Happy Daddy Day!

A huge shout out to a wonderful man who is the very best dad Sam could ever ask for.  For Father's Day we joined my parents in running a race my mom helped put together in Rimbey.  It was an awesome morning and we were so lucky that Kaili decided to join us on the run.  Sam probably ran 4kms of the 5km and loved every second.  He's born to run, just like his dad!!!

We love you Shaun, every day more and more!

The end of Winter

Well dang!  Once again I let time slip by with no blog and no update on how life has been in the Connolley house.  Here are some of my fav moments with some of our favourite people!

Sam teaching baby Nixon about animal hats!

Second annual trip to Lake Louise.  This year we (Sam and Shaun, I was on foot) snowboarded and it was sooooo much better.  Sam is a natural, the weather was outstanding.  I see an amazing family tradition that only gets more and more fun each year.  Perhaps next year Sam and I could take lessons together!

St Patty's day!!!

We had an awesome visit with Sam's cousins who were in town for a wedding.  I didn't do a great job of capturing all their fun but it was awesome to watch and so good for the heart.  Not much better than 3 little loves, glow sticks, woopie cushions and lego.

Relaxing trio after hard playing.  So sweet.

Season One of Soccer Sam = Success!

Sam had a lot of fun at soccer.  It went a little long due to poor weather postponing the final games, but overall it was a really good experience.  And, I LOVE that I have his first ever jersey to hang onto forever... first of many!

Last day of soccer, Sam and his Dad having some fun playing pass.

Good form little buddy!

Soccer star and his little medal.  Mom and Dad are super proud of you!

Daddy Day

Life has been insanely busy the past couple months.  I had all these things I wanted to blog, all these photos that I wanted to post but also so little time and so little energy.  So today, my second days of holidays, I'm back at it.  I want to catch up and then document my summer before life gets busy again in the fall.
We had a great weekend in June celebrating Sam's dad.  Shaun is such a wonderful Dad and Sam adores him.  Though they sometimes fight like brothers, Sam and Shaun get up to 'guy' fun that mom just doesn't understand (and wants nothing to do with!)  So, thank you Shaun for being the dad that every little boy deserves!  We love you.

These black and white photos were for Shaun's fathers day gift.  We did some pictures and then Sam painted three frames with red/black/white.  It turned out really cute.  Our dayhome family also did the same craft for father's day... so Shaun got two very similar gifts.  Great minds!

We went to the Bearspaw Farmer's Market on Father's Day.  It's a nice market with more of a country feel than most markets around Calgary.  We found this really fun spiral cut potato on a stick.  Really cool idea, but lacked in flavour.   Pretty fun though!  

Lots of fun picking dandelions and blowing the seeds... make millions of wishes Sammy!

My beautiful boys.  Can't even describe how much I love these two.

Little impromptu photo shoot.  I'm lucky to have two guys that tolerate a quick photo opt!   And why wouldn't they, look how handsome they are!

I can only expect so much!!!  LOVE YOU GUYS!

The Connolleys Go to Mexico!

We had the gift of a family vacation this spring break.  We spent 7 days in the Mayan with Shaun's parents, his brother and our niece.  The weather couldn't have been more amazing.  The resort was OUTSTANDING!  I would recommend it to any of my friends (with or without little kids).  

Waiting at the Calgary airport to take the long flight to Mexico.

We arrived at our hotel 12 hours after leaving our home in Airdrie.  We took a little golf cart ride to our hotel room.

First day at the pool hanging out with one of the many iguanas we saw on the trip.  Sam loved them.  He even named the one that lived outside our hotel room.  He was originally named Crocodile but that got confusing so we called him Buddy.

First dip at the beach! SAND THROWING!!!

My favourite guys hanging out in the water.

Family shot!

Only a few short meters off the beach there was a school of fish swimming around.  Some people were feeding them bread and they were very tame.  We tried to touch them but they are sneaky!

My guys winding down after a long day in the sun.

Sammy up with the sunrise each day.

Kaili and Sam waiting for our turn to swim with the dolphins.

Kaili getting a dolphin ride.

Grandpa being pushed by the dolphins

Sam and Shaun getting the dolphin to poke out of the water and touch Sam's hand.

Dolphin kiss!

KISS!  He looks equally as impressed as his dad was!

Crazy pool kid

We went down to a little square where there were was shopping.  On the ride there Sam fell fast asleep and slept through our entire tour around.  His mean parents took the opportunity to pose Sam... hehehehe.

Sam got heavy so we let him snooze on the bench!

Sammy and Grandpa!

Gramma, Grandpa and the kiddos!

Second day at the beach... Sam's tracks in the sand.  Love.

Running loose!

Beach baby

This is Sam's Amigo.  Every day we'd visit him at the lobby of our hotel.  He'd call to Sam saying "Hey, it's my amigo!" and Sam would run over and they'd do a little handshake.  It was sooooo sweet.  It melted my heart each time.  While we were there, Sam developed what we think was a heat rash.  Sam's amigo was very concerned that it could be an allergy so he suggested that Sam drink so milk to counteract the reaction.  Without Sam's amigo (and all the other amazing staff) it would have been a completely different trip for me.  The people showed love and kindness that was above and beyond.

Beach at the Tulum ruins.  

My guys getting poked by a cactus.

Tulum.  Absoultely amazing and breath-taking.  Unfortunately it was sooooooo hot and we needed to spend our time moving from one source of shade to another.  Our guide told us much of the history and it was fascinating.  Worth the time if you are ever in Mexico (fyi-the world is not ending... I heard it in the Mayan folks!)

Sam finding all the 's' on the sign.

That is Shaun and I in the top right corner.  We saw 4 turtles while we were snorkling.  It was incredible. 

If you look carefully there is a sting ray on the bottom right under me... too cool.

Boy LOVING the sand.  Luckily Shaun's mom was lovely enough to stay on land with Sam while we snorkled (I did try to put flippers and a mask on him but it was a BAD idea!)

The Connolley clan waiting for the 'tram' to take us from one hotel to another.   On the 5th day we found out that by the time we waited for the tram to come we could have walked to our hotel... it was literally 200m away and we didn't know!  We wondered why the tram drivers looked at us funny when we asked them to drive us!!!

Hammock time!

Parrot by the pool.  

On the final day, Sam was using the tube and swimming all alone.

A final relax by the pool before a VERY long trip home.  Holiday of a life time.  So many wonderful memories... LOVE.