Whew! We made it to 2013!

Where has the year gone?  Evan is already 1 and walking, and Madison is talking and singing up a storm.  The kids are actually starting to play together....which means we don't always have to be the entertainers!...and it's really neat to watch them play together.  Yesterday Evan walked over to Madison and gave her a hug!  Makes you melt a little to see that!
It's been a full year....hopefully we won't have another year like 2012 for a while.  We are hoping that 2013 is much calmer.
2012 in a nutshell....New baby (it was a good, but busy, start to the year),  3 surgeries between Grant and I (his body now has 2 new metal plates and lots of screws...I think he's trying to be bionic), 2 deaths (my grandfather and my father), a move and a new job!  Whew!

2013 promises to be much calmer....we've even booked a vacation with Torbin and Joanne Fox in April to Mexico.  As I write this it's -20 outside.  This sunny vacation can't come soon enough!

A few pictures of the last few months.  :)

Power snooze

Our little princess...punching the heavy bag in her heels and skirt!  

 Who doesn't love a bubble bath!

Trying out the cross country skis

ready for a trek with Grandma Fox

The next two pictures are what happens when you leave the kids with the Nanny!

Merry Christmas

We had a busy Christmas this year...it started with my sister Tara having a baby on Dec 22.  We are thrilled that Madison and Evan have a cousin who is close to their age.

 

We visited Santa Clause....they aren't smiling...but at least they're not crying!!!

 

Santa must have thought they were good because he brought them both gifts on Christmas morning

 

 They enjoyed opening gifts...though I'm not sure who was more excited about the train set...the kids or Grant!

 

 And we got to hang out with lots of Family (Evan and Uncle Rick)

 

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season. 

Post surgery

A few cute pictures of Grant and the kids.  Poor Grant is having to sit around and ice a lot.  At least the kids are hanging out with him!

9 screws and a plate

The boys...having a little cuddle time!

R.I.P

R.I.P DAD

On Wed Nov 28, after 2 1/2 years of battling cancer, Dad passed away....he was 67 years old.  

Love you Dad.  Will miss you!

Mexico 2, Grant 0

Unfortunately Grant's trip to Mexico was cut short.  It's a sad story really.  He was supposed to leave for Mexico last Saturday...as he was checking in on line, friday night, he realized his passport was expired! Crap!  Luckily he was able to get a passport by monday and tuesday he was on his way to Mexico.  His buddies had been there since saturday, so he had only missed 3 days.  He arrived in Cabo around 11:00am, drove 2 1/2 hours to La Ventana and was on the water kite surfing by 2:30. And then the crash came...went a little too high, rotated twice instead of once....came down hard on the water...resulting in a very dislocated ankle and a broken fibula. YIKES!  By 4:00 he was on his way to the hospital...2 hours on bumpy mexican roads with a dislocated ankle...not fun! His phone call to me started like this "Hi Shannon, I don't want you to freak out, but...."     

In a mexician hospital in La Paz.  Had to put him under to get the ankle back into a proper position.  

Luckily (there's always a silver lining right?), one of the guys he was kiting with, has a wife who is an orthopedic surgeon in Banff!  I was able to get Grant a flight home thursday and friday he went in for surgery.  It's going to be a LONG winter!!!!

On a safer note, Madison is also trying rotations, luckily with more success.



Evan on the other hand...keeps trying to dive off things...sometimes I catch him...sometimes I don't.  I'm thinking of getting him a helmet to wear when he's awake!

Movember

Grant has decided to join the hundreds of men who every november grow their facial hair to raise money for prostrate cancer and men's health.  If you want to contribute, his website is  http://mobro.co/grantmichaelfox   Or you can just have a good laugh at the picture below.  :)  "Warning", it's a little creepy looking.  He's been getting quite the looks from people where ever he goes.  We will see how well it goes over at his business meeting on thursday....it's a big one...Customer Expo and Gala 2012 and he has a major product release.  He's hoping people know about "Movember"

This is how Evan fell asleep this morning.  I guess when you're tired your tired!!!  If only we could all be this flexible!

Happy Halloween

Took the kids out trick-or-treating tonight.  Last year when we took Madison, she just walked into people's houses...not understanding that she was only supposed to go to the door and hold out a bag to get candy.  This year we got her to say "trick or treat" and hold out her bag.  Good thing she doesn't really know what candy is yet.  I'm sure this will be the last year that she will be more impressed with the toys she got from the neighbour than the candy!

Appropriate costumes....sometimes our house is a Zoo

Instead of candy, the neighbour gave her a princess crown and some little stamps..she loved them!