Monday, October 26, 2009

Fun at work

We had a film crew come to our firehouse a few months back. They took some film footage of us and the station, and then put together a pretty good kids video called, "Why are Fire Trucks Red?"

I was checking out their website, and they actually posted a few of the clips online. If you check this one out, you can see me "putting out a fire" (well, a cartoon fire...). I'm the firefighter holding the front section of the hose line, or the nozzle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCTg15r9Mc&feature=related

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Jadyn turned 7!!!

Our Jadyn turned seven years old on the 11th of October. It's amazing how fast time goes by - I can't believe we already have a seven year-old!

We celebrated with our families the night before her birthday. Gramda even made a surprise trip over from Montana just to celebrate with Jadyn! Our kids always get to choose their favorite dinner meal to eat for their family party. Jadyn chose a new meatball recipe that we have and absolutely love as well as sauce and spaghetti with bread. We had a great time with family as we celebrated and then dove into some chocolate cake.

Then, on her actual birthday, we had a princess, Angelina Balerina party with several friends. The girls (and one boy) dressed up like princessses (or a prince for the boy), played pin the bow on Angelina, made Angelina coloring books, learned a few ballet steps from our good friend Anna, played a bunch of games, and had fun eating some more yummy chocolate cake.

Here are just a few pictures - more will be posted soon on our family photo page.


Mommy and baby


Jadyn's first day of school

This was Jadyn's first day of school in late September. They were delayed by 2 weeks by a teachers' strike. Once that was resolved, she was so excited to finally be able to start 1st grade - and to have it be all-day school!

Jadyn with her teacher, Mrs. Bond.

Makenzie's 8 month photo


We're a little behind on the posting.... so here's Makenzie's photo from September 29th. 8 months old~