Ian & Helena

This is just a repeat; I just figured out how to post pictures so you can look at them a little closer up.  Helena

   Breanna

      Karen, Heine, Thomas

    Theresa cooking Thanksgiving dinner

     Breanna and Stevie all ready for winter

     Family Hike (Shaun is the guy in the back row)

   Rory giving grandma a tatoo

  Stevie’s first birthday

 Thomas and Stevie, playing peek-a-boo

     Karen and Stevie raising the roof

   Stevie standing on her own

   Thomas, Ian, Bonnie

Sorry about that!

Well, we had a very busy Thanksgiving this year, as we hosted my entire family at our house, including some friends & boyfriends.  (Although Theresa took charge of the Thanksgiving dinner).  It was a great weekend, and we also took the opportunity of having everyone together to celebrate Stevie and Breanna’s first birthday (which is actually Oct 14).  I’ll post a few pictures of the weekend, and I’ll just give you a run down of the non-family members you may see in the pictures (Micah - Theresa’s friend, Shaun - Theresa’s boyfriend, Brent - Karen’s boyfriend, Jay - Ian’s brother).  The rest are hopefully easy to pick out!

Hey all,

I’m loving this idea!  It’s great to be able to keep updated with everyone and I love the pictures! (Thanks for helping Josh & Vicki out Deb).  Since we just sent out a huge group announcement, there isn’t too much more to update you on, but I’ll give a couple lines about each of us.

Ian’s working in forestry for Weyerhaeuser, supervising the log hauls they do.  He’s been doing this for nearly two years now, and generally likes his job, especially the bush days.  Ian is a great dad and takes advantage of his evenings to spend time with the kids while they’re awake.  He is also doing some hunting and shot a deer last week, which we will freeze and use all winter round.  Ian will be starting up rec volleyball in the next couple weeks, and he gets together with friends to play risk every now and then!

 I am enjoying being a stay at home mom.  The kids keep me fairly busy, and we try to get out regularly, either to play group, to our music class, or just walking and doing errands.  In the evenings I am either catching up on the day’s chores, playing soccer, taking voice lessons, or reading (I’m part of a book club).  Ian and I do get a chance every now and then to get out on our own too, and this summer we ran a half marathon together. 

Rory is talking up a storm.  His latest words are ‘off’, ‘up’, and ‘out’, and ‘walk’.  He recently moved from his crib into a big boy’s bed, and he did really well.  We are also working on a bit of toilet training.  He uses the potty on a regular basis, but only when we tell him to so far.  But he’s definitely got the idea of it!

Stevie cut her first tooth this last week, and is working on her second.  She is an active crawler, and pulls herself up to stand at furniture.  She loves playing pat-a-cake and playing peek-a-boo.  ‘Boo’ is her first word so far!

Breanna is becoming quite sturdy at standing now, although she still needs the support of furniture or some other object.  She is becoming quite a cuddly little girl, and she loves to laugh and play with her siblings.  I’m pretty sure Breanna will have teeth very soon as well!

Anyway, that’s the update…our pics are too big to post, so I will adjust them and put a few up another day!

Take care!

Helena, Ian, Rory, Stevie, & Breanna