Chocolate Making and Valdy

This past weekend was another busy one!!  It started Friday morning with me taking some of the Grade 5/6's to a volleyball tournament in Vulcan!  I was so happy Kym, who I have been coaching with, was also able to come!  The kids had lots of fun and did really well.  All our practices paid off!

Friday afternoon Myrna and I got a good start on the chocolate making before Char and Lalainia came.  We got all the caramel's cut and dipped, some of the cherry rolled and dipped, and the Olympia crème rolled and dipped! We stopped for supper and then continued on until 9:00pm!! The next morning we were up and at it by 8:30am and with the help of Rachel now too, we were able to finish rolling and dipping by 1:00pm even with stopping for lunch!  It went so smoothly and we got so many yummy chocolates made for Christmas!  I love this weekend, the older kids always put in a little bit of time helping out while the younger ones play!  Armin and Cadence had loads of fun chasing each other, usually around the kitchen but the sounds of their laughter was worth having them under our feet from time to time!  Calum had so much fun with Bowen, Emry, Blake and sometimes Armin playing Minecraft!  We had enough handheld devices for them all to log on and play together!  And if Emry wasn't helping us or playing Minecraft she was outside with Ashton doing some exploring!  A great weekend spent with family is always good for the soul!!!

That afternoon, after Jared dug up our carrots and potatoes from the garden, I helped him, or watched him rather, put Christmas lights up!  We still have a few more to put up but it looks so nice!

After all this we still had a Valdy concert to take in!!!  Lalainia, Jason, Dave, Char, Leah, Blake, Myrna, Emry, Jared and I all went into Lethbridge to see Valdy perform at the Folk Club!  He was amazing as usual!  He is such an entertainer and can really captivate the crowd!  He had us singing along to his familiar tunes while he played his 1951 Martin Acoustic!  It was a late night home, especially after taking the babysitter we got for the boys home, but a great night!!

Sunday, I had the worst headache, even worse than I had had most of the weekend.  So the kids and I didn't make it to church that day, oops!!! Calum actually had to wake me up and tell me it was after 10 and wondered if we were going to church!!  It was a good day to catch up on some much needed rest after our packed weekend!

Monday I took Armin to the city so he could pick out a present with the money Grandpa Glen mailed him for his birthday!  As soon as Armin opened his card and I read it to him he said, "Thanks for the one hundred bucks Grandpa Glen!"  He picked out the Lego Firehouse, a set he's been eyeing for quite some time!!  We have gotten a good start on it, he has all the vehicles built!  We will work away at it between going here and there for Emry's basketball practices and Calum's Activity Days and Karate!! 

I can't ask if it will ever end because we have only just begun!!!!!!!!