Oh Christmas Tree(s)!

On Saturday, I went to the Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver with my friend Carrie, and her friend Crystal. We schlepped our camera gear and tripods and took picture upon picture! And of course, we giggled and joked..cuz it wouldn't be a night out with Carried unless it involved side splitting, pee-dribbling, gut wrenching laughter! Hope you enjoy just a few of the photos I took that nite!

Some of the flower lights.
I love the reflection of the red lights on the lagoon.

During the Christmas light show.

Me!The fountain-ish thingy..

I like this reflection too!Gingerbread house!Me, Carrie and Crystal in front of Gingie's house..

Bein' silly!Holly bush.Carrie buying chestnuts roasted on an open fire..really! Oh..they taste nasty by the way!

Us girls, 2 gnomes..and Santa! And some little girl that wouldn't get out of our picture!
In the "flower" archwayMe again!More lights by the lagoon3 psycho elves..the craziest being the one on the left!In Santa's sleigh..

Kids are still saying the darndest things..

So, after a request for more, I shall post some more of what the boys have to say..honestly, they're 2 of the funniest people I know! Wonder if Kennedy is going to be as hilarious!

Quotes from Riley:

Riley and Ben were invited to a birthday party and Riley thought that they were going without their mom. When Nicole asked what their mom was going to do he said "mommy is going to China on a slow boat"

Riley's pants were on backwards after he went to the bathroom. Jen pulled them down to help him turn them around and he said he would do it himself. He then turned his body around in a circle pulled up his pants and wore them backwards for the rest of the day. (if only life could be so simple..hehe)

"Mommy my penis in bend." Jen said " Your penis is bent?!" Riley said "yah, I need to cut it off." Jen asked, "What will you do with no penis" He said " I will take Ben's."

Grammy: "your funny Riley"
Riley: "I'm funny AND cute"

Riley was jumping on Jen and Stephen's bed and Jen told him that if he did it one more time that she would kick him out of their room. He started to cry and said "you can't do that, it would hurt me!"


Ben Quotes:

They were sitting in the car waiting for Stephen to come back from the store and Ben said to himself " lets see if I can count to ten in ten seconds. He counted to ten and said "I win, I was faster!"

When Jen told Ben that she and Uncle Chad used to make jumps for their cars he looked at her strangely and said "Did you use to be a boy?!"



Thought you might like to see the boys at their best..starting with Ri's cookie decorating techniques..


Ben modelling his mommy's pj pants
Getting stuck in a stack of tires..Ben was playing nicely by himself and was fine until Riley decided to join him and wedge the 2 of them in! I'm so glad my sister grabs the camera before she rescues her kids! hehe
Compliments of daddy..marker moustaches..
For two..
Riley used a whole roll of tp to wipe his tushy..and then clogged the toilet! Of course this freaked him out (anything out of the ordinary is a disaster for him!) and Jen grabbed the camera! Poor mommy dry heaved her way thru the unclogging process..one sheet at a time! hehe
He could be on Veggie Tales! I think one of them only had one boot too..

Here's Kennedy! Our little sweetie pie! I can't wait until I start getting quotes from her!

All photo credit goes to my talented little sister, Jennifer! Plus, she's the one that got me the quotes! Thanks, Jen-i-fart!

Disney on Ice

On Saturday evening, I took the P.I.T. (Princess in Training) to go see "Princess Wishes" Disney on Ice in Vancouver. It's been a tradition to go every year for the last 4, and I have always taken her brother, Caleb, for his birthday. Last year, I took both of them, and this year was Mykah only..cuz Caleb didn't think dressing up as a princess and going to see a bunch of skating princesses was all that appealing! We sat about half way up, but lucky for my zoom lens, I was able to get some pretty awesome pics! Keep in mind..I used NO flash! Not bad, hey?

On the way there, Miss Mykah fell asleep..the whole drive!

But she pepped up once I got some cotton candy into her! Oh, and the overpriced, light up tiara helped too! Mykah wore a floor length gown for the occasion!
Showing off her royal smile!
I tried on the tiara, but for some reason it didn't fit!With the cotton candy..came a second crown..Cinderella makes her grand entrance before the show actually started..They were on the ice about 2 minutes. Nice little teaser. Then the announcer said "3 minutes till show time" After 5 passed, Mykah, the smartie pants, said "It's been longer than 3 minutes!"
Aladdin was the first on the ice

Jasmine was soon to follow

The 7 dwarfs were adorable!

Belle showing her flexibilityThe can can line with LuminiereCheck out the pirates on the platform..

They made this other pirate FLY!ArielAriel getting in trouble from King TritonAriel and FlounderIntermission photo shoot! I wore the chintzy crownMore royal poses..Ariel's flexible too!
The flame blowing dragon (Mykah's favorite part)Sleeping beauty and Prince PhillipSome royal extras..Cinderella and Prince CharmingMore of the same..Tinkerbell rounds out the finale..Mykah after the show posing in front of the sidewalk lined trees all lit upAnd then 10 min. before we got home..she crashed!