Happy 60th Birthday Ukki

Owen and I went to Kamloops on Saturday to celebrate Ukki's (Finnish for Grandpa) 60th birthday. It was also Wayne (on the left), Mia (on the left), and Sirrka's (in the Orange shirt) birthdays too. Ukki is pictured in teh blue shirt, and that's Mummo singing her heart out in the red shirt on the right). We sure had lots of fun. And it was great to see everyone - I hadn't seen Gabe's Aunt and Uncle since our weeding (over 5 years ago!).

Owen had a blast. We drove in with Aunti Elia, and cousins Joey and Nathan. Elia and were very thankful that the kids travel so well. Screaming babies would not have made for a fun trip. Once there everyone wanted to hold and play with Owen. And he got to meet his cousin Degan (Gabe's step-brother Andy and his girlfriend Kims little boy) for the first time. Degan is 6 months old. He and Owen loved to hold each others hands (or feet, hair, head - whatever was close really).

Degan, like Owen, is a very well-dressed little boy. During the course of the day he sported four tres-chic outfits including these fabulous camo cargo pants. I must say, I was a little jelous.

Owens new thing is to actually suck his toes. I am amazed at his ability to bend in half (while lying on his back) and get his feet into his mouth.

I finally got a photo of Owen and his cousins Dakota (yellow shirt held by his Mom) and Nathan (grey shirt held by his big sister Celine). Nathan will be 3 in July, and Dakota is a year a half, so they are all spaced out evenly. Nathan is Elais's boy (Gabe's oldest sister), and Dakota is Anneli's boy (Gabe's other sister). I have tried for this photo since Owen was born, and it is only materializing now.

Next weekend is Anneli's wedding reception. We are all very excited to attend that! Her soon-to-be husband Chris (Dakota's Papa) is a really great guy and we are happy to have him as part of the family. So there will be lots more family photos there. Which means another blog posting. But that was a given. I will also post photos of our new house soon. First I need to clean like mad!