Thanksgiving

Annika did a face-plant into the gravel on Saturday morning, so she had a scab on her face all weekend. Poor kid!

Annika & Poppy

The view from the cottage

Nannie & one of the twins

Zoe collected lots of sticks for the fire

Annika & Daddy

And then she slept for the rest of the walk

Annika was mesmerized every time Uncle Jay played the mandolin!

Blane got lots of extra 'love' this weekend...doesn't he look thrilled?

Annika LOVES Zoe!

Poppy & the twins

Happy Annika

Here's a short (not really) clip of Annika in one of her better moods. We find this fascinating... perhaps others aren't so thrilled. Make sure the sound is on so you can hear her having one of her chats with us.

Ok, the clip is pretty big... we've uploaded it to youtube.

Nearly on the Market

The transformation is almost complete:

Living in a Construction Zone

So much to do to get this place on the market...

The kitchen cabinets have been primed (thanks Mom!), but they still need to be painted, and so do the walls...

All this kitchen stuff needs to be sorted and packed away...

Basement needs to be plastered, sanded, primed and painted...

The third bedroom in the basement needs to be drywalled, plastered, sanded, primed and painted...

But Annika's not losing any sleep over it!

Growing Baby deBruin

14 Weeks

24 Weeks

32 Weeks

38 Weeks


Just a couple more weeks - any guesses on how big she'll be?

France so far

Here are some photos......









In reverse order - as you can see the accommodations are loooverly !!!

Vegas baby!!

There was a lot of walking......
Quite a lot of drinking......
Thousands of very loud fans......
Here's one...
Some great big buildings.... like this one
and this one
Lots of bright lights
Lots of pre-match build up.....thank goodness!!


Some fighting....and yes Ricky did manage to land one or two...
...right there....
but then it was all over......
So back to the drinking - inside the Paris with "Mr" Happy!
and the bright lights
and of course some gambling, shopping and a fair bit of eating.