SNOWBIRDS

Today we had the privilege of being at the Air Force Base for the Snowbirds Acceptance Show. The Snowbirds have been practicing for 6 months and today they performed their show for the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan to get approval to start their show season. Because of Dad's history with the RCAF, we were able to obtain a special invitation to be at the event which was only for dignitaries & military personnel. What a treat!

Some of these jets, The Hawk, were departing before the show started.

This is Laura & her friend Rebecca, whose Dad is the Chaplain at the Air Force Base.

MOM & DAD'S VISIT

We've been having a great visit with mom & dad. Easter Sunday we went to a friend's farm for a nice afternoon & visiting and a delicious Easter dinner. Thanks to our friend Paul who gave us all the chance to try our hand at clay shooting. Dad did great hitting the clay about 50% of the time.

This is Laura & her friend Jessica on the quad. The two girls disappeared for quite a while riding around the prairies!

These are our very hospitable hosts and our good friends Leanne & Paul.

As you might have guessed, we've made a few trips out to the air force base, 15 Wing Moose Jaw, which is located about 10 minutes south of our house. We see these planes flying over our house almost on a daily basis.

Between shooting rifles & watching planes, I guess the excitement was a little too much for Dad...

LAURA'S WALL

Since Laura is living in the concrete jungle downstairs and doesn't have a "room" yet, we put a temporary wall of curtains to give her some privacy. Now she has her own hideaway, although it's not very soundproof!

REGINA HOME SHOW

These are some pictures of the kids at the Home & Garden Show in Regina that we attended this past weekend.

ANDREW & MOMMY AT THE AIR FORCE BASE

Andrew and I had some spare time this week alone so we decided to go park on the highway outside 15 Wing Moose Jaw and watch the airplanes (notice the plane behind Andrew).

THE TAYLOR'S NEW ABODE!

Front of the house

Back view of the house & deck

View of the backyard from the bottom of the deck. That's an alley between our fence & the back of the other houses. That's where garages are built & that's where garbage pickup is done. We don't have a garage yet, but we'll build one eventually.

View from inside the front door.

Living Room

Living Room looking into the kitchen. Everything is very open and there's vaulted ceilings over the living room & kitchen.

Not really part of the house, but I just wanted to boast about the dozen roses that my husband brought home for me!

Kitchen. Although you can't see it in this picture, there's a walk-in pantry closet to the left of the stove.

Other end of the kitchen. Door on the far left is the door to the deck out back. Double doors are the main floor laundry and the other door is a closet.

Hallway leading from kitchen & living room down to the bathroom (first door on left), Andrew's room (second door on left) and our room (second door on right). There is a linen closet on the right as well.

Upstairs Bathroom - I know, not very exciting, but hey, it's the biggest bathroom we've EVER had, so I'm thrilled with it!

Andrew's Room - Oy Vey!

Laura's Room is in the basement in the "concrete jungle". We've put 2 area rugs down on the floor so she doesn't have to walk on cold concrete. We've also bought carpet remnants for the rest of the basement temporarily until we finish it. I don't think Laura minds - she seems pretty happy to have her own space downstairs & her own bathroom!

Downstairs bathroom where Ashley has been exercising his "manly tasks" such as caulking the shower and removing the toilet to replace the wax seal.

So other than showing you the furnace room, the utility room & the family room because they're all just drywall & concrete right now, that's our new house! We're really happy with it & we're looking forward to finishing the things that need to be done to make it our own!

CELEBRATION ON ICE 2006!

Laura and I went to the Moose Jaw Civic Centre to see Celebration on Ice with Kurt Browning, Elvis Stojko, Brian Orser, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Ekaterina Gordeeva, and many others. We had such a fun time - here's a few of our pictures. They might be a bit blurry because taking pictures of figure skaters is like trying to hit a moving target!