It seems like forever since we have been able to update on the blog, our desktop computer was being finicky! Now with the laptop, we can finally catch up on our news!
So much has happened since we have been able to update. We have exciting developments in the growth of our Church, Peace Country Bible Church. We welcomed our new Pastor and his family this past October and they have been such a blessing in our life and church! We are also growing and have currently had to move to a larger location, PRAISE THE LORD. Brent and I are in charge of the children's ministries and we have thoroughly enjoyed establishing the Sunday School program (Generations of Grace). We have a nursery for ages 0-4 and an elementary class ages 5-10. The rest are currently going to the Pastors Sunday School class and as we grow and get more teachers we will start more classes.
Brent has now been working for Dueck Brothers for 9 years! We are so grateful for consistent work and such great bosses. He also obtained a snowmobile to enjoy through the winter and it has gotten a lot of use out of it already. No major injuries lately but the -37 weather sure takes it's toll on the body. His biggest accomplishment lately is a 1000 yard shot with his .308 rifle and he is one proud shooter :-). Brent is also starting to do some gunsmithing on the side and is enjoying the ability to tinker around and troubleshoot with the guns. We have had a lot of snow here already so lots of his time is also spent plowing and keeping up with the drifts on the driveway.
Chantelle has been busy trying to keep up with the two (now three!) boys and sporting a rather large belly for some time. The kids along with housework and added responsibilities with church have kept her quite busy. Now life has changed forever with the addition of baby boy #3, Jess Cooper Kennedy. Being the lunch wagon and sleepless nights are what will be consuming her for some time now!
Marshall is changing so much lately. He is learning how to read simple words and quickly retaining information about shapes, numbers, colours and sounds. He has developed quite the 'first child syndrome' and has a lot to say about how things should be run... a work in progress :-). Marshall LOVES his littlest brother and does nothing but kiss and gently 'pet' his head. He seems to grasp the concept of him coming out of Mommies tummy and being a new little brother like Keaton. I am sure in no time all three of them will be up to no good together.
Keaton is starting the typical 2 year attitudes, aside from that he is the sweetest little tot. He is full of on-the-run cuddles (quick hugs) and kisses. He is also quite literally moved by music, dancing at the sound of every beat and full of singing to all of his Sunday School songs. Ask anyone who has spent any extended period of time with him, he is a non-stop little boy, recently being renamed by Grandma Kennedy as 'Skeeter-bug'. I guess Keaton is his fathers son!
One more update to add!!! We have a new little boy to announce, Jess Cooper Kennedy was born on New Years Day at 3:01 PM. He weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and measured 20 1/2 inches long. The boy came out screaming but has been rather quiet since, he seems content to eat (quite well I might add) and sleep. He does get trapped gas quite a bit but we are just having to be diligent in burping. We look forward to longer sleeps at night but are enjoying him as such a little bundle. Jess looks a lot like his Daddy and Brent seems to think that he looks like his Grandpa Kennedy. We love our little 'Coop'.
I'm sure there is a ton more to say but that will be for another day!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Canaan cuteness
Okay sorry...I promise this is it! These were taken January 1st by Daddy...and they were too cute not to post!
New Years pics
Kayla's attitude is still not fully adjusted:-P
Mattea - Winter update
Here are some pics of Mattea over the past couple months. As of January 10th, she will be 3.5 but seems like she is a whole lot older with all her "wisdom". Lol...she is still as talkative as ever (not sure where she gets that from?:-P) and has the ability to cleverly manipulate her younger sister - typically so smoothly that the poor younger one doesn't even know she's been "had". Lol...
Her latest news is that she can READ! We started "reading lessons" at the end of September, and she is now reading quite well!!! She is on lesson 79 of "Teach your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons" (thanks Chantelle for the reminder about the book!). Its been great for her. She had memorized the sounds of each letter at 2.5 yrs old, so she was more than ready to tackle something new! The book teaches to read phonetically, which was right up her alley! She is great at sounding things out and is amazing us at what she can do! She is able to read Dr. Suess books (Hop on Pop etc) quite easily, and I've picked up a bunch of other early readers that she is working through. At the end of the 100 lessons, the book says the child will be reading at a Gr. 2 level...and although I don't think Mattea will read quite as fast as an older child would, we are still super proud of her!
Now we have to be careful about spelling words around her...she's catching on quick!!! She will go quiet for a minute, and then go...P-O-P says pop! I want some too!
One of her cute quotes recently was told to me by her Sunday school teacher...The teachers of the class wanted to hear a particular solo during the Christmas choir concert, so they let the class come into the hallway as long as they promised not to talk....while listening to the female vocalist, her teacher whispered to the class..."Doesn't she sounds so beautiful?", to which Mattea replied, "Oh yes! Why, she sounds just like my mother!"
Awww:-) At least I would have one person voting for me if I ever audition for Canadian Idol:-P
Gotta love the bedhead:-D and she LOVED opening her Advent each day. She loved getting the surprises and doing all the activities...her favourite one was "Go for a drive to see the Christmas lights" She made us use this one over and over;-)
Doing some "JK" work. We are focusing on learning to write now. I had tried before, but she didn't seem to have the fine motor skills to do it well, but then in early December she surprised me by writing out her name all by herself! She paused when she came to the "e" and then realizing she didn't know how to print a lowercase e, she did a capital E instead:-) So time to teach her the right way to write an e:-)
and in terms of size..she will have a Dr's appt soon which will give the official numbers, but on our scale she is 39.5 lbs and I think she is around 42-43 inches tall? All I know is that she is in size 5 clothes and they seem to fit her perfectly
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