Winners

Last weekend, during AYSO picture day, there was a gift basket raffle where you could buy $1 raffle tickets and place them in various drawings for gift baskets.  We bought $25 worth of tickets and each put some in the baskets we wanted.  The kids were so excited that we won 2 baskets!  Colin won a car wash basket and Brad won a "family movie" basket that came complete with several movies, popcorn, and lots of candy.  He and Tannis were SO happy! They watched Ghostbusters 1 and 2 that night, and of course, snacked on way too much candy...

My Funny Boy

Brad has a very funny and sarcastic sense of humor.  The other day, he read a story for school called The Astronaut and the Onion.  He warned me ahead of time that it "was stupid."  The story took place in a grocery store and was about a girl who threw an onion in the air which was caught by a fellow shopper who turned out to be an astronaut.  They had a conversation in the grocery store as a result.  On Brad's reading homework, the multiple choice question was, "Where did the story take place?"  (Movie theater, car wash, grocery store, or library.)  Brad's response..."I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say grocery store..."

In addition to being funny, he has a HUGE sweet tooth... just like his mom!

Fashonista

 Tannis has always been into fashion and truly has her own style.  Yesterday, I was in her room sorting out her clothes and remarked on how many leggings, boots, and sweaters she had.  She replied, "Yes, winter is my cutest season..."

4 Years Later...

Wow, has it really been 4 years since I've posted to this?  Somehow time just slipped by, and I was reminded of the blog today when Tannis told me she had found it online while Googling her name... yes, that's how old she's getting!  When I went back and read the entries, I realized what great memories they were...and how I had forgotten about most of them!  So I'm going to try to start posting again.

Brad is now 10 and Tannis is 8!

He loves Minecraft and she may be the only girl that loves both Justin Bieber AND Elmo!

They both LOVE our new dog. Here they are on the day we got him!

Both kids are playing soccer, and yesterday, Tannis scored her first goal ever!  Two weekends before, Brad scored his first goal ever too!  They both love to swim and Brad does an amazing full flip off the diving board.  Today, Colin was in the pool with them and he said they thought it was hysterically funny to say bad words under water.  They know they're not allowed to say them, but underwater, you can't really hear them.  They're obsessed with hearing bad words... in songs on the radio, in movies, even possibly on audiobooks.  I usually have an audiobook in my car and they'll want to listen to it, in hopes of hearing a "bad word."

Here's one of the highlights of their year so far....

Swimming with dolphins in Mexico!