A Night on Ice

So two weeks ago we went skating with a bunch of friends. It was Landon's first time skating and he loved it. You should have seen the smile on his face when I told him he skated just like Jarome Iginla. I don't think he is ready to skate on his own yet but he sure is fun to watch.

Christmas Fun Before Christmas

Well Now that Christmas is all over I thought that I would finally update our blog with all of the fun we had. Sorry this is long but there was just so much we did. I took Landon to our wards Primary party where they acted out the birth of Christ. When Landon found out he was going to be a Shepard he was not to happy but once I explained to him that Shepard's had big muscles there was nothing else he wanted to be. He was so cute.
Then it was time for fun at Tom and Irene's before they left to go out east for Christmas. We all went over and made Gingerbread houses and the kids made snow flake tree ornaments.
Samantha had more fun eating hers then decorating it.
But she sure did love getting her hands dirty.

More of our little Shepard

We had an early Christmas as well where Landon got his gift from Grandma and Grandpa. It was a hockey table he was so excited. You should have seen his face. I think it was a winner.

We went with Jon and Jen and MK to a breakfast at Cardel Place. The kids got to eat and make crafts and even sit on Santa's lap..... well all but Landon because he just wanted daddy to tell Santa for him what he wanted for Christmas.

Our little family oh how cute. The pre Christmas was a blast stay tuned for the actual Christmas pictures.

We put Samantha into the Jolly jumper for the first time and boy did she have a blast. I have never seen a 6 month old jump that much. We got some cute pictures as well. Landon was such a big help every so often he would get off his motor bike to come a help her or try to make her laugh he is such a good big brother.

The Long Weekend

It was a great long weekend. We had Landon so we jumped in the car Saturday and went to Sherwood Park. It was so great to see the family and let Landon play with his cousins. The boys had a blast playing Hockey and Basketball, well Samantha showed off her new talent of sucking on her toes.

On Monday morning we had a visit from three ninja turtles. They were so cute running around and doing all the ninja tricks. Landon was so excited when Kaden and Colby gave Landon two swords to keep. Thanks guys.

Well it was a fun weekend and I know Landon misses the boys he has already said we need to call them and ask them to come over to our house. Thanks for all the fun.

Trick or Treat

Wow I can not believe we beat Jon on the Halloween blog. Sorry there are so many pictures but it was a big night. It was a night of firsts. We had Landon for the first time on Halloween and boy was it fun. Landon had so much energy he just wanted to run from house to house. He was the best Ninja turtle I had ever seen. He scored and got a ton of candy but the only Candy he really wanted were the chips lol. It was also Samantha's first Halloween ever and her costume was the big guessing game people said she was a sheep or a poodle we even heard she was a cute pig the correct answer was a poodle. She was such a trooper going from door to door getting her daddy and Grandpa Tom candy. Which leads me to the final first of Halloween JON GOT TOM INTO THE SUMO COSTUME! I could not believe it. I was so much fun having Tom go around with the kids I think he even went to a few doors to get candy for himself.

The pumpkin pictures were from the Monday before Halloween the kids carved pumpkins and made spider cookies. Ryan and Landon made a spider dog as well. Kayla made a whole bunch of spider cookies with Grandma well Landon ate the oreos.

It's been a fun week, but now it's time to start planning for Christmas lol (I said that to scare Ryan) Happy Halloween!

Our family oh how we grow

Well here we go again. It has been a long time since we last blogged. sorry about that I guess I am just not to good at keeping everyone up to date. Well Samantha is growing so fast. She is now eating solids. Well trying to eat it she doesn't like her cereal at all she likes the food daddy gives to her like ice cream or pickles and she loves water. The sad news is she will not for the life of her take a bottle. She is making all sorts of funny noises now, her new favorite noise sounds like she is gasping for breath so mommy and daddy do not like that one at all.

Last weekend we went with Jon and Jen to the science center. We had a blast Landon loved the water and was a little afraid of the cloud machine, but once daddy showed him it was not hot and he could put his hand in it he was good to go. Ryan enjoyed the bed of nails as you can see from the picture.

More to come next week when we take Landon trick-or-treating stay tuned lol.

Two Weeks With Landon

This Past weekend well we had Landon we went to Edmonton so he could play with his cousins there. They were all so excited to be having a sleep over, and they were even more excited to see they all had super hero pj's. The rest of the night they were all super heroes right up until it was time for bed.

We started to decorate Landon's room we got him some posters to put up on the walls (yes I am sorry no oilers posters. Landon does not like the oilers to much so it had to be flames). Here is his second poster we put up on the wall It's a cars poster and he (as you can see on his face) just loved that poster.
The first week we had Landon we had a Gilchrist reunion. It was a blast and Landon just loved playing with his cousins. We had a fun game of red rover in which we kicked some major butt. There was also a very intense scavenger hunt and once again Myself, Jon, Irene and Samantha won!
The kids had a blast playing hide and go seek this was their hiding spot The picnic at Bowness Park was a hit. we roasted hot dog and Marshmallows, but I think Landon's favorite was the grape pop.