Ry's 3? ....No, he's 2! Birthday Celebrations

Rylan had an airplane themed party! I made him a 3-d airplane cake (that said he was three instead of two...brain fart!), we made paper airplanes and he gave his guests styrofoam airplanes! He actually blew out the candles this year by himself!

Kiddie table with his other little two year old friends on the right!
We went to Red Robin on his actual birthday for dinner. A tradition in our family. Grandma, Trisha, Dean and Stephanie came too.
Ry loves to get pizza! Mmmm mmmmm!
Auntie Jenn and Sam have the same birthday only three days before so we celebrated together. Here us Ry making a silly face with NO prompting!
Ry got the coolest airplane made by the makers of the movie cars! His face lit up as soon as he opened it and he wanted it "out". Here he is flying the plane! You can actually see the sound effects.
Happy Birthday Ry! To my special "little big" boy--for your smiling face with the cutest dimples ever, for your affection with Mom, Dad and B, for your silliness and your willingness to try and learn something new all the time. Love you!

Fall into fall...

I always try to take some kind of fall pics with the boys--last year I think it was in the studio, but this year we were out and about on a nice day with lots of fall colours. Ry and B tried to throw leaves at the same time, but it didn't really work-it made for hilarious photos though!

Walk for Autism for Autism Speaks 2008

A colleague of mine had a huge part in organizing the walk for autism this past October in the lower mainland. We volunteered to photograph the event, but we brought our boys along for all the fun. They had a great time running in the park, sliding on the slides, and terrorizing my fellow teaching colleagues (Look for the next post of fall photos taken the same day!).

Mill Lake

Yeah!  The first sunny day in May, we went to Mill Lake to look at the "Quack Quack" and have a snacky picnic.  Ry walked all the way around the lake by himself!  Yeah!  B also climbed up the blue jungle gym and then couldn't get down!  Ha Ha!  I love the playground for pics--such good expressions!

B's skating lessons...

So B dawned all the hockey gear and went for his first skating lessons in October! He did so well--he passed both the first level and half of the second level in his first bout. B every week said that he didn't want to go, but every week he wanted to stay on the ice longer. Go figure?!! Ry had alot of fun running around the rink, climbing on the railings and yelling, " Bay-den, can you see me? Bay-den you at skating lesson?" Later we found out that Ry was jealous. He put on B's skates and told Clay, "Dad, I go to skating lesson. You watch."

Dean's Park

On one nice day in the beginning of September we went to visit Dean and Stephanie and went to Terry Fox School. What a great playground. B went to the top of the spiderweb. The big kids Dean and Clay went on the whirly whirly pole. Ry played basketball with Dad's help and Mom and Ry went down the twirly slide. (I played with some new actions in PS--so vintagey!)

B's in Kindergarten ALREADY!

Time sure does fly! B is now in kindergarten. He has to wear a uniform and he looks so cute. Here are a few photos of his first day as well as at school when we had his first meet the teacher nite!

Doing homework!

PNE Family Fun

We had never been to the PNE with the boys, so this year we decided to drag Gramma Raine with us! It has been a tradition in my family to go with my Oma as a young girl--I remember her buying the lottery tickets for the house and she would never win. It has also been a tradition for the past 8 years to go with the my girlfriends....and we always had so much fun! Here are a few fun pics-B got to go on the bungy trampoline and sit in a fighter jet. Ry had fun jumping down the stairs, running down the hills and petting the animals.


Watching SUPER DOGS!

Ry had a nap while....

B went bungy jumping!

B's Second Wedding!

What a unique wedding! We went on a dinner cruise that left from Granville Island and went around Stanley Park to the Port of Vancouver. Jake and Molly (Clay's cousins) got married on the boat then we went for photos around Granville Island. B got some serious motion sickness on the boat, so he passed out at around 8 pm. We were trying out our automatic ISO and got some wicked night shots--the sky almost looked blue, not black. All and all a gorgeous day! I LOVE VANCOUVER! (Sorry for another slide show, but there were just too many photos to post!)