Veteran School Christmas Concert

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On Monday, December 19th, the Veteran School put on their Christmas Concert. This was Jaren's very first one that he's been involved in since he is only in ECS (kindergarten). I was really impressed with all the kids and how well everyone did. It was a fabulous night. I especially loved that part that involved our son :) Those little ECS students did awesome! I've created a smilebox which contains a couple of the videos from the night and the song featuring the ECS class. Hope you enjoy!

Christmas Started Early

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As Ron and Connie are headed up north for the holidays the boys got to enjoy opening their Christmas gifts from them last night. By the looks of it, it will be one exciting year for opening presents! They are at such a fun age. Thanks again Ron and Connie!

Can You Limit Your Sitting & Sleeping to Just 23 and 1/2 Hours a Day?

Hemaruka Christmas Supper

A couple of weeks ago we had our annual Christmas supper at our community hall. Since there are a few children in our community the kids put on a little play and sang a song for a much appreciative crowd.

A raggy, torn Santa (Jaren)

Our Santa in his tux (any guesses???? :))

......Landen, OF COURSE!!!

One very sleepy Santa (Jaren)

Surfin' Santa (Adam)

Our farmer Santa (Zach)

The "REAL" Santa

Presents from Santa

Jaren scanning the crowd to see who was missing and to figure out who Santa is........he's no longer a believer ;)

Eyeing Santa up VERY carefully!

A Day in the Life of Landen

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One More Year....

Well it's official.....I am one year older, wiser and more mature! :) This past weekend it was time to celebrate my birthday so we were treated to a wonderful dinner (which I didn't have to cook) at my inlaws! It was such a nice treat! Looking forward to what this year will have in store for me!?!?

Extreme Winter Sports

...featuring our xtreme rider Jaren!With the first bit of snow this past Friday, Jaren could not wait to get out his quad a practice some of his fancy moves! I may have no gravel left in our yard by the time winter is over! :)

Happy Halloween

I had to post a picture of my sister and I which was maybe taken around 1985 (my mom would know better). The clown suit that my sister was wearing in this picture was actually made for me when I was in kindergarten....so about 27 years ago!! Well this year my son got the honor of wearing that same suit for his kindergarten year 27 years later! I think it is true that they don't make things like they used to!!! He made an adorable clown!

Our adorable zebra and funny clown for Halloween 2011

This afternoon we went to the Veteran school where they had a carnival for the kids with many activities, then we headed to the country to do a little trick-or-treating

Mrs. Letniak (aka Auntie Debbie) with some of her students

Callan, as Woody and Jaren the Clown

...they are in kindergarten together

(I posted some more pictures in the smilebox in another post if you are interested in the carnival activities)

On Saturday night, the boys and Kevin carved their pumpkins....

Kevin, very intense into his carving :)

Jaren even did 90% of the pumpkin by himself this year

Halloween Carnival At Veteran School

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The older kids in the school that Jaren attends organized a carnival to raise money for unicef and had many different activities for the children to do. The kids had fun!

Good Morning!

What a beautiful sight to wake up to in the morning!

Beautiful Sunsets

That is one thing about living in an area where you have no trees or mountains to block your view.......you get to experience THE most beautiful sunsets and sunrises. The skies are our backdrop! This was one of our gorgeous sunsets we got to enjoy the other night - what a way to end a busy and hectic day!

Lovin' the Company!

This past weekend we had some more company out. It was so great to have Stephen and his girlfriend Susan come out and spend some time with us. This was our first time getting to know Susan and I must say our boys, especially the youngest, were quite smitten with her! ;)

Landen and his new friend Susan

My men!

Stephen and Susan on their beach ride

Stephen and his bud Landen

The Old Place, where Great Grandpa was raised

Our evening view

New Kittens

This weekend we got some new kitties for the boys. The boys want cats that don't mind being handled and also some cats who Tori has been "trained" (if at all possible) to not chase. So by getting some kittens we thought that they would get used to both the boys and the dog! Maybe they would stick closer to home unlike our other adult cats we have around the place.

The black kitten, Nicole (the name chosen thus far), just LOVES the kids and follows them all around the yard so I think she should be a good one and one that will be easy to have the dog get used to. She holds her own pretty good for how little she is.

This little one is named Sandy. So far Sandy just likes to take off and hide from everyone. She is VERY quite and hides VERY well. We are still unsure how she'll end up or if she'll decide to stick around.