Mexico

Just about a week ago we got home from spending a wonderful week in Puerto Vallarta. It was such a nice escape from the busyness of life for a week. We went with my stepdad, his kids, and a stepcousin and her mom. Sadly, my sister and her hubby were not able to join us, as she was not feeling well enough to come and was a little worried, wanting to take extra careful care of baby-to-be (due in March!). It was a happy and sad trip, as it was a trip we were going to take with my mom this fall, so we all decided that she would have wanted us to go and enjoy ourselves, so we went with thoughts of her with us. It was a very nice opportunity to spend time with that part of our family and get to know each other even better. Everyone had a great time, Lewis liked playing in the sand (but not too close to the water...) and Jaina spent most of the week jumping into the swimming pool and practicing her swimming. We had beautiful sunny weather every day and nice warm evenings. Having lots of relatives around was nice too because Matt and I had a few opportunities to be out together while someone stayed with the kids in our room.

Now that we're back life is in full swing as usual, as we realize it's time to get ready for Christmas! In the interests of time, I am going to try something new and hope it works. I have two full albums of Mexico pictures on Facebook, and hopefully clicking on these links will take you to the photos if you would like to view them.

Mexico Photos Album 1

Mexico Photos Album 2


If this works maybe I will post more often as I seem to spend most of my time when I post making and adding slideshows or uploading pictures.
Michelle :)

And that was October...

Life is just staying as busy as ever, leaving little to no time to keep up with things like the blog. So here's a quick update: Had a nice Thanksgiving in Lethbridge, celebrated Jaina's birthday (far too many times, but it always seems to go like that with hers - friend party, family dinner, down to visit family... etc) and then Halloween. So now our little girl is 5. How time flies. And we also couldn't believe the exceptionally warm Halloween we had this year - it must have been about 10 degrees C for trick or treating. It's a rare year when kids can wear their tights without a snowsuit underneath!! Here are some pictures to show our highlights of this month: