Calendar Surprise...

Monday, Family Day, we went for breakfast,

pancakes, blueberries and whipping cream and egg mcmuffins,

to Dad and Mom!

 

After breakfast, everyone was waiting to get their first glimpse of the

calendar - each year, this is the third one so far,

I get pictures from everyone and then I design a calendar

(that goes from February - January)

 

I sure appreciate how eager they are to see it

and how much everyone enjoys it!

 

Now I can share it here:

 February

(local bike ride)

 

March 

(trip to Alberta in July for Opa and Oma's anniversary)

April

(breakfast in Vancouver the day we went to the Aquarium/Seawall/Airport)

May

(family pics)

 

June

(Aquarium - biking the Seawall -

and as any Lindhout day out should...the day ended at the airport

to watch planes!!)

 

 July

(summer, camping, lake)

 

 August

(celebration of Dad and Mom's 30th!!)

 

 September

(grandkids)

 October

(the clan at home:)

 

 November

(the 4 youngest kids!)

 

 December

(Agriline lagoon pour!)

 

January 2014

(a mumble jumble of left over pics that I thought were calendar worthy!!)

 

xo

 



Which is/are your favourites??

 



My brother....

(sorry so late!! - better late than never they say!)

 

Steve, turned 27 on February 1st...

He celebrated in Ontario at his brother-in-law's wedding!

 

Steve, the one who

was my play mate while growing up,

being 2 years apart we seemed to spend a fair bit of time together!

(hey Steve, I admitted to being 2 years younger!!

you see, when we were little I would always say we were only a year

apart, he's from 86 me from 87... but he's from February, me from December!!)

is an amazing father (and uncle!),

a strong man,

easily gets laughs out of the kids,

quick to join the kids on the floor,

gets frustrated easily :),

will show his frustration in crazy ways (we won't elaborate:),

is dedicated, hard working,

is extremely observant

(say, will notice 'sally' across the church with a new hat!! lol)

is sporty,

doesn't give up quickly,

and so much more!

 

... we will let the pictures say the rest!

 

yup, my brothers act pretty nuts once in a while

 One of my favorite pictures above - this is Steve to a T!  Acting weird

to get the kids all thrilled!!  They love it - and I love watching the very special

bond Ranen has with Steve!!

 

 

And to top it off he married a very special lady!

 

Steve, I am pretty fond of you!

xo

 

You have some stiff competition in the brother department;

you four guys display some amazing qualities

that make me very proud to call you my brothers!

Love you guys!

 

 

 



Love

Love,

the theme of

I Heart Faces photo challenge for this month...

 

Entering this recent picture

of my super dear niece and her fiance!

They share a strong bond; a happy, grounded love...

 

 

Head over to

to see more submissions!

 

xo