Halloween 2007

It's been a crazy day! The girls have been so excited since last night. What is it with Halloween and kids, eh? They just LOVE it. They have gone to so many Halloween/Pumpkin parties this year and have already dressed up several times (as princesses) so when it came time to choose what to wear for Halloween, Rachel changed it up a bit and wanted to go as a cat. Alex also wanted to go as a cat but changed her mind back at the last minute to Belle the princess. I think she loves that wig way too much. Kaili and family took the girls out around our house while I man the door. Boo hoo. But what can you do when Papa is working late. They are out right now as I write this and can't wait for them to come racing in with all their fun stories. Hope you guys had a busy fun Halloween too.

WIGS, WIGS, WIGS

A Very Late Thanksgiving Post

I know that Thanksgiving was a couple of weekends ago but I've wanted to post about all the things that I am thankful for. As always I'm thankful for my beautiful & goofy kids that make me feel so happy and blessed everyday. And for my husband (even if I like to complain about him) I wouldn't have these beautiful kids if he wasn't in my life. And thankful for health and a warm house to live in. And live in a peaceful place in the world where food is a plenty. Thanks for my family and friends that always support me no matter what. But the thing that I'm most thankful for this year is for my dad. That he is one of the few that has survived a ruptured brain aneurysm and is now thriving and living life with my mom back at home in Montreal. I never really believed in miracles and the power of prayer before this happened. But to see his recovery has been amazing. And those are a few of the things that I am thankful for.

Gewürztraminer

There is this guy named Stuart who worked really hard to finish our basement for us and has since become a friend of ours. So when he called last night to ask for help picking Gerwurtraminer grapes in his vineyard this morning I couldn't say no. I had no idea what was in store for us. All I knew was that we were to dress warm and show up at 8am. Silly me thought that I could bring along my camera and take pretty pictures. But no there was no time to take photos....it was real hard work. So all these pictures were taken by Alex and Rachel.

It was a beautiful crisp fall day. Perfect weather to put us to work. Stuart's wife gave me a pair of gloves and shears and it was off to picking grapes. They have 5 acres and after about an hour of pruning I was starting to get overwhelmed wondering when we were going to actually finish. But luckily they only have 1 acre planted in Gerwurt so the other 4 acres will have to wait for another visit. It was great to be out in the fresh air working while the girls ran around for the whole entire morning with some other kids that were there. It was fun except for all the earwigs that hung around the grapes. I tried hard not to be such a girly girl around all these 'farm' types. But it was hard to hide my reactions especially this one time when I picked off a huge bunch of grapes and had about 3 earwigs drop onto my glove. It took me a few seconds to recuperate from that incident but I carried on and ended up having a great morning.