Sunday, October 25, 2009

Pretty trees, happy boys and busy feet

Life is moving fast. Conner turns FOUR next week! I can't believe it. Next year he'll be FIVE. Just another reminder how precious this time is with our little guys. So very precious. And thankfully we have been having lots of quality time. We've been hitting the bike trails, playing outside, riding tricycles and currently Conner is wrestling with dad. These boys have a lot of energy.

My little sister is in London right now studying abroad. She'll be there two semesters and since she's been there we've been active with Skype. And I'm in love. What a great way to communicate. We have done it with Nathan's parents and now my folks are on it and a couple of my siblings. It's so nice to sit there and chat. It's like sitting in the living room having a conversation together. And to top it off our family can watch the boys playing. Conner currently loves showing whomever we are talking to either his mouth and teeth or his feet. It cracks him up. Biruk just loves staring at the screen and watching them talk to us. And today he even played hide n seek thinking my brother Lee could only see him if he popped his head up over the desk. It was quite comical. And the littlest of all waves hello and sometimes says hi. It's a lot of fun and I hope it will mean less time on the cell and more face to face time. And for those of you who live far away from your family, you would LOVE it.

In other news, the hunt for our future home continues. We have all sorts of wants with this next home. Seeing as it will be our fifth residence in five years we are hoping we'll find the perfect home to settle in for a while. The biggest hurdle of course is finding a nice quiet place for Nathan's office. The search has been fun but the control freak in me would like to know where we will be settling (not a fan of unknowns). Soon enough I suppose.

We are very blessed and life has been a lot of fun. The boys are getting so big and have been cracking us up since they are all able to communicate with us now. These are the days....












12 comments:

  1. Those pictures are amazing! Man your kids are beautiful. Whose the one in the last picture with your boys? Has to be a member of your family, right?

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  2. Thanks for keeping us up to date on all that is happening.

    Adrienne

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  3. Anonymous5:43 PM

    love this pics. The kids are getting so big.
    kujo

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  4. Anonymous7:46 AM

    Cute pics Chand! Thanks for sharing.

    Keel

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  5. Trent looks so much like Quentin... and calm, too. Clearly he has been bodysnatched and replaced by an impostor. :p

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  6. Tesi, yes it a sibling. It's the youngest of the 11, Trent. He's a mixture of his 3 older brothers.

    Trike, Trent is actually very calm with the kids. We call him the "baby whisperer". All the grandkids LOVE him.

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  7. Dear Blogger,
    I wasn't going to send anything until I knew you still posted to this blog or read "comments" left. I would just like to point out that you are a couple hundred pictures behind from when you made that false promise of "a picture posted each day" so long ago. Your audience awaits patiently.

    Sincerely,

    A blog-aholic

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  8. darling boys! I thought the same thing Tessi. :)
    hope you find a home soon.

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  9. Anonymous11:19 AM

    pics are too cute - thanks for sharing can't wait to come visit
    poe

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  10. Enjoying you all enjoying life. :)

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  11. Anonymous4:45 AM

    they are too dang cute!

    nic

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  12. Patti Zantout2:37 AM

    Hey Chan, what beautiful pics, both the kids and the pond. Love the one of Matt & Nate. Am soooo excited to be actually seeing you guys in 2 months. Think I'll get my fill of babies then??? Doubtful.

    Aunty Pat

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