House pictures......

Here are some pictures of our new home. For some weird reason I forgot to get a picture of the living room. It has a big window and gas fire place. Ahhhh. Anyways, we love it! We will get the keys this coming week to finish off the playroom we are doing and then we move the weekend of the 28th!!!


Master bedroom closet


Makenna's new room!


Master bathroom


Logan's new room ( we will paint eventually for the kids rooms)

Main bathroom (not overly fond of the tile, its bumpy, but Noel can change it one day)



tiles in the shower/tub. Its a soaker tub! YAY!
Main bathroom funky sink.


The stairs to upstairs(taken from the top)



Back deck and some yard

View into the dining room

My kitchen!! I love it, its big and open!

Its moving time at the Gilberts....

After many years Noel and I have finally bought a house!!!

We moving in a few short weeks and can't wait!!!

Pictures soon to be posted.... hopefully tomorrow!!!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is such a fun and exciting time for the kidlets. However, I have learned over the last couple of years, it can be pretty anti-climatic. My kids were SO very excited about trick or treating that by the time it came to trick or treat, they were super grumpy and full of complaints! From what I hear.... mine aren't the only ones!
So we headed out, loaded them with sugar as we went... and it turned out to be a really good time!
This year Noel had to work.... so I went with my girlfriend Catrina and her son Hudson.

The kids both had parties at their schools as well. Makenna's was Wednesday due to a teacher going on holidays(Lucky bum) and Logan's parade was Friday!

Makenna's party.....
Makenna and teacher Cathy

Makenna and teacher Yvonne





Makenna getting her face done by Teacher Martine! She did a fantastic job!!!
There is Logan... in front of the boy with the striped shirt. They paraded the kids all down to the gym to some Halloween music!

Logan and his friend Gavin in class!

Logan, Hudson and Makenna all ready to go!!
Getting some loot!!
The kids got a ton of candy! There weren't as many kids out and about as last year... perhaps that impending rain that managed to hold off!
Happy Halloween everyone! Now onto Christmas!! Yippee!!

PS... Don't ya love Makenna's red hair? Thanks Auntie Myra for finding it!!

A trip to the Pumpkin Patch!

We headed off to the Pumpkin patch last week on a sunny Wednesday!
We wanted to be sure we went before the rains came!!
The kids had fun as always and got some great pumpkins!

The fields of Pumpkins!

Logan Makenna Gram and Papa

Pirate Logan

Logan was running around the maze trying to avoid my pictures.... gotcha Logan!

Scarecrow Makenna

The chosen pumpkins!

I think...

That blue and pink is it..... for now anyways.

Pictures to come tomorrow!

Don't mind....

The strange colors I am trying out!

Soon I shall find something I like, so bare with me!!

It lasted awhile......

I am a good updater, aren't I? LOL
Life is busy with 2 monkeys, a hard working husband, 2 dogs and other animals (including the newest Hamster). And now with me working a little...... phew. Not much time for blogging.
But I am determined to get back to this, mainly to keep family members far away updated on our happenings and pics of the munchkins!

Logan is loving grade 2. He has the same teacher as last year which he is thrilled about it! And he is doing so well! The tutoring we had done this summer has really given him the confidence he needed with his reading! So far all spelling tests have come home with a big 10/10 and his reading has progressed 5 levels! WOO HOO! Way to go Logan!! Soccer is going really well this year too! He has some great friends on his team and loves to play!

Makenna is doing really well with her second year of preschool! She sure loves the teachers.... and they love her! She has made some new little friends this year, sadly she will not go to school with any of them next year as the preschool is on the other side of town! But thats okay... she has a tonne of friends through Logan's friends and such. So kindergarten should be an easy transition for us. Makenna has also started soccer this year.... not quite as keen as her brother, but she is getting there.

Noel and I are well! Our trip to Vegas was a much needed rest from our regular daily activities and some time to just concentrate on us. What a great time we had with our good friends Lorne and Catrina. We can't wait to do it again!
Work is going good... you can tell winter is coming and with the market the way it is... things have slowed a tad. But I am sure it will pick up in no time. I have taken on some part time work doing some merchandising for some major companies such as Loreal, Johnson and Johnson, Hallmark etc. I love it! Its during hours that Noel is home to watch Makenna and its contract work... so they just call when they need me. Works great!

I will leave you with a taste of the pictures we had done by my friend Carol! What a fantastic photographer she is.... if you want to see her work and maybe book a sitting for yourself check out her website here............... http://carolkerfootphotography.blogspot.com/


I promise to keep updating!! Oh and the puppy's name is.......... Cosmo