you'll find cochrane a little northwest of calgary... with a population of about 12 000... you'll also find this AWESOME mural in downtown cochrane that took 200 artists 3 months to work on.
http://www.muralmosaic.com/Cochrane.htmli guess it was originally painted and then panels were taken apart for artists to paint individually and then reassembled back. when you click on each mosaic tile it will show in detail each one. some even show what the original tile was painted as.
check out the mosaic tile of the horse's eye, of the cowboy's nose and mouth, actually all the tiles in the cowboys face are incredible... i haven't had a chance to click on all the tiles yet, i'm sure i'll find more awesome ones... i can just imagine how this must look in person!
the girls had my eyes. i guess i've been told this before but this time it made me reflect a little more... and yes, i take it as a compliment! i think they have beautiful eyes... i love the colour - such a dark brown - they're so brilliant! although this photo isn't as clear as it should be, i still love it because this is how i always picture chantale and danielle... smiling, brilliant eyes, hair all messy and enjoying being together!
too funny! as i write this, chantale is coming in the house saying that danielle isn't letting her do something... oh well, i think i'll still choose to remember them always as they are in this photo : )
here we are waiting for the bus to take us to the fairgrounds... the kids weren't very patient : ) the bus runs every 15 minutes and we didn't even have to wait that long but it seemed like an eternity to the kids!
matthieu posing in front of his artwork that was submitted for the fair... his is the watercolour painting of the flowers in a pot. awesome work!!
matthieu and katlyn waiting for this ride to get going...
we all had fun at the fair but i'm glad it's done for another year! (but i'll miss the food)
katlyn and daniel playing game cube...
matthieu and jeremy playing nintendo ds...
this is how i spent part of my saturday morning a few weeks ago... they started out as plain papier mache ribbon storage boxes... there's just as many holes on the back side so i have access to twice as much ribbon.
more practical than some of those boxes that only have holes for 3 or 6 ribbons.
pretty to look at and cheap to create!
matthieu seemed to enjoy his birthday this year - and his cake was yummy!!! (roseau bakery has awesome cakes!) he was excited with his gifts but i imagine that's going to get harder to do soon...
danielle is looking foward to swimming lessons - she keeps asking when they are... and of course, they have to be at the end of august!
danielle also lost her first tooth!!! she was so excited that it finally happened! the toothfairy visited her on tuesday night while she was sleeping... we forgot to put her tooth under the pillow the first night - it was still on display : )
chantale is loving being outside every chance she gets! the thunderstorms and tornado warnings have slowed down - so now if only the mosquitoes would go away it looks like it's the beginnings of an awesome summer...
