E.D.B.D.

Ethan, our little orphan. Nice head eh? I didn't mean to cut it this short, but forgot to put the guard on the clippers before I started...it'll grow, until then, he'll be fine as he's got a pretty decently shaped noggin. 

Sierra with Phil and Kim

Sierra's "other daddy" as she refers to him, and his wife Kim came down for a visit on Sunday June 25 to bring her her birthday gift (I'd given them way to short of notice for them to actually come down...phoned on the day and they were away...sorry /:) Anyhow, Sierra talks to them on the phone periodically and when she talks, she talks! She also remembered Phils voice this last time and I thought that was pretty amazing. I asked her how she knew it was him and she said, "umn, cause he talks the same". I guess that is true, silly me :) Anyhow, I so appreciate the effort both Phil and Kim put in with Sierra, we really want her to know her extended family and are going to be better at keeping in touch with them ourselves...including Phil's parents and grandparents. .Phil and Kim are headed back East to visit them this week and we here at the Paterson household say "Hi!" to each of them in hopes they have this blog address!!
Sierra opened her gifts, Kim took on the instruction reading when it started to get a bit fuzzy and then the 3 of them got it all set up. We figured it will be great when she has to sleep in our bathtub--which she does when we have visitors! ;0) and that seems to be quite often.
 

The process of putting the bed together involved all of us including myself who documented the process! 

Nice Picture, prompted by lawn cutting mother who keeps an eye for those perfect shots. There was a lot to watch as we had a houseful of people over. (mom, dad, Hope and Dave and their 4 kids, plus Chad and Giuseppe (John's workers/our friends). I think Sierra was getting tired by this point (late nights, excitement over Phil and Kim's visit) so a peacful pause was in order.










Sierra and Scouty. Scouty spent quite a bit of time fetching...she'll do it forever and she does spectacular leaps and dives too as she chases the item we throw.








In these two photos we see Phil going to responsibly keep Sierra from falling into our flooded pond as she seeks to retrieve the frisbee Scouty turned her nose up at, and then Sierra actually helps Phil stay dry as he leans in for the frisbee. However I thought a little dip would have made for even more memorable photos :) 

While Phil and Kim were down visiting, Phil worked with Sierra on her bike riding abilities. She hasn't been able to ride it as we had taken off her training wheels but not actually got her going without them.

Phil also introduced her to a perk of being a country girl and showed her the goodness of grass (Timothy I think?) :) Look closely and you can see it suits her quite nicely.














Phil also helped her have some fun as he jumped her up some steps...it'll be a while *I hope* till she tries such stunts on her own.











This was the final practice run before they headed back to Innisfail. 

And she's off!!

Here is the proof that Sierra has learned to ride her bike with no training wheels. Way to Go Phil and Sierra. I am glad Phil was able to instigate and share this 'first' with Sierra. 

The Wedding!

Getting ready, Ocean's shoes were too small, guess they grow lots in a couple of months.

But she persevered, well done Ocean. 

 

Peter, you've done it, way to go...signed off and everything :) Congratulations!!!!!
A very nice looking couple eh? Run way may be in their future.
Now here I think Kate just may be practicing a run way look, feel perhaps it should be peter behind the camera!
The girls (almost all of them, sorry Journey) 

The flowers girls, minus one...but I got her later. They were so cute, did an excellent job and despite tight shoes only one cried during the service and it was when Kate walked down the aisle...Ocean, our old (or rather young) softy.
Amanda and Brad, affection not foreign yet!
Peter and little mischevious Ethan, despite trying to go up front to help out with the service, Ethan did well during the service, even picking me a flower petal from the aisle way.
Amy and Joureny, I really do love Amy's hair now. And Journey was so cute, can't wait to see the video. 

Your carriage awaits... and Journey there in the front, hmn, some sort of symbolism going on there, nicely done.
I made sure to get a great picture of the horse as he did a great job!
And got a good picture of Sierra with her horse, capturing 2 of my favorite things at once. Pretty good.
Kate, excellent job on the dresses by the way! 

Wandering angels...I am sure looking for some sort of good to do!
Can't be happy all of the time!
David, Erin, Emma, Josiah and Hudson (Hudson is with Erin right ? :)
Back for a bit from Russia. Very nice.
Emma was just resting her happy face before official pictures began, really /;)
Many have seen this picture, it's perfect. The girls really were angelic, including in almost all their behavior! 

John and I...obviously :)
Amanda, my very amazing sister. She has her hair done pretty much the same as Ocean...pretty darn nice long hair, hope it doesn'thave to go /;)
Arriving after their carriage ride through Banff. Great idea, glad her dad made it happen.
The girls got to go to, I sent Sierra down to ask, he said no to Kate's mom regarding them going, but soon changed his mind--as long as an adult accompanied! How could he resist such cuties.