Happy Birthday Jaylee!

1 Year and counting......

Merry Christmas everyone!

Kate Away in a manger

jibjab

Grandma did jibjab once again, its really funny so I also did a van der Gaag one.
I could not get it to fit the embed code properly on the blog so you will need to copy the link below...

The Clemens

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/N9BXDehMmxhyYjlt?cmpid=jj_url

The van der Gaag's

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/ICVIbDvKbL4xKGhO

Denton tree lighting

Denton had their annual tree lighting and Christmas parade. It was cold but fun, the girls enjoyed it, though probably the fact that candy was being thrown at them for an hour did not hurt...





Kate and Anna got to see Santa,












Anna was more interested in giving him, her cookie :)

Very Exciting!

Thanksgiving

For thanksgiving, We had Severin, Lisa, Rowan and June join us. it was a lot of fun, we also had great weather and the kids got to play outside. Rowan is getting so big! he is already walking - so cute! And the swings are always a lot of fun - for kids and grandparents alike :)

oh oh oh

(just excuse my singing ;)

Kate's 4th Birthday

We had a great time with Kate's birthday... (not sure who had the most fun)I can't believe she is already 4 - time goes so fast.

we had a great jello cake - Kate loves jello so it was a good idea... I think ;)
Kate loves all her presents she got and we have already got lots of time out of them.

Moved

We have moved into our house!
very cool. its taking time as usual to get used to it, but I think the girls have adjusted well, even Kate and Anna going to bed at the same time in the same room went smoothly more quickly then I anticipated.
one great thing about this place is the view, and the amazing sunsets and sunrises... its hard to get it on camera but here are a few - though even these do not do it justice.
Here is a picture of our sunrise (the girls were up way to early which explains why I saw it...)


Here is one of the many sunsets we get...

Pumpkin Picking

We went pumpkin picking again this year... It was a lot of fun
sorry the video is long but its all so cute that I could not leave any more out.

Nearly done....

The house is looking great, Its nearly finished, its now down to touch up work. Carpet is in, lights are in and working,
The first photo is the master bath.
As you can tell the girls love to go to the house. Still not sure if they realize we will be living there.















The Kitchen is pretty much finished, the last appliances need to be hooked up and thats it.
I can't wait to be in the big kitchen, I wont know what to do with all the counter space. :)




The wood seems to look lighter in the photo - it may be the flash of the camera, but the cabinets are nice and dark. with the rest black, I love the effect.

























We are now down to the inspections, we have had one hick up with the water - so that has already pushed the moving date back one week - Testing my patients ;) but it still has gone really quickly. So hopefully next weekend we will be in. Please pray that it all goes smoothly, I have already been able to move some things up stairs, at least that way I feel Im making a difference.

The weekend away

This last weekend we went to NY for a wedding, Caleb was asked to be the officiant, Kevin is a long time friend. Caleb did very well.
So while there we stayed with Kirsten, Jarrit and June. It was great catching up with everyone and go away for the weekend, I know the girls had lots of fun too.

Personality

Jaylee is growing up, She is forming her own personality, she loves to smile a lot, and has realized that she can get peoples attention by being cute - as you can see below.
(And in the photo you can tell that her hair is starting to grow - she will be blond like Kate.)

getting there.

At the park...




The house is going smoothly, outside is finished, now just the inside, they started painting this week all the doors and trim is in. the Well and septic will happen in the next week. They hope to be finished within the next 4 weeks - me too :)

Here you see them laying the electricity - we should have power from by tomorrow. Also the view from upstairs - the area that is mowed is our land.

aaahhhhhh

What happened to "all things nice"?


I think they were experimenting with new applications for butt cream...

the roof

The roof is now on the roof, windows are done, siding is nearly up...

The house

Finally some pictures of the house going up. They started building on July 26, so very exciting and its going really quick. should take 60 - 90 days, maybe sooner but we will see...

Jaylee goes mobile

Summer fun

Well we have had lots of fun this summer so far - though it has been very hot... but when you get over that and actually get out there its not to bad...



Grandpa / Pop Pop has moved down to live with Bill and Audrey, so great that we get to be with him more often now - its great to have you with us Pop Pop

Jaylee 6 month

Jaylee is now 6 months... she just hadd her 6 month check up. She is doing really well, being 13.2lbs she is still in the 15 - 20 % for her age, so still very small. but following her growth chart very well. the doctor also said she had great leg strength. cool.


She has also started eating solids, so we are busy getting used to what she likes, and that is if she does not fall asleep while eating...

Massanutten

Groot Opa, Opa, Oma and us 5 went away to a place called Massanutten, its a holiday resort and it was lots of fun, very relaxing and just what we needed.deff something that we will repeat in the future...