It's been a while.......

Summer 2009

Hello everyone, I hope all is well and everyone enjoyed the summer. Although we didn't get much heat this summer, we still enjoyed the beach and the park as much as we could. Charmaine was off for the summer and I took a few weeks when I could.

The family had a great time at the beach with the water, the boat and having the odd fire. The twins are speaking more and more and full of personality (and attitude). Maddy has become a "big kid".

Fall is here now and life is moving back into a routine for everyone. Char is back at work, Maddy has started Kindergarten and the twins have even started in Pre-school. It is hard to believe. Maddy is taking the bus and seems to enjoy school and the whole process, thus far. The twins have just begun school but they also seem to be having fun.

Time flies with children and I can hardly believe it is September already. Char and I have our good friends' wedding at the end of the month and we look forward to seeing Chris and Kate, as well as the West Coast. Not much else is new. Activities begin again and today was our first swimming class (all 5 of us are involved!). Everyone did great. More activities will begin soon.

Here is a short slide show of some pictures from the past 3 months or so. Hope you like and keep in touch...............Brian & Charmaine

Maddy Graduates......from pre-school

Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few months.

All is good with the Stouse family. Maddy is about to finish her last year of pre-school. She has done well with French immersion and we will see how she does with it in K. Zoe and Ava are also doing well and pretty darn fun these days. They will start pre-school in the fall.

The cabin at the beach is about to get into the swing of things and we look forward to a nice long summer. (especially with such a crummy spring)

Not much else to say but I hope to add some video or more pictures soon. I like to think this is the first of several graduation pictures for Madeline before she becomes a doctor..........have a good summer......................Brian