Well where to start. On Nov 13 we had Henry's 3rd Birthday Party (his birthday is actually Nov 15). We did a superhero theme. He was really into Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Thundercats and just playing dress up. So we invited all the Superhero's to come dress up and ready to have a good time. Of course he was Batman, Spencer was Superman! It was a lot of fun.
Since I knew that November and December would be really busy around here I started my Christmas shopping right after Halloween. I had it all done within a week, I must say it was the soonest I have ever been done my Christmas shopping in my whole life. It was so nice not to have to worry about the presents and shopping in December when the malls get crazy!
After Henry’s Birthday I got busy with our business and was didn’t get done until the Monday before Christmas. It was nice to have everything done and so I was able to enjoy Christmas and the holidays without knowing that there was work to be done.
Christmas was such a good time. Justin was taking photos for a tournament that ran here in Calgary from Boxing day until New Year’s day. So we stayed in Calgary for the holidays. We had our first Christmas in our new house, with just the four of us. We decided that since it was going to be our first Christmas in our new house that we wanted to have a real tree. It was so nice to have a tree set up for Christmas (to be honest it was the first time in 6 years we have had a tree up for Christmas). The boys had so much fun opening presents and Justin and I enjoyed watching them. For dinner we had my sister and her family over as well as some friends that are from England over. We cooked the Turkey and the rest was a joint effort. It was a very good meal, good company and a good time.
After Christmas Justin and I decided that we needed a break for all the rushing of life and we decided we needed a vacation. So Justin went to work looking into when and where we would go, my job was to make sure we all had a passports. Well Spencer needed one and Henry and mine expired in May. So we went to Walmart to get our photos done. My goodness that was an experience. After 30 minutes of trying to get Henry to say still, not smile, not frown we finally got a good one of him. Spencer took about 10 minutes. He would not stop moving back and forth and he wanted to grab the camera and just have his hands up in the air. With me holding his hands and trying to get him stable we finally got a good photo of him. Finally it was my turn. It took 4 photos for me. You would think after what we went through to get the boys that I would have behaved, but no. The good news, the three of us have decent looking photos that look like us.
On January 5th Justin came home and told me that he booked us a vacation. We were going to Mexico, to the Mayan Riviera for one week all inclusive, and we were leaving in 1 week-January 12. Thank goodness that our passports were ready. The next thing was making sure we had everything for the trip. All I had to buy was sunscreen bathing suits for the boys. A quick trip to Old Navy for the swim suits and then to the pharmacy for sunscreen and we were ready to go. We had such a good time. Mexico was beautiful, the people were great and the weather was better than here.
We went to Playa Del Carmen for a day and walked down 5th Avenue and did some shopping. Henry and Justin went swimming with the Dolphins. We went to Chichen Itza (Mayan Temple Ruins). And we spent a lot of time at the beach and pool. We had such a fun time as a family.
Since coming home we have just been saying busy with the business and I have been staying busy playing Mom again, with not many distractions.
Hope you enjoy the photos.
Until next time.
Taking a break at the pool
Happy baby
Happy baby at Chichen Itza
Strong Man at Chichen Itza
At the Cenotas
So excited to play in the sand
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