Little Boys and Pumpkins!

Correna, Ezra & Ryder came for a visit this past week - crazy how much little boys grow up in such a short period of time. We had seen them both at the end of July and already they are both SO different - crazy!

Ezra trying to 'hide' in the fridge!

while cleaning up supper Ryder wanted to be held, but I needed both hands and thus the African baby wrap came into play:)

One of the great things about having littles come to visit is being able to partake in fun activities that without kids are just weird! It was a beautiful fall day so we went to a pumpkin patch with the boys.

Ezra, Correna & Ryder on the hayride

Ezra, all smiles, enjoying a beautiful fall day

cowboy at heart

just doing a little milking in the petting zoo

corn maze!

good times had by all

pumpkin picking!

probably my favorite picture of Correna of all time!

brothers

mom & sons

Ryder

yes I am forcing Ezra to take a picture with me...don't judge:)

tummy time

my husband is my favorite!

Ryder is such a smiley baby!

how cute is this?!

Baby L

A friend from work had her little guy a few weeks ago so a couple of us went to visit the new mommy and her cutie!

Sleeping baby snuggles!

tiny baby smile

peaceful

baby print

I am blessed to work with some pretty amazing ladies!

(did you notice that ALL of us were wearing stripes...totally not planned!)

Beauty

the view from our back deck...we serve a creative God!

27 years!

I celebrated a birthday on Sat - the big 27:) I worked nightshift on the 14th going into the 15th so had to come home and sleep a little bit of my birthday away. When I came home Matt had this little spread waiting for me...waffles and gifts, what a perfect combo:)

Waffles taste soooo good after being up all night!

Reading my birthday card from my parents - always full of wisdom:)

While I napped Matt went and helped friends of ours pack their moving van and then I brought over pizza's at noon for the moving crew.

We are going to miss our friends very much - we are already excited to see them at Christmas! Menno will be so much older the next time we see him!

After lunch we had a meeting at the bank for RSP stuff - isn't that what everyone does on their birthday?!

And then it was back home for present time!!!!

the 'nifty fifty' lens!!!!

testing out the new lens...

what a difference - my photos may never be the same again

SEWING MACHINE!!!! Thank you mom and dad - let the sewing crafts commence!!!

I also got a tripod - this pic was us testing out the tripod - it works amazingly!

And for the evening....Top of Vancouver Revolving Resturant!!!

It had AWESOME food, AWESOME ambiance and of course the company was AWESOME!!!

I loved it!!! We got there to see the sunset and then the darkness with the city lights - it was a prefect night - so clear!

The entire resturant revolves in a full circle every 60 min. We stayed for two hours...glorious!

The elevator ride was a bit bumpy - aka made you want to throw up your food on the way down...here's a 'green' pic of us:)

Then home for a cookies and cream cheesecake!

Happy 27 - what a great day - I am blessed - here's to another year full of adventure and possibility - to God be all glory!

Fishing for Pinks!

Matt has gone out a couple times this year to fish for 'Pinks' and has been successful - we currently some fish in the freezor!

Sunday afternoon was beautiful so we packed a lunch and after church went out to the river.

Happy Fisherman!

It's a beautiful area and a beautiful time of year out here.

My post while the husband is fishing - reading a book in my cushy lawnchair:)

No luck with fish yesterday, but a couple of weeks ago Matt caught a big one - here is is post fillet.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We shared a great Thanksgiving together! We had our feast on Sunday night and talked about things that we are thankful for - things in the past, things in the present and things in the future that we look forward to! Praise Jesus for every good and perfect gift...we are blessed!

Hoping that you all found time to give thanks!

Fall

The days are getting shorter and colder - the leaves are still green, but fall is definately in the air - so it was time to celebrate the changing of seasons by doing a little crafting and decorating.

My new fall wreath made with inspiration from pinterest:)

To make this cute little wreath al you need is yarn, felt, glue gun, scissors and a green foam wreath. I got my yarn and felt at Walmart for cheap cheap!

Rosettes up close!

my 'welcome' blocks that I bought a few years ago at Superstore in the after fall sales:)

my chalkboard mirror with a little extra fall bling

fireplace - I added a few orange rosettes to the barn window - an orange ribbon to the terrarium - Matt brought home some little twigs for my new $1.00 vase from a local thrift store (I'm hoping to add a few colored leaves to the twigs once they start changing color and falling) - love my 3 toilet paper pumpkins

I had seen these little pumpkins last year at my friend Jessica's house. They are so simple, all you need is scrap fabric and toilet paper rolls - I made my stems out of old cereal boxs cut up and added a little 'leaf' greenery.

Now it's time to light some candles, make some tea and settle in under a warm blanket - welcome fall!

Menno turns 1!

On Saturday, Matt attended Menno's first birthday party (I had to work). It's hard to believe that it has been an entire year since he was born - we have had such fun watching him grow and change over the past year. We will miss the Friesen's very much when they move to Alberta later this month.

Epic marshmallow fondant cake made by Alysse!

The Friesen's

Menno enjoying his cake.

Happy 1st Birthday Menno James!

Crafting

Here are some pictures of a few more crafting projects that I have been doing.

We had an empty space in our new place to fill - we found an old beat up dresser at our local Salvation Army Thrift Store for cheap - it just needed a little TLC!

painting out on our deck

The finished product! I filled wholes, sanded and repainted the dressor. I also repainted the handles (a few different color before settling on the same color as the dressor).

I bought the four glass knobs at home depot.

Matt bought this beautiful old barn window a few years ago for me for Valentine's Day. It has been hanging in our house but needed a little something something added to it...

The new and improved window! I spray painted the window white and added some scrapbook paper in the windows - it looks great hanging above our fireplace.

"be AWESOME today"

This little display is above our fridge. I painted the plate (0.25 at local thrift store) with different stencils. The plant is old and the willow crayons are made by Matt's Papa.

stay tuned...more crafting to come!