So much going on

This school year has gone by fast. Only 1 week left and the kids are keeping busy. Amber went to the Enchanted Forest for her field trip, Braden went to the Chickadee Ranch and golf course, and Ashley went to the rattattack base and airport. They all seemed to have fun.

Today was their fun day, morning filled with team races, hot lunch and movie in the afternoon. Monday they will spent the day at the beach with another hot lunch provided by PAC. Tuesday they go swimming at the pool, Wednesday they have a slideshow of photos taken throughout the year and then Thursday is their last day, dismissed at 10 am. Looking forward to the summer break.

Ashley and Braden have been busy with extra activities as well. They both joined cross country runing with the school and had a couple of months to train then had 3 track meets. The track meets were busy, approx. 900 kids at each meet. They did well and had fun. Braden had to run 1.5 km and Ashley had to run 2.4 km. My hats off to them. Here are a few pics.

The School team



Braden and his age group team mates got first place for the team at their 2nd meet.
Way To Go Boys



Ashley coming up to the finish line at the first meet.



Braden at the finish line at the first meet.



Ashley and Braden both wanted to join soccer this year. They had practices Tuesday evenings and games on Saturday mornings. Braden finished up the season last Sat with a mini tournament (15 min per game). He really enjoyed it, had a lot of fun and it was a great way to release his extra energy. Since Ashley is older her tournament started yesterday and ends Saturday. Her team lost last night 3-2 but did great. She has another game tonight and 1 on Friday night. Then on Saturday she plays a minimum of 3 games starting at 10 am. wow we get to sleep in, her games usually start at 8:15 and has to be there 1/2 hr early, so we had a lot of early morning saturdays. Ashley loves to be goalie and talks about staying in soccer for a very long time.

A few pics from their first games in April.

Braden (green shirt #7)





Ashley (dark green shirt #2)





Amber has really enjoyed kindergarten and even has a boyfriend. Oh No starting already. Her class has gone on a field trip every month. Their field trps included visits to the hospital, fire station, dentist, apple orchard, DeMilles farm, and so many more.

Andrew is looking forward to kindergarten this September. Andrew and Amber will be placed in the same class (it's that or Amber & Braden in same class). The kindergarten teacher thought Andrew and Amber would be better as Andrew will only go Mon - Thurs, half day. This way Amber has the afternoon and Fridays without him. Hopefully things will be ok and they get along in the same class.

Mike and I have started a business. Heff's Carpet Systems. We just started operating about 1 1/2 months ago and have done quite a few jobs so far. It's all in the people you know, esp. when you first start out. So far Mike has done all the jobs, he has done his boss's place, my place of work downstairs and has been rebooked to do the upstairs this weekend. We have done the Cool Runnings store and the owners place of residence. We have cleaned company vehicles and more. So things are going good.

We are keeping busy with wedding plans (September 5, 2009) and of course we are both still working lots.

Till next time :)

Pics to share

I am so far behind on our blog I thought I should share some pics.

The kids were in Nanaimo for Christmas this year so our christmas pics are from various days.









We had Brodie, Andrea, Carson, Leah and Alex over for dinner, movies and drinks on New Years Eve. We all had a great time, the kids stayed up a long as they could. Ashley was the only one who made it till midnight.

Merry Christmas

This post will be a bit different. This year for Christmas My Parents Judy and Dave said all they want for Christmas is for us kids to do something for someone else. So for part of our gift to them is this fundraiser, different yes, but with all the children is this world needing help, this is part 1 of what we wanted to do for our parents and the children. We will be donating to the cause, I am hoping with your help, until our goal has been reached. Merry Christmas to all and don't forget to check back later with the second part of our gift to them, which is more localized and personal. No pics for this post but will be posting some very soon I promise.

The Hefmaks

Been awhile

All the kids just had to get on the big Machine!



Then They decided to try and push it with all their might.
All the kids just had to get on the big Machine!



We were all a lil tired afterwards. So afterwards we zoned out in motel for a bit. Just before the wedding.



A nice lil family shot. Boy what a good looking family.



Another nice shot of the Hefmaks! :-)



Mike having a lil bit of fun, You know how he can be.....




Till Next time!

Ashley's class wrote and recorded a song

Yup, you read that right. Today at school Ashley's Class participated in a songwriting workshop for their first Cultural Performance. They worked with singer, songwriter Lowry Olafson. Together they wrote, sang and recorded a song, which they then performed in front of the school. The song is called: My Pets Are On The Loose. If you go to Lowry's website and scroll down a bit you will see British Columbia Fall 2008, look for Salmon Arm - North Canoe Elementary BC 2008 and click on their song My Pets Are On The Loose and it will bring you to the page where you can listen to their song.

Check it out, I think they did a wonderful job.

Till Next Time :)

Mike's Website

Mike is now selling a book on how to make money in the real estate world. Check it out on this website.

Slip N Slide

The weather here hasn't been too great, but today the sun peaked through a bit so the kids got to do some slipping and sliding.





The boys seemed to have more fun though.





Since it was still a bit chilly for them, they hopped into the hot tub for a warm up.

Before and Afters

We have been quite busy getting things done around the home. We had new windows installed. Mike and Brodie cut down some trees. Got a truck load of rocks delivered.

Here are the before and after on the windows and the tree cutting.









Mike also got rid on those ugly yellow lights and put up new ones.



The start of the rock placement.







We are going to pick up some bigger rocks to finish off the part where the small rocks meet the driveway.

We also are working on the bathroom. The wallpaper is off the drywall mud is up and sanded, need another thin layer though. We have the flooring ready to go. So all we need to do now is prime and pick out a paint color and finish up the walls then lay the floor.


Oh and this is what happens when kids do there own sunscreen. LOL.





Till next time

Mikes New Bike

Well with having to take the highway into town everyday for work, Mike thought it would just be better to get a new bike strictly for the road. This way the tires won't wear out as fast.

So here is his new toy.

Our new Puppy

As promised we got the kids and ourselves a new puppy. And a big puppy he is. His name is Oscar and he is a purebred Akbash. He runs like he is galloping, his feet are humungous, his bark is getting deeper, he is pure white. He is a wonderful addition to our family. And he is only 3 1/2 months old.









Next to come are the pic of Mikes new bike and our new windows :)

SOLD

Yes, I am actually updating our blog. I Know, it's been a long while. What can I say we're busy people.

We bought ourselves a home. Woo Hoo. We bought a mobile home in Canoe and yes we own the property as well. Loving it so far.



We have a few things to do though. I started cleaning up the yard a bit, I think we have a fruit tree, we also have some very very tall hedges that we are going to trim quite a bit. They previous owners started the fence but couldn't get it finished before the snow came. So Mike got most of it done yesterday but then ran out of screws. He did a good job on it.





Oh ya, we have a hot tub too. Mike filled it up Saturday and I think it's almost hot enough to go in. Can't wait.



We also need to redo the skirting and do something with the roof. I need to make me a garden and plants some flowers as well. We will be keeping real busy.



The kids are doing great, loving their new school and teachers. There are so many kids around they'll never get bored.

Now we need to get the kids a dog as promised. We just haven't found one we like yet.

Anyways gonna go, and I'll try my best to post more often but am not making any promises.

Till next time.

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