Christmas 361 Days to Go

Yes our countdown for Christmas 2008 has begun. We all waited for what seemed forever to wake up to screaming kids, gifts, mess, and family. Sigh.. its all over once again. I unfortunately had to work over Christmas. We spent the morning at my parents. Steve came from Gibsons and took my place for the traditional Christmas Eve dinner at the Keg while I was hard at work.

Thankfully work was uneventful. Well not exactly, if I can suggest one thing. To anyone buying a Christmas gift, be sure to provide a gift receipt or you may end up being bashed with the gift you bought for that special someone. Ahh yes Christmas in Kerrisdale.

As for us everyone is doing well. Its now time to start planning Clara's Birthday January 19th. I cannot believe she soon will be one. It will go with her single tooth she sprouted a few weeks back.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and was spoiled rotten. I sure was thanks Santa. I am now just waiting for the thank you card from Visa. Our spending combined with others I am sure will keep them in business for years to come. Here is to a Happy New Year 2008. Alas I will be working again sigh.. watch out...

Enjoy some photos from the past few weeks....

Clara Christmas Morning just made it under the wire for the 1st XMAS Cap

Aidan and his new drums " These are staying at Nana & Papa's "

Christmas Morning

Clara swimming a few weeks ago... her lessons have since completed she mastered step 1 drinking from the pool

Jackie & I, took Aidan & Clara to the kids VPD Christmas party this year at BC Place. Aidan loved the Horses which were on display. There were all kinds of great things for the kids; bouncy castles, bumper cars, and catered breakfast. This photo was at 10 am. Later in the day I worked the night shift. The following morning photo has been censored. I barely made it home..

Yes that's Aidan it took a bit of time to build thanks Uncle Steve

That should update the past few weeks in photos from our end. Again have a safe & Happy New Year best wishes for 2008

Snow much fun!!

Wow, what a winter wonderland! We all had so much fun playing in the snow and were also happy that it was gone so fast. We headed up to Gibsons Sat morning and got there just before the snow started... Sorry the photos are not in the correct order, cant seem to cut and paste them properly tonight. Enjoy!

Aidan loved his new sled, it sure goes fast!

Clara loving her walker

Nona and Clara

Is he already driving?

Clara loves the swing too!

Mmm, who should I throw this at??

Aidan and Josh sledding

The 10 foot snowman that Uncle Steve, Carter and Aidan built and Dad helped a little as well as you will see below :)

Clara hasn't decided if she likes her snow suit or not!

Yes, it took a little engineering to figure out how to build it!

We will miss you Marcus

Carter and I lost a great friend last week to a courageous battle with cancer. We will miss so many things about you Marcus including your witty humour and amazing storytelling ability. You, Kristina and Katelyn are in our thoughts.

Happy Halloween!

Aidan had a great time trick or treating this year although he still doesnt fully understand the concept of free candy! I am not complaining at all, it is great, we have hidden his bag of loot and he has completely forgotten about it, I wonder if this will be the last year we can do this!

Clara is crawling and pulling herself up on anything she can. She loves to open drawers and empty them as you will see from one of the photos....

Clara' s baby group - hard work gettting a group photo!

Clara empyting the drawers, hours of fun!

Clara the cowgirl!

All dressed up for the Rec centre playgroup!


Family photo at Thanksgiving

Papa and Clara

October Updates

Hello again October has just flown by. Next week Halloween will be over. I can't believe how much Christmas stuff has been already set up. Yesterday at Canadian Tire the whole store had already been re-arranged for the Christmas Decorations.

First things since our last blog update. With the $ollar so strong we bought a car online! Well its not exactly for us, we plan to flip it here across the line. It was a bit un-nerving getting the process going but, the car now is en route. We expect to see it early November. Its a Florida car I hope it likes the cold.


As usual time here seems limited due to crawling little ones, mischevious bigger ones, and mess, mess, mess. Here are a few photos from the past few weeks enjoy your Halloween

Clara out front Brrr its getting cold!

The Daredevil

An attempt at some fall photos

Aidan is planning to be a Lion this year... a test run

Last week the family visited Squamish. Clara did some driving along the way at least she had the 10 & 2 o'clock concept

Aidan hunting for the perfect pumpkin

Aidan has added a trailer to his " ride " Clara the backseat passenger loves the tour de Solay. ( Our Complex )

Some fresh Red Pepper, Clara gets to work on it for dinner plans

The shaming ( plans for future grad photo )

She is off and running, well make that crawling!

Yes, Clara is officially crawling! She has been attempting to crawl for what seems like the last month but now she has finally got the hang of it. Watch out Aidan, your toys are no longer safe! Clara, Aidan and I have been up in Gibsons for the last week, I had to work at my dad's office for a couple of days and then stayed on for Thanksgiving. Carter was up for a few days but is back home working the graveyard shift all weekend. At least he has a nice quiet house for sleeping!

Aidan is doing well, he loves zooming around the driveway on his bike and is having fun playing with Uncle Steve's enormous lego collection.

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving!

Clara being pushed around in Cousin Anika's baby stroller, it fits her almost perfectly!

Aidan sampling Mrs Dietz's apples, they sure make yummy apple juice

Aidan watching how the apple juice is made

Clara has learned how to pull herself up on things

Carter and Aidan's pumpkin, they loved how it was both orange and green

Aidan loves his bike!

Carter spent last weekend at the annual police memorial in Ottawa - love the uniform!

Can't Believe that Summer is Over!

Where did the summer go? It went by so fast. Here are a few photos from the last few weeks...

Sandbar fun at Crescent Beach

Dad clowning around with Clara

Whose in that box?

Aidan!

Nona and Clara on our trip to Porpoise Bay

Picking apples with Mrs Dietz

Fun in the tub!


On the ferry to Salt Spring, Aidan enjoying a good book...

...while Clara preferred to play with a few toys


Checking out the squash at the fall fair on Salt Spring

Clara was all smiles at the fair!


Checking out the biggest pumpkin contest

Enjoying the park in Ganges with Grandma

Family shot by the harbour in Ganges