5 more days!!!!!

Friends

Friends

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

- Jean Kyler McManus -

tonight

It's cold

My kids asked for mittens to wear to school today. I cannot believe it is already time for mittens. It is very chilly on our way to school. I miss summer already!

Good Weekend

We had a nice relaxing weekend, which was nice for a change. Friday night there was a meeting at the church about the Treasure Principle. This will be the theme at the church over the next 6 weeks. We are starting a bible study for young families and this will be the theme for that as well.
On Saturday, Rob went and helped Jason and Heather move so I took the time to clean the bedrooms upstairs. I have a new 1 year old starting this week and I needed to clean out an area to put the playpen in Noah's room. I went through all his clothes and took all his too small stuff (yes he did grow this year!!) and bagged it up. I did the smae in my closet and bedroom. Tidied up some and packed away some stuff that I will never wear again. It feels good to clean out some stuff! In Emily's room we took apart her bunkbed (she decided that is wasn't girly enough) and took it to my parents and got the single bed from there and set it up in her room. She is right...it looks more gilry now!!
Sunday was the ususal routine...church. After church we came home and made lunch. Remind me later and I will tell you how I wrecked my stove while cooking lunch!
Anyway...it was a nice family weekend...I like those!

Excellent

Both shows were amazing last night. I will admit that I cried through the second half of ER. I have been watching that show since the beginning and some seasons are better then others. Last nights was the best premiere they have ever had!! I cannot wait to see what happens next week. Anyone else enjoy it?

2 premieres

2 of my favorite shows premiere tonight. Grey's Anatomy and ER. Can't wait!

Rally Day

It was Rally Day at the corps on Saturday. It was a great day. The weather co-operated and it was a nice sunny day. We had a tunk tank, batting cage, jumpy castle and cottoton candy...what else could you ask for? The worship team sang a few sets and a good crowd came out. Well done everyone!

12 years

Happy Anniversary Rob! I cannot believe that it has been 12 years. We have stuck together, gotten each other through some tough times, had a lot of great times too!! We have 2 wonderful children and are a very happy family. Thanks for putting up with me for 12 years. I love you!!
Melissa

update

I took Noah to Shout tonight and he seemed ok. He admitted to me after that he gets really nervous when the group sings in church or anywhere other then practice. I said I understood that nad that we could pray more about it. He said sure and that he would try and stay and see how it goes.

Thanks Ian for your comment. Even though you were in Toronto and we didn't see each other very often, I miss you more now. You and Lauren are in ours and especially the kids prayers every night. Emily prays for you and Lauren before anyone else.

kids

Emily and Noah are both doing really well in school so far. I know it is still early, but last year at this time we already knew Emily was not going to have a good year. This year is totally different. She comes home with a smile on her face everyday (which is very nice to see). She is liking all her classes and made some good friends. 2 in particular are Emily and Mallory. She is really enjoying her music class and likes the fact that she is ahead of eveyone else. She is practicing every night to stay that way!!
Noah is doing well too. He has lots of friends...in particular Harrison and Megan. He has had homework already and is handling it really well. He was very excited yesterday because Star Wars Lego 2 came out yesturday and he has been waiting about 6 months for it to come. He was in his glory last night.
Speaking of Noah, he has us a little worried at the moment. He is involved in a group at church called Shout ( it is like singing company for all you old Salvationists) and last year he had a great time there. This year however he does not want to go. He claims his tummy hurts at every practice. Anyway, we are encouraging him to go to a few rehearsals to see how he feels but he is adament that he does not want to go. Please pray for him to get over what ever it is he is going through.
Thanks

very proud of myself

I decided this year to plant a few seeds in my garden instead of just flowers. I did not get my hopes up for them to grow. Well, to my surprise they did grow and they are doing well. The only problem I am having is the squirrels are pulling them down to get the sunflower seeds out of them.

First day went well

The kids had a great first day of school. Noah went into grade 3. His teacher is Mrs. Ladman and she seems very nice. He is in the same class as his best friend Harrison so he was happy. Emily went into grade 6 at a new school. Her teacher is Ms. Heavenor. She is in middle school now. She was pretty nervous about it. She has to take a school bus now too...which made her nervous as well. She made it there fine (she did make me go to the bus stop 20 min early so she wouldn't miss it!!). She made some new friends right away...which is what we were hoping for (after her troubles with friends last year). She said she only got lost once...going to the bathroom...but otherwise she did great. They both came home with all good things to say. We are hoping for a good year for both of them!!!!

Wet

So we got a little wet on the weekend. The rain started about 3:00 Saturday afternoon. We prepped the kids that Halloween might be cancelled. Well...the rain stopped long enough for the kids to do the parade (and they both won first place!!!!!) and do some trick or treating. Then it downpoured!! We ended up putting the kids in the van at minight because the tent was leaking and no sign of the rain letting up. We went back on Sunday and it was just drizzling so we stayed. The rain stopped that night and we had a great campfire. We had fun even though we were wet and cold!!
Here are some pics of the costumes:

Very Sad!

Steve Irwin: The Crocodile Hunter died yesterday. Very Very sad! His children are only 8 and almost 3. Read more here
Please keep his wife and children in your prayers during this tough time!

It's working

Keep praying eveyone...the rain looks like it will hold off for Saturday now but is supposed to come on Sunday. Let's keep praying that it doesn't come until Monday!!! If it holds off Saturday then the kids can still have Halloween. YAY!!!!
Melissa