October 2007

Well, September was a very busy month with company and travel. Janelle and the kids headed to High River for two weeks with Lana & Isabelle. Ehren followed after returning from San Diego on business. The trip of two adults to 4 kids went well. People were amazing in the airport offering to help left and right. Some even gave us compliments on the fact that we were traveling with 4 kids of such young ages (or maybe they thought we were losing our minds!) :-) In all, the air travel went great. We also had a nice time in High River and Calgary. We saw several family members and friends, and even met a new nephew while we were up there. Janelle & Ehren managed to get in some golf and Ehren even went biking with Blain. The weather was amazing and we hit it just right as it got much cooler after we left.

Once we were back in Longmont we were back into our busy schedule. School, swimming, music, spanish for Emily will be starting, and more company...Lana & Isabelle came back a week after us. Ehren has been back into his sports and had yet another trip to San Diego. Janelle's been biking and running. Interestingly enough...Deana purchased a road bike, so the sisters have been eating up the road together! Janelle has also started working once a week at the Cancer Center. So far it's going well and the kids are doing well with their sitter that comes in. It's hardest for Evan as he's not used to not seeing his Mom's face around all day. He'll get used to it!

The hardest part of the month was when Lana & Isabelle had to say their good bye's and head back to Dubai. We got used to having them around, and after 7 weeks of seeing this side of the world, they had to head home. We saw Isabelle come as a baby and leave as a toddler. Her poor father will see such a change in the little sweetheart. She went from crawling and baby food to walking and eating by herself...and more teeth to boot! Isabelle will be turning one in a couple weeks, so we had a surprise birthday party here with a big chocolate cake. The pics are great on the website of her trying to eat it! She'll be having a birthday party once she's back in Dubai. I'm sure Lana is happy to be back in her own home with her hubby, but we miss them around here. Hopefully we'll see them again next summer as there's talk of a family reunion on Janelle's Mom's side.

November 2007

October has been a busy month for us. Ehren and Janelle have continued to bike...in fact Ehren nearly killed Janelle from exhaustion on one ride they did together! We made it and will do it again I'm sure! It was nice to get out together...sure is handy having a sitter next door!

Ehren's started up with hockey again, and Janelle has also played a bit. She started subbing periodically with a women's team. They play a couple times a month and travel around the area...Breckenridge, Colorado Springs, Vail, Steamboat, Denver, etc. We'll see how many games she can actually make...but for now it's enough, and she gets the chance to play with Deana too. Golf is still on the agenda but is less frequent now as it's cooled off a bit. Janelle also continues to work once a week at the Cancer Center.

Along with taking the kids swimming and to the pumpkin patch, the other event this month was the arrival of Blair & Darlene. They're on their way down to PV for the winter and had a stop-over. We had a nice time with them and they watched the kids a couple days while Janelle worked. A little tennis was played and Ehren, Jay, and Blair took in a hockey game. Before they left we celebrated Ehren's birthday...wow, the years are slipping by! :-)

We have a couple birthday parties to go to in November, and then we're planning on having Thanksgiving at Deana and Jay's this year. Lastly, we'd like to send our thoughts and prayers to all our friends in the San Diego area that were touched by the fires. We were, and still are thinking of you...