Festival of Trees

Today, Bryden, McKenzie and I went to the hospital where they hosted the Festival of Trees. People decorate trees and wreaths for the Holidays in effort to raise money for a local foundation. They have tons of crafts for kids, which McKenzie and Bryden thoroughly enjoyed! They got to make a reindeer (B made a big one for herself and a little one for Kiwi...too cute!) and a snowman, decorate a cookie, color a picture for Santa, decorate a 1 inch tall wooden tree, make an ornament (which soon turned into a bracelet instead for Bryden!) and...hmmm, well, I think that was about it! Santa and Mrs. Claus were there, but it is the first time this season that Bryden saw them, so she was still to shy to go sit on Santa's lap...she'll be ready in a few weeks! Enjoy the pics!

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Greek Olympics

At Bryden's school, they have been learning about Greece, so the hosted the Greek Olympics yesterday! They got to participate in several athletic events, and all the kids had a great time! Enjoy the pics!

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I will post a video later, but it was taking too long!!!

While Daddy's Away...The Girls Will Play

Jim is up at Camp in Northern Maine for the week going deer hunting and enjoying some male bonding...so Bryden and I enjoyed our time together. We made our way down to Nanne and Grampa's house for the night Saturday and man, did we have some fun! Bryden did some swimming...of course...and she shot some hoops, made cookies, and, the most fun of all, she got to help set up Nanne and Grampa's Christmas tree for the first time! Yipee! Well, if any of you have ever seen Mom and Dad's tree, it is normally like a 20 foot tree with like a million Christopher Radko ornaments on it...in the past couple years, they have downsized to a 12 foot tree and about a half a million Radko's. The WHOLE family got roped in, even Murat's parents! BUT, we got all the ornaments up in record time, and it looks beautiful, so it was worth all the pain (just kidding Mom and Dad, it wasn't really that painful!). Enjoy the pics!

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Disney on Ice

We went to see Disney on Ice this past Wednesday night. Jim was going to leave early Thursday morning to go up to Maine for camp, so we wont see him for two weeks, so we decided to have a fun family night out before he left. I had swim practice, so Bryden and Jim went early to look at the princess dresses and see Cinderella, then I caught up with them at the show! We all enjoyed the show, especially Bryden. Enjoy the pics!

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Pregnancy - 24 Weeks

Well, we are 24 weeks pregnant and things are going pretty well. I am definintely showing my pregnancy big time now. My belly has probably doubled in size in four weeks! My only complaint is clothing. What a pain, my pants are constantly falling down because of the elastic waist...grrrr...I am threatening to start walking around naked, which Jim is all for, but I am not too sure about the rest of the world! At least I am in swim season now, so I can get away with wearing workout clothes all the time...though they are getting pretty snug too!
Kiwi is moving like crazy. S/he is so predictable...any time I sit, lay or eat, s/he starts to move. S/he loves when I do my breathing exercises at night too...more room to stretch out...and s/he totally takes advantage. Man, I have a new nick name for him/her...Thumper! I love it though! Bryden is so loving with Kiwi too...well, Smushie to her...She comes in our bed when she wakes up in the morning to cuddle until it is time to get up, and she usually says "Good Morning Smushie" or "I love you Smushie". She has a pretend baby in her belly too, named Charlotte. She told me at breakfast the other day that when she (Bryden) eats, the food goes down her belly and Charlotte opens her mouth and eats the food too! So cute! She is going to be an amazing big sister. She really understands so much of what is going on, and it is so interestsing to hear her explain it back to us when we ask her questions. Sorry, no pics with Bryden right now, she has already gone to bed. We will try to get some and add them in!

"Pink" Wintergreen

Apparently, Wintergreen has been renamed by Miss Bryden Grace Hurtubise to "Pink Wintergreen". She has such a knack for working pink into EVERYTHING!!!! We just went up for the night on Saturday to hang out. We hiked up to the Lookout to watch the sunset and got some beautiful pics! Enjoy!

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Halloween

Bryden decided to dress up as "Belle" from Beauty and the Beast for Trick or Treating! So precious! She did want to wear her "Sharpay" (High School Musical anyone???) wig, though I think it only lasted about four houses then got itchy! Enjoy the pics!
Off to trick or treat!

Beautiful Princess!
No more wig!
Look at all my candy!Nanne and Grampa came up for the evening. Nanne helped me hand out candy as we enjoyed chillin' out by the fire in the driveway...and Grampa went with Jim and Bryden trick or treating!