First Snow-November 2

We got busy in the first snowfall of the year and shovelled and made a snowman friend! The next morning, the sun came out with a clear blue sky and glistening snow, it was a beautiful day!

Trick or Treat!

We carved our pumpkins in the afternoon, including the little ones that Grandpa grew in the garden!

The Princess Leah costume was pulled together at the last minute and the kids went to collect candy from a couple houses on our street! Afterwards we removed costumes and went up to the pumpkin carnival at the church, where candy and cupcakes were abundant!

Baby Noah got dressed up in his sweet pea costume, fresh from the garden!

Fall Things Orange

Maren's preschool went on a field trip to a farm where we watched carrots being harvested, picked pumpkins and raspberries, and tasted lots of yummy fall treats! Little did we know that a black bear was present the entire time having a snooze in a tree just above! It was great!

Afternoon at the Park!

Papa Jim and Uncle Andrew came to visit us and we spent some time at Fort George Park on a beautiful fall afternoon.

Back to School!

Ethan is ready for his first day of kindergarten and Maren for her first day of preschool!

Ethan and his buddies in their first class gathering at Cedars Christian School.

Maren's ready to go in to preschool!

The three amigos on the playground after school!

A "school is cool" cake to celebrate the day!

We All Survived!!!!!!!

Yesterday, I took on the daunting task of watching 6 kids for the day and amazingly enough it went so well! Josh and Hannah, and Hope and Micah came over and we filled the day with bike riding, a trip to the park, some webkinz, a princess DVD, and more! I even got my front blinds cleaned!!! It went so well, I just might do it again, but maybe that would be tempting fate! Really, they're a bunch of great kids and we had lots of fun! (really, I didn't sedate them!)

Crab and Corn Feast

On Saturday, August 18th, we all gathered to enjoy the bounty from the sea that Mike and Joe brought back from their trip on the Rosemary T. Everyone ate ridiculous amounts of crab and corn and thoroughly enjoyed every morsel of it!