Olympic Celebrations

So on Sunday we joined in the celebration of the Olympic Torch Relay. There were thousands of people who came out to enjoy the afternoon. This is the closest our kids will come to experiencing the Olympics aside from what we will watch on TV. Seeing the torch was cool and the crowd went wild when they lit the cauldren on stage. The Olympics is a pretty huge deal here in BC, it seems like so long ago we first found out we were going to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and now we are only 3 days away. Go CANADA Go!!!

Madison turns 10!

Seriously, where does the time go? I think that every time one of the kids has a birthday and of course I think back at all of the special moments and milestones that have happened and I truly can't imagine life without them. Madison is definately added to my life in so many ways, she is funny, smart, a good big sister and strong willed all of which make her MADISON.

There are a few pictures from her birthday for you to look at. She wanted a sleepover this year so that's what we did. There were 9 friends for the party and 7 for the sleepover. They were crazy, loud and up til midnight.

On the Sunday we had a family dinner to celebrate Madison's birthday and by mom's birthday (they are 2 days apart). The cake you see here was made by my dad's wife, Corinna and it is Hannah Montana/Miley. She did a great job on it! All in all it was a good birthday celebration! Here's to another great year Madison! love ya tons! mom & dad

Let's Decorate the tree

The pictures are out of order but you get the point, it's time to put up the tree. As we do every year with the exception of last year (real tree) we pull out the tree and assemble it. As the tradition goes, Joe puts the tree together with the help of the kids, fluffs it out and puts the lights on. The kids and I then finish by putting the decorations on. Once that is all done Joe puts the star on, but my picture doesn't have the star on yet. Another year, same tree, new memories. Merry Christmas everyone!

My crazy little stampers...

The day before I had Joe's aunt and cousin out making Christmas cards, so the next day everything was in the kitchen still. The kids had no school that day, so I broke down and let them use my ink and stamps to make cards. Let me tell you this was a big step for me to let them use my stuff, but they did an awesome job. Wyatt was a maniac stamper creating a blizzard with the snowflake stamps. Madison was a little more careful with her stamping and wanted to fill the whole card up with stamps.

Look what I can do!

This is Riley's newest trick, aside form going up and down the stairs. She is a climber, on the chairs. She has managed to knock a chair over once when she was on it, but do you think that keeps her down? of course not. She like to get on the chair and bounce which of course causes the chair to tip over! If Wyatt is at the computer she of course has to climb up behind him and bug him, as in turn the computer off as he is playing a game. Of course he loves that, what brother wouldn't LOL!

Halloween Night

Here are the kids before we went out trick-or-treating. Riley is a little fairy, Wyatt is Batman, Madison is Hannan Montana and the geeky nerd is my niece Taylor aka Bertha. Aren't they a cute bunch? This was Riley's first Halloween and she seemed to really enjoy it right down to doing a scary laugh when at people's doors, it was too cute. The kids had lots of fun, it was a great evening, no rain and not too cold. Now they have all come down from the sugar high and have crashed in their beds until morning.

Just some quick posts of an afternoon at the park with the kids. Not just any park though, it was the skate park. Wyatt has been asking to go there with his skateboard so we decided why not. Of course there were lots of big kids there doing their tricks so Wyatt just watched for a while until he got up the nerve to try it out himself. This is the first time he has been to the skate park and I think he was pretty proud of himself.

Here's Madison and Riley enjoying the swings together. Riley giggles whenever you give her a push it's so cute.

September Birthdays

Here we have some pictures of Wyatt and Riley at a birthday celebration we had at the end of September. This was just a small family gathering to celebrate Riley, Wyatt and my dad's birthday all of which are in September. I don't have any pics of my dad, I guess because he wasn't blowing any candles out, oops! The cakes were made by my dad's wife Corinna, she did a great job with them! Riley really enjoyed the cake as you will see in the one picture it is all over her face.

Our new glasses

Well, both kids got their new glasses yesterday, so what do I do get a picture of course. Madison has had glasses since she was 5 and these are a first for Wyatt. Madison has been wearing hers, but of course Wyatt is a different story, he needs to get used to them I guess.

Wyatt is 6!!!

Wyatt trying on daddy's new hardhat, doesn't he look like he's made for rebar!? I guess we'll give him a few more years before we put him to work, lol.
Here he is on his new Ripstick that we gave him for his birthday. It's all he has talked about for weeks. It is the latest skateboard that the kids use, it just has the 2 wheels and they have to wiggle their bodies to keep moving. He is quite the pro at it already. As Joe says we gave birth to Bart Simpson. Wyatt woke up this morning at 6:30 and the first thing he says is "can I go outside on my ripstick?" Uh-no it's a little early don't ya think? The next pics are some other shots of him riding.