Trip to England and Halloween

Just thought I would finally post some pictures from our recent trip to Birmingham. We all had a great time and enjoyed the sites as well as meeting some distant relatives who were so welcoming.
So here are some pictures:

The children with the big cadbury train. Cadbury World....YUMMY!!

With their own creations of chocolate goodies. We got to choose from many different sweets and goodies and then we poured chocolate over top from a big spout. It was delicious!

Again at Cadbury World....can you tell we liked it there?

At the Sea Life Center. I was trying to catch one of the big sea turtles going behind them but I missed it!

Outside sea life center

And before we head out to collect some sweeties tonight, here are some pics of the crazy Canadian trick or treaters:

Trying out Halloween Costumes....and being silly!

More silliness

Posing with the newly carved pumpkin before bed last night

Our scary pumpkin!! In Black and White

Hannah and Jacob are 3!!

My babies are three years old! I really can't believe how quickly time flies.
We celebrated Hannah and Jacob's birthday last week and had a great time smashing some more great pinatas made by Shawn. They got to choose the shape of the pinata and the shape of their birthday cakes. Jacob picked a crocodile pinata and a firetruck cake (you'll see the pics below). Hannah picked an elephant pinata and a princess cake. So Shawn got to work on the pinatas and I made the cakes. Below are some pics of the party.

Jacob's firetruck cake and Hannah's princess cake

Blowing out the candles as big brothers look on

And now the pinatas. Here is Hannah and her elephant. She is trying to keep on a brave face as she had just fallen on the stairs
And here is Jacob's crocodile
And the birthday bashers:
After the festivities, Hannah and Jacob had a sleepover here with a couple of friends (2 girls aged 8 and 10) and the boys went to stay with their brother (12) at their house. They all had a great time! While Jacob and Shawn were playing a computer game, Grammy Weir did the girls' nails!

Look for pics of our trip to England which will be coming very soon....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We were able to celebrate with fellow Canadians last night for some great Thanksgiving Day desserts. We had 4 other families here to share in some lovely desserts. We had apple pie, pumpkin pie, peanut butter fudge, ice cream and smarties cupcakes. Sounds yummy, eh? (Did you note that little Canadian expression? We haven't forgoteten where we are from!)

So here is a little photo of the spread. I put up a couple Canadian flags just to remind us!
Here are Shawn and Jacob playing a game on the computer. They were both looking so intently that I had to take a picture.
Then they both saw the flash and looked up so I got another one
And finally, here are a couple pictures of our little girl, who always wants her picture taken. This one was last week when she got herself dressed (which she does daily) to help me take out the recycling. FYI, it was not raining that day and it was quite warm.
And this one is just today when it IS raining and only 10 degrees outside!
Now I know I am very biased, but isn't she just too cute??!!

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING! We are very thankful for all our friends and family who keep us in their thoughts and prayers.

And here are the boys in their new rainsuits. I finally got them into them when I could take a picture to post so they were not left out of the blog. So here are the two big boys in their new suits

Benjamin's suit (sorry they are sideways)
Alexander's suit