:: Retirement dinner ::

My Dad has officially retired from the VPD and we went to his retirement dinner on November 16th - Here are the pictures we go from the night. It was truly surreal to see my Dad retire!

:: Uncle Jordan, Auntie Lindsey & Jacob :: :: Paul, Jacob & I ::
:: The Chief, My Daddy & Steve ::
:: Mom, Jordan & Lindsey chatting ::
:: Trev, Christy & Paul ::

:: My Birthday Day Cont ::

:: Beautiful white (my fav colour) tulips my Marm bought for my day :: :: Marm & Lindsey ::
:: Jordan (my bro & Lindsey's hubby) wasn't feeling too well ::
:: Ice Cream Cake ~ YUMMY ::
:: Self portrait :) ::
:: Still more to come... ::

:: My Birthday Day ::

:: We started the day off with Starbucks :: :: Then headed to my parents for a birthday lunch - Trev & Christy came over from the Island :::: My Grandma & Nanny came too ::

:: My super amazing lunch, typically this is our Christmas Eve meal but since we are all married now we won't be having this tradition anymore (along with not having stockings, trust me this is quite the big deal in our family) ::

:: More to come - Stay tuned ::

:: Paul's 30th Birthday Bash ::

:: Candy Buffet & Take Out Boxes ::

:: The Cutest Picture of Paul (I had a whole bunch of pictures that Paul's Mum put together placed all around the room) ::
:: All the guys ::

:: Joel aka. Barista - He did a great job ::
:: Paul opening up the group gift, a theatre system for our t.v. ::
:: Happy 30th Birthday Babe - I love YOU ::

:: Bathtime Fun ::

Jacob is gonna kill me later for this, but he's just too darn cute not to take a few pictures of! Plus I promised my Marm & Dad that while they were away (23 days on business) that I would post lots of pic's of Jacob :)

:: Never, Never Land ::

Well, the lack of posts isn't because I don't have things to post about but due rather to the fact that for the last 2 1/2 days we have been living at my parents place. We had a rather large storm that cut our power out on Wednesday morning and it was finally turned back on late last night.

However since we were already at my parents place we decided to stay so we didn't have to pack up everything and unload late at night.

So I will be posting pictures of Paul's 30th Birthday Bash, My Birthday, My Dad's Retirement Dinner and anything else that happened or was captured on my camera.

Since there was no cable vision last night (and being at the retirement dinner) we are planning to watch Grey's Anatomy tonight and catch up on laundry and unpack our lives back into our home.

I will be back with pictures in a moment...or a few :)

Here is a picture from My Dad's retirement party back on October 1st:

:: Trevor & Christy's Wedding ::

This last summer my little brother married the love of his life, Christy ~ Here are a few pictures from the day::: The McClelland Side ::

(Bob, Joanne, Christy, Trevor, Lindsey, Jordan, Paul, Jacob & I) :: The Newlyweds ::
:: My Parents ::

I downloaded a ton of pictures, but Blogger didn't seem to like them - oh well, this is the best I have until Trev & Christy get me more :)

:: Tamara our Celebrity ::

:: Mom, Lisa. B & I (& the two beans: Jacob & Emma - the famous one) headed down to Vancouver to Circle Craft on Thursday night. It was a great night :: We got to see lot's of our "seasonal friends" that we only see at the trade shows and we really enjoyed just being able to shop :: :: Celebrity Encounter - We ran into, well not realy it's more like we ran towards Tamara from our local news CTV (she's the weather girl). So we couldn't miss the chance to get a picture with her. Whilel we were chatting she noticed that Miss. Emma is a "fresh one" so she said come over to our booth @ 6:20 and we'll put her on the news! I was so excited, so we called Matt & got him to tape the news he didn't know why he needed to tape it but he was obedient and sure enough he saw his little one in the arms of Tamara ;-) ::

:: Here are the pics to prove it ::
:: Jacob with his new found toy - his tongue ::
:: Grammie feeding Jacob ::
:: Mama with sleeping Jacob ::

:: Jacob vising Aunt Krisztina of "PJzzzz" ::
:: Vanna oh, I mean Lisa guiding us through the dinner choices ::

:: Sold to the Highest Bidder ::

:: Yay :: The car seat is sold ::

Our good friends Michael & Coby bought it! I'm glad that it's not going too far away from us! It's the first thing that we bought for Jacob and it's the first seat he had, not that I'm tearful it's going but it's just nice to know I will see it around for the next year or so.

Coby is due in May :: Can't wait to find out what little baby is!?!?!?

:: Girls or Boys ::

Who is easier to raise?

In my opinion I think boys are easier (Lisa. B would beg to differ) - I would love to have all boys.

I know ya'll think I look like quite the prissy factory, but truly I am not. I love the "rough 'n tumble" way that boys are. Don't get me wrong I would love to have a little girl to be prissy with - when I get the urge. But I love little boys!

I think that raising a little boy (if he is anything like his father) would be much easier than a girl - Paul is simple..okay that sounded bad, but you know what I mean. He is truthful, intergral, trustworthy and just an all around good guy.

So this gives me great hope with raising Jacob or any other little boys that come our way...as far as any girls coming our way - Well, God be with us!