Football Player Extraordinaire

So Sara is playing football! She loves it! She had three games today and her dedicated fans (AKA her family including Grandma and Aunt Carolyn) endured frigid temperatures to cheer her on. She has fast feet and is not afraid to lower her shoulder and hit hard! Notice her new mouthguard she's holding in her hand. After having it made, she realized she'd chosen the colours of the rival team. Oooops!

The First Day Back!

The first day was August 30th this year. What happened to waiting until after Labour Day? Despite not wanting to go to school, the Stewart kids looked and played the part of happy school children! Parker started grade 10.
Sara started grade 5. This will be her last year at Lakeview! Middle School next year. :(
Matt is the "big" kid at Paterson this year.
Hannah started grade 3. Our "baby" is no longer a baby. Buddy was so sad to see them go...

Summer Goes Out With a Splash

We had a great summer! Starting with Trek and ending with a one night , magical camping trip to St. Mary's. We travelled to Ontario and had all our cousins visit us at our home in the month of August. We had a week in Waterton together and lots of little adventures in between. We managed to get all four kids up together on skiis just a few days before school started. Makes you think, "Why does summer ever have to end?"

Hannah's Biggest Day Yet!

As I was reviewing past posts, I noticed this one never got posted! What a day to miss. So, we'll add it now.

Hannah was baptized on June 26 of this year. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we had a ton of family able to come! Hannah could barely wait for it and was thrilled to be baptized by her dad in the same dress as cousin Samantha and her sister, Sara.

It's a little sad for a mom when her last "baby" makes such a big decision and the arms of "grown-up-ed-ness" seem to be beckoning. But, so far the vial of "freeze time" has not made itself known to us so we'll just have to keep cheering on all the milestones that make up the chapters in Hannah's (and everyone else's) storybook.

It was a great day, Hannah!

At school one of the teachers, Mrs. Firth, has started a running club. This year for the first time in 4 years we got t-shirts. On the front they say "I believe..." and on the back they say "...do you?"

We ran in the Little Souls Marathon on Saturday.

This one's for the BOYS!

Every week we seem to have lots of excitement around here. This past one was especially neat for the boys!! Parker was awarded his Chief Scout Award along with a great group of friends. They've all worked really hard!

As for Matt, he turned the big 13! We now have two teenagers! How did that happen? If anyone has a potion that will freeze time and make it stop, please let us know. You can be sure that our fridge is always full now - I seem to shop daily to keep these guys fed - and any friends they drag home with them!!!! My food storage planning needs to include a lot of munchies and processed foods I think!

Snow Woes...

Spring has sprung! But not quite literally here in the prairies! We have snow again today! Just think how green it will soon be here - at least by July. We did have our first Snow Day in 26 years two weeks ago. Only in Southern Alberta do you get your one and only Snow Day in the middle of April! Perhaps soccer will start soon. Sara and Hannah will be so excited when it does!