JUST GUESSING

I think perhaps maybe, just maybe , the kids are a little excited to have a "big brother" they can climb all over. Just a guess though. Not sure where I would get the idea. In any case, we are so happy to share our home with Jonathan. So far, so good.

PET PEEVE

There's nothing that irritates me more than spending my hard earned money on a lame movie. Well, on Friday night, that's EXACTLY what happened. Nate and I took the boys (the girls were in Edmonton with Grandma and Grandpa Piepgrass) to a movie called "The Smurfs". Oh. My. Gosh. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Lamest of lame. Stupidest of stupid. Of course the boys loved it. Nathan and I..... did not. Which is too bad cause I used to love watching the smurfs on T.V. when I was little. Anyways, I was just so irritated the rest of the night. Had to get a blizzard from Dairy Queen to put a smile back on my face. Always a gamble those kid movies. It was nice to spend some time with the boys though. Love them to bits. They are just getting so big.


Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for taking the girls. They had a really great time!!!

BIG LIPS

Alysha was sent an assignment for school in the mail this week. She was given a cardboard doll to make to look like her. After working on it for two days (with a LOT of help from Merynn, and a tiny bit from Hannah and me) This is what she came up with.
Not bad right? The lips are a little big but hey, every girl wants big lips right?

THE SUMMER THAT NEVER WAS

Merynn found a new love this summer .........smoothies!!!!

Just one of the MANY games we had to play inside cause the weather was so bad this summer.

The girls and I were treated (thank you again!!) and got to go see the Broadway musical "Wicked". For sure THE highlight of the summer for me. It was incredible. The girls are still talking about it. (It was fun to see the Whipples there too!)

My brother T.J. and his wife Britt had a pirate themed anniversary party. So fun. The kids really had a blast dressing up as pirates. It was a great day spending time with family. We missed you Rachel!!

Such a cute pirate right?

We had one week of plus 24 degrees Celsius or a little higher and we made sure we took advantage of it. Off to Musreau Lake and the beach. Yeah for the sun!

Trentan calls this his masterpiece. Another activity to do in the rain. I think it has still not been erased yet.

Some more beach pictures. Josh thinks he is tough.

Alysha and her buddy Mikayla out on the yellow floatie.


The kids having a picnic out on the deck after playing in the sprinkler. Don't I have the most adorable kids EVER??????



Another beach picture. I took it far away so that I didn't get kids faces that weren't mine. Not sure if I'm allowed to post them. But that is Alysha and Trentan and Simon.



As mentioned earlier, the weather this summer was not very co-operative. The kids have said that they feel cheated out of a summer holiday. We got a lot of rain, wind and bugs. Gross. But fun times were still had. My neice Brooke came and stayed with us for a week and Josh went to her house to play with Parker and Cammy. Merynn got spoiled for a week staying with Kayla and Kurtis. We didn't venture too far from home. We have had to do some rearranging of bedrooms which resulted in new paint colors. We are rearranging bedrooms cause we will be having a college student come live with us starting on Saturday. His name is Jonathan and we know him from when we lived in Fairview. Should be an adventure.
I am still babysitting 4 kids (besides my own) on a regular basis. School starts next week. Piano starts the week after that. I will be ready for a vacation soon.

BETTER RACHEL??????