Owen's 8th birthday

It is so hard to believe that we just celebrated our first born son's 8th birthday. We celebrated this year at the Icehouse skating rink. By the end of the party Owen and Makenzie were whipping around on the ice. Despite the snow on the ground and it being Christmas time we had a really good turn out. We were pleased and Owen had a wonderful birthday.

First snow of the season

Ben's favorites

Ben has discovered some fun activities that just bring him so much joy. Loves to play connect 4. He has no clue how the game is played but likes to fill it up with the checkers, dump them all out and start all over. The other love of his life(besides mommy) is markers. He loves to sit at the kitchen table with his sister and color with markers.

Class Party

Owen had his class Christmas party at school this week. I headed to the school and joined in the fun festivities.

Christmas caroling

Friday night I took the older 2 kids and went caroling with friends at a local nursing home. The kids had fun singing and so did the residents. One lady really took a liking to Owen. She asked him for a kiss and he sweetly leaned down and gave her a peck on her forehead. He of course turned 20 shades of red. It was very touching watching my kids spread christmas cheer to others.

Round 2 with santa

Today was our neighborhood Christmas function for the kids complete with santa, goodies, and crafts. John stayed home with baby Ben while he took a nap so it was just me and the older 2. It was a lot of fun.

Visit with santa

Last night we went to the Christmas program at Jessy and Ryan's church. Rylan was in it and did such a great job. Afterwards santa made an appearance. Ben did ok until he was left sitting on santa's lap all by himself.