Sweet Sixteen

                                                             Enjoyed our dinner at BP.

                                       
                                                While the moms are at the 'beauty parlour'..........

                                                       The kids are up to no good :)

                                          Some more eating! Must be a heavy topic being discussed.                   
                                                                Or everyone is just tired.

                                             Dawna is telling some whopper of an Aussie story.

                             One of the activities enjoyed while here. You went home with party favours! :P

                                                           On her actual birthday

And her birthday supper!

Our gift opening

 the tree, the girls, the gifts

 First present

 Another Andgar sweatshirt!

 Barbies, and barbie clothes!

 A music book for harmonicas!

 We sent the girls on a scavenger hunt loking for one of the gifts.  It started with hte power cord, wrapped up as a gift... with a clue... they found clues all over the place!  In their underwaer drawer, in a boot...

 ...under the couch...

 in the sugar container....

 in mom's sewing drawer....

 ... in mikenzies school pencil box...

 in the stapeler....

 and finally, under Dad and Mom's pillow!  

 They also got the stand for the keyboard so it has a permanent place in the house.

 trying it out.

mom's new slippers.

Boy were we all spoiled! 

Mikenzie got a sweatshirt, barbies and barbie clothes, keyboard, jewelry box, and misc gifts from uncles and aunties,

Kyleigh got flower stands for her bedroom wall, a sweatshirt, barbies and barbie clothes, keyboard, music books, and misc gifts from uncles and aunties.

Karen got a sweatshirt and slippers.

Andrew got a harmonica book, a holey frying pan for grilling veggies, and a new shirt and tie for church.

thanks oma and opa!

Thanks Oma and Opa for the wonderful, thoughtful "purses"!  We love them very much!
They come with us to church and shopping, and everywhere else we go!
We use the books in church, and they are perfect to write in!

(Mom told us they were pencil cases, but we were much too worried about making the inside dirty, so we insisted on keeping them "purses")

Sisters!! And a brother

Puzzling

I picked up a 1000 piece puzzle thanksgiving weekend for us to work on.  Got it from a 2nd hand store, and it was marked that one piece was missing.  We lost anther in the process, and marked it down too. 
It was alot of fun, and I am looking for another for Christmas break.  Anyone else want to give it a try?
 

Sam I am

Dress up day a couple weeks ago was Dr Seuss themed.  Kyleigh rocked Sam I am with her green eggs and ham.  Hungry anyone?

Snow line....

Ol' Mt Cheam.   And Lady's Peak....or Dog Head...whichever you prefer.