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Have a great night welcoming the New Year!!

Be safe!!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas
everyone....have a very happy "birthday".
Stay safe, and hope to see you again in 2008!!!

Advent

Robert & Jemma had the honour
of lighting the candles in the Advent wreath today in church.
Celebrating the HOPE, JOY, PEACE, LOVE and the
LIGHT OF THE WORLD!!
Happy Birthday Jesus.

OOOPS.....

Jemma

was asking for

chips

the whole way home

from the grocery store,

well....

now she has them!!!

oops

The snow kept on falling after Jemma's "snow dance"...

(the dance she did at the beginning of December)...she was so excited, even at hearing the word!!
She had a blast playing in it...

...and laying in it...

...and even "shom-mum"-ing the walkway

with Daddy ;D

GREAT JOB GUYS!!!

and then the rains started once again....

such is life on the "wet" coast!!

wonder what this little rascal is up to?!!

Then & Now

SinterKlaas

Jemma wasn't too comfortable meeting

SinterKlaas...

...and she sure wasn't going to shake his hand!!!

sitting pretty

This was the first "snow" day in Vancouver this winter,

and since attendance at church was quite low,

Hannah & Jemma joined the throng in church.

Jemma was so excited when she heard the word SNOW this morning,

she just couldn't get outside soon enough!!She sang and danced...
...and rolled around on the ground!!
Her wishes came true for snow it did!!!

Jemma waiting patiently during coffee social after church.

But you have to wonder what is going through her head.......will they ever finish talking?...!
...can I go play now?...!

...who are all these people?...!

Jemma is sending ladybug hugs & kisses to everyone.....Happy Halloween xoxox

Adjusting my halo...oops, I mean antennae........how do I look?....
...let's go get some candy...
...just wait 'till I get on those streets!!!
...are we there yet?...
...hmm...this looks like candy! Let's try it out.

...Jemma's first batch of Halloween loot...

WOW!!! is this all mine?
is that a sucker...yummmmm
now for some sparkler fun.....
...is this ever pretty...

...what a dazzling show. Thanx Daddy!!

laundry is never a boring chore when Jemma is around :-)
our HUGE carrot crop!!

(they sure were tasty though!)

our trip to Opa's Farm

"Hey...where am I?

That's Daddy and Teddy..."Waking up in a strange place...

with hens right outside the door...
Checking out the corn...
and then taking a spin on Opa's tractor...
"WHEEEEE!!!"

LEAVES EVERYWHERE!!!!

look what was raked up with all those leaves.....
...Daddy & Jemma in the pouring rain....

check out my rake!!!!

too cute :-)

......hmmmmmm.....

.....looking very thoughtful in her sleep....

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Then & Now

Jemma has decided she would like to play with her "baby" toys again
Her play mat is now on her bedroom floor with all her "babies"

whom she joins there on a daily basis

Jemma modelling her new boots.....

...and not much else!!!

laundry fun...

Jemma saw an empty laundry hamper

and thought it would be a

comfy place to take a rest.......

....peek-a-boo.....

Farmer's Market

on our way to the Farmer's Market............. ...up high on Daddy's back so no one steps on me!!!!
"Daddy....what did you buy?"
"we EAT this?!"

Roooaaaarrrrr..........

.....wrestling a tiger.....
...yaaaa...pinned him!!!

Jemma searching under her bed with her "shash-ash" (flashlight)......maybe for some toys she "placed" out of her bed

(when she was supposed to be sleeping)...

Stanley Park

It was such a beautiful day today we decided to

celebrate Jemma's 1.5 year birthday by exploring

some of God's beautiful creation at Stanley Park!!!!

...Jemma & Momma in one of the clearings

created during the wind storms last fall...

...and Jemma standing by a small stack of logs...

...Daddy & Jemma by a huge root ball

(that dirty tangly mess behind them)...
...and Jemma standing beside a tree just her size ;-0...
...Jemma was calling to see if anything was hiding inside this tree...
...fortunately nothing came out to surprise us!