Orienteering class...

Abigail had her second orienteering class at the Wilderness Centre this morning.  She didn't enjoy it quite as much as last week - partly because it was so cold (-3c) and partly because todays class was more difficult, but they all seemed happy enough at the end of class, so I'm still glad she went!

The class was 9:30 until 11:30, and while she was busy, Sam and I went for a walk with T and S.  T brought me one of her AMAZING coffee's again!  Wow I really do have the best friends :)

We walked some of the trails and took pictures of the snow...and then spent the last half an hour warming Sam up in the truck as he was cold.  

First snowfall!!

Yesterday we woke up to snow.  I enjoyed sipping my coffee and watching the snow fall:

The flowers at Superstore looked really pretty all dusted with snow:

Most of the snow has now gone and it is supposed to warm up again over the next few days...

House guest 2....

This is Tigger, she is so sweet...Abby is enjoying having her here.....she will be sad to say goodbye!

Kevin arrives :)

Yesterday the German Exchange students arrived here in Edmonton and Laurence finally got meet Kevin.  They have been Facebook friends for a few months now so recognised each other straight away :)  

Waiting:

There was a banner to welcome them, and everyone had flags and pins to give their exchange parter:

Abby made a sign to welcome Kevin, and Susannah and Sam coloured the German and Canadian flags to put in Kevins room:

Waiting, waiting, waiting:

Finally they are here.  He is so tall!

He brought a 'little' chocolate as gifts.  lol!  

Perfect gift for our family!  :)  

Love these....both so true :)

Thanksgiving Day.

We decided to use our season passes to the Prairie Gardens before the weather changed too much, so we headed up to Bon Accord yesterday for their annual Haunted Pumpkin Festival.

It was busy there and the parking lot is now two fields away - and you then get bussed to the main area on yellow school buses!  I had never been on a yellow bus before!!  Neither had Sam - and Abby only went on one for a few months YEARS ago!  So it was one of the highlights of the day - we even got the back row :) 

It was cold.  7c but with a nasty wind!  I wore my hat for the first time:

We ran in to our friends and Abby went off with them for a little while:

There were soooo many pumpkins there this year - and several that had been carved into intricate designs and faces:

As always, Sam and Abby LOVED the knights who are there to teach fighting and archery:

Sam did the gem mining - despite the freezing water - he LOVES mining for his gems every time we go and I love his collection of stones he has:

Susannah stirring 'Sam soup' in the Enchanted Forest:

Abby pretending to hit Susannah with the giant spoon in the Enchanted Forest:

Another great day was had - and despite the cold weather we had a great time - we got to have our favourite garlic and dill potatoes - and some yummy pumpkin pie - but best of all we got plenty of fresh and and made many more fabulous memories :)