Dentist Visit

It was Kenna's first trip to the dentist today. She did amazing!! I had my regular cleaning about 3 weeks ago, and I brought her with me to observe, and we've talked about it lots. So she arrived today fully prepared and ready to go. She had no complaints and didn't seem nervous at all. I snapped this pic on my phone. She has no cavaties, and an overbite that we'll have to keep an eye on for the future, but hopefully she'll grow and it will solve itself.

3's

This is a little thing that's been flying around facebook. Fun...but I really think everyone already knows this about me. I suppose I'm not overly exciting...I have worked lots, not traveled, and now I'm home lots:-)

Three names I go by.
1. Darby/Darbs
2. Dar
3. D-bird

Three jobs I have had.
1. Warehouse worker (Scholastic & Canada Publishing)
2. Family & Conference Coodinator (IBLP/ATI)
3. Bookkeeper (Gyro Mazda & Sturdevant Construction)

Three places I have lived.
1. Markham, Ontario
2. Hinsdale, IL
3. Fairport, NY

Three t.v. shows I watch.
1. House
2. The Office
3. Heroes

Three places I have been.
1. Chiapas, Mexico
2. Nashville, TN
3. Calgary, Alberta

Three of my fav. foods.
1. a great burger & fries
2. fish & chips (halibut)
3. lasagna

Three things I am looking forward to.
1. All my house project being DONE & having a craft room
2. Watching my children grow up
3. Going to England with my husband

Little Guy

I made a little CD scrapbook all about Brooks & Daddy. In keeping with the CD theme, each page has words to the chorus from Little Guy (by Gord Bamford). It turned out SO cute! He're a link to the precious song, since I'm sure not many have heard it (it's country, and he's Canadian). So sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_wso8Zo7-A

Grandma's Birthday

What does every Grandma want for her birthday? A princess cake, naturally! We celebrated my mom's birthday remotely, and made Kenna's prized princess cake mix. It sure was good!

Zoo Day

We are the proud owners of a family zoo pass. Yay! We're excited to be able to go lots and lots, the zoo is only about 3 miles from our house, so it can be a quick morning trip, or an all day affair, whatever we're in the mood for. The first day we chose to go, it was 100 degrees outside! It made for a very tiring day, I think we spent 2.5 hrs walking around and looking at the animals.

This one was so close to us (at the "moat"), drinking, splashing, and blowing water out of it's trunk. We watched him for a long time.

It was too hot for the lions, they're sleeping in their cave. That was sad, we wanted to see them.

The girls thought this fox was so cute.

This monitor dragon scared Brooks. His display cage was low, on kid eye level, so they could walk right up to him. Brooks didn't think that was the best idea.

Throwing mud on himself to keep cool

Lots of giraffes eating trees

Kenna loved the love-birds

The other animals at the zoo!

And, the batteries died on the camera, so we missed some great pictures of the kids playing in the water park, chasing a peacock, petting goats, peeking up through the ground with the prairie dogs, and climbing on all the statues. Next time!

Imaginary Play

Kenna and Brooks are in the phase right now of playing "Mom & Dad", "Dogs & Cats" or "Babies" constantly. When Brooks is a baby he likes to be completely wrapped up.



The big girls are lots of fun. Here is a fort complete with a canopy, in case it rains!

Kenna in the fort/baby crib.

The other baby. What a cutie!

Another Cousin is Here!!

My sister Lauryn and her husband Mark welcomed their first baby, Mattea Leigh into the world on July 10th. She was 8lbs 15oz and 21.25in long.

Although generally looking like Mark, I can see a Kennedy hairline/pattern here.

Chilling with her Uncle Nigel


After a bath with Grandma N


At the hospital with Daddy


She looks like her Dad!

Lots of hair!