Fourth Christmas

What happened to Third Christmas? With about 35 people in the house and so much activity going on, people were spread all over, and sadly, the camera did not get used much. But good times were still had by all. Fourth (and final) Christmas was at the Walls house.
Presents were openedand Jaden's favorite part was the wrapping paper! Shocking.
This was the year of matching vestsand hoodies.The girls played Wii and decorated a gingerbread stable for the nativity cookies Auntie Kendra made.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Second Christmas

How many Chrismtases are there, you ask? Why, this year there are four! The first was with the Abrahams', the second is with most of the Froeses, the third is with the Stobbes and the fourth is with all the (local) Froeses. Busy, busy!The girls were very excited Christmas morning. Jaden - not so much.But after watching Rachaeland Kaitlyn open a few presentshe got the hang of it. His favorite toy was his new truck.After breakfast the Froese family came over for the not-so-traditional Christmas meal of veraniki, and to spend time together.Merry Second Christmas!

Calvin and Hobbes

Uncle Jeff was looking for a stuffed tiger that looked liked Calvin's best friend Hobbes.I hope this doesn't mean Jaden's going to grow up to be like Calvin!

First Christmas

We've had our first Christmas already. And it was Jaden's first Christmas! He shared it with his new cousin Elizabeth who is only a week old.The Abrahams family came over for Christmas fun, food and fellowship.And of course presents! Lots of those.Jaden doesn't quite have the ripping-open-of-the-paper quite yet, but he does have the eating-of-the-paper down!One down and still three to go!Merry Christmas!

Ice Skating

We kicked off Christmas Holidays with a trip to the skating rink with the Walls (well, most of them, anyway).The girls did really well for only having done it two or three times. Lots of fun!

New Niece

Elizabeth Lynn was born to Brian and Andree on December 13th, weighing 8lbs 13oz. They were home les than 24 hours later so we didn't even get a chance to visit in the hospital! But we saw them at home. I got to hold her and the boys, too.

Oh Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas

Kaitlyn is 6!!!

Where does the time go? My little Baby Girl is 6 already! This year she wanted to have some friends over for a party.Emilie, Latezya and Caitlin (Natasha couldn't make it) came over for some fun, games, cake and presentsAuntie Kendra made Kaitlyn a cute penguin cake.On her real birthday she opened more presents. All she wanted for her birthday was a pair of black boots like Latezya and Emilie. She loves those boots!

Family Pictures

Stormy Weather

It's been very windy around here lately. So windy that a tree fell on our house! (It was very loud!) Well, part of a tree. Mostly just the branches hit our house but another couple of inches over and there could have been some serious damage from the tree trunk.The tree is in the neighbour's yard, and it's mostly dead but soon will be all dead as he's going to cut it down to prevent further damage to surrounding houses (namely ours!) Our power went out right about the time the tree fell (11:30pm) and didn't come back on until 8am. More stormy weather is instore for us tonight. Trees, please stay where you are!

Happy Birthday

Somebody's birthday is today!

We love you!
{ Now we can break out the Christmas music!}

It's NOT a Skirt!

It's a kilt! Jaden dressed up like a Scotsman for Hallowe'en, thanks to Auntie Kendra's recent trip to Scotland. (Complete with Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster!)

(Not So) Little Gymnast

Rachael got pictures taken with her gymnastics class last week.She absolutely loves gymnastics. Her favorite routine to do is on the trampoline. I asked her what was her least favorite thing to do, and she didn't have one! She loves it all!

Time to Baby-proof!

Guess who's getting around more these days? Yep, Jaden can pull himself up quite easily now.And he's graduated from the army-crawl to a more traditional way of getting himself around. He has also figured out how to open drawers, but doesn't know that there's anything in them (yet!).

It's Big

Here is our new dining room table. Doesn't it look big? And this is the small size! There's a leaf we can put in the middle and easily add the two extra chairs. In fact, we could add the two chairs at this size!

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?

You are! And when you come, we'll actually have room to sit around the table!

Yes, after 12 years we're saying goodbye to this too small, broken, very-well used, miss-matched table.We've bought a new dinning room tablewith 8 comfortable kid-friendly (ie. wipe-able!) chairs. Bon appetit!

Happy Thanksgiving

After a yummy Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, we just spent Thanksgiving Monday around the house. Rachael was playing with her best friend from school, so I took pictures of the other two kids. They turned out pretty cute.

Family Traditions

What can I say? It runs in the family.
Have-exersaucer,-will-crawl-through!Rachael 10 monthsKaitlyn 10 monthsJaden 7.5 months

Chin Ups?

Jaden sure is strong already. Today he was practicing chin ups. Here he was, hanging on for dear life under the kitchen counter stools, trying to figure out a way down. (Don't worry, I'm not that mean. I helped him down, ran and got the camera, then staged the whole thing.)