Happy Birthday Jadeybug

girls night

since cody was at a hockey game last night, us three girls had a movie night.
we rented mamma mia, ashlie's request. the girls loved all the singing, but didn't understand why they would be talking one second and then singing the next.
after the movie we headed up to my closet and tried on all my fancy dresses (what else do you do with those bridesmaid dresses??)....

off to the park

yesterday ashlie got a tummy bug and was sick all evening, so today she stayed home from school. after breakfast ashlie seemed to be feeling better, and both girls wanted to go to the park.
so the deal was if ashlie was fine all day we would go to park after we stopped at the school to get ashlie's work for the day.
Ashlie girl~

Jadey is almost 5!!!

Jade and Ashlie-

science world trip

On tuesday Ashlie's school went to science world. Unfortunately I had to work that day so I couldn't go along this year. lucky for us pictures were posted on the class website of the fun day they had.
in no order.... Ashlie's Grade 3 trip to Science World!!!







outside of Science World
this is on the bus... i still need to check with her who was on the other end of that camera
her group inside







I wonder if she was posing or just happened to be standing like that???



i will have to get Ashlie to explain what they were doing in these photos, as i have no idea :P

bookshelf and tv stand

yesterday we went out to ikea to get a new tv stand and book shelf .
i do have more books, some of them are loaned out to a number of people... but i like being able to have family photos up with out adding holes to the walls.

the book shelf

tv stand plus smaller book shelf on top

a group shot :P

Christmas Eve

a quick family photo before heading off to farmors

one more before we hit the road..

some pretty snow covered trees on the road to Richmond

the kids table (missing from the photo is Tiffani)

the adults table(missing from table faith, lisa, cindy, scott, ryan, carina and matt)... i forgot to take one of the other adults table... this year there was 31 people at farmors!

Craig and Cyrena

Dan and Erin

while us adults were still eating (or talking) ashlie was reading to all the kids "the night before Christmas"

every Christmas after dinner we have rice pudding, farmor has hidden an almond in each one and whoever finds the almond in their rice pudding get a special prize... this year jadey found one of the almonds.

10 great grandkids and one happy great grandmother :)

the 10 great grandkids with farmor

me and jadey

the kids singing for santa, maybe if they sing loud enough he might stop quick to give them a gift

Santa coming in the door

all the kids waiting to see if santa has something in his bag for them

Ashlie must have been good this year :)

a present from santa for jadey

all 10 kids with santa just before he left

Ashlie and I