Well we'll see how this all works in the "blog" format of true facts and mindless thoughts. Today will be based on true facts of the family. :-) As mentioned previously we're quite excited to have our basement done and functional. The TV's have been installed so we're ready to rumble! It's a great addition to the house and the kids have been having a blast. We need to have a set of lights replaced in the kids play area under the stairs then Janelle has plans to paint it over the Christmas holidays. Should be fun! Another "snowy day" project is to paint Evan's room. Could've been done Thanksgiving weekend but we were a little to late in planning to do it...too busy of a weekend.
We started off November with the birth of another niece! On Nov. 3rd Clara was born to Blain and Grace in Calgary. They didn't know if it was a boy or a girl so now Faith has a sister! Their family is doing well and adjusting to the wonderful addition. Wow, we're just full of new babies left and right! A couple days later we went to Levi's baptism. Most of the family from both Jay and Deana's side of the family were able to be here, so it was a nice little gathering.
November was beautiful weather here so we managed a lot of time outside. We had several days in the 60's and a handful in the 70-80's. Much warmer than the typical fall days. We finally got some snow Thanksgiving weekend...we really needed the moisture as we've been hand watering trees. There's even been some plants that have started to grow again and we're seeing more weeds pop up with the warm weather. Talk about confused vegetation!! :-)
Having such mild weather has allowed Janelle more time out running with Evan in the jogger. Ehren still gets out on his lunch breaks. We've both been playing hockey which is a nice mix. We also bought ski boots and skis so we're ready for the slopes! Hopefully we'll get out a few times this year.
We're ready for the holidays and had a full house for Thanksgiving this year. We cooked up a turkey and all the fixin's. It was great to have our friends here with us and we now look forward to being here for Christmas too this year. Ah, a nice quiet year!
Not much else to report on this end of things. We hope you all have a great month and we'll report back in 2009! Wow, it's hard to believe that the next update will bring us into the New Year. Have a great holiday everyone!
