HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We would like to you wish all of you a happy and healthy 2009. May the next year be full of fun, laughter, good health and prosperity.

We love you all. Have fun tonight and stay safe!

Kelly, Jason, Adysen & Presley

Emily's Rody Pony

As you can see Emily had a great Christmas!

Just thought I'd upload a short video of Emily on her new Rody Pony! She loves it!!

I've tried emailing this video and posting it on my Facebook page without any luck. Cracks us up!

We hope you all had a great time Christmas Day...let's see what New Year's brings. We're having a few friends over to play board games and EAT of course. I'm making a yummy martini called a Christmas Apple Martini (in the Masterman Family Cookbook). Haven't decided on the appies yet...any suggestions?

Wow, this thing is taking a long time to upload...what else can I write?? Whew - finished just in time!

Anyhoo, can't wait to hear all about your Christmas 2008 memories!

Chat soon, VAL

Merry Christmas!

We wish you all a very happy holiday.
Love,
Mark, Kama, Scott and Courtney

Wishing the entire family a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

With love,
Michelle, Russell, Jackson and Ryan

Consider This Your Christmas Card!

HO HO HO!

The tree is up, few decorations are out, and we even managed to get the lights on the house before it got too cold. Let the festivities begin.

What do you get a 9 month old for Christmas? She'll love the paper and boxes more than anything!

Our plans for the holidays is to kick back and relax. Deryck has taken a few weeks off work for the holidays - which is good because he has a bit of a head cold. Emily has had the sniffles for a few weeks now too. Yup, having two sick BABIES in the house isn't fun - and I don't know who is worse? LOL!! Anyhow, back to the holiday plans... Mainly we just want to putter around the house, do some organizing, junking out and stuff like that. Not much we can do outside at the moment with the weather being so cold. Would love to take Emily tobogganing. She hasn't even touched the snow yet. Maybe next week, we're suppose to warm up to -7!! Whoo-hoo!!

We're missing everyone. Still planning on making a trip out to the island April/May sometime. Looking forward to visits from all of you! Emily has changed so much - teeth, crawling and she seems to be developing quite the attitude! Here are some recent pics and a video of her "crawling", it's more like a 'belly crawl":

Yes, another blog that has taken me ALL DAY to write. Sometimes I start writing and don't get a chance to finish and end up not posting it at all. A couples weeks back I was thinking about Grandma and how thankful I am to have had her in my life. All the laughter, stories... That day I was wishing for the phone to ring and hear "Hello, it's just me" - of course not til after Young and the Restless was over! I've been meaning to just thank all of you for sharing such a special person with me - I feel grateful for all the memories.

We wish you all a safe and happy Holiday Season. Can't wait to see all your pictures of Christmas Day!! We'll be sure to email some pictures as well.

Love Val, Deryck & Emily

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Gail and I wish the entire family a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! We hope your holiday season goes well and 2009 is a great year for everyone.
We are looking forward to spending a relaxing stretch of time together, (finally), and will be joined in Powell River by Sara, Angie and Dylan which should make for a festive Christmas.
We also would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who joined us on our wedding day and for all the wonderful gifts we received, (which was not necessary but greatly appreciated). For those of you who have not yet received your thank you cards we appologize; we always seem to run out of time to sit down and finish those off.
Once again, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Hopefully we get the chance to visit with at least a few family members this season!

Gail and Dave

P.S. Great job on the Blog Kelly!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Kelly, I made your Magic bars for a little Christmas party I'm hosting tonight and they are so yummy! Thank you for sharing that recipe.

I just had a wonderful visit with Brian, he got off the Coast Guard boat in Victoria on Wednesday morning and got a ride to Ladysmith with one of his co-workers. He stayed the night and then Leanna and the kids came down to pick him up on Thursday morning. I can't believe how big little Haylee is getting. It was awesome seeing Tyanna and Anthony as well. I hadn't seen them since the summer.

My Christmas shopping is finished, now the fun job of wrapping awaits. I'll be cooking Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve for just Russell, myself and the boys. It will be a quiet Christmas. We are looking forward to seeing Kama, Scott and Courtney on Christmas Day for Brunch. Unfortunately, Uncle Mark will be working, so we won't get to see him.

I'm hoping to see my Mom and Dad before Christmas. They will be celebrating Edna's Mother's 90th!!!! Birthday in Vancouver on December 11th.
I'm looking forward to Jackson's Christmas Concert this Wednesday. The boys are so excited for Christmas.

Love to you all,
Michelle and the gang.

23 more days

Yah! I love Christmas. It is so much more fun now that the girls are of the age to really enjoy it. The whole anticipation is exciting. Hope your Christmas plans and preparation are coming along nicely. Things are crazy around here, but somehow it always seems that way.

Just wanted to check in to see how everyone is doing? Hope you are all enjoying your December.
23 more days until the man in the red suit shows up. Hope you've all been nice this year!

Take care, we are thinking of you.

Kelly & family.