This weekend...

So, all of us Orono-ites are planning on coming down to Belleville. We're looking forward to seeing everyone. Evan may try to show off his walking skills (!!!!) , though he's still a bit hesitant. Maybe Nadine and Reuben can do some modelling (showing him how...NOT parading up a runway!!). Anyways, looking forward to it!
Marya/Eric/Evan/ (Dave)

Judah's favourite toy decides to pay a visit...

 

Woo! New Couches!

So, at very little personal cost, we are now the proud owners of this beautiful couch/love seat set. I had been in Dunville earlier today and found this same set for about $400 cheaper than what these folks were selling it at, and since I was such a good wife and took pictures of the couch and price tags for my husband to look at, we were able to show the salesman in stoneycreek (much closer to home!) that they needed to match this price. And they did! Funny thing is that even though the couch is named the same thing at both stores and is the same colour, the style is definitely different on the one that's on sale- but we didn't tell the dude in the stoneycreek store that.... he didn't notice....

The sad thing is that they're out of stock in the warehouse... it'll still be another three weeks until we get them in our house.

SuperMan and SuperGirl!

Reuben wanted to be SuperMan for Halloween. Nadine did too.
Reuben said, "No, Nadine. You can't be the same as me!" I assumed this meant that he didn't want her to copy his costume design. But,
He said, "You can't be SuperMan! You have to be Supergirl!" What a good sharer!

It was a lot of fun taking the two kids out. They totally didn't understand the candy thing. Even now, today, they haven't even mentioned the big pile of candy yet. Reuben had the most fun running up to the houses, checking out the decorations, the carved pumpkins and having a little chat with the neighbour. He was often startled by the offer of candy. Nadine never failed to say, "sankyou!" 

Congratulations Auntie Jenn and Uncle Brian!

Married September 30th 2006 

Our little sister....

In just a few days our little sister will be Mrs. VanOosten!!! Yay!!! Congratulations, and we're praying for you guys!
Eric, Marya & Evan

guess who...

This is my first attempt at a photomosaic. Even at this size, you have to blur your eyes a bit to see what's there... 

No room at the inn!!

Yes, we are completely booked up here at Hotel Renkema. Our distinguished guests include the ever-famous world-travelling Mr. Dave VanBreda, whose stay is an un-defined length. The most recent guest is the soon-to-be Mrs. VanOosten. She is currently on a 2 night stay. Including the permanent residents of the hotel (2 adults, one baby, and a cat) we are currently fully booked. But we do have some openings coming up in the next few weeks. For your entertainment, there is an adorable little boy (who knows how to say "night-night" and "down").

Another One! (tooth that is)

 

Idea - Christmas names...

Just a thought, since we haven't come to a consensus yet. Maybe for just this year, we can assign names to people (not secret) because it's too difficult to figure out without all getting together. For example, with the Renkemas, we have the girls switch names and the guys switch names. And to make it easy, we could assign by age: Mom has Sarah, who has me, who has Jenn, who has mom. Eric has Steve, who has Brian, who has Dave, who has ERIC.

This way we can still have a decent amount of time to look for gifts, without having to wait for a secret drawing (that CERTAIN PEOPLE would forget all about!!!).

Any thoughts??
Marya

Judah's New Tooth!

Hey! This 5 month old baby can now roll over and can chew your finger with zest! 

Open House

Common upstairs and see our apartment!


This is our living room.


Our living room from a different angle.


The ugly part of our livingroom.*


The view out of the 'ugly part' window.


From the living room to the dining room.


From the kitchen to the dining room.


From our dining room to the kitchen.


From the hallway to the kitchen.


From the back room to the kitchen.


The back room.


Bian's office (it's too small to get a good picture of).


Going upstairs to the bedroom.


Back of the house.


Front of the house.



*We only call it the "ugly part" because of the flooring. We're hoping to find a nice area rug with which to cover it.

Hope you liked the tour! David's the only one in the family who has actually seen it for real.

Names for Christmas

Brian and I have absolutely no clue who we got for christmas this year. I'm not really sure what should be done about this, there's really no way to figure out who we have except by asking everyone else who they have, and I'm getting the feeling that that wouldn't go over well. In the intrest of not leaving this until November to deal with, what can we do? We can guess who we have, and we'll probably end up having a few folks who don't get anything then.

Welcome Home David!