Happy Halloween!

Halloween gets more fun every year! Hope everyone had a fun night last night. We did!

Isn't Ella looking grown up in this picture?!! Helps that's she's the closest to the camera, I guess. Still only 3. Blows my mind somedays. I'll have to blog another day about all the grown up things that come out of her mouth.

Some of you can get a bit of a peek at my new short haircut here. Not at my most glamorous though.
HERE I am at my MOST glamorous! Amazing how some people don't recognize me when I change my colour!
Almost the perfect Star Wars Halloween for Dad this year, too bad Ella wasn't Princess Leia or Queen Amidala! Mason was a clone trooper, Nash was Darth Vader, and Ella was Snow White. Too bad we hadn't thought of it earlier, Mason and I had a great idea while we were getting him into costume at school. He could have put on the snow white wig with the clone trooper costume, sans helmet. Then it would have looked like snow white was a clone trooper. We got a good chuckle over that! (I think I've seen Spaceballs too many times :) Ella was absolutely darling in her wig, a beautiful Snow White! The boys really filled out their costumes well and looked really good too!

The kids hit more houses than ever this year, taking a really long time to tire out! We took Turbo and Tundra with us too, they got a ton of exercise and collapsed exhausted that night at bedtime!

Call Me Crazy!

...You wouldn't be the first!!!

Yes, we now have a second dog! Her name is Tundra. She is one of Turbo's sisters. We decided Turbo needed a playmate. So far, it couldn't have worked out better! They play together so much and keep each other company outside in their new doghouse on these chilly days. Now we don't have a problem with Turbo nipping at us anymore! He gets it all out on her and is very calm and relaxed with us! It's fantastic!

Personality-wise, Tundra likes to be the boss. I've never seen a dog eat so fast before (then swoop in to try to finish Turbo's food)! And she loves to get attention from everybody, following us around everywhere. Turbo is more of a "whatever" dog. He'll hang back and let her get her way, but still loves cuddles and attention when it's his turn :)

Tundra has a real problem with her eyes when it comes to having pictures taken of her, we get quite the glare. Her eyes are darker than Turbo's and have more of an upward tilt to them. I'll have to try more photos outside and/or without a flash.
They each have their own kennel to sleep in, but once in a while choose to nap together.
Turbo, forever champion of Most Photogenic Dog.

Moments to Remember

I love doing scrapbook pages about special moments I have had with our kids that I want to always remember.

Journalling reads:
"We have this thing...I try to kiss you...you say, 'I don't like kisses'...I reply, 'I don't like kisses either.'...Then you smile and pull me in for a kiss and I pretend to not like it...you giggle and kiss me some more. Darn. 'Lost' again."

Wedding Pictures

If you are interested in seeing more wedding pictures from Nashville, visit this link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/loren0606/CrystalWilliamSWedding?authkey=yWmDI7i_7tY#

Nashville Trip

Had a fantastic time at Crystal & William's wedding down in Nashville, Tennessee, this past weekend!

Here I am with my life-long friend (literally, she was waiting for me in the nursery of the hospital when I was born). My girl, Tanya.
Crystal & William, so happy!

Museum Trip

We had a great time in Winnipeg this weekend. Brooke and Marshall's wedding was beautiful, and we only lost Nash once!

On Sunday, we took the kids and Auntie Karyn to the Museum of Man and Nature. This was the first time there for the kids. It was so fun to see everything again that we had enjoyed when we were kids. Mommy had a great idea to keep the kids interested, they had a list of things they had to look for throughout the museum. Mason decided to keep the list for himself though and didn't want Nash and Ella's help (loves a challenge).
So many things to fascinate Auntie Karyn and keep her busy too. I love this display, it reminds us of scenes with Owen Wilson in "Night at the Museum"!
All aboard the "Nonsuch" ship! My favourite room. Love the feel, the smell, the history!
The kids having fun in the ship. They thought it was so cool that they were allowed on it.

3 months

Turbo was 3 months on the 4th of October. I said I'd stop saying how many weeks he was....

Went to the vet this morning for his rabies shot, etc. He tipped the scales at 21 pounds! (was 6.4 at 6 weeks then 13.4 at 10 weeks) Now he doesn't need to go back for a year, except when he gets neutered come Jan-Mar/09.

Homecoming

We're headed off for the weekend for my cousin Brooke's wedding in Winnipeg. Helena, Turbo's breeder, was so kind to let him board there for the weekend.

Here he is being greeted by his Mom (on the left), 2 older step sisters, and 4 sisters that haven't been adopted yet. The homecoming went really well, he fit right back in and I'm sure he'll have a fun weekend, just like us! It was so cute when Helena let them out of the fenced-in area and Turbo was laying down being sniffed by 7 dogs all at once. He took it well.

Sorry, no pictures of the kids lately, I'm sure I'll take some on the weekend!

Nashicals

A Dr. Seuss quote is perfect for a Nash page :)

Fall Soccer

"The Gurr Brothers"
Nash is playing in his first season of soccer now! He is on the under 6 team and Mason is on the U8s. These are Hamiota's uniforms, pretty cool, I think. I was impressed.
Mason LOVES soccer! It is his sport of choice above all others. He'd love to work hard and play professionally someday.
I love how in this picture, Mason had had enough of a break and couldn't wait to get back out there on the field. In the next picture, Nash is displaying his natural goaltender abilities. He loves being able to run, run, run on the soccer field. When put in goal, he goes after everything, is constantly moving, even attempting cartwheels when the ball isn't close, for something to do.

12 weeks!

OK, this is the last time I'll refer to his age in "weeks", from now on, I'll keep track of our baby in months :)

But what a stunningly photographic dog!!!

Stampin Up Workshop

Friday night, we all headed over to Kerri W.'s house for a Stampin' Up! Workshop. These are the 2 layouts she had designed for us.

I never would have thought of using green and gold for the colours on a fall page, but with that neutral tan background, it really works amazing with the pictures I just happened to have on hand that have green grass and gold leaves! I really like the "Big Deal" alphabet stamps. I already have the number set and now will probably buy the letters too! That month stamp at the bottom is mine that I bought from Stampin' Up, I LOVE them and use them all the time!
I have been wanting to scrapbook these halloween pictures for a long time, so am happy to have had a layout that fit. I adore Ella in her little ghost costume! And I love seeing me in the wig, I don't dress up very often :)

Special Time with Mom

Nash is thrilled when he gets alone time with Mom! And he LOVES getting his picture taken :)

Big Girl Ella

Had to throw in this picture along with the traditional fence picture. Can't wait to scrapbook it!

First day of Junior Nursery School!

Yay! Nursery School is finally here!!!! Ella was so excited, she felt like a big girl now to be going to school like her brothers. She had a fun time seeing her friends and was so proud of her painting that she did with her own fingers!

Celebrating Marriage

It was nice to scrap a page of Mom & Dad and Corey & Larissa. We had a special party for them back in '06 after C & L got engaged and M & D were celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. I LOVE that Corey and Dad look so similar in their head tilts :) Gets me everytime I look at!!! LOL! I had no idea they looked so much alike!

Page for Nash

This one I scraplifted from Jen McGuire. Was able to throw it together real quick! I haven't had a lot of Nash's baby pictures out and about, so it's really fun to look back at them and find ones I had forgotten about.