Growing up and Growing Old

Growing up and Growing old. Pretty simple i suppose I continue to grow up with my children but oddly i also seem to get older with them and as i get older i like to look back at what brought me here, in this case i only look back 4 years, we recently celebrated madison and lukas birthdays, im pretty sure my life changed that moment, i did not recognize it then because i was to busy crying and taking pictures of everything in our room to my wifes delight but my world shrunk into my hands in the form a naked baby girl. I was 23 and really had no clue what i was doing, i treated this baby like a highschool assignment and winged it, except my mom couldnt write poems for writing class this time. 4 years have passed and i cant remember a better four years, i had a son in those 4 years, i celebrated 5 years with Angelika. I could write down pages of memories over these years but i suppose reminiscing is not something you do while writing. i think the point i was getting to was that i love being a father, and all the awesome first memories of being that kind of got in the way. In 2 weeks december starts, in 6 weeks it is christmas and in 9 weeks another baby joins our household so we will continue to Grow up and grow old.

Two things have made me update this blog. One would be my sister Jo who in her busy schedule has updated twice in the last month, and two I think Amanda told me to and history has taught me not to mess with redheads (Angelikas sister is also a redhead). Summer has ended and that glorious season of fall is coming which means a new start to a new season...more specifically the office,ncis los angeles and some show called the event. Lots of people say tv is a waste of your time, even people who watch lots say that, but is it really.. Yes. it is. but who cares if i didnt watch tv from 8-10 what would i seriously be doing with my time ? Me and Angelika both enjoy sitting down together and cuddling on the couch and watching our favorite shows, we had long days at home or away and our ready to enjoy the peace.

A few things not tv related would be Angelika and the baby occupying her tummy, as always things are going well and we look forward to the arrival of another little munchkin in January, as per usual anyone under the age of 40 is pregnant in our church again so there will be whole new round of babies to compete with.

The Deck. Yes it is done, a few minor cosmetics on the lower portion but it is quite usable just in time for fall, the fences are done also, approximately 150 feet or so, i love building fences and would do that again anyday. The yard needs more dirt but that will fill up soon and we will plant grass as early as possible next year so we have a nice lawn to go with the fences and deck. I should put in writing that pretty much any who reads this will be invited to multiple bbq's next year as i will be happy to trap your kids in my yard while we all sit on the deck relaxing.

Here a few pictures of our kids who i think had a pretty great summer.

Christmas time

Christmas is mint. I love the last day of work before the big break, normally we work half a day on christmas eve but not so this year, the lack of snow this year has bin dissapointing but we made sure to enjoy whatever snow we got, a walk with family in fort langley and a walk/sledding with michelle and terry and kids. we have had lots of people from our church move into our area this year, there is now four couples only a few blocks away now, its cool running into people on the street or the local superstore. Me and Angelika both love Christmas i love snow and she loves to decorate the house, we are looking forward to hanging out with family and relaxing and enjoying Christmas, which as we keep telling madison is Jesus birthday. Hope you all enjoy your break and relax and get a chance to reflect on how blessed we are all.

Lukas turns one !

Today we celebrated Lukas turning 1, the usual cake and coffee and our parents over to celebrate. I cant help but look back over this year, i know Angelika would agree with me and say the first 6 months were lousy, madison was easy and lukas was not. Like all parents that are frustrated with a child you just need to look at them while they sleep to remember why your doing this. I still find it totally awesome i have a son, a boy, someone to pee in the trees with, someone to wrestle, someone to play lego with. I look forward to all these boy things and i can see the boy coming out already, he climbs everything,eats everything, smiles when you body slam him into the bed. he is my boy.

Wanna Box ?
His first Canucks Jersey

i say it in almost any picture involving Angelika but she is so smokin.