My Sunday...

It has been such a lovely Sunday.  I'm sitting here waiting for Samuel and Abby to arrive home.  Laurence came home at lunch time and spent the afternoon out with Susannah and I.  First of all we headed down to Whitemud Ravine for a walk and to feed the birds.  I hadn't fed the birds with the teens, so this was a special day :)  

Laurence got some great slow motion videos of them with his phone!!

We attracted quite a few photographers while we were there....this is just a few of them:

For Today....

Outside my window...Sunny and VERY windy.  Waiting to watch my boy drive up the driveway so we can go out!

I am thinking...of how I am looking forward to playing the new card games with the children tonight!

I am thankful...for sooooo much :)  

In the kitchen...Thanksgiving foods....yum!!

I am wearing...my new camisole nighty :)  It's a peachy/ apricot-y colour and sooooo soft and pretty :)  

I am creating...a Fall mini album full of memories :)  

I am going...to take my teens to feed the birds :)  

I am wondering...if someone will claim the kitty cat.  

I am reading...magazines that Sharon gave me :)  

I am hoping...it doesn't snow until mid November!

I am looking forward to...showing Kevin our little part of Canada!

I am learning....how right it feels to be around friends you can be yourself with :)  

Around the house...a new cat...unless someone claims her...

I am pondering...what to do for Laurences birthday but I'm happy with the things we have for him so far!!

A favorite quote for today...Life is good and I have much to be thankful for :)  

One of my favorite things...collecting a few Fall leaves from each place we go to - and coating them in modpodge so they keep forever.  I have done this for the past few years and have quite a collection.  I am sticking this years into my Fall mini album

A few plans for the rest of the week:  Celebrating Thanksgiving with four of my children. A field trip to the Italian Centre, perhaps breakfast with friends....orienteering class and a walk with friends at the Wilderness Centre.  A 'home alone' class for Abby and a 'fire safety' class for Sam.  Heading to the airport to get Kevin!  Making scarecrows at 'Young Achievers club' and then an extra special weekend :)  

Tag Time - from To Live Inspired.

-My Body Feels :  like it needs activity - so we are heading out for a walk :)  

-My Environment makes me feel:  overwhelmed.  I can't WAIT until November!!

-My Schedule:  Is always fun and filled with friends and family and love :)  Life is often crazy but a GOOD crazy!!

-At the end of the day I feel:  Happy to get in to bed knowing we have crammed a lot in and created good memories.

-I would like to feel:  this way forever!!

Words of wisdom....

Cleaning out my phone photo folder....

I tidied up my photo folder on my phone last night, and so these are just some pictures that I saved onto my computer:

Sam and Abby in the Fall leaves at Strathcona Wilderness Centre:

Abigail at Katies Crossing on Friday:

Abby with the cemetery kitty cat.  Abby loves animals sooooo much:

Up close and personal with a parked train near Katies Crossing:

We met some homeschooling friends at Katies Crossing on Friday - so much fun - and we all went up t the bridge to 'feel' the train go by and to squash pennies:

Abby at Katies Crossing:

Sam and his friend C at Katies Crossing:

Two Fall pictures of Susannah:

Friends at Katies Crossing - and Sam is sitting the way he is because he split his pants from jumping and had a BIG hole hahahaha:

Abby at Katies Crossing:

At Edmonton Aviation Museum in August:

Abby in her lovely new hat and with her new earrings - cuddling the cemetery cat:

Experiencing a train go by UP CLOSE!!  The ground shook :)

Love these funny pics of my boy:

Fabulous friends at Elk Island Park:

Homeschool afternoon and scavenger hunt at Elk Island Park.  So much fun:

An afternoon on Whyte...

Susannah asked if we could go to Whyte Ave this weekend and to Fuss Cupcakes, so we decided to go yesterday and enjoy the farmers market too:

You really can't tell QUITE how huge this pumpkin is from this picture, but it was ENORMOUS!!!

At Fuss Cupcakes I had one of their monthly specials - a pumpkin spice.  It was INCREDIBLE!!

Susannah had a 'Soul Mate' and I had one of their fabulous latte's too:

Fuss Cupcakes window for October:

We tried new things at Going Nuts this time - Susannah had some chili flavoured pumpkin seeds, and I had these lemon and ginger almonds...both are really good!!

After Whyte Ave we drove out and picked up Susies friend and then the three of us headed to the movies to watch 'Pitch Perfect' :)  We stopped off at Timmys on the way home from the movies as I wanted some steeped tea...then home and bed :)  

More scenes from our Friday

Playing with friends at Katies Crossing:

Supper out with Susannah.  Yummy goat cheese, red pepper and chili pizza:

Last nights sunset:

The cemetery cat....

Yesterday we walked around the local cemetery.  I had been meaning to take Abby in there for a long time, but we never seemed to find the time. It is a tiny community cemetery run by volunteers, and just celebrated it's 100th anniversary.  I had been in there before with my Nephew Daniel.

Many of the graves are those of Pioneers of the area.  The man who was working there (also a volunteer) was talking to us about the cemetery and some of the people buried there...like the man who took his daughter for ice cream and they were both killed on the way home in a crash with a hay truck :(  

While we looked around, a black and white cat started following us.  It walked in with us and then followed us around, rubbing up against the graves and then us...it was super friendly but thin and crying out.  

The man said he had never seen it before there.  Abigail was worried about the cat, so we brought it home (we live just around the corner) and she made a flyer to go on the mail box asking who had lost a cat.  

We fed it and gave it a drink - wow - I have never seen a cat eat so much!  It slept in the house and this morning has gone out - last night it went out but came back and miaowed at the door.  This morning it hasn't come back yet - so hopefully the food and drink helped and maybe it has gone home....