Make-It Monday Returns

I don't know why I have been such a slacker on this lately. I think it is because it has been too hot to really try anything new. I haven't been doing much cooking lately. We've had a lot of sandwiches this summer. I had something like this at my friend Jacky's and loved it. I'm not sure of her recipe, I guess I could have aske, but I found this on the internet and it was equally delicious.

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken

4 chicken breasts
1 onion, chopped
1 cup BBQ sauce
3/4 cup Chicken broth

Cook on Low for 6-8 hours or High for 3-4 hours. Shred chicken and add back to sauce and serve.

F-O-X

The other night I was reading this book to Tyler:



I was going over the letters in the Title with him for fun. He thinks this book is hilarious, especially if I try and read it really fast. Anyways, the point of my post is this:

Last night as we were putting on his pyjamas, he saw the book by his bed and says "F-O-X" over and over and over. So I asked what he was talking about and he grabbed the book and pointed to the word "fox" and said "F-O-X".

Just wanted to share this story because it made me smile. He is such a smart kid. Now when I ask him to spell fox, he can do it! Awesome.

Good Grief!

I can't believe the heat around here lately! It is ridiculous, but nice at the same time. Without the fans we bought a few months ago, we would be dying. I heard last week everywhere in Edmonton was sold out! Last week we tried to do something involving water every night after work in order to cool down. It was a pretty fun week. 

This is going to be yet another Picture Post catching up on the last month or so.

 At the Mill Woods Fireworks on July First. They were really good this year, and Tyler didn't throw up on me, which is an added bonus!

For Tyler's 3rd Birthday, we spent the day out at the lake with Trevor's family. He had a great day. We went fishing with Bumpa, played on the trampoline, had a weiner roast, and he even got to drive the "Kid's Tractor". He loved driving!

Here are some pictures of our many water filled activities.

Grandpa and Grandma Scott passed through on their visit up to Mal's to meet Brady. It's always fun to see them. We met up for a picnic at the Jackie Parker Spray park. Tyler was getting a kick out of feeding the seagulls our fries from KFC. He was absolutely amazed by it.

Summer in the City

How can you tell Summer has arrived? I rarely post anything on my blog! To make up for it, most of my posts are picture filled. We actually take pictures in the summer because we are doing interesting things, unlike winter when we are cooped up in our house. Sorry in advance for the picture overload.

Trevor had made it out to the track for one track day so far. The weather hasn't been the greatest for it yet. He is signed up to get his Racing license in 2 weeks. That will be pretty cool. It's a 2-day course, and then you have to participate in 1 actual race within 2 years for it to remain valid. He's pretty excited about it.

Tyler went to a birthday party for some twin boys in our complex. They went to the Terwillegar Rec Centre and played floor hockey and had treats and stuff. He seemed to really enjoy it.

We got to babysit Beck a couple of weeks ago for a few hours. These 2 boys are so goofy when they are together. They had a great time running around outside! We had lots of fun.

Tyler is such a poser!!

We decided it was time for him to start wearing a bike helmet so that when he gets an actual bike, he will be used to having it on. He loves it and wears it all of time!

Out at the lake for a Bergstrom family get together. It was a lot of fun.

We gave Tyler and Trevor matching haircuts on Saturday. I don't have a picture of them together, but here's one of Tyler. I think it makes him look so old!

Out at the Lake for Father's Day. Trevor was helping out his dad with some bobcat work for a few minutes.

Here are Beck and Tyler relaxing on the hammock. They were loving it, pretending to sleep and snuggling. It was cute to watch them. Tyler has gotten into the habit of wearing his hat to the side, not always as much as the picture coming up, but to the side. Trevor calls him T-Wes for short when he does it. That's his new rapper name!

Shenanigans

I am going to bombard you with photos again. The weather has been so nice the last couple of weeks. We have been having a blast playing outside. Tyler has been at his new Day home for 2 weeks now and loves it. Heather likes to play with the kids outside, so they spend most of the day playing in the back yard, which he absolutely loves. It has been great so far!

One night, he found a random skateboard in our complex and entertained himself for about 1/2 an hour or so. He told me to go get the camera and take his picture. It was fun to watch him. After a while, Trevor came out and was pushing him on the skateboard, then Tyler wanted to ride with him. It was good times. 

About a week ago, we went to the Aviation Museum at the Downtown Airport in Edmonton. We had never been before. We met up with Russell and Andrea and their boys. Tyler totally zonked in the car about 5 minutes before we got there, and was not interested in waking up, so Trevor pushed him around in this airplane for a bit.

After we got him to wake up, he had the time of his life. This airplane is an old one from Lethbridge that used to fly passengers from Lethbridge to Edmonton. It was so tiny!! I don't think I could have ever flown in it.

We even got to sit in a jet plane. Tyler loved it, but I think Trevor was secretly more excited. They were both grinning like crazy the whole time!

Tyler and Beck were racing around outside on their airplanes (pushed by their Daddy's of course). They had a really good time.

Trevor and a couple of his buddies took their bikes out to Street Legal night at Castrol Raceway to race the Drag Strip. Tyler and I decided not to go, but he got this cool picture with his GoPro. They had a really fun time!

I Love a Good Picture!

I haven't posted any pictures for a while, so here are a ton for you to enjoy!

This is what he looked like when I picked him up from Day Home for a Doctor's appointment!

We are the Core! Green Lantern Rules.

Playing in the last snowfall we got.

Homemade Snow Cone!

Posing like crazy with his favourite backpack!

The Ducati

 A visit to the Muttart with the Patrick's. Tyler was refusing to take his hat and gloves off, even in the desert pyramid. He was sweating buckets!

Look at that handsome dude!

His haul at the Easter Egg Hunt.

Having fun at the park. We have been making multiple trips to the park somedays, now that it is nice out! He loves his Slurpees.