A Birthday Celebration and a Visit from Friends

We've had a pretty busy household the last month, first Kelly came to visit us in November, and then our friends, Nathan and Leslee, came all the way from out west to visit us at the beginning of December, and my sister just left yesterday after a great visit. And in between all that, Lyndon turned 29 in November and we had a really fun birthday party with lots of our friends.
Kallie with her GIANT bear from Nathan and Leslee...she loves it:)!

Kallie and Leslee playing and cuddling:)

Nathan and Leslee are friends of ours from college, and the last time we saw them was about 2 1/2 years ago, so it was an awesome visit, filled with catching up and having lots of fun. They were here for about 5 days, so we really got to re-connect and have a blast:) And it was their first time meeting Kallie, so that was really fun too. Kallie LOVED them...she became an insanely hyper child...completely different than she usually is, and it was pretty hilarious. The first night they were here, we were just telling them how great a sleeper Kallie was, and how easy it was to put her to bed (she'd been down about 10 minutes), and then the shrieking/screaming/crying began. We finally got her up, and she then proceeded to do laps around our living room, waving her hands in the air, yelling...and didn't go to bed until 10! She gradually calmed down over the visit, but you could tell she was pretty excited to have guests staying with us:)

Nathan and Kallie hanging out

Thanks for coming guys, it was great having you here:)!

(Nathan...I definitely expect a comment since you're featured in this post;)

For Lyndon's birthday, we had lots of our friends over, and it was an awesome night of JUST adults, with lots of great conversation and fun:) We had LOTS of yummy food, drinks, and a great cake that was just perfect for Lyndon:) We had it made at a local bakery, and it was delicious (as well as entertaining:)!

Lyndon's favourite beer is Stella Artois

The embarrassed birthday boy as we were singing (his comment after was about how no matter how old you are, it doesn't get any less embarrassing when everyone sings 'Happy Birthday':)

Things these next few weeks should be just as busy as we get ready to celebrate Christmas with our families here and in Winnipeg. We've got our tree up and are decorating it tonight, so hopefully I'll get some pics up of Christmas at our house:) Have a great week!