SNOW SNOW and yet MORE SNOW!

Ok so it really does Snow here in New Brunswick... this is what we woke up to this morning and it was still snowing!!!

We can barely see out the basement windows!

This is our neighbour's back deck ... it was dry to the wood Dec 24th.

The pictures below are from Saturday December 29th

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!!

We hope you all had a great 2007 and an even more wonderful 2008.

Christmas

We had the most wonderful Christmas this year!!! We were joined by my Mom and Dad, Uncle Brent and Auntie Megan, and Megan's parents Auntie Donna and Uncle Greg. My mom arrived early on the 13th to help me out getting ready for all the crowd and she got to spend a little extra time with the kids... Dad arrived 5 days later again to spend more time with the kids, Brent and the rest of the crew arrived on the 23rd. We saw the whole crew this year as Jeanne & Bob stopped by on their way through to Halifax and Noel and Anita had a unplanned stopped last week on their way through to Halifax as well. And while we were sight seeing in Halifax we managed to see Ken & Nancy, Joshua and Logan.



We had a great time and the house managed to fit us all without bursting at the seams... thanks in part to Steve's lovely table built for 10!!!

We took the gang in to Fredericton on the 24th for a visit to the mall... where Brent found a Wii.... needless to say we had a blast playing Wii... I never thought I'd see the day when my mom would be playing video games... and thanks to the Wii we even manage to burn off a few of the extra calories we were taking in.

Christmas morning was overwhelming to say the least.... Hannah was so cute, she was excited about all the gifts under the tree but wouldn't touch any until everyone was up. Nathan, was not so sure as to what was happening but he was very excited to discover what was in the first few boxes he opened and then he was done...he just wanted to play with his cars and baseball bat.

Christmas dinner was of course delicious thanks to every one's help.

On the 27th we headed out to show our guests a little more of the eastern county side as well as a visit to Halifax... the weather was not the best for our visit to Peggy's cove but at least they can all say that they experienced an Eastern winter storm!!! We cut our trip to NS short as Hannah was really not feeling well but Brent and the rest of his crew managed to visit a lobster plant (owned by a friend of Greg's), so a big THANKS goes to CAMERON Lobsters for the best supper on the 29th.


The rest of the weekend was nice and relaxed and the Wii was enjoyed by all.

The whole Gang headed back west on the afternoon of Monday Dec 31st, we weren't sure if they would make it out of here as we were being pummelled by a lovely snow storm... the second in just days... but just before flight time the skies cleared and they got off just fine.

It was hard to see them all leave but we know that we will be seeing them again in just a few months!!!


Hannah & Nathan opening their "boxes" on Christmas Eve.




Our Christmas Eve Fondue


Just waiting!

Lobsters from Cameron Lobster


Opening presents from Grandma Jeanne & Grandpa Bob earlier in the week.

SNOW DAY!!!!

So I wanted snow... but seriously didn't mean to get it all at one time. Yesterday morning we had green grass and this morning I couldn't find the front steps to get to my front door... and I even snowblowed once last night. (One of the guys who works with Steve called to offer his help last night in shovelling and I got him to show me how to work the snowblower, thank goodness because I definetly wouldn't have been able to shovel myself out of the drive.) By 3 am the weather channel was reporting 25 cm of snow fall already in Fredericton and it was still snowing and with winds of up to 90 kms/hour !!! The kids had a blast trying to help Mommy with the snow. School was cancelled today and the base even called to let me know that they were on minimum manpower!

What a difference a year makes!

Oh my how they have grown!!!

2007

2006

Getting in the Spririt!!

This past weekend was the Santa Clause Parade here in Fredericton, the weather turned cold that day but not nearly as cold as it has been out west, but we did need to dress in our warmest. Hannah enjoyed the parade, Nathan on the other hand didn't see much of it as he was tucked into the Chariot all snug and warm.
Steve left on Sunday for 3 weeks in Borden so that left me to decorated the house for Christmas with my favorite helpers... They were great, we only broke a few ornaments when Hannah decided that they should all hang together on the same branch... lesson learned by all...either I need non breakable ornaments or more direct supervision is needed...however no one was hurt in the incident.

Marie Josee & I waiting for the Santa Clause parade to start.

Hannah checking out the view.

Nathan & Hannah checking out all the ornaments...

Can't you see I'm decorating Mom??

What do you mean the balls have to stay on the tree?

Hannah is 3!!

We celebrated Hannah's third birthday this past weekend, she had a Princess themed party and invited 6 of her little friends to join her at her castle. I didn' t think that all the girls would come but surprise surprise they did... we had a great time, they made crowns, played castle, balloons ate lunch then had a princess cake (made by mom). Hannah is such a lucky girl, she received so many wonderful gifts and she had probably her best birthday ever (although it was more like a birthday week than a birthday as the presents started arriving on Wednesday and she was still opening gifts on Sunday, the actual date of her birth).