Well, this long weekend has just flown by. I have to say that all in all, it was pretty laid back. Nice for a change. Some exciting news, Saturday night, Shane slept in his crib from 7pm - 4:30am. That is ground breaking. The longest he ever slept before that was like 5 hours. Then on Sunday night he slept from 7:30pm - 3:30am. I think it's because he is fighting something or going through a growth spurt. Dave and I have different opinions on that. I think it's a growth spurt. Dave thinks he's fighting something because he's not eating. Shane is just like Dave, not eating causes alarm. I just think he's tired and clingy and once that's over, he'll be chowing down the food again. What does anyone else think out there?
Sunday we had Dave's mom over for dinner. She insisted on making the Turkey and then bringing it over. Fine with me. I did the rest of the dinner. This is the first year I cheated and didn't make a homemade dessert. I bought a pumpkin pie from Costco. They are big pies I tell ya. Very Yummy. I did whip up some real whipped cream for it though. As usual, I made way too much. Oh darn, I don't have to cook today (monday). Everyone fend for themselves, meaning Dave and eat when and what you want. Love left over turkey. Do you get thanksgiving holiday in England Aysha?
Lia also brought some treats. She had gone to the Cranberry festival in Fort Langley on Saturday and bought a big bag of kettle corn with cranberries. Sounds weird I know, but wow, yummy. She also bought some pear/apricot wine. That was mighty tasty too. Her and I drank the bottle. I know what you're thinking, but it was a very small bottle. It was enough for two small wine glasses each.
The rest of the weekend was basically hanging with the kids. Ryan likes it when I help him with video games. Spyro the dragon is currently his favorite. and Shane is usually hanging off of me. I think once he starts walking, I'll be a little free-er. Is that a word?
Oh, I did go visit Kelli on Thursday and picked up the gate from her that I am borrowing from Tracy. I got that installed on Saturday. We had a nice visit. I just wish she didn't live so far away. We don't get to see each other very often. Maybe 4-6 times a year. When you have a family, wow, time just flies by and you forget about your own life. It's all about everyone else. I know my turn will come eventually.
Anyway, enough excitement for one blog....
G'night
Well, I know I'm a little late with this one but Dave, Ryan, Shane and I went to the Apple Barn on Sunday October 22. It was the perfect day. Bright sunshine, not too cold. They open at 10:00 on Sunday and we arrived at 10:30. We were on the first hay ride of the day to head out into the pumpkin patch to pick our seasonal pumpkin. For those of you who haven't been there, there is a petting zoo, which Ryan wasn't too interested in; pony rides which he definately wasn't interested in. There is a hay loft maze with a slide. (I have an after picture of Dave and Ryan) Ryan sat on Dave's lap down the narrow curvy yellow slide) they shot out of there like a cannon and landed with a big thud. The thud made a lot of people look to see what happened. I found it to be quite humorous. As you come out of the hayloft maze, there is bridge walkway over the hayride path that goes to another set of slides and into a castle looking maze. Ryan loved doing these. We picked up two pumpkins, one for Ryan and one for Shane. At the Apple Barn store, (which I waited in line for like ever) I bought a bag of jonagold's, some dried apples which are scrumptious! and a cool light kit for our pumpkin) I will include those pictures with my Halloween post. After our hayride, it was like grand central station. There were people everywhere. I'm so glad it was time to leave. We got home around 1pm. I guess most people either came after church or after lunch. We all had great fun! 
(This is after they shot out of the yellow slide you see behind them...hehehe)
