One reason why I don't post as much on my blog any more is because of the problems I am encountering with Blogger. I have tried to rearrange the pictures, but I am beyond frustrated already...so here they are in no particular order!
The first picture is of Wyatt crying, obviously. He did pretty good travelling, but when he was tired or hungry, he complained. Life isn't always roses! :)
The second picture is of the church Mike spoke at - and the whole purpose of our trip! We arrived at the church just after 3 pm on Saturday afternoon and got a quick tour of it. It had a total of fourteen benches, seven on each side of the aisle. I think each bench would comfortably seat five people. After church on Sunday, we went down to the basement and ate a potluck lunch together. Including the seven of us, I think the total attendance for church that morning was 35.
Here are the kids eating the trail mix we made on Friday afternoon.
Below...the four older children slept in the same room at the house we were staying at. It was a newer house built by a couple who go to the church pictured above. They had built it as their retirement home, but then the mining company came along and pretty much turned their lives upside down. Anyway, they had moved out in fall since a house had pretty much fallen into their laps. In the meantime, this house will stand empty until the mining company takes over in October 2011. Here are Caleb and Joshua - and Wyatt - in their "bed".
Sam the dog. He was a BIG hit with Caleb & Joshua!
Below, the Saskatchewan sign as we drove into Saskatchewan. The weather in Manitoba was a little blustery and the
Yellowhead highway was rather snowy, but it cleared up as we headed into Saskatchewan and the highways improved to perfect driving conditions.
A pram for Natalee's dollies!!! So much fun for her! Don't tell anyone, but I also saw Caleb and Joshua pushing it around too! :)
At the family's home where we went for supper on Saturday evening, there was an amazing homemade rocking horse. Andrew really enjoyed it. I was tempted to try it out too, but I didn't think that would be appropriate.
Wyatt checking out the cat. The cats were very gentle and used to small children.
Again, the house we stayed at. The kitchen was great! It was huge! Here are the kids eating their snack on Saturday night. And Wyatt had a great time exploring the (empty) kitchen cupboards.
Here's the food they left for us. Basically, they only needed to provide us breakfast for Sunday. They also added in some snacks for the kids and there was even more food in the fridge. It was great!
Mmmmm, fresh home made bread!!!
A cool church along the
Yellowhead...
March 12th - Caleb's birthday. This is the Bakugan (back-you-gone) card Joshua made for Caleb.
We gave Caleb a t-shirt, a movie, and Star Wars binoculoars for his birthday.
This is the cake Caleb requested for his "friend" birthday party. It is a "Jello Poke Cake". First I baked two round white cakes. After they cooled, the boys poked holes all over the cake and we poured strawberry jello all over both cakes. After the jello set overnight, I spread strawberry jam in between the layers, stacked them, iced the cake, and decorated it with mini oreos as per my son's request. What an imagination! It was a very delicious cake.
Sunday, March 14 - a birthday party with both sets of grandparents for Natalee and Caleb. In a few years, there will ANOTHER birthday party added to this crazy week! (By that, I mean when Natalee is school-age and she will have her friend party in addition to the family party.) The boys requested a sparkler candle - Natalee was a little afraid of it, and you can see that Caleb was trying to sneak a touch in there. Natalee had cupcakes with pink icing topped with a giant gummy strawberry.
Then it was Caleb's turn. As Grandma Voth pointed out, this is his last year in the single digits. I bought him the number "9" candle for his cookie pizza, which was decorated with mini eggs and Reece's pieces. Yummy!
Presents! A Dora backpack for Natalee...
Caleb carefully reading his birthday cards.
And Natalee got a PINK bike as well as the pink outfit she is wearing. She was quite thrilled with her presents!
These days, Wyatt is trying to climb into everything - any bucket that he can fit into. The other day, he was trying to sit in a small frying pan. Not that easy a fit for such a big boy. Here he is in Natalee's doll carriage - he really likes it, even though it is not a very safe place for him.
