Where did the time go?

Hi everyone! I can't believe the fall is flying by so quickly! I haven't even checked in on the blog in a long while. I'll try to catch up with a few pictures over the next few days and give you some of the highlights.

One interesting thing we've done this fall is attend 2 very extremely different weddings. Both very God honouring yet so completely different. Here's the full "Big Fat Greek Wedding" complete with smoke machine for a first dance. I for one had never seen that before. I'd never witnessed a pig dance or a bread dance either. We forgot our camera for the reception so this one is from a sister of the bride. Fancy decorated church, "Barbie" bride

And cousin Annette's wedding. A medieval fairy tale wedding set in a rock quarry complete with a princess and prince, 2 plays, cauldrons of soup heating over fires, and some rain.

Wedding vows amid a circle of parents, friends and family.

We enjoyed both weddings and one little girl at least has talked quite a bit about her wedding. She even said she'd invite me when the time comes. I'm glad! (But in no rush believe me!!)

The Conductor :)

The First Day of School

Well, here are the pics in backwards order once again ARGH!
Honey had a great day in SK. She was especially thrilled to learn French. "Bonjour mes amis." See my hook :) and my backpack.

Jam got off to a good start too :) She has her same great teacher as in grade one and 2 of her good friends are in her class this year.

Daddy's happy to have Honey going to school with him for this year. She looks more nervous here than above since this was on the way into the school and those were when she was going home.

Here they are all ready to head out for day one. Both were excited and ready to go.

More of the little guy :)

Hope you're not getting sick of Coffee :)
His big sisters aren't! The other day he fell asleep in his chair and Jam thought he might like her pillow (yes, she put it beside the chair) and a dolly to sleep with.

Gotta love that big grin!

It's not too clear a picture but this little shorts set he's wearing below is 40 years old. Bruce wore it when he was a baby. It was made from nice hot acrylic and made us appreciate the nice soft breathable cotton baby clothes we wear on him most of the time. It's always fun though to have clothes with a history to put on the kids even when they are a bit hot. He didn't seem to mind.

More pics for August

Coffee's getting so big now. It's funny how he looks younger in pjs and older in clothes. While Grampie was here we went to see his Aunt and Uncle. This pictures is as close as we'll get to a 4 generation picture for the boys.

They live at a beautiful place out in the country.

Pacing back and forth with Joey on his shoulder was one of Grampie's main activities while he was here. As Honey would say, "Grampie's got the touch."

We enjoyed having two grandfathers at the same time.

Is this a proud big sister or what :)

A visit with Grampie wouldn't be complete without at least on trip to DQ.

I believe this will be our official 3 generation picture

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A visit with Grampie

At the airport. Bringing Grampie home.Coffee meets Grampie :)

Three generations :)

Grampie's got the right touch for getting the little guy to sleep.
A visit with Grampie usually includes some harmonica music :)

And this time a little dancing to go along with it.

More summer pics

A big yawn :)

Ready to swim in the backyard pool. Playing at the playground on a cooler day.

The girls could spend hours on the swings I bet.

Honey is getting braver on the monkey bars. This day she went 2 before panicing. She says she's practicing for when she's big enough to really do it. I guess she doesn't think she's big enough yet.

A few days with G & G

Fun with some things the cousins left behind :) This one turned sideways but I left it here because I like how it looks like Coffee and Grampa are both talking. Hope you can see it.

Grampa spent a lot of time soothing Coffee. Thanks Grampa. I think they both enjoyed it.

Happy Birthday Gramma :)

More Coffee

Caught the little guy smiling :)

Time for more pics :)

Now that I've added my handy-dandy counter I can see that yes, somebody is checking here for updates so I've added more pictures for you to enjoy. Another way to motivate me to keep posting is to comment and let me know you've been here. It's easy, just click where it says comments at the bottom of the post and it will pop up a different box where you can type in your comment.
Enjoy the new pics.