Double Digits

Calum turned 10 years old at the end of September.  I can't believe he is 10, where does the time go?  He is such a special boy, who is kind and compassionate.  He can be a little annoying but any boy at that age can!!!!  He is always giving me hugs and kisses and tells me when I look nice!!! 


This year for his birthday he requested hot dogs and ice cream cake!!!  To make the hotdogs more adult friendly I always make chilli and we have chilli cheese dogs too!!!  I wasn't going to the city and wouldn't be able to get him an ice cream cake so I made one, and boy was it ever yummy!!!!  I made a brownie crust and them mixed crushed Oreos into vanilla ice cream!!!  After I though it would have been simpler to just buy cookies and cream ice cream but this worked too and wasn't too much hassle!!  Calum loved his cake!!!!  We missed my dad at his party, he had to be in Edmonton to unload potatoes.  But we enjoyed having Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Mark and Owen, Arren and Buck and Gil and Lily.  It was a great night of celebrating for a great boy.

Jared and I did our annual take the birthday kid out, just one on one.  It is so fun doing this.  Calum picked out some Lego sets with the money he got for his birthday.  We ate at the mall, his choosing, and then went to a movie.  We had wanted to see Jurassic World fallen Kingdom but that theatre was being rented out for a party :( so we went and saw Hotel Transylvania 3.  What a horrible movie, but Calum liked it, and that's what counts!!!!  It was a great night...

Honor Ride

Emry went for her 2nd annual Honor Ride with Mark this month.  His bike club does this each year where they ride their motorcycles from Calgary through to Bragg Creek and then Nanton.  Then they have a lunch and an auction where the money raised goes to local charities.  It was cold this year, plus 5 was all it got to.  But she had fun none the less.  She borrowed some chaps and boots from Grandma and warmer gloves then what she brought, and Grandma even had a leather jacket for her to wear.  She was all decked out and fit right in!!!!

First Day of School

Everyone was excited for the first day of school this year!!!  The kids were excited to see their friends and I was excited to get back into a routine.  Armin was getting a little bored by the end of summer and needed more than I could give to get him out of the boredom blues.  They had a great first day seeing friends, meeting new classmates and getting to know their teachers and schedules. 


Emry is in Grade Nine this year, am I ready for that?  She will make memories with her friends that she will hold onto for a very long time.  She will be graduating this year and moving onto the High School.  My goodness time flies.


Calum starts Grade Five this year which gives him a new teacher.  He really likes her and things have been going really well so far.  She is a little stricter than what he has been used to but they are getting along good. 


Armin is in Grade Two this year and has the same teacher he had for Grade One so no new surprises there!!  He does have a new group of kids though to hangout with, which he likes.  He's also considered a big kid now that the Kindergarteners have graduated into Grade One.


I wish for them a year full of many wonderful memories.  Memories they will be able to carry with them for many years to come.  I hope they find good friends and surround themselves with many good things.  School is a big part of their lives and I hope it meets all their expectations.

Grandma and Grandpa

The Sunday before school started we had dinner with my mom and Mark and Owen.  All the grandkids were together so we decided to do an impromptu photo session with Grandma and Grandpa and all their littles!!!  Well not so little anymore!!!  It was a beautiful day, where have those gone???  And we got some cute shots.  It is so much fun at Grandma and Grandpa's.  The kids always have fun there!!!!






Grandpa and Emry

Calum, Emry, Lily, Maryssa, Owen, Gilbert and Armin

All the kids wore one of Mark's Hawaiian shirts, boy he has a lot!!!!

No Bull

My mom took this picture of Buck and Arren's bulls earlier this year and I thought it was hilarious.  One bull was playing with a tree branch and the others were all just casually posing for the picture!!!