Happy Halloween!

I know I've been taking my time getting this updated but we have been a little busy believe it or not. Since my last blog we have moved and are settled into our temporary place. It's really small and not easy to find a spot for all are stuff but it will work.

We had a great Halloween, my niece and nephew were baptised on Saturday. We were blessed that day with a wonderful snow storm that had us at a standstill for over 2 hours. It should have only been about a 5min drive to the church that morning but was really long. The hill we were stuck on was shut down because of 2 jack knifed semi's one on each side of the highway! I love winter up here. We did however make it to the church for the baptisms without any dents on are vehicle which is more than I can say for some.

That evening we went over to Dustin and Mindy's for some trick or treating. Emma has been waiting since last march for this. Almost every day she would ask if she could go trick or treating. We all bundled up and went out. Tobin fell asleep in the stroller half way through the night ( he was really into it!) Emma and Kyla had lots of fun and got tonnes of candy! We had a good time even though we had to walk through the blizzard for trick or treating!

SOLD!

So most of you have already heard that are house finally sold! We are just waiting for everything to be finalized. We have to be out of are house on the 29th of october. Now I'm just packing and packing and packing. We have also been looking for a place to rent while are other house is being built. I really thought that it wouldn't be that hard to find a place but I know now why I hate renting!!! It's so stinkin expensive. We looked at a townhouse in thickwood the other day thinking that it would be just right... 3 bedrooms and a basement that we could store everything in. I found out today that it wasn't just me that was thinking about the townhouse and how well... it was pretty gross. I kept telling myself it was only temporary!! Mmm that wasn't really working! So tonight we went a looked at a basement suite. It was ok, there was somethings that were better, like the kitchen but it was pretty beat up. Monday I'm going to look at another place... It is newer and is a walk out basement suite, it costs more so we are hoping that we can cram all are stuff in it and in my sister in laws garage! Otherwise we will be looking at a storage unit! Wish me luck!

Competitive Edge?... Not Really!

We took Tobin down to the mall today for the baby crawl. It's a competition for baby's between 6 and 12 months. Since Tobin is such a speed demon around the house we figured that a little healthy competition wouldn't hurt!! We signed him up yesterday and could only make the waiting list. Getting to the mall early had it's benifits though. There were some no shows so Tobin made it in! They actually had some really good prizes... 1st place- $1000 RESP, 2nd place- photo shoot, 3rd place- $500 shoping spree at Please Mum, 4th place- $200 mall certificates, and 5th place- $50 mall certificates.

We did go down very hopeful!! Travis took him to the starting line for heat #5. I went down to the other end about 16 feet away and tried to get his attention. The judge shouted GO and the babies were off... well sort of. Some other baby decided that my cell phone looked way better than the toy her mom was waving at her. Tobin sort of just sat there. Then he turned his back towards me and started picking at the duck taped lines on the carpet. He really had no interest in crawling today! Not much for competition at this age... we'll have to try again some other time. I was going to take some pictures but then he never even did anything just sat there and looked cute! Even the annoucer couldn't take her eyes off of him. She actually announced at the end that Tobin won!! Maybe for sitting and looking cute! Anyways he was a little stinker but that's ok we still love him even if he is not much for competition!

Summer Holidays and Updates!

Well summer is drawing to an end... at least up here! Leaves are starting to turn and before we know it the snow will be here. We had a great summer this year. It started off with my 10 year high school reunion. It was fun to see everyone and how much they have changed, and how there family's have started to grow.

Then we were off a couple days later to start are drive to Victoria. My Dad, Mom and little brother Denim came with us. We decided to do it in 3 days, are first stop was Spokane Washington. We decided to go down throught the states because there was less windy roads and mountains, we were pulling are trailer behind the truck. Anyways we camped in Spokane at sort of a crappy little campground. Everyone let me know it too!! Nobody else stepped up to book campgrounds ( at least it was only for 1 night!) Next stop was Port Angeles. Yes for all you Twilight fans that is the place they go prom dress shopping!!! I was only about 45 mins away from Forks... unfortunately I never made it there. We caught the ferry to Victoria early the next morning.

We spent 6 great days there. Thanks so much to my cousin Kami and her family for showing us a good time and feeding us 3 or 4 nights while we were there. We went crabbing 3 of the 6 days... it was so good. I learned that I like Thai Green Mussels!! We walked around Beaconhill Park, went to the inner harbor, Travis got to go Salmon fishing in the ocean, Emma got to go to the beach and totally loved it (she threw sand in her hair everytime we set foot on some sand!) and I got to go kayaking in the ocean and jig for some super ugly fish! It was lots of fun and we really want to go back in a few years.

On are way home we drove back through B.C. which was a WAY prettier drive than through the states! We had a great time. When we got back we spent some time with family and made it to cornfest in Taber. It was so much fun but really tiring. It's good to be back and have the kids on some kind of schedule again.

Updates!

Travis is back to work as usual!!! He says he enjoys his job about 10% of the time! Sounds great. We have also had are house up for sale for a month... lots of showing and no bites. That's ok because we really have been up in the air as to what we want to do. I know last you all heard we had a lot picked out and a house that we wanted to build... well we change are minds a lot!! Anyways we started looking around for a house just to buy but have now realized that there really is nothing that we like that's with in are price range!!! We have found a house that we are just waiting on the price of... I really do have a feeling that it's going to be too much!! Are other option is to build that house on a cheaper lot some where else. I'll let you know how all the house stuff is going when we finally come to a decision.

I have been hanging out with my kids, watching them learn a grow everyday. I'm trying to finish a baby blanket for my sister that is scheduled for a c-section in a week! Not a whole lot going on with me!

Emma is my little proper princess!!! At least in front of people. Grandma's just couldn't get enough of Emma's simple "Yes" to all the questions that she was asked. She loves dressing up and eating snacks. I threaten her at dinner time that if she doesn't eat her veggies that she is going to get scurvy!! She really doesn't want it!! We also found out Emma's reaction to her Daddy being cheap! Travis and I were talking in the truck... I mentioned that because Emma likes princesses so much that she probably is going to want pretty expensive wedding. Travis responded with a "who's going to pay for it!" I turned around at told Emma that her dad was going to be cheap when it was time for her wedding. Emma burst into tears and started bawling. It was so funny.

Tobin is now sitting, crawling, and trying to stand up. He cut 2 teeth while we were on holidays... it was lots of fun confined to a trailer while it was all going on! He is almost 8 1/2 months and is already a little tease. Tobin is about 25lbs (trust me my back can tell!) He is a really busy little boy and I can tell he just wants to run!

We are all doing great and had a good summer.

Spray Park 2

Sharisse enjoying some sun!!

Ava looking so cute.

Me and my kidlets!

Tobin all tuckered out!

Spray Park!!

One of the best things about Fort McMurray is the spray parks around town. There are 4 of them around the city! We decided to venture out today to the other side of the city to the waterways spray park. It was so hot today about 32 degrees C. We lasted about an hour and half and got too hot and decided to call it a day. Unfortunatly I never did get any of the kids actually in the water. First off Emma didn't want anything to do with the water and second there was some really great parks to play on. Today the park won out. I realize now that I never even got a picture of the spray park in any of the pictures! Oh well... they really do exist!

Presley in Pink and Jaycie in blue... with there momma Mindy.

Kyla... Mindy's oldest daughter.

Let The Building Begin... Soon!

Okay maybe not right now but hopefully it will all start soon. Just to let you all know this is what my blog is probably going to be about for the next hopefully only 9 months or less. We are going to be putting up are house for sale here very soon. I'm actually kinda sad and will miss my little house. Mostly just because it is the first house that we have bought. It's been a great starter house but we are most definately out growing it. We do have house plans picked out and are just waiting for everything to be approved. We do have a lot reserved and are almost ready to buy that. I'm getting really excited and can't wait to actually get started... once there is a hole in the ground where that giant mud puddle is maybe it will become real!