Adventures of Candace, Shawn & Parker

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Bath Time!

Parker loves the bath tub! He loves to kick his chubby little legs and hang out!

Shawn, Parker, Sailor and I spent last week at the lake! It was Parker's first vacation...life is tough when you need a vacation at 5 weeks old! At the lake Parker loved the hammock! As long as the hammock was rocking back and forth, the little guy was content! Once it stops...watch out- Whaaaaaaaa! Shawn blames my aerobics during 39 weeks of my pregnancy for Parker's affinity for constant motion. Oops!

Parker is growing like a weed...and is is starting to smile and somewhat giggle. He also make a unique little sound which reminds Shawn and I of a prairie dog...it can be completely quiet...then comes this cute little high-pitched little squeak. Too cute!

Parker Chillin' at the Park

Here is a picture of the little guy hangin' at Assiniboine Park! He is too cute...he is ~4 weeks old.

Parker is here!

Well on Friday, June 20, Shawn and I headed to the hospital around 11:00 pm because my water broke...15 hours of labour and a C-section later- Parker Kohl Edinger was born -on the first day of summer no less! Here is our first picture of the little guy!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Shawn and his best buddy!

Here is Shawn sitting on our front stairs with his best buddy, Sailor! A big thanks for Francis for the lovely red and yellow tulips!

Parker's Room!

When I said I wanted a marsh theme for the baby room, I wasn't foolin' around! Check these pictures out! A big thank you to Sue, Heidi, Shawn, Jackie and Tara for all your help! After spending numerous days painting the room, Shawn and I can NEVER move out of this house!

OH MY Candace sure has grown!

Here's Candace! It was supposed to go from smallest to biggest...but that didn't work. So these pictures were taken every month on or around the 15th. The last picture (when I was the smallest) was taken on February 14 whereas the last one was taken in June 15, 2008. Holy cow, I am HUGE! I guess it is difficult to tell when you don't have a full size mirror in your house! Perhaps, this is a good thing!

Monday, April 28, 2008

More pictures...of the cutie-pa-tootie!

Introducing...

Move Over Veggie Dog...Here Comes Parker! Here's Sailor's future little playmate...Introducing Parker Edinger!

On Saturday, April 24 Shawn and I went to Babymoon Ultrasound to find out what the kid was. Check out these pictures!

The kid already has pudgy, little cheeks!

Monday, May 14, 2007

Sailor Veggie Dog Edinger

The granddog! Sailor

Look she drools too!

Guess what animal THIS skull came from?

Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island. April 2007.

Aren't we cute!!! Tofino, BC. April 2007

Shawn's Spring Break on Vancouver Island

Grey Whale Watching in Tofino, BC.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Holy Snowflakes, Batman!!!!!!

Where to begin with these pictures? Ok look at the top picture and take note of things such as the two windows behind me, the deck on the right and the edge of the roof. Now this is not no photography trick. I am standing less than 3 feet away from my house. We have received SOOOOO MUCH snow that my knees are level with the bottom of the windows. In the summer I have to stand on my tiptoes to just look in the window. We have to walk DOWN on to our deck which normally has three steps. The roof is easily grabbable (if that is a word). The only way to reach it in the summer is by jumping off a chair. Sailor loves all the snow so she can dig and bury herself. Also no more 3 foot poles out front to get tangled up on. We actually got the truck stuck on the ROAD, normally the teachers (because of how smart we are) get the truck stuck on skidoo roads. Skidoo roads look EXACTLY like a road but are NOT packed down, so hence you drive on this skidoo road and sink like a rock in water. The only way to not get stuck is to KNOW where the truck roads are. But because of all the snow almost all roads are impassable. The bottom pic is of the school truck stuck on the road in front the teacherages which is not a skidoo road. After 25 minutes Ryan and I managed to shovel the front axle out and not move the truck an inch. Luckily some locals who were more energetic than us were able to dig the back axle out. I was then able to floor it backwards out of this mess. On the way back I almost got stuck in a snowbank, but with little regard for people in the road, a truck that is not mine and swift manoveuring I was able to get it onto a road with less snow. This is what we do for fun in Lac!!!!!

Norman Games in Flin Flon

The school sent 18 kids and four chaperones to the Norman Games in Flin Flon. The Norman Games are for any schools or communities that are in the Norman Region of the province (53rd parallel and higher). We sent the Midget hockey team and 7 badminton players. I coached the badminton players. One of my girls just missed the bronze medal by one game. The rest finished in the bottom half of each age group but considering they had never played before I started coaching them in November, they did well and held their own. They had a blast. The hockey team started out the tournament a little rough (because they had never played on artificial ice) but in the end they managed to win the bronze medal. They thought it was the coolest having a scoreboard, real refs and players of the game!!! Things we take for granted. Now I want you all to look at the cool emblem for my badminton team. Designed and made by Shawn and Jenn Inc.

My roommate and I spent one whole evening making these shirts. We designed the logo and printed them off on iron-on sheets. We then cut them out and ironed them to the t-shirts. The kids were pumped that they matched. It was a good weekend and everyone had fun. The only harsh part of the trip was the cost of flying everyone out, $9,000, just to Thompson. But for most of these kids it was the opportunity of a life time!!!

Wrestling comes to Lac!!!!!!

Well one weekend back in February we had the Canadian Wrestling Federation come in to town on the winter road. I am NOT a wrestling fan but it was AWESOME!!!!!! The kids could not stop talking about it for weeks. There was only 6 wrestlers but one of them has already signed with the WWE. He is debuting on RAW and Smackdown in May. They were really good. Needless to say it gave the town some excitement for a weekend!!!!

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Two Cuties Back in 1980!

Look! Aren't we cute! My Aunt dug this picture up last weekend, it's a total classic. I am amazed by the fact that I had more rolls than a bakery even when I was four years old! Nothing obviously has changed! Wow, that was quite the afro puff I had! Carolyn was 11. When Jeffrey (Carolyn's 4 year old son) saw the picture, he noticed that I was missing a front tooth. HAHAHAHAAAA!!!!