Taking It One Day At A Time

Monday, December 26, 2011

Christmas 2011

Stockings @ Papa and Grandma Trina's

Waiting patiently

Opening stockings

Lauren

Raina

Lauren

Elf Ben and Barrett

Raina

Lauren with her Olivia Doll

On the way to Saginaw for the McLeod party

Gwen rode with us...fun times in the minivan!

Barrett & his new pillow pet....ROAR!

Hansome little man

Lauren and Layla

Me with Monica and Monique

Barrett opening stockings @ home

Raina

Lauren

Elf Ben

Lauren with her new toy

Barrett

He had a great time opening his gifts

Lauren

Lauren and Lizzie at Spitzley party

Grandparents with their grandkids

Raina

Louie and Barrett wrestling

His wrestling face

Grandpa with Lauren

Christmas this season was busy, but nice. The feeling of family was wonderful and we feel truly blessed! The kids managed to get through the 3 busy days pretty well with only a few melt downs. :) The festivities began at my dad's house. The Edin's spent the night and we all headed over on the morning of Christmas Eve. After that we all headed to Saginaw to visit with the McLeod family. Grandma Jojo was happy to see every one and we all had a great time. We drove home late that night, so we could be home for Santa in the morning at our own house. The kids were very excited! Santa drank milk and had left some cookie crumbs on a plate, too! Ben dressed up as an elf and we had a great time handing out presents. Barrett got his Bat Cave (he had written Santa a letter and Santa remembered!) and the girls got a princess vanity. They all got a lot fo other gifts, too. A new love of coloring has taked over with the children (Raina...big time!), so that has been fun to see. Later that day we headed over to Ben's parents house for their Christmas party. Again, we had a great time. The kids later watched The Polar Express and we laughed along to Mad Gab (love that game). Today we are having a family day at home, playing with our new toys and enjoying some down time as a family. Each kid got a new board game and we got a movie from Rex and Monica, so we will probably have a family game night followed by a movie. Ahhhh, life is good! :)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Barrett First Day of School (DK)

About to head into the school

Walking down to his classroom

Barrett seemed a bit reluctant at first about starting school. He refused pictures at home (I managed a few, but he's not smiling), but a few days into school it turned out that he was sick. That may have contributed to his moodiness the first few days. This week seems to be going better. He's getting used to the idea that he'll be going to school every day now compared to last year when he only went two days a week. On another note, We ran into a few of his classmates at the grocery store and he wasn't shy...just yelled their names, waved, and said hi! Too cute! I guess we'll have to wait and see how the year goes! ;)

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Happenings in July....so far

So far this month, we have been very busy. We spent 4th of July at Ben's grandma's, went home to watch some fireworks, then we headed up to my family cottage for the rest of the week. It was a nice long vacation! After that week, Barrett started t-ball. He had a couple practices then has two games a week for 3 weeks. He seems to like it. Unfortunately it has been record breaking highs this week and he hasn't had a lot of energy for the games. It's fun to see him out there trying his best though!

Last Sunday we went back to Ben's grandma's for the day. The kids love it up there! Lots of swimming and building of sand castles. Fun!