The Coswan's Blog....NOW News from the South: BIG Post.....sorry for the delays!!

We've received threatening calls from all 5 of our blog followers, and though it's been busy, we figured we'd better get a post up.

What new......well......LOTS!

1) The kids continue to grow/change every day. Kate is becoming more of a little girl, and Lauren is doing whatever Kate does (and many things that Kate does not want her to do). Lauren's talking is very good too.....she's just over two now, and strings sentences along that make decent amount of sense. Lauren is also fully potty trained now......she took A LOT more effort/energy than Kate did (Kate was done within two days.....Lauren drug out the process almost two weeks, but she's good now!). Kate is also riding a "big girl" bike now.....still with training wheels, but she loves to get out on it. Only one decent pile up to date.....bit of a skinned knee, but she's doing very well.

2) We're moving back to Calgary! It's been a bit over two years since we relocated up to Fort McMurray, and though we truly have enjoyed our time here, a work opportunity came up for myself that was too good to pass up on. We have made a number of great friends, and are blessed with AMAZING neighbours, so hopefully we'll end up with quality folks next to us in Calgary. We have decided to move back to Auburn Bay - the area we were in prior to moving North. We had spent a fair bit of time exploring other inner city neighbourhoods, but just could not justify the prices for an older, "needing work" type of house. We found a beautiful two story home about two blocks from our last home, so it should be an easy transition back to "The Bay".

3) The winter seems to have dragged on FOREVER!!! We had some great weather early in the spring (while Calgary was being hit with piles of snow), but now it seems we just can't leave winter. We'll get snow overnight, it will get warm, it will melt, and the cycle will continue. They're calling for near +20 this week, so hopefully that will put the snow behind us!

4) We've had lots of visitors......thanks to all of those that have made the trek North to spend time. Numerous family/friends have been here, and we've loved entertaining them, and the girls LOVE having guests. Thanks again!!

No official order to pics.....but many updates.