Back to School September

     Wow the boys are getting so old or is it just the parents? haha. Haydn started grade 5 this year and Brody started grade 2. It will be so crazy cause Haydn will be up at the junior high with me next year. That will be good cause I will be able to keep tabs on him. haha

     Haydn is singing in the choir again for the elementary school and both the boys are playing basketball every saturday. It seems like life just gets so busy the older the kids get. All the boys love to be involved in all kinds of activities outside of school. 

          Our little man Tyson just turned 3 in August and is as crazy as ever. He says the funniest things. Right now he loves us to lay in bed with him at night and tell him "Stories" before bedtime. We will tell him a story and then he will say that it is his turn and he will tell us the funniest stories that have the most random details in it.
     
     Tyson loves to be outside and will go to the park no matter what the weather is like outside. He is such a fun kid to have in the house and always has something funny to say. It is amazing how much kids pick up form TV and movies, cause this kid is always quoting something from a movie he watch or a video he has seen.

Baby #4 in April!!!!!!

     Yes baby #4 will be arriving in  April. We are excited to have a new edition to the family, but very nervous at the same time. Having a baby is s stressful time cause you want so bad for the baby to be healthy and you always hear of all the problems that can happen while a woman is pregnant.

     We told our families last week and they were all shocked and very excited. I told both families some big story about how I get to travel around this year but then added that my favorite trip will be when i get to go into Lethbridge in April and pick up Kristi and our new baby. Everyone just went quiet and tried to figure out what I had just said. Then when they realized what I had said they were all excited. Reggie thought it meant we were adopting a kid. haha. Everyone thought that we were done having kids, but we just couldn't shake the fact that we both felt like we should have one more baby.

     Haydn, Brody and Tyson all want a new baby sister for the family. I am sure deep down Kristi would love to have a daughter that she could pamper and spoil. haha. Wouldn't be to bad to have a baby girl that would have 3 protective older brothers. I would love to have another boy, but would be just as happy with a daughter as long as the baby is healthy.








Working For Donny-son

     Don wanted to re-do all of his sidewalks because some of the bricks were sinking in and starting to pool water when in rain or when snow melted. This was like taking apart a giant jigsaw puzzle and then putting it back together again. It was a fun time that lasted from 8am till about 8pm. The first few hours were tough and none of us thought that we would ever get done haha. Everyone came to help on the project. Kesty, Barry, Winslow, Reggie, Maddy and Luc. It was fun to be around everyone and it makes the work a lot funner when you are laughing the whole time.

     After the work was done we all had a family meal together. It is great getting the whole family together and hanging out. Barry and Winslow came all the way from Edmonton just to help out with the sidewalks.

 Conference in Edmonton

     I was asked to go to a conference in Edmonton about assessment. We took the bus up to Edmonton and it was the longest ride to Edmonton in my life. It was nice just to relax and let someone else do the driving cause usually when we go it is me doing all the driving. The conference was good and I was able to walk away with some great ideas for making teaching in my classroom more effective. I stayed in a room with Scott Quinton and that was a lot of fun. We went to a few movies and would go out to eat with a bunch of friends.

     The one night we went to a movie at 7pm and came back to our room about 10pm and I looked at Scott and Derick Heggie and said there is no way that we are staying in at 10pm when we have no wives and no kids with us. I didn't want to be "That Old Guy". So I looked out the window and I could see a pub across the street, so we went there (and we were ID'd haha) ate some nachos and watched the baseball game. So I felt i saved my Man-hood somewhat.

 Grade 7 Boys Volleyball

     I coached the grade 7 boys volleyball team this year and we had a great little team. We had some great little athletes on the team that could play the game well. We played in 4 tournaments and I am pretty sure we only lost 3 or 4 sets all together. We won all the tourneys that we played in and the boys were so excited when we won the Final Divisional tourney in Magrath and won medals and a ball that all the boys could sign.