My Karate Kid

After 3 lessons, Mason went to his first Karate Tournament. And he won his division!!!

I'm such a proud Mom :)

Turns out the tournament was actually a Provincial Championship! So he's technically a Provincial Champion! :) Too cute!

His top competitor made too much physical contact and hit Mason in the mouth a couple times and kicked him in the sternum once. We were so proud of how Mason regained his composure and carried on to win it all!

The first picture is of Mason with the head judge for his division. He is a Black Belt that is on Canada's National Team and just returned from a competition in Italy.

And the second picture is of Mason receiving his 1st place certificate.

Mason is looking forward to his next tournament! :)

Spooooooky!!!!!

We got a little spookier this year at halloween!

Except for Nash, he was happy being Spock from Star Trek. He got a lot of comments about his big ears! :)

Me....well, I was just so grotesque looking, I actually repulsed Sheldon and had him running out of the house the first chance he got with my all-too-real-witch's-laugh! LOL!

Adorable Ella didn't last tooooo long, but she got enough treats to last her quite awhile anyway. Mason had his first halloween on his own with a friend instead of coming around with his parents. Nash was sad at first that he couldn't go with Mason and Mason's friend, but he got over it and had fun hitting "every house in town....except 2" with his proud father.

Pumpkin Carving

A week before halloween we had our Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza. Lots of "smelly" pumpkin guts were scooped and the kids had a great time creating their own unique jack o'lanterns :)

We even found a pumpkin starting to grow within another pumpkin! I don't remember ever seeing that before!!

Pumpkin Patch

After a one year hiatus, we made it back to the pumpkin patch near Oak Lake. And what a perfect day! we started off with our sweaters on, but that afternoon, we all had them off with temperatures around 20C! Yes, these photos were taken AFTER the snow pictures already posted! The pumpkin patch has added lots of new things since we were there last, like a zip line, giant slingshots using mini pumpkins for firing at targets, a bigger store and concession,...we had a fantastic time and left with some great pumpkins to carve!

early Halloween

This was Mason's costume for a birthday/Halloween party in the middle of October that he went to and had an awesome time!

March?

Actually, it's October, but you would think it was March the way it came "in like a lion, out like a lamb"!

These are pictures of the kids going to school at the beginning of October in the snow...just a couple weeks after +30C temperatures I might add!!!

Irresistable

Our little Ladies' Man is at it again...

Uncle Daryl & Auntie Yvonne's Wedding

Flower Girl and Ring Bearer

The Uber Cute Happy Couple :)

Happy Birthday To ME!

This is the photo we finally achieved when Grandma offered $1 for the best smile.......and then there are the other photos.....

SNOW???

Seriously?? It's not even Thanksgiving yet!!! The boys got to play in snow at their school soccer windup today, luckily I just bought them new winter jackets and gloves yesterday.

The kids were soooo excited to wake up and find snow on the ground!

Back to School!

Grade 4
Grade 1
Sr. Nursery School

WOOHOO!!!!

Awesome times out on our new tube with cousins!