New Years Eve and Day!

On New Years Eve, we decided to take it easy and just have fun as a family. Oh I should mention that we moved Richard's parents that day. We moved them into the new house that they bought. So that was a crazy day. We got home just in time for me to make supper. I had thought ahead and got some yummy finger food that I could throw in the oven. That worked out perfect.

The kids got their jammies on and we put on a movie and we all watched the movie and ate our food together. It was very fun and relaxing. Especially after a crazy day of moving! Then Richard and some of the kids got our new puzzle out that we got from my parents for Christmas. They started working on that.

DJ and Cadence helping dad turn over the puzzle pieces.

Brianna loves to work on puzzles with her dad.

Cadence and DJ playing Rock the Penguins game. Too funny!

Cadence put all the penguins on the boat.

The rest of us watched another movie down stairs. The kids thought it was just fun to be doing things together. Plus they knew it was getting late and they were still up!! Ha ha! Around 10pm, we decided to ring in the New Year together. We didn't do anything too fancy. I opened up our Sparkling Apple Juice and poured it into the kids tiny A&W glasses. Then we counted down from 10 and yelled, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Then we all clinked our glasses together and took a drink. The kids thought it was fun.

Abbi curled up and watching a movie.

I was watching with her while playing on my ipad too! ha ha!

 

Saying cheers with our glasses.

Yeah, Happy New Year!! DJ discovering that it was HOT!! Ha ha....he doesn't like anything carbonated.

Then we let them play a little bit longer. DJ and Cadence had fun playing some games together too. It was a fun night. Love my family so much! Glad we can have so much fun together.

Richard and Brianna still working on the puzzle.

We had a relaxing morning on New Years Day. We got things ready to go and left our house just after 12:30. We went in to Raymond to my parents church. We booked it again for the day. We have so much fun doing this. Everyone brought goodies and food to share.

It was absolutely beautiful outside, so dad had David bring the quad. All my kids were excited to get pulled behind it. Grandpa was a little bit crazy....ha ha...not too bad though. He pulled me and DJ and he scared me a few times. We were flying. But DJ thought it was hilarious. Crazy boy! My girls never got tired of it either. Cadence always requested Grandpa to go slow when she went on! Jill went on and it was funny to watch her and David. Then all my girls wanted to ride with her!

My 3 cute girls ready to go on the sled!

Grandpa pulling the girls.

This is so funny! Jill screaming before they even got started!! ha ha!

Aunt Jill and Brianna going for a ride!

DJ driving with Grandpa, pulling his sisters!

Then the kids found a big snow pile and were playing on that for a while. We left them outside playing. Love that my kids can have fun outside by themselves. They had fun together. They came in a bit cold but warmed up quickly!

Cadence, Brianna and DJ playing on the drift.

There were lots of different games going on inside. We had fun playing Ticket to Ride. I think that is one of my favorite board games right now. So fun to play! Then their were some Rook games played. Maureen and Darcy showed up with their family. Then Ken and Deb with Drew and Brittany. We had some awesome games of Bump going. Man, I feel like I got a work out. It was a blast.

A mean game of Rook going on!!

Then we had our yummy dinner that everyone helped out with. All in all it was a really fun day. It always is. All the cousins got together and played Pounce. It may of gotten a little CRAZY!! Oh but there were a lot of laughs. Maybe a little bit of pushing a yelling too. Ha ha! We take it pretty serious!! Ha ha!

My kids were just a little disappointed that they were the only kids there. They did have fun with Aunt Maureen's kids though. Even though they are older, they were so nice to my kids. We had a lot of fun. Then everyone pitched in and helped clean everything up.  We were there for over 6hrs, and it went by really fast!

It was a fun way to spend the first day of the year! Hope everyone has a great year!!

Holiday Happenings!

OK I need to get these posts up. First off we had a really good holiday, with the kids home. We had fun doing things with the kids. One Saturday, after Christmas, we went to Glenwood for the Bowlby Christmas Party. They have been doing it after Christmas and it works really good that way! Not as busy! Anyways, it was at the Glenwood school. The kids had a blast running around the gym and playing. We had fun playing some basketball too. Then we ate dinner. I took off for about an hour after that. I went to Hill Spring for my cousin, Jennica's, Family Dinner. It was fun to see everyone.

Everyone just coming in and visiting.

Cadence was a pretty good hulla hooper!!

DJ loved it when I would throw the ball and he would chase it down!

Abbi skipping rope! Love this picture!

Now Cadence jumping!

Now it's Brianna's turn. They thought it was great fun!

When I came back I was looking for all the adults. I found them in the staff room playing the white elephant gift game. So I went to go check on the kids. They were in the gym running around and playing games. Jenni did a good job keeping them busy and happy. The funny thing is, as I walked in Cadence came running up. I said Hi and asked her where DJ was. As soon as I asked I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked and saw DJ flying (like superman) off the stage. I seriously had a heart attack. I went to run, then I stopped. He landed in the huge soft mat. The high jump mat. We were laughing at it afterwards. It was perfect timing for me to walk in! Sheesh!!

It's fuzzy, but here's DJ jumping off the stage.

My girls had so much fun helping the little kids.

Abbi and Brianna helping one of the girls jump off. So cute!

Abbi playing the piano. I missed the program where my girls played a song on the piano. So cute!

DJ acting goofy on our car ride!

Then that Monday we decided to take the kids in to watch Frozen. We had tried on the girls birthday but that didn't work. So we got there an hour before the movie started. But it was SOLD OUT!! Man! So we bought tickets for the 3:50pm show. Now we had 3 1/2hrs to waste!! So we walked over to the New Dynasty for lunch. It was a delicious lunch of Chinese food. The kids even enjoyed it. Then we walked back to the mall. We walked around and did a little bit of shopping. Then we got a booster juice and just sat down and the kids played on those ride on toys. We didn't put money in but that didn't stop them from having fun!!

Cadence and Brianna drinking the yummy Booster Juice!

Now Cadence and Abbi drinking it together!

Cadence and DJ playing on the ride on toys!

My cute Cowgirl!!

Then we met up with David and Jill and went into the movie. It was packed. We sat up front. But at least we got seats all together, so no complaints! We got in there a half hour early. We saw a lot of families from Magrath. It was fun to chat with people.

The movie started and it was AWESOME!! We all loved it. The kids sat there so good and were so into the movie. I was worried that DJ wouldn't like it too much, because it was a girl movie. But no he thought it was great. He really gets into it! We had to laugh at him. Right near the end when Aunna is frozen, the theatre was silent from shock. DJ started laughing really LOUD and said, "Ha ha ha, Aunna is ice." Then he just doubled over laughing. For some reason he thought it was hilarious. Well that made Jill start cracking up, then David and Abbi. Yup, we were the loud ones. It was funny. Then right at the end when the boy and girl kiss, DJ yells, "EEWWW, they kiss and get married that so gross."!! What a boy!!

The ride home from the movie. Brianna is wearing her 3D glasses!

Happy 8th Birthday Abbi, Brianna and Cadence!!

I can't believe my girls are 8! It really blows me away. I remember so clearly the night they were born. We were so excited to finally meet our little triplets. I fell in love with all 3 the minute I heard their cries. I love them to pieces. We couldn't imagine life without our little girls! They changed our lives and we don't regret for a minute!

So I had these awesome plans for their birthday. First off I thought ahead and bought them each a little birthday balloon. I gave it to them as they ate their birthday cereal! They were all surprised and happy.

Then we cleaned up and then I iced their cakes. I had 4 helpers. We just did it simple this year. I did a round cake and we iced it and made it into whatever they wanted. They had fun thinking of different things and how they wanted their cakes. It was easy. Abbi had a reindeer cake and so did Brianna. Cadence made a sleigh out of her cake! Then we iced one for Grandpa Spencer too.

So here are the cakes!!

We had a quick lunch and headed into Lethbridge so we could see the movie, Frozen. They were all excited. Well that didn't work out. It was sold out. So change of plans. We headed over to Montana's for some appetizers. I told the waitress that it was our triplet girls birthday. So they came over and sang happy birthday to them. Brianna and Cadence both wore the crazy helmets, but Abbi was mortified. So she was happy with the paper one! So cute. The other two loved being sang too, Abbi not so much. It was fun though.

Cadence loved being sung too!

Brianna thought it was great too!

Abbi wasn't sure about it all! Ha ha! Funny girl!

Then we stopped at my parents house and hung out there for a while. The kids had fun playing and talking to their grandparents. I wasn't feeling so hot by then. So we headed home and I crashed on my bed for a couple of hours. Stupid stomach flu. Yuck.

Richard made supper for the kids. Then we cleaned up and got ready for their birthday celebration. It was pretty low key this year. Just Grandma and Grandpa Spencer and Uncle David came. Which was just fine. We sang Happy Birthday to everyone. They had fun with the sparkly candles. Then we had some cake and ice cream (well I didn't!).

Singing to our girls and Eric! DJ didn't like the sparkly candles at all!

Blowing out the candles!

Brianna so happy!

Abbi dug right in with her fork!! Funny girl!!

Cadence giving me a funny face!!

Eric with his own cake!!

Eating some real yummy cake!

Then the girls opened up their presents. It was a nice quiet night. After they opened their presents. They started playing with their new things. We helped them get things out of packages. Abbi's big present was broken inside the box. So we had to go exchange it the next day.

The girls opening a present from Ella!



Abbi checking out her present.

Brianna just opened up her boots and her 8 necklace!

Cadence trying on her new boots and showing us her new necklace!

Us adults, decided to play another game of Ticket to Ride. So that was fun. The kids played with their toys most of the time. Then they would come sit down and watch us play. It was a fun, relaxing evening. The girls were happy with their presents. We gave them each a pair of nice fuzzy boots. They have been asking me for a pair, so that worked out perfect!

I caught Brianna and Cadence eating their cake in the morning.

Abbi proudly colored her picture to match her lalaloopsy doll!

With my girls turning 8, it has made me stop and reflect over the past 8 years. Lots of things have changed and gotten easier. For example, just going out is a lot easier. I just tell my girls to get ready and away they go. Before it was me changing and dressing them, while making sure nobody was escaping the room!! Ha ha, that was always fun! Then getting their coats on, again while I am trying to contain them, and then putting them into their car seats. I got pretty good at carrying three car seats at once. Who needs to work out when you have triplets!! Ha ha!! They were all pretty busy babies, once they started moving. Church was always fun too! We always went, but some weeks I sometimes wondered why we even tried. Looking back now, I am so glad we did. I could go on forever about my girls. Love them to pieces!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBI, BRIANNA AND CADENCE!!!!