Family Time

The last week of our lives has been absolutely crazy, fun and meaningful. There is so much to talk about that it might take days to get all caught up.

I know some of you are waiting for some birthday pics from B's birthday last week, you may have to wait some more... She had a good birthday but it felt rushed and then her sister made her cry while we were singing Happy Birthday, I even have the sad event on video. Anyway, it did have some major high points, her Grandma and Grandpa were here, she got to eat cake and opened presents. Her Nana and Papa took her out for a birthday date when we saw them in Edmonton this past weekend, she ate at Denny's, got a bear from Build a Bear and rode rides at West Edmonton Mall, now that sounds like a fun celebration.

Paul's parents were here for a few days to help us get our house ready to sell, they did such and amazing job and we were so thankful that they could help us out. The house is almost ready to list and then starts the craziness of trying to sell a house with 3 kids living in it!

Ahh, the highlight of our last week, seeing my brother get married! We went to Edmonton for the big day, the wedding was amazing, there will be pictures to follow in a few days. It was great to get away, stay with friends, she Sam the newborn baby, watch the girls swoon over him, see my parents, go to Costco, oh, and see my brother get married!!

That may very quickly sum up the last week, I didn't know we could fit so much in! All in all, it has been full of great family time.

Fall Beauty

Fall Festival

Today J Man and I had great fun at his "school", there was a fall festival and he had tons of fun.

He got to get real messy painting with corn.

He had fun in the ball pit and making up games that involved throwing balls!

There were lots of crafting and painting in creative ways.

They had also set up a dirt pile with trucks, between this and the ball pit he was in boy heaven!

There was also face painting, he wanted to be a cat. He spent the rest of the day crawling and meowing like a cat!

A Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak...

Of Fall in Kimberley.

Wycliff Fun

Every year as a church we have a fall social event. It is tons of fun, we cook lots of chile, have a dessert making contest, games for the kids and of course Neufie Horseshoes.. otherwise known as Ladder Golf.

This was J Man's very first egg and spoon race, he loved it!

The girl's are pros at it now!

One of the highlights was a spontaneous race of Tonka Trucks. It is tradition that kids bring their Tonka Trucks to this event, it was so perfect that there was a place to race them too!

We were so thankful that the rain held off, it made the event so much more fun. We ate WAY too much chile and desserts. Sadly though, Paul didn't win the dessert contest and we could not retain our championship title in "Ladder Golf", we did come a close second though!

The Perfect Fall Lunch

Yummm, I have grown in appreciation of oatmeal and when Paul suggested it for lunch today I got all excited. It was so good and perfect for a cool fall day.

Simmer whole oats for around 5 minutes

In frying pan cook up some cut apple (from your tree), blueberries, pecans

Combine both delicacies and garnish with brown sugar, cinnamon, milk and raisins

Enjoy!

My husband is a Photographer

Wanna see my husband's photography skills... check out the header for the website he is helping his friend with. He did a good job on the pic (I will take a bit of credit here to say that I showed him how to achieve movement in TV mode), but it turned out just how he wanted! Wayne is also doing a great job on getting the website going too!