Too Much Fun!

It has been quite a while since I have updated our blog. We have been busy celebrating and having fun.
Some of the highlights have been,

Celebrating Mya's 1st birthday
A Visit from Auntie Jenn
Christmas with both the Jansens and Myers
Taking the boys skating for the 1st time

Hopefully soon I will have time to put up the pictures from these special moments, for now here are some I love of the boys (including Matt) sledding on Christmas Day.

The Friendly Beasts

Today was Ben's Christmas presentation at school. He was THRILLED to be asked to be the sheep (because he got to wear a costume).

It was so cute, Ben did not sing a word of the song until it was his verse and then he stood up and belted out his part.

Thanks to Shanna's zoom lens I actually got some decent pictures. We were sitting quite far away.

Second Will Have To Do

For both of the boys 1st Christmas' I did a little photo shoot with them. This is Mya's 2nd Christmas (she was 8 days old last Christmas) but she wasn't exactly up to a photo shoot last year. It wasn't easy to keep her in one spot but I did manage to get a few good shots.

Growing = Tears

As Matt read devotions last night both the boys climbed up on my lap. As a minute went by I realized I wasn't going to be able to hold them both much longer. Their combined weight coupled with the edge of the bed position I had was too much. As I asked Ben to sit beside me instead, a tear. How they are growing.

First Halloween
Some cute pictures of our little pengiun.

Trick or Treating with Batman, Anakin Skywalker and a Penguin.

All ready to go.

Matt carried Mya just like this the whole time. She loved watching all the kids running around and hearing them yell, "trick or treat". She stayed out the whole 1.5 hours with the boys.

Her favourite were definately the lit up pumpkins, she was mesmorized.

Ben and Jonny with our neighbor's kids. This is the second year we've gone trick or treating together.

Visiting Friends.

In the afternoon, the kids and I stopped by 2 of their friends houses to deliver some Halloween cupcakes they made and show their costumes.

Ben and Jonny posing at the Ziebart's.

Trying to get a picture of the boys and Devin. We kept moving them closer together (for the pic) and they kept moving apart, looking unsure at each other. This was the best one. Devin looked so adorable as a shark.

Next stop, the Shepherd's. Again, not the best picture. They were having so much fun playing at Evan's, although they look out of it here.

Pumpkin Carving

Jonathan was right into cleaning out the pumpkin.

Ready to cut!

Ben was less sure about touching the inside, as usual. He agreed to try with a spoon.

Finished pumpkins, Blues Clues and an Alien.

Goodbye, Maggie.

Last Sunday, we took the kids to visit Maggie before she was put down. Matt wanted to have some pictures with her and the kids. Matt has had Maggie since he was 7 years old. She definately lived a long and happy life. Even still, it was a sad week and seems strange she is not around.

Thanksgiving Weekend.

The boys have been asking to decorate for Halloween. Jonny and I had gone shopping to find some decorations but everything at the dollar store was too scary. Luckily, Nanna found some great "non scary" stuff and the boys were thrilled. They had a great time stuffing all the bags and getting to take turns on the ladder to hang them up.

These lights are so cute and of course, the boys love them. They have yet to forget to plug them in as soon as it starts getting dark.

Since Mya was born I complained about all the shirts for girls that have sayings about their daddy (daddy's girl, my heart belongs to daddy) and so on. Recently, my parents were visiting my sister in the US and found this shirt. They knew they had to buy it. If you can't see, it says, "Thankful for Mommy" and I love it.

Working up an Appetite.

Lately, Ben loves climbing trees. We don't have any worthy of climbing at our place, but Opa and Grandma have lots. This one took a bit of a beating, its one of the smaller ones.

Jonny and his fascination with sticks. I think its a stage, I seem to remember Ben going through the same thing.

What a great Grandma, willing to lay in the leaves. I love this picture! Dale, you look beautiful.

Enjoying the weather!

I got some great pics of Mya enjoying her exersaucer on the deck. Gotta love her hair in the bottom left corner. It may look like this all the time soon.