a week in the life

Well last week, both Ryley and Shyla had their spring receital for their vocal lessons. Ryley sang Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day and Shyla sang Butterflies and Castle on a Cloud from Les Miserables. They both did great jobs. Ryley also went to AAA tryouts for Major Atom. Unfortunately he was released. He will tryout next weekend for the AA team. He would like to play at the A or AA level this year, so he wasn't too upset. We were kind of suprised due to the fact that he won the most outstanding goalie for ages 11 and down. However, that being said, I don't think we are ready for him to Play AAA either. Ryley is also trying out for the school mixed field lacrosse team. It is for grades 4-6. Ryley also had rep baseball this past weekend. They are still in the process of tryouts for 4 spots, I believe. Ryley has already made the team. It was a beautiful weekend to spend outside. The pictures above were from the receital but didn't turn out very well.

What a Weekend

Well we had a busy weekend as always with the kids. On Friday night, Ryley had his hockey baquet for The Oshawa Rep hockey league. We were very surprised and pleased that he came home with a plaque. He received his name on a huge trophy that will be on display also. He received it for the most outstanding goalie for Novice to Minor Peewee A/AE divisions. For most of you that do not know hockey, Ryley played A at minor atom (9 year olds). Novice starts at 7 years old and minor peewee is 11 years old. So he was picked out of a possible 14 goalies or so between the ages of 7 -11. We are very proud of him.
On Saturday and Sunday, we were at York University for Shyla's dance competition. For her tap trio, they won a 1st and for her musical theatre group, they won a first also. Mind you in both cagtegories for their average age they were the only ones...lol...however they did very well. Shyla has another competition in Ajax on April 28th. If anyone wants anymore info, let us know. Hopefully as I get this blog thing down, I will add Pictures.

AND WE START THE BLOG THING

Hey there everyone. My friend Michelle has been doing a blog for some while now outling her wait for PUMPKIN. Her and her husband Mark are adopting a little one from China. It is a very long process and in doing her blog, we as family and friends can help support her and know where they are at in their wait. Last night during dinner, she suggested that I do my own blog, as I already know everything that is happening in her life due to reading her blog, but she doesn't know about my own. So here it is, my own blog, with updates on our little family. Please check back often for updates on our daily, busy life.

This weekend is Shyla's second dance competition of the season. It is at York University. This year she is in a tap trio named 'lollypop' and a musical theatre group named "talk to the animals". She is very excited.

Below I am going to include some udated pics of the kids from xmas. That is about all for today. It is a start! If you want to see Michelle's blog go to http://www.waiting-for-pumpkin.blogspot.com/