snacks in heaven

so hazel and i have been having some deep discussions about heaven. usually when she brings it up she is very teary eyed and worried. she knows that she is going to heaven, but she must have worries about kyle and i. she keeps asking if we are coming to heaven too.
on tuesday she had an even bigger worry about heaven - the food. after i reassured her that kyle, dekker and i were coming to heaven with her, that we would all go together (no point getting too specific right?) she was then stressed about what we would eat on the way and what we would eat when we get there. so she decided we would bring snacks! i like the way my girl thinks.

happy belated halloween

I really love haloween. candy and playing dress up - who doesn't right? (besides kyle- who wanted to dress up like a "dad". hazel didn't let him get away with it. he ended up being a "soccer player", he has a jersey on under his hoodie. what a party pooper eh?)

this year hazel was sooo excited about it and then got the flu the day before. but "magically" she was cured for halloween and had lot of energy to yell "trick or treat" and her tummy felt good enough to eat her treats! she was sick again 2 days later when her candy ran out. of course.

all of sept and most of oct hazel was a puppy - she wouln't answer to her own name - only to "bolt" or "puppy". of course i bought her a puppy costume and then she wanted to be a balarina. which would have been exciting if she wasn't in the throes of wearing this specific purple balerina dress every day!

dekker was the cutest little puppy. his costume had a little sound maker in the paw "woof-woof" that was pretty amazing to him. is it bad to include the crying pic? hazel really likes to hug her brother and a lot of the time it ends with an unhappy brother.

of course we did the pumpkin carving thing and hazel wanted to do a skull and crossbones one (i let her choose from a bunch of pics). i was quite proud of myself cuz it looked awesome and then i didn't take any pictures for proof. sad.

dekker is ONE!

mmm... dirt cake!

i made him a skor/ granddpa hicken's chocolate pudding/ ghiredelli fudge cake-

with worms on top in the back of 2 of his dump trucks.

he had a great time getting filthy

hazel and tyson getting ready to dig in.


i can't believe my baby boy is one!
he is just the cutest thing. lately he has been obsessed with his tooth brush, he drags it around the house with him. one night he wouldn't go to sleep without it. when he gets upset he usually shrieks. in fact he shrieks and screams a lot. he also makes the biggest kissy lips when things don't go his way. he doesn't kiss to show affection, he mushes his face into yours and holds it there. i just love, love, love him!

dekker is the cutest little boy

dekker thought he'd died and gone to heaven with all that water and muk!

the day after he learned to crawl i caught him in the bathroom twice like this!
of course being the germaphobe that i am, he went directly into the tub.
and i learned to close bathroom doors.



dekker LOVES balls
this is the funniest pic to me, it reminds me of keelia saying - "oh this, tis nothing"


i got a fancy new camera so i took some pics of dekker to blow up on the wall
of course i chose this one

although this one really tempted me and probably would have been the more sensible choice

the big 04 for the haze

the birthday cake bar has been raised.

that's right, that is rolled, home-made frondant on a 4 yr old birthday cake.

a little overboard, but hazel helped me.

hazel fluctuates moment to moment as a baby, doggie (bolt) or a princess!

she had an awesome party and now is planning dekkers b-day cake.

disclaimer

wow what a hottie all clean shaven!

hazel with her own 'stache

dekker looks worreid

so does kandace

your eyes do not decieve you, this IS a sexy handlebar mustache pose

kyle's version of multi-tasking- working on his computer (busy season and mustache season are one and the same), biking AND making us all jealous of his upper lip

kyle's authentic old man glasses that he wears occasionally to work - actually looks pretty rad (yes rad) with his business attire on. chay's ray ban glasses are pretty sweet as well

pure euro mullet glory

throughout the following blog you may notice a man with a mullet, mustache or other strange facial hair/glasses/clothing. he is my husband, do not be afraid.

actually one of the things i love about kyle is that he is entertaining - what is truly more exciting than never knowing what a person will do next. you'll notice i have gathered an array of examples and displayed them here. in kyle's defence he thinks he has a disorder that makes him afraid of hair cuts angairafobia or something. like a wee lad he is afraid of sizzors and must do the cutting himself. and if a bad mullet occurs it stays for weeks at a time untill he gathers the courage for another hair cut. possibly the reason he avoids shaving his upper lip during certain times of the year.... one can only speculate.

pss. i must say i find kyle extremely attractive no matter what is growing on his face or the back of his head.

hazels first day of preschool

i know i'm biased, but isn't she just the prettiest little girl?

she was soooo excited

five years of marital bliss!!!

kyle and i have been married five years today! we didn't make it to hawaii due to budget and time restrictions, but we did make it to a posh restuarant in downtown calgary. we ate really expensive yummy food out on the patio of the restuarant. highlights included a bunch of expensive cars that i can't remember the names of (except the bently- i remember that one). also the live music and the homeless woman dancing in the street. it was fun. i am so so so happy that i married kyle. best five years of my life!

steve smyth llb (or somethin like that)

my brother in law steve became a certified lawyer today! one of the nicest guys i know (there goes my view of lawyers being argumentitive jerks). hazel thought it was a riot taking the C-train downtown to go see the spectacle. congrats steve!

yay! our legal worries are over!

welcome home elder harker!

payton got home from his mission today!!!! watch out christmas piniata, he's back. payton is so much fun to be around, i'm excited for my kids to get to know their uncle payt because he is just a great person all around. plus now we'll be able to sample the delicacy of wild game again.

payton and some future missionaries! gotta love that face - it was nice to see that payton hasn't changed too much!

payton cracking everyone up with his story of " not only sharing a meal with a monk on the plane, but sharing his fork as well!"