Saturday, August 8, 2009

Us, in Stick People


This picture I'm putting up especially for my Mom -- these little families are everywhere in California, on the backs of mini-vans and other family vehicles. I really wanted one for our family, so I had told Mom I was looking for one. And here it is! I ordered it on eBay, one of my favorite places to shop. :o) Brad put it up on the back of our van, and I love it!
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Family Pictures

These are some family pictures that my sister-in-law Tarena took for us, and she did a wonderful job. She gave us a cd of over two hundred pictures, so I picked out my favorites to show you...











































































































































































































Sunday, August 2, 2009

Try This?



We usually have some pretty rough nights with Isaac. He does not sleep very well and usually gets up, at the very least, three times a night. Maybe we should try this Dad's trick! We saw this clip on America's Funniest Home Videos a while back and just loved it. I couldn't find the clip all by itself, so this video has other clips attached to it. If you fast forward to 1:31 (1 minute, 31 seconds into the video), you will see what I'm talking about. It's great!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Fun in the Sun

This is the only picture I have from Brad's sister Rebekah's wedding, which happened the day after we arrived for the summer. It's rough not having a camera!
Yee-haw! We're at our church's Stampede Breakfast, which happened right at the beginning of the Calgary Stampede. This is my sister-in-law Erin with my neice Cayleigh, my good friend Justyne, and me.

Sweet Isaac had too much Stampede excitement. We actually did go to the Stampede and had fun (and got drenched from a torrential downpour), but, again, since we didn't have our new camera at the time, I couldn't get any pictures of it!




December and her cousin Caden (in the white shirt) playing in the sand that the church had for the kids.





The church always holds the Stampede Breakfast on the Saturday after the Vacation Bible School week. Brad and I were both really involved in that -- Brad ran the Games center, and I was the leader for the 1st & 2nd grade combined class. What fun! I had about 20 kids each day, and they are at my absolute favorite age. They're so sweet and loving, and I received many little drawings and art projects as presents from them. They're so cute!


December was in the pre-school class, and Isaac was in the nursery. Here the kids are, performing the songs they learned during the week. December is up there, too, but she's hard to see. I'll try to describe where she is. If you look at the man with his hand on his head in the foreground, look right above his wrist area, and you'll see a purple balloon. December's holding that balloon, and you can see her blonde pigtail out the back of the white-shirted girl.





Brad put his hat on Isaac. He wears it well, don't you think?







Me cutting up December's pancake (one of her favorite things to eat)


















Isaac with his cousin Cayleigh, who is almost two months older than him










Little cutie-pies











Since this pictures was taken, they have both learned how to crawl. I've noticed that Isaac likes to follow Cayleigh around as she crawls to different things
















Caden and December playing together






Isaac just loves the grass...












This pictures makes me laugh. There's something so sweet and cute about it.





Caden giving December a kiss :o)





Digging a hole in the ground with a stick.