Thanksgiving

Every year at Thanksgiving we always have the traditional Mowat football game. We actually had good weather this year, warm temperature and no snow, but they got started kind of late so it got dark quick. But thank goodness no major injuries this year!

Janelle with Peyton in his Lions outfit

The whole gang

Lara and Peyton

Cute kids

We were able to get together with some friends and their kids recently and they are all so adorable so I had to post some pictures.

Here is a picture of Baby Mya ( don't know if I am spelling that right) Raeanne and Charlie's new baby

Jensen with Camden, they became real quick buds

My boys with our friends Chris and Maresa's little girl, Eliana

Trying to get them to all sit still was near impossible

Chucky Cheese

When we were down moving Lara into her new apartment we had some time to take the boys over to Chucky Cheese. We had taken Jensen there before but he was pretty young and didn't really understand what all was going on. This time he was so excited from the time he walked in the door. Needless to say he didn't eat much pizza that night but he had a blast!

This picture is blurry because he is jumping around like a crazy person with excitement! This was where you could stand by the screen and the camera would put there face in different backgrounds.

Here is Jensen playing shooting baskets into the shoe with Brian

Here is Jensen and Peyton riding in a car. Couldn't get a picture of them both looking of course.

Jensen riding with Chucky Cheese

Peyton with Chucky Cheese. He did pretty well on the rides but didn't seem too excited. He had a serious expression on his face most of the time as to say " What's the big deal?"

Moving into "The Birdhouse"

So I told you about what took place in November so here are some pictures to go along with all the search for the new apartment.

The above picture is of the first apartment complex we looked at. Lara said it reminded her of home with the brick like Mom and Dad's house but overall we weren't too impressed with the environment there.

This is what Jensen calls " Lara's birdhouse". This is the door to the entrance of her apartment complex. It is very ironic that they look like birdhouses considering Lara hates birds!

This is the sign for the school that Lara is teaching at

This is the school itself

Here are some pictures of her new apartment with her new furniture!

Her new bed in her master bedroom

Her desk

Her dresser and window

Nightstand

Another view of the dresser and mirror

Her walk-in closet

Bathroom

One view of her kitchen

The other side of the kitchen with an open breakfast nook

Her livingroom

Another view of the livingroom and her loveseat

Dining room

TV Stand and Christmas tree

Jensen in her backyard by the lake with the ducks

What a November!

Well, it has been a crazy month for me and that is why I haven't posted anything new for almost a month now. We have been really busy especially for the past two weeks helping Lara move to Indiana. Lara went down the week of the 6th for an interview in Indianapolis for a Special Ed position and found out on Friday the 10th that she had gotten the job. We just so happened to be over at Mom and Dad's house that night and all were planning to go to Pizza Hut so we had a celebration dinner for her and tried to make quick plans as to how we were going to help her get an apartment and all situated down there by Monday Nov. 27th which was to be her first day of work. So Lara and I went down on Monday the 13th to Indiana and we were set to check out quite a few apartments on Tuesday. All of us knew that this must be the place that God wanted her because she had quite a few other opportunities that had not worked out closer to home and we never could understand why so we prayed that he would also help us find the right place for her to live. As the over protective older sister ( and second mom as Lara calls me) I wanted to make sure that the place she chose would be one where I would feel comfortable having her live on her own. We went to the first apartments that she had found online and overall thought they were ok but neither of us felt like they were a very good fit for her. We then went to the next appts on her list and went into the main office and were so impressed that we both looked at each other and immediately thought, out of her price range, but we went ahead and talked to the leasing consultant. We were so suprised when she told us that they were having a special on their rent for the next year and sure enough they had a 2 bedroom apt in her price range so we decided to take a look at the model and we both had smiles on our faces as she took us through the apt. We knew that it was the right place and when we told her that our main concern was security she let us know that there is a security guard on staff and he lives in the section where she would be living. Anyways, long story short, we both knew God was telling us this was the place for her. So the next two weekends we spent moving her into her apartment, which is so nice. Throughout the excitement, I wouldn't allow myself to think about how much I would miss her and hate that she has to be so far away, and I will miss her terribly, as I miss Net, but I know that God has a plan for her and he has given me peace and the assurance this is where he wants her to be and he has got some amazing things in store for her there.

Halloween 2006

We had an exciting Halloween this year. Jensen is finally old enough to get the concept of trick or treating now and he had been practicing all week to say "Trick or Treat" and " Happy Halloween". He went as a dinosaur in a costume that was homemade and given to us by Chris and Ralph's family. It was such a cute costume. Peyton went as a lion and he just rode around in the stroller but seemed to have a good time :) We also got to take the little boy I take care of with us, Cameron. He went as a lion as well but he fell asleep not too long after we left. He is not quite 2 yet. Good thing we brought the double stroller. And as anxious as Jensen was to go trick or treating he didn't even last an hour before he got tired and wanted to go home and see Grandpa. When we did get back he enjoyed passing out candy to other kids and asked them all their names and a few of them even their phone numbers... a little young for that I would say. He even said "Hey Babe" to a little girl that came to the door. Aunt Lara and Grandma Janet both went out with us which was lots of fun and Grandpa came over to see the kids and help Brian pass out candy!


Jensen ready to get started!

Aunt Lara and the boys

Peyton

Peyton attacking the candy pile

Jensen and Peyton

Jensen all pooped out

Peyton is eyeing the candy pile, getting ready to attack!

Jensen, Cameron and Peyton

Lion cubs

Fall Party 06

Every year we look forward to the annual Fall Party at Ben and Tim Mowat's house. We always have a fun day of games , eating chili and candy and seeing relatives we only see about once maybe twice a year. This year was no exeption. It has actually been even more fun now that Jensen is getting older. He couldn't wait to go to Ben's house for the party and he enjoyed playing with other cousins his age: Ellori, Drew and Kylie. It was cute having the four of them so close in age there together. We had games both for adults and kids and of course the famous Candy Hunt! It was lots of fun and Jensen can't wait to go back again!

The kids played the Pumpkin Roll!

Jensen and Ellori
Jensen, Drew & Ellori
Drew & Jensen on the tire swing

Recent pics!

It's been awhile since I have posted anything and not too much is new and exciting for us so I thought I would just post a few recent pictures:

Peyton: His hair looks lighter in the picture than it really is!

Jensen was so excited when his second cousin Stephen made him this wooden Farmall tractor! Thanks again Stephen, it's a big hit!