Halloween Party at the Hemaruka Hall

Last night we had another Halloween party at the local community hall. It was cute to see all the kids dressed up and having fun.

One tired little Lion

Downtime - colouring!


Even the Dads got involved and were wrapped up as a mommy. I am proud to say that Kevin won for the best mommy that evening! :) Wait to go Luv!! haha

Just about Landen!! Maybe next year you will be able to reach it!

Halloween Party at PreSchool

On Tuesday they had a Halloween party for the kids and their younger siblings. So Landen was thrilled to be able to hang out with his BIG brother at school.

The boys have never seen Batman before! :)

My Lion and My Lil Stinker

The class

Enjoying snack time

Just Another Day

Everyday is interesting with having the boys and my dogs in the house. The kids just adore our old girl Keesha who has aged rather quickly over the past 6 months. She is definitely our senior in this household and is given extra care and attention. It will be ONE sad day when we have to say goodbye to one of my best friends. I believe she is just about completely deaf and her eyesight has deteriorated quite a bit as well. She is somewhere between 13 & 14 years old. I never did know exactly how old she was when she first came into my life. She has been one of the most wonderful canine companions anyone could ask for!

And then there is Tori!! No explanation needed here!! :)

Photo of Landen courtesy of Jaren!!

Wish there were more moments like this during the day! :)

Swathing in the Snow

It has been just one of those years......one where we are swathing our silage in the snow! Just days after my parents left, the weather took a change and winter hit us overnight! I guess that it is expected since it IS the end of October!

The Dreaded Goodbyes

This morning we said goodbye to my mom and dad after they had been here a week. The boys had a blast keeping them busy outside - we couldn't have asked for nicer weather for this time of year. It was in the high teens and low 20's just about every day (and no WIND)! Ready to hit to the road - but first we've gotta have our traditional goodbye photo in our pj's!

Running after Grandpa and Grandma, not wanting them to leave!

Pretty soon they'll be chasing them with their quads! :)

"DON'T LEAVE GRANDPA AND GRANDMA!!"

Then onto the deck to get a final glimpse of their vehicle headed to the highway! Both yelling at the top of their little lungs "Goodbye, we miss you and love you!!!"

Since it was harvest time mom and dad got to spend only a few short minutes each morning with Kevin before he would head out again for the day and not return till early hours the next morning. So for supper we'd all pile in the vehicle and take him something each night so we could have a little time with him.

The boys staring into the lights of the combine!

Each night there was the prettiest sunsets to enjoy!

My parents

Our munchkins in Uncle Lawrence's barley!

We always look forward to our times together - don't know exactly when the next one will be but we'll have to start thinking about it. We'll probably make the journey to Terrace this coming year since we weren't there this past summer. Miss you guys already and thanks again for coming and spending the week with us out here!

LOVE YOU!!

Harvest Continues

Hopefully only a couple of days of harvest left if this lovely weather continues! Here we are on our field of wheat. It will be nice to have this season over with so we can get to know Kevin again! Haven't seen him in about 1 month!

In Full Swing

It is finally nice to say that harvest has been in full swing for the past couple of weeks. The weather for October has been absolutely gorgeous, which is just what we needed to get our crops off. Hopefully it just sticks around for a little bit longer until we finish. This week looks great but next week there are some predictions of snow flurries - hopefully that isn' true. But I guess it IS the end of October soon!

Love the Grandparent VIsits!

Putting my guests to work to help me get my Christmas lights up before it turns cold outside!

A gorgeous sunset tonight.

It's Christmas in October!! :)

Showing Grandma around and giving her the first quad tour.

Hang on Grandpa!

Oh the fun of rollin' down the pile of Daddy's peas!!!

Mom and Dad came to our place just before the weekend and are spending a week here. The boys just LOVE to have them around and are keeping my folks entertained (or worn out!). I am also enjoying the extra hands around to help me get things ready for winter as my hubby is extremely busy getting harvest done. So we don't get to see him too much throughout the day or night! We have been soo fortunate to have such gorgeous weather this time of year and are just praying it continues for a little bit longer.

My Sister's Wedding!

For Thanksgiving this year we had a lot to celebrate as my sister and her long-time boyfriend got married!!!! It was the perfect day for the perfect wedding! I was her Matron of Honor and had so much fun being part of this day with them. Landen and Jaren were her little ring bearers and they looked absolutely adorable. They were married on October 9th in Grande Prairie. There were so many pictures from the day so I decided to compile some of them into the Smilebox. Take a look if you want!

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Trip to Grande Prairie

For the past 2 weeks I have been in Grande Prairie since my sister got married this last weekend. The boys and I headed up early to try and help her with last minute running around of things. So that is why there has been a severe lack of posts lately! :) Here are a few pics from the couple of weeks. I don't have any pictures of the wedding, since I was in it and didn't want to carry around my camera. I will have to steal them from my dad when they get here and then post those later.

Dawn, Randi, Kendall and myself checking out the honeymoon suite for the newlyweds.

Dawn was the bridesmaid and I was Randi's Matron of Honor.

Doing hair the morning of the wedding.

The week before Randi and Trent's wedding we held a small bridal shower for Randi at my cousin's house. It was great to get to relax and visit with some of her friends and get to know them a little better. Thanks again Jodie for allowing us the use of your home!


Amanda, Dawn, Randi and Alaina



Such a pretty picture!

Something blue??

My domestic sister!! Right!!!!!