Fun comparison

Jonah & Bram
September 2008

Thad & Bram
May 2011

October/November 2010

Jonah loves playing in the leaves
in autumn. Bram enjoyed it too.

Last veggie we harvested... Yes, there WAS
a nasty looking bug in there!

Glenn & Bram jamming over
the drying herbs from our garden
(rosemary & sage)

A bunch of DVDs went missing.
Eventually I convinced Glenn to take apart the VCR.
BINGO! I think there were 18 or so (and a VHS tape too)

Pumpkin carving!

Curious George & Batman

We checked out an early Christmas event at
City Hall. We met interesting characters and
saw a lot of great gingerbread house designs.

September 2010

Our big announcement!

Jonah's first day of grade one
at a new school!

Jonah & Bram picking cherry tomatoes

Traveled to Tennessee & actually had a
band meeting with all four guys and
their significant others!

Traveled to New York!
(Us on the Brooklyn Bridge)

My guys posing amidst apple trees

Corn Maze!

I chopped my hair for a good cause

August 2010 Highlights

Our friend Dusty gave us some monarch caterpillars that she found in the wild and we raised them in our living room. A very exciting process that we hope to repeat in 2011! We started with 3 caterpillars, and ended up with two monarch butterflies. Taylor (a female) emerged on August 21st. Jayden (a male) emerged on the 25th. Because of the timing, there is a good chance they made the journey to Mexico!

We separated these two after taking the
picture as there seemed to be some
sort of altercation taking place

These caterpillars ate a LOT of milk weed and
left a LOT of droppings on our table!

Getting ready to become a chrysalis.
So cool the boys and I got to see this happen!

Beautiful! Check out the sparkling gold dots!

Almost ready!

Wings almost ready to fly!

In our backyard before flying away!

Jonah finished his first piano book and
did a little recital for some friends and family.
He was a natural performer!

BRAM TURNED TWO!!!!

Tiger tail ice cream was his birthday request so
we went with a tiger theme for his party

July 2010

Here are some highlights from July 2010...

Glenn wants to keep bees one day.
Here we are amongst thousands of bees!

Black raspberries growing in our yard

Freezing black raspberries individually
(picked these along the side of a nearby road)

Our flower garden in the backyard. You can kinda see
the fruit trees at the back growing along wires ("espalier")

The boys pumped about a family bike ride

Bram loved riding behind Glenn in the stroller/trailer last summer.

Finally, a video of us riding on a nearby trail. Note Jonah's lack of training wheels. Also, note the size of his bike and wheels... August sees a serious upgrade in bike size so stay tuned.

June 2010

Jonah turned SIX and we hosted a batman birthday party. The boys did a great job decorating their own cupcakes as they arrived...

Aunt Krista made Jonah a batman cape and it was a hit!


What's an early summer birthday party without a water fight?


Within days of turning six, Jonah learned to ride a two-wheeler!


Had to get a picture of our front window before I cleaned it!


June brought lots of flowers in my garden that I cut and brought inside to enjoy...

Bram enjoyed painting!

Chin on hand. Doesn't get much cuter than that.

Okay, it DOES get cuter.
Here's Bram posing in a friend's garden.

The boys enjoying a rare treat

May 2010

A very busy month for us! downhere opened for Michael W. Smith on a tour across Canada and the boys and I joined them! Way too many pictures and things happening for one blog entry. This trip was fun and exhausting and possibly a once in a lifetime event... well, MAYBE when all the boys are older we'd try it again. Now, I have officially been in all the Canadian provinces. Haven't seen the territories though.

Us by the bus!

Jonah's bunk

Bram asleep in his bunk

One church had skate-boarding in the basement!

We spent our 12th anniversary, which was also Mother's Day in Banff, Alberta on a day off. Definitely one of the highlights of the trip for me!

Glenn & Bram in the gondola in Banff


Jonah and I, same gondola

Also in Banff

Ferry to Victoria, BC

Then is was on to spend time with my parents, Glenn's parents and my sister in her family. We all met up in Winthrop, WA.

My parents with all their grandchildren

Jed, Jonah & Jael enjoying time near the West Chewuch River.

I helped Zoe throw rocks in!

My sister, her girls & Bram having fun with chalk


Me, my sister and our kidlets
in a VERY nice outdoor hot tub!


Then it was off to Seattle to spend some time with friends and see the city.

Even got hot chocolate at the original Starbucks!

Finally, spent some time in Vancouver with my Aunt and her family. Jonah truly fell in love with swimming while we were there! It was great to reconnect with my Aunt and we also spent a little time with some friends.