We went out & took a few fall pictures. It gets dark so early now so we'll try again another day to get a good family photo. (they are out of order)
Simon's Sweet Smile
Daddy & his boys on his birthday, in our backyard.
My 2 favorite little boys.
Amy came along & took pictures of us.
The 5 of us.
I love this one of Micah & Calleigh.
Today is Bryan's 30th birthday. We had a party for him on Sunday(as seen in a previous post)
There are many things that I love & appreciate about Bryan.
I got a call on Monday to lead storytime today. I have a really hard time saying "no". All day yesterday, I spent trying to find something for storytime. I have never been so stressed. My heart was racing. I found a craft for a fall theme. The library had NO fall books. I tried to think of other themes but nothing came together. I called(emailed) on my good friends, Laurie & Jen, who live out of town. I told them I was in big trouble & within 10 minutes, Jen had sent me all sorts of ideas, poems, & songs. What a huge help. So I just needed books for my fall theme. Tina had 2 for me & I found 1 here. Great, I think I can do this. All the while I am thinking, "why can't I say no?" I purposely didn't sign up for this week because I had WM last night & have to go to work today. Well, I lead storytime & it went fine. We had 17 kids in my group & 13 in the younger group. It was the 1st time we have split the age groups. Good thing or we would have had 30 kids in one group. The craft we did was a handprint tree. The kids traced their hand & cut it out to make the tree trunk & branches then ripped little pieces to make leaves. It was a great craft for them & each child was very creative & did thier own tree.
I was encouraged by other moms & grandmas & I think I can do it again but next time I will say "no" if I only have 1 day to prepare.
Saying "no" is a learning process for me.
I really need to think about my F-A-L-L.(from a WM message I gave this month)
I planned a surprise party for Bryan & Tina who are both turning 30 this week. I invited Doug & Tina & family over on Sunday evening. I told them it was for Bryan's birthday & I told Bryan that they were coming over for Tina's birthday. Neither of them had any idea it was for them until a bunch of people showed up at the door. We had 17 adults & 9 kids.
Amy helped me out by decorating these cupcakes. (decorating cakes is not my specialty) The flowers say 'Tina' & the footballs say 'Bryan'. The cake below shows the extent of my decorating - choc chips & cherries.
Happy Birthday Tina!! 
Lynda, Amanda, Tina, & Corrie, all looking at Anson.( I posted this pic for you, Jen, to see my new frame. Look behind Tina, on the wall.)
Calleigh, Alysha H, Riley H, Simon, & Liam A(back of his head) all watching "The Wiggles" The other boys were all too busy for pictures.
The guys(some of them)......Rob U, Lindsay A, Bryan, Matt C, Tyler N & Doug playing with Brandon & Calleigh on the floor
We played 'Three for All', guys against the girls & guess who won???
Two of my boys went away on the weekend to watch their team play. I'll add more pictures later. Micah has really became a sports nut. He studied all the game notes on the way to Regina. he is certainly like father, like son.
Congratulations Carmen & Nate
The "Geroy" pose
Simon's "Geroy" pose
Daddy's 3 munchkinsOn the first day back to school, I like to leave early so we can take pictures & get to school good & early. Well, that didn't happen this year. When we went to leave, I couldn't find my keys anywhere. The kids sat in the van while I searched for my keys but no keys. And no picture taking. We left the house at 8:53 & got to school just on time. I was one unhappy mom but I later found my keys.
These pics were taken after school.
My grade 2 boy.
This was the view when us 5 went out for supper at Twin Marine. The ladies took me out for supper for my birthday. We tried to go closer to my birthday but it just didn't work. I love these ladies & appreciate each one of them so much. They are my WM executive & I am so blessed to work with them & in one accord.
Kim, Lisette, Eileen, Wilma
This one is for you H-uncle.
One evening we were invited to Clearwater's for a weiner roast. The boys had so much fun on this 50 yr old John Deere tractor/bike.
In August we went & spent a few days in Saskatoon which has been an annual thing since Micah started school. We had picnics in the park, went to Kinsmen Park(the rides as the water park & playground), zoo & shopping. It was a nice time away.
Saskatoon has a great new develpoment called "River Landing". It has a wonderful spray park & it is right along the river.
Calleigh just loved it.
The Zoo
Because I am so far behind on blogging, I just chose a few pics but I had to add this one. There is a wonderful(the best I've ever seen) playground at Kinsmen Park. And here is the swing. Adults can use it as well as babies.
It was great to spend time with Andrew & Melinda. Well, first I must apologize for being so far behind on the blog. I get annoyed when people don't update their blogs very often so I am sorry.
