Ian & Helena

I thought it would be nice to post a few pictures of our wonderful visit with my mom and dad.  We had a great time visiting with them, and the kids just loved spending time with them.  My dad brought tools and other supplies from home and got our downstairs bathroom and laundry room into shape, as well as making some great shelving for the laundry room.  We still can’t believe how much space we have in there now!  No pictures of that yet though; his work has motivated us to add a few other finishing touches to make the rooms look better (Ian’s working on that right now, as a matter of fact!)

My mom helped out a lot with cleaning and the kids, reading endless books, taking them for walks, and babysitting while I did my regular activities and went on a date with Ian.  We also went out and watched one of Ian’s volleyball games for an evening (a couple pictures have our babysitter in it).  Then we went to Edmonton for mom’s birthday to celebrate with all the sibs…we split up and the girls went clothes shopping while the boys went and looked at tools!  Overall it was a great visit, and our house looked a lot better by the end too!

This weekend we went out and got a Christmas tree and decorated it.  The kids were really excited; Rory could barely contain himself, jumping around as we hung ornaments and lights.  His ‘job’ these days is plugging and unplugging our Christmas lights…he takes it quite seriously!

     (Stevie’s in the orange)

Rory and Breanna’s monkey faces: