Hemaruka Christmas Supper

Last night we were at our annual Hemaruka Hall Christmas supper. It was a nice evening filled with good food, fellowship, singing Christmas carols, discing & even a visit from Santa!!

Singing carols

Elaine Sankey and I leading out the caroling

My brave little boy who was the first to run up and see Santa

(Thank you to Elaine and Murray for the pictures - in the rush of getting home from work and getting to the supper in time I forgot my camera! Appreciate you taking some that evening!)

Ho Ho Ho

Jaren & I spent the last 2 days getting some things done in Red Deer. Of course we had to do our annual visit with Santa Claus when we saw him at the mall - we needed to tell him everything that we wanted for Christmas. Thankfully our talk with Santa went very well and Jaren kept a smile on his face the entire time! Hope everyone else is enjoying the hustle-bustle that this season brings.

Me = 21 Weeks Pregnant

For the most important question that people seem to ask when you are pregnant......How big are you????

Well, for those curious ones here's a picture of me at 21 weeks taken today. Hopefully this will satisfy some of the curiosities!! I know that I am starting to feel a little bigger but I don't think that so far I am much different than what I was with Jaren at the 5 month mark, maybe showing just a little more. Only time will tell cause I still have 4 more months to go!!!!!

Christmas Lights Parade

Tonight we ventured out into the -20 degrees Celsius temperatures to admire the annual Christmas Lights Parade in Consort. Jaren wasn't too sure what a parade was, all he was concerned with was that the parade had wheels. So when he saw all the trucks pulling their lit up floats he was quite excited. On the way home I asked him what he liked the best and he told me it was the chocolate!!! They were throwing candy from some of the floats so he was extra excited to be able to have some chocolate tonight! What a deprived child we must have!! :)

Our Newest Little Letniak

On Tuesday, November 27th, we had our first ultrasound appointment at 20 weeks. It was such a wonderful thing to actually see our child and watch it's movements as well as feel them!! They even got a great 4D picture of the face of our little one - it was so amazing to look at this human growing inside me and be able to see it's profile of the little nose, mouth, hand...... technology is such an amazing thing. I guess as far as scheduling we are right on target for size of the baby and the due date - which they said should be around the 9th of April. As the time draws closer I am soo anxious to meet our little child and actually be able to hold it! I look forward to being able to post our "real" debut picture to everyone after it is born. I just pray that all goes well with the 2nd half of our pregnancy!

Our Own Chatty Cathy

When Jaren plays he is ALWAYS non-stop talking so I thought that I would try to capture a quick moment of our chatty fella. He is 27 months old now and it just amazes me with the conversations that we are able to have with this little person. Life in all is such a miracle!

(I apologize for the qualitly of the clip - I still have not figured how to download videos from our actual video camera. This was just taken with my little digital camera)

First Time For Everything

Today as I was getting supper ready I noticed that it was just a little too quiet for my son so I peaked into his room where he was playing and this is what I found! Never before has this happened where we fell asleep playing but like they say, I guess that there is a first time for everything!

Big Brother in Training

This weekend we had a wonderful visit with Randy, Rosanna & Ryan Trenchuk. It was such a blessing to get to spend some time with little Ryan who is now 3 months old already! Jaren also got to practice a little bit playing the "big brother" part and learning to share his toys and stories with the little baby. He seemed to quite enjoy his company and when it was time to for the Trenchuk's to leave on Sunday morning Jaren was determined that he was going to go with them! So I am beginning to think that he may actually enjoy his baby brother or sister when they enter into his little world - there will be someone to fully entertain now!!!

Jaren showing Ryan the techniques of farming - and once again the battle continues between John Deere and New Holland with the next generation :)

Jaren & Ryan (3 months) - they are just about exactly 2 years apart
Jaren, Rosanna & Ryan
Jaren reading Lightning MacQueen to Ryan
Big gentle kisses for our new friend!

Happy Birthday to Me!

A little look down memory lane....... Randi & I dressed up for Halloween - who knew that I would actually marry a farmer!!!
Randi & I building our snow caves

Today is my birthday and yes, I turned the big 3-1!!! Wow, where does the time go??? I guess I don't feel 31 but what is a thirty-one-year-old supposed to feel like???????? I know that I feel like the most blessed person around when I look at my family that surrounds me...my precious little boy, my loving husband and now my active little child that is rapidly growing inside of me. I am also blessed by my extended family all around and many close friends - who could ask for more? Thank you all for being such a special part of my life over these past 31 years!

Red Deer Farm Show

On Friday we were in Red Deer so that Kevin & Jaren could attend the annual Farm Show and look at all the amazing and shiny tractors, combines, augers, and pretty much anything else you could imagine that is related to agriculture. There was quite a group that was there wandering around the buildings having a great time catching up and visiting. Needless to say that I wasn't one in the group because I wanted to do a little shopping in Red Deer and if Daddy offered to have Jaren for the day who was I to argue!!!! So I also enjoyed a day of looking around and getting a few things that were needed without having to chase after Jaren. Instead I think that Jaren kept Daddy running looking at EVERYTHING! At the end of the day when I went to go and pick them up I thought that Jaren would be just a little excited to see me but oh no, he was too interested in all of the green equipment that was around in the JD building - I think that I may have permanently lost my shopping partner for this particular yearly trip!

Jonathan testing out a new tractor for Grandpa

Kaitlyn wanting a newer and bigger lawn tractor to help mommy next summer!

(Thanks for the pictures Julie!!)