from hope

hope took these a couple of weekend's ago while we were all at fort edmonton park.... and i stole them because.... i love them :)

some pics, finally

emerson at a neighbor's place, looking at their wheat... dressed like a bee

my son!
trick or treat groupies
peeking emmy
hallie's first day of school

kai doing a wheelie - he is still only 3.... i keep thinking he is 7?!?!

sisters!

hallie getting off the bus on her first day

emerson at the park, major fashion clash!

daddy and his kiddos

emerson, yesterday

kai's first day of schoo, today

a neighbor friend's backyard... well this is half of it. the other half has an in-ground swimming pool and a bar... like for drinks... lol

mighty emmy!

i'm back

i didn't actually go anywhere, just have been too busy to blog it seems! so my baby started kindergarten this week. she did awesome, she loves it! i'm so proud of her! i also started my photography lessons this week and so far i am enjoying it! i left the first lesson feeling ready to go, energized, excited... and i took some pictures last night that i thought were pretty decent!

i was not really paying attention to the composition of the pictures, but more just the technical "how can i do this with the light i have, etc." so some are not great but some turned out pretty nicely! you can view them here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19888&l=1bae9&id=599646345

this is going to be a busy year. the afternoons are all "free" except i need to be home by 3pm for my after school kids. the toddlers nap after lunch so that limits us to being home all afternoon. the mornings are busy though. hallie is gone every morning. tuesdays we have ladies morning out. mondays the toddlers have gymnastics while the other kids are in school. and mon/wed/fri kai is in playschool along with one of my dayhome girls. thursday mornings i have my photography lesson. that leaves mon & wed mornings "free".... free for volunteering at both kids' schools. aaaaahhhhhh busy busy!

i hope everyone else had a great "back to school" week! now i'm off to practice my pictures!

why?

why is it that when you're not planning, not trying, not desperately wanting something, it happens? and then when you so badly want, plan for, and try, it doesn't happen?

camping!

we went camping this past weekend! we went to Ol' MacDonald's Resort http://olmacdonalds.com/ and it was AWESOME!!!!! we've already booked to go again next summer.... it's already booking up fast! we went with kipp's parents -- they also brought along kipp's sister's oldest daughter, savannah, who is almost 5. it was great to see her, it's been about 2 years since we saw her last. the kids had fun with their cousin! we also went with our neighbors (colleen, steve, & kiddos), and their friends (sarah, peter, & kiddos)

the kids had a blast, i enjoyed myself (except for waking up on saturday after emerson slept from 11pm until 4:45am.... ouch!)

it even warmed up enough to go to the beach saturday! kids were in heaven!

pics are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=18404&l=8ef47&id=599646345 and here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=18405&l=2d541&id=599646345

updates

we went to the zoo with our neighbors, and her friend and her kiddos! pics are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17184&l=dec39&id=599646345

some random new pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17159&l=172d7&id=599646345

not much new...

erin & emerson, wore the same shirt today by chance! cute! this is emmy saying, "cheese!"

emerson trying on her winter jacket... looks a bit huge still!

not much is new... haven't taken many pics lately i guess. here are some from last week. i took the kids to whimsicle cupcakes and bought some to bring to the playground. we shared with juanita and kids. they were soooo yummy! although, i handed everyone's out and then dropped mine in the sand :( it was still edible, after i scraped the sandy icing off. ew.

emerson looking cute, her cupcake matched her outfit hehe!

yummy!
so pretty!
bubblegum!

For Sale!

no, my baby isn't for sale.... but go here to see what we're clearing out! http://www.usededmonton.com/FormEditSearch and enter my email blue_51@telus.net

Yay!!!

I have decided to start selling Usborne books! Please keep me in mind if you're interested in hosting a show, an open house, a catalog party, thinking of a unique birthday or baby shower gift, or if you want to place a direct order! I love these books so much, possibly more than my kids do! Although they do really love them! **remember when you host a party or catalog party (or open house) you receive FREE books!!!!



http://www.usborne.ca/



Thanks!!!

random...

the kids riding...

burned down home in macewan :(
emerson being a goof!
kipp with the kids, no roof! he took them to millwoods spray park and for lunch afterwards! special time without mommy!
emmy the goof, again...

capital ex parade & robert munsch

i took the kids to the capital ex parade on opening day, last thursday. we drove to southgate, bussed downtown, watched the parade for a couple hrs and left before it was over (it was loooooong this year!) we met up with leanne (punkin on LP) and her daughter zoe, who is hallie's age! the girls got along after both being shy for the first bit!

then we LRT'd to capital ex (just us, leanne and zoe went back home) and we watched robert munsch tell stories. we skipped the rides this year as they are SOOOOOOOOOO expensive and it's a bit difficult to do them with such an age range of kids! LRT'd back downtown after, then bussed back to the mall.... long day!!

kai watching robert

girls on the bus
kai sleeping on the bus on our way home

liam was called on stage with robert! so kool!

they handed out butterflies, LIVE, and everyone opened and released them at the same time! neat!


emerson getting tired... she lost her soother though so she wasn't too happy on the way home!

watching robert



leanne and zoe -- the pic is actually of the lady behind and to the left, her boobs were huge and no bra, they were literally hanging down by her belly. ew.

kids in LRT station

kai watching the parade

part of the parade, very neat! (rest of the parade was pretty lame!)

the girls!

emerson watching the parade, not quite sure what was going on!