Merry Christmas from Utah

Well, after a 36 hour car ride which should have only taken 24 hours... we made it to Hooper Utah where my parents live, to spend Christmas with my family...  and say goodbye to my sister who is moving to Florida... We thought a 24 hour drive was bad... their drive will be about 48 hours...

We're having a good time here in Utah shopping, dinning out, movies, hanging out with the family ... and 30 degrees weather here is better than the -30 degrees we left in Vanderhoof... We even got our family picture taken for the last time in at least a couple years... (Kaelen's happy about that)

We are grateful we were able to make this trip to spend Christmas with my family...

Merry Christmas...

Halloween Night

Emma was a 50's girl, Kael was cow, & Max was a little fox but its hard to tell... Good times and lots of candy was had by all...

Super ME!!!!!!

So while grandma was visiting she whipped up a super cape for Kael and Emma, however Kael uses his much more than Emma ... He calls himself Super ME... and runs up and down the hall...

Maxwell's Blessing September 28, 2008

Thanks to my mother for making this blessing outfit in one day... She's amazing...

Welcoming Maxwell Jesse Gulbranson to our Family

Little Max was born on September 10, 2008 at about 6:45 pm. He weighs 8 lbs 3 ounces and 52 cm's long. He has lots of dark brown hair and loves to suck his fingers.

Mmmmm.... Corn.......

Well, the other night the kids were helping with dinner by husking the corn... Kael got his done and couldn't wait for it to be cooked... So he ate it all... raw... Then ate another cooked piece at dinner. Don't try to come between a boy and his raw corn...

Puddle jumping at Grandmas house!

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Gulbranson's house so Dad could help build a new dock for the lake and we got caught in a rain shower while we were there. after the rain died down Emma and Kael ran outside and played in the puddles and mud.

Our First Strawberries….

Kaelen recently built a raised bed for some strawberry plants we were given and we are already seeing our first strawberries. Emma is very excited to go out every day to see if any berries have turned red… She is also very helpful at eating them…

Pictures with the cousins

Kael feels a little outnumbered with his Utah cousins compared to his Canadian cousins. Emma is loving the time with her only girl cousins "baby Ella" and "baby Holly"

Emma March 2008

Kael March 2008

Weekend Fishing

So we went up to the cabins at Tizgay lake to take in a little of the scenery and to take Emma and Kael fishing. they have been looking forward to going ever since Dad and uncle Aaron went out to the ocean in May.

Emma caught the first fish, she was very excited to reel it into the boat... after about 5 turns on the reel she tired out and Dad had to finish the job.

They both thought that the fish was pretty cool until we brought it into the boat. then they both absolutely freaked out. Kael jumped off the seat next to dad and smacked his head as he made his way clear up to the front of the boat to sit as far away from the flopping fish as possible.

After the first fish they were both immediately disenchanted with fishing and wanted to go back to playing in the sand. even though Emma thought the fish was "sooo cute".

Emma and Kael Christmas 2007