Christmas Day

Kelden and Julia patiently waited for Zack to wake up before opening their gifts so we weren't too early.

Zack , 6 years old, got an iphone 6! His mom doesn't even own a cell phone...Not sure why I agreed to get that. Maybe because the other thing on his list was a puppy?!

Kelden, barely 9 years old, got a BB gun and a knife.

Julia got a microphone.

And Ryan got his wish too: being part of out family!

After talking to some of my cousins, we went to Special and Grandpa Bruce's for turkey lunch with family and friends.

We got to meet Kylan.

Auntie Becca used her new camera and got nice pictures of my kids.

Too bad only Ryan was wearing his new Sunday outfit.

Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve on the 23rd with Aunt Tina and Uncle Jim's family.

 

We played the nativity.

And we played some bells.

And then we cleaned up.

Christmas Music

Julia, Linda and Kelden participated in the Timmins Symphony concert last week. I went with Aunt Ashley.

Then, Julia, Kelden and Zack had their school concert. Grandpa and Special were back on time for that.

For the next video, Julia is the second to come in.

2 months

Ryan is now two months old. We went to the doctor today for his first two needles. Zack also got 2 needles and Ryan was definitely quieter after... poor boys. Zack is 1m17 (> 46'') for 22 kilos (> 47 pounds). Ryan is 61 cm (24'') for 5 kgs 540 (>12 pounds). They are both average for weight and a bit above average for height. Actually, Ryan seems to be quite above average for height but it's hard to measure correctly so I'm not sure. He is definitely lighter than his siblings were.

 Zack at 2 months.

Kelden at 2 months.

Julia at 2 months.

The pictures show how much bigger the others were.

That's all right, easier to hold longer.

Mid-December

The year is almost finished. We are doing our annual December stay at mom and dad's as they enjoy their trip to the States.

I don't know if you recognized Marley, Ivy, Scooter, Teka and Zack but that's who Zack drew. The assignment was to draw how you can be a light for others and his teacher wrote "watching my grandma's dogs and birds."

At Relief Society, we made these new decorations:

This is the back:

They also had a twins day at school. One of Zack's friends bought him a T-shirt so they would match. Kelden and Julia wore T-shirts they had just received at school. 

And to finish, a picture with Ryan.