Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for, most of of I am thankful for these three little munchkins. We spent thanksgiving weekend in Vernon with mom, dad, Britt and Zach. We had such an enjoyable and relaxing time together. We managed to sqeeze in a matinee with the kids while the guys golfed, spend an entire day at Davison Orchards, play Killer Bunnies and the dice game, lots of wii (four players with Super Mario - Nate's idea and the boy was in heaven), visit and enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving meal together. Such a great weekend with a few of our favourite people.

All the kids, big and small LOVE the duck racing. The simple pleasures in life.

We love Grandma and Grandpa

Our family won't look like this much longer! Just under three months to go...

Lucy's all time favourite activity is feeding animals and just being with animals in general. We're holding off on getting a dog as long as possible, Harry, the guinea pig is more than enough for us right now.

The kids rode to Davison Orchards in style in Grandpa's beamer. They loved it, except for Nathan our resident cold wimp, claims got cold in the wind. It didn't stop him from riding home in it.

Jared celebrated his birthday at the end of September. We had such a fun party, just our little family. We went out to Boston pizza for dinner and then came home for cake and games. Our family may have turned over a new leaf as the kids stayed at the table the entire time we were at the restaurant! I know, amazing. We love our 33 year old.

Nate has started "Whiz Kids" preschool and wishes it was everyday.

Jordan had her first piano recital of the new season at the end of September. She rocked it.

We are busy and happy, tonight at dinner Jordan asked Jared if he had a black eye, nope just really tired! Lucy has also informed me that I have a big bum. The conversation went something like this: Lucy"Whoa mom, you have a really big bum" Me, sarcastically "Hey thanks Lucy" Lucy "No problem." Yeah, she's two. I love how our kids keep us humble.

First day of school and end of summer

Jordan was so excited for school to start this year and we are very proud of our little second grader. She's as busy as ever with F.I. school, piano, hip hop lessons (I knew...she was so excited for this) and shredding up the neighbourhood with her new sweet bike.

While we were visiting rellies over the summer, Jordan asked her aunt Jessie if she liked Star Wars, Jessie said yes, to which Jordan replied, "I'm a big fan of the Dark Side." So funny. She claims to be a tom-boy but still really wants a new Moxie girl for Christmas:) We love our girl.

Nathan has been busy defeating Bowzer with dad on Super Mario bros, going to playgroup and playdates, playing outside and jumping his little heart out on the trampoline. He continues to be the sweetest little boy and makes the funniest faces ever. Lucy's been busy expanding her impressive vocabulary and delighting and charming everyone around her with her spunky personality. Seriously, this girl begins sentences with "actually..." and "sometimes.." Yeah, we're convinced she's a genius.

We were so happy to have Rob, Steph, Charlie and Robbie come for a visit at the end of August.

We had such a great time going to the beach, tubing down the river, going to the drive-in and playing games. We don't see them nearly enough.

One day we went out to Margaret Falls and the guys and Jordan decided to climb up to the cave up the waterfall. The water was freezing but that didn't stop our little thrill seeker Jordan. There is nothing she won't do.

Another highlight of the summer was Jared's cousin Shannon's wedding. Jordan was asked to be a flower girl and when asked, Jordan will say that this wedding was one of the highlights of her summer. She just loved all the attention and being with her little cousin Kenzie as a flowergirl. It was such a fun, beautiful wedding and we are so glad that we made the ALL night drive from Oregon to be there:) Thank goodness for energy drinks.

These girls were so cute, it was hard to narrow down the pictures, because they literally were picture-perfect all day!

Before the dance started and people were finishing dinner, our kids went out onto the dance floor to dance. Nathan was incredible! He had everybody watching as he busted a move with his interpretive/modern/transformer dance style. People even clapped when he was done. The funny thing was, when the dance started he was too self-conscious to dance, he had no idea people had been watching him before. We have a video that we'll post someday.

So life goes on, I can't believe it's almost October. I think I've finally posted all my summer pics. Now onto Fall. I've been working a couple of days a week, Jared's busy coaching volleyball, life in this house never seems to be dull. We wouldn't have it any other way!