Happy New Year! We are home and going nowhere for a while:)

The title says it all - we are back in our boring old routine and loving it:). We did have a great trip to Edmonton, though!! The flight there was pretty good. The kids didn't sleep at all, which wasn't completely unexpected. It felt like such a short flight, too! We got to Edmonton around midnight and it took the kids a while to settle down (not as long as it took at the condo in Honolulu, so that was good!). The unfortunate part was the early morning:-/. Steve and Andrea were there and their kids were on a really early schedule, so Lynsey especially had a very short night. Thankfully, she can handle lack of sleep the best of all three, although I think it did catch up with her here and there. We got right into it by taking the kids swimming that next morning. Adam and Nathan both loved going down the waterslide, and by themselves even! We went sledding in the afternoon, which was such a treat for our kids. All three of them loved it! Adam got attached to this one sled and only went on that one, and only by himself. We had our Christmas dinner and presents as well, a really big day for all of us! The kids went to sleep pretty nicely that night! It was Adam's birthday but with Christmas dinner and all we didn't really do a cake - he did get to blow out a birthday candle, though!

The next day Bobbi and Jer came up from Calgary to hang out. It was great to see them again! They also came by in the morning on Saturday after everyone else from Brian's family went to Water Valley for the Penner gathering, so we spent some more time with them. We went to Sherwood Park in the late afternoon and hung out with my family. It was very hectic and busy as usual, but felt so much like home:). My parents were able to come, too, which was really great! So nice to catch up with some nieces and nephews I hadn't seen in ages! Sunday was very low key. We just stayed at Brian's parents and packed up. The flight home was good, Nathan was a bit wiggly but nothing too terrible. It was pretty nice to get back into the swing of things on Monday. Thankfully we are being eased back into "real life" as not everything started back up this week (swimming for both Adam and Lynsey don't start until next week). The kids are settling back into school nicely and I am feeling almost normal again. Time to get working on some photo projects now, can't wait!

Oh one thing I wanted to mention was that Adam lost 4 teeth over the last week and a half!! He lost two at once early last week (one of his bottom two and one beside it) and then he lost one of his top two teeth in the Edmonton airport. What a champ - he came up to me and asked me to "take your tooth out!" He didn't even flinch while I pulled it out! His other top tooth came out at preschool yesterday, apparently he did it all by himself by just wiggling it until it popped out! Can he really be related to Lynsey?? How can they be so the opposite in this area:-S. He seems to be adjusting fine in his eating, I think he kind of likes the feeling of the gaps in his mouth. I see him sticking his tongue in there and checking himself out in the mirror:). Sometimes I catch a glimpse of him doing something like that and he just seems so typical. Love those moments<3.