ I'm afraid she might be too good for you. Sorry, but you better take care of her!!

Briggs, Chase and helper? (Can't remember her name, came with Chase and Trayden). She's so cute. Anyways, Briggs thinks he can drive, however, not so good at turning. Chase is "helping" him drive. It took us about 4 hours and my kids would not leave the quads.

Rueger and Trayden. Rueger does drive the quads all the time and thinks he's pretty good. At one time Grandma asked if she could have a ride and Rueger told her "no." He then preceded to go ask Robin (who was walking) if she needed a ride. Move over Uncle Russ Rueger's making his move.

The man. Grandpa - Dad. I can only imagine it's a stress herding hundreds of cows down the road and all these little kids with quads. He's so good to make sure everyone gets rides. This is Mikah and Reese.

Uncle Steve with Shaylee and Mayzie. My kids love they're uncle Steve and wish to stay at his house all the time. He makes them pancakes with whip cream and teases and chases them. He's so fun and so full of energy. Always playing something and being busy. Well all in all the cattle drive went well and we all made it home after, sore and tired.