jack-o-lanterns

some of our pumpkins... from l-r, mikehiela's ghost, gord's bat, ron's grim reaper and cole's bat (i thought winnie the pooh!! it's cute!) and then i had to massacre the little pumpkins from the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago and make some luminaries... just love them!

-janna

pumpkin carving

spent the day at my church with my friend renee for 'super saturday'... it's great, a bunch of women getting together to have fun and make crafts... we made a set of wooden letters (*smile*) to spell 'Christ' and a wooden Jesus, mary, joseph and a lamb. had lots of fun, i look forward to these every year.

after, our friends ron & rhonda and their kids came over for dinner to carve some pumpkins. had lots of fun, everyone got in on it, including our two year olds. it was the first time we've ever gotten together with anyone to do this, usually it's just a family affair. it's fun!!

have a great weekend and a safe hallowe'en! God bless!

-janna 

happy birthday to my dad

love ya, pop! i know you read (but NEVER post!!) so i thought i'd announce it to the world right here... actually, this is a favour to your other daughter jenni who always forgets your birthday and i have to remind her, so this is easier than actually phoning her;)

i love you dad. hope it was a fun one!

janna 

prairie gardens

it's canadian thanksgiving here this weekend, and we had a wonderful time. gord and i had our anniversary this weekend, but we won't be celebrating it until next weekend... i can't wait, i'm so looking forward to some time with my husband. life's been busy and our wonderful intentions of having friday night date night every week have suffered!

we went out for dinner with some friends on saturday night, then went over to mom & dad's for thanksgiving dinner after church on sunday, and today we went to the haunted pumpkin festival which is something we do every year... we look forward to it every year. we went with renee' and her family, then all met up back here with elizabeth and her family as well for dinner. lots of fun, and love having dinner with friends. don't do that enought, either!

have a wonderful week!

janna 

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goofy kids

all i wanted was one picture for my wall upstairs. i didn't get one where they are both smiling (or at least looking at the camera and not making a goofy face). oh well, still some cuties nonetheless;) 

after i'm sure what was not a very long sleep, the girls had waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. i got the goodie bags from ardene, which was a really good deal and a huge hit with the girls!
then everyone went off to their saturday morning activities, miki was off to ice skating. it was a great time but i am grateful that birthdays are only once a year:)

amen.

:)

scenes from her birthday

***disclaimer***
the following is really probably only interesting to the grandparents and close relatives... be warned;)


well, we had her ninth birthday party last night, and it was a sleepover. i am happy to report that i am still alive. i think;)

these pics are in no particular order, but after the kids came, i set them up on the driveway with sidewalk paint (this stuff is awesome!) and chalk. that was a blast! i made pizza, we ate dinner, then it was jammie time. then the presents, and then instead of cake, we had build your own sundaes which went over really well, miki's wanted to do that for a long time now! i love the first pic... she was laughing so hard when she didn't blow out all the candles 'look mom, three boyfriends!!' after that, they watched high school musical and sleepover. i won't say what time they finally fell asleep or there may never be another sleepover;)

that was the only way i could get him to smile, was to tell him that he'd break my camera if he did. i guess that must tell you what he thinks of cameras! thankss elizabeth, had a great time chasing kids with you today, even if my mojo was on hiatus. here's both of our little ones who figured out if they piled some leaves on the side rail, and sat on them, it would be a giant slide. thankfully, no slivers. just love the fall, but who doesn't? the leaves turn and are gone so quickly. make the most of it!
 

make my day!!

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how lucky am i?? and this is exactly what i would have wanted!! i seriously love these books!!

so much cool stuff! i love it!!

janna

caleb and his girlfriend

i just love these pics of caleb and his little girlfriend, just had to share;)

tagged by michelle

michelle tagged me about a week ago (as you can see, i've been a bad bad slacker) so here goes:

list five weird things about yourself

(only five??? really, this could go on...)

1. i really can't stand to hear people otherwise eating their food. at home, i usually put the radio on softly for background noise so i don't have to hear it. (these are normal noises that anyone, i'm sure myself included!! make.) however, nothing makes me want to put my head through the table faster than people who totally eat with their mouth open.

ewwwwwwww *shudder*

2. for the scrapbookers out there - never able to do an 'about me' album or anything of the sort. just one page with my photo for love2scrap just about killed me.

3. i have a large selection of tea towels and dishcloths and usually replace the ones i'm using every time i do dishes. i don't know why, i just like it CLEAN!!

4. i love cottage cheese with fresh pineapple. according to my family and close friends, this is weird. i love it though!

5. i am a nerd who would have zero problems with the idea of going to a movie or out anywhere by myself. who cares!! i enjoy it!! (probably because i so rarely have it!)

6. i

caleb and the zen of dinner

i guess the stars really need to be aligned to get your preschooler to eat. had to grab the camera after a couple minutes of this meditation.

i guess whatever works!