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Merry Christmas

Anna's Birthday Party!

Our niece Anna turned 10 years old on December 17th. For her birthday we decorated gingerbread Christmas trees. The twins shared and decorated a tree together. This was their first introduction to sugar and we couldn't get them to stop. Dad started the tree for them while they snacked on the decorations.

... and this is how their tree ended.

Happy Birthday Anna!!

Zoo Lights

Last weekend Teegan and I were able to spend some time together (with friends). On Friday night we went to see the lights at the Zoo. I had no idea of what to expect and I did not expect the experience we had. It was absolutely hectic (and I only had one kid to look after). There were so many people and of course it was dark. I was not the most brilliant since I dressed Teegan in dark clothes. Anyway, the lights are something else and it was a great time. Teegan was able to play with some friends he doesn't get to see too often (Carli, Eli and Charlie).

Thanks for the invite Janice.

Fall Family Photos

Halloween

I know it is more than a week past Halloween, but I am now finally finding a couple minutes to re-live our Halloween and share it with you.

Teegan wanted to be Spiderman for Halloween this year. Teegan also wanted to spend the day with his cousin Anna, so I took the day off of work and we went to pick up Anna. Later that afternoon we went to Teegan's school parade and Halloween party. One of his grandma's beat us there and was in costume. It actually took Teegan a few minutes before realizing who it was.

After the school parade and party we grabbed some dinner and headed home for trick-or treating. Ryton was a purple dinosaur and Jaida bug was a ladybug. Cousin Anna was a lion. After dark we loaded the twins into the wagon and made our way through the neighborhood. After about 10 house me and the twins went home to hand out candy while Neil, Teegan, and Anna went to the next neighborhood over. It was a great Halloween with way too much candy. It's a good thing Teegan shares.

This is for anyone who has been curious to know, "When is the Pumpkin Carving Party?"

Well, our intentions were to have our Pumpkin Carving party just like last year, but the twins really throw a kink in things. They have been pretty sick and well, life is just difficult now. However, next year, you should all count on it. I can only imagine how many pumpkin plants Neil will plant next year. Anyhow, last weekend we had cousin Anna and Vanessa over at our house to carve pumpkins. We thought that since we had a 100 or so we should probably get started with the carvings. Teegan was so anxious and excited to carve pumpkins, but the number of pumpkins we had to carve became to overwhelming for the little guy and his excitement died quickly. He only made it through a few of the pumpkin cleanings and then he was ready to go play. We tried several times to get him to carve a pumpkin but he had lost interest.

And I thought I would throw the below pictures in so you could all see what the competition is like for next year. Ryton seemed impressed!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!