Dragon Boats & Harvest!

The annual Dragon Boat races were held on the Saturday of the long weekend, and this is the 3rd year my husband and his work have put in a team. The first year they did awesome, the second year the steering wasn't so good in one of the races, they actually knocked one of the dragon heads off the front of another teams boat cause they got out of there lane and hit the boat, but they were so far ahead, it knocked the dragon head off. This year, well lets just blame it on the wind, it was SOOOO windy!! They actually steered out of there lane on all three races, but never hit a boat!!!! They steered out of there lane the last race, but got back in and won it!! They are a fast team. There's always next year. I love love going to watch, but it makes for a hard long day and my kids are not well at sitting still for very long...

After the races were over, we went home and packed up for a long weekend at the farm, helping with harvest!


All the little ones got to ride in the combine and had a blast! (That's Noah there in the pic)








The radio you may be wondering about, well, this is how we listened to the big Labour Day Classic Rider Game on Sunday, the whole, um maybe 10 -15 mins that we actually got to listen to. I was actually driving truck alot (standard, I don't drive standard, but I did!), and my husband was driving even more truck that I was (because I couldn't back up to dump, so he had to take his truck and my truck to go dump), he basically only heard the last 5 mins because he happened to be in the tractor (the only working radio) when it was ending.


This last picture is just so neat, well, I think it is anyway, that is highway #2 behind the field there, and I thought how amazing, there is a man in a combine working hard for this country making wheat (in this case it was barley) and people just driving on by unaware of the man/family who is making a living by this field. In the spring he seeds, and fertilize, all summer prays for a good weather year, and then hopes for a good yield!!
More to come!!

Favorite Camping Pictures from Duck Mountain Provincial Park

Random shot inside the trailer on one of the rainy days (the first I think)

Playing with playdough :)

a view on the hike we took, gorgeous!

evidence of a bear?

at the end of the trail, it took 3 pictures to get one of them all smiling, prolly cause I told them we'd be getting ice cream right away!! teehee

Another post soon to come of the critters who visited our site and critters we saw in the park!

Happily Ever After-12 year so far!

Our morning started with breakfast made by our lovely children. It was so cute. They all made cards too!!










Then later in the day we went out for supper to a great place, The Black Pepper Italian Eatery. Yumm-o. I can't wait to go back!! I love these pictures of us! We spent the evening at home with the kids, my parents stopped in, and we watch the Sask Rider game!! Just a note for those who care, the riders are in first place in the entire CFL league, the first time I believe since 1976!!! (please correct me if I'm wrong if you know)

It is September on Saturday, bet you didn't know that did you ;)

We've been kinda busy with stuff, VBS, Camping, life, homemaking, and now Harvest. We are heading out to help with harvest. It will be fun I think. I like having supper in the field. It really something you have to experience.

I want to blog some camping pictures, but I don't want to bore you, so I will make another post of some of my favorite pictures from the week we went camping to Duck Mountain!

A Fresh New Look!

Here I am:

I am always on the other side of the camera, and I don't mind usually, cause I'm not big on pictures of myself. But I decided that after my hair appointment today, I would take my picture, cause I just love how my hair turns out when my hairdresser does it ;) (thanks sis)

So, here is a picture of me, 30 yrs old, momma to 4, wife to Michael for 12 yrs (anniversary is Sat. Aug. 18th) and daughter of two wonderful parents!

Have a great weekend y'all, I'll be celebrating with my husband, 12 yrs of marriage!

I Did It Mom!!

That is what my 4 yr old announced as the morning of VBS wrapped up!!! I was so thrilled for her! She's the typical 'baby' of the family, even though I have vowed not to treat her like the 'baby', it has just happened I guess. She's more clingy than the others were at this age, and she is alot more cuddly too at this age than any of the others. But today she was a big girl and went to VBS for 3 hours all by herself, "I did it mom!" Sweet words to a mothers ears!!

My Baby!

It's August

In case anyone was wondering!!

We've been busy busy. Every weekend seems to be something. This weekend we are jetting out to my hubby's farm for the day, and Sunday him and I are in nursery and our two oldest kids have a birthday party in the afternoon. Tonight, is the Rider Game!!! Go Riders!

We went out to a small town last night, an hour NE of the city, to a thing called A Maze in Corn!! It was alot of fun:

It probably took us a little less than an hour to finish, but was totally a blast! We will definitely go back!

We have been camping again as well! We went back to the same place, kind of last minute with my brother and sister in law and niece! We shared a site and it was alot of fun as well!!

The kids will be going to Vacation Bible School every morning next week, and I am going to enjoy every day! I'm sure by the second morning I will be missing them huge, but 5 mornings, without kids, whatever will I do with myself?? I have a strange feeling though, that my littlest, will not want to stay at VBS. This is her first year. I've been talking to her about it and pumping it up, how much fun she will have, but momma instinct again. Pray she will NOT want to come home with me!!! ;)

Well, I still haven't stamped, or scrapbooked....I'm hoping that my friend will have a club this year, so that at least once a month I am guaranteed to be able to stamp!!

Later...