Lauren, Carson and Graham at the hotel.
Alex's kids Dori, Callista and Nick with Graham
Scottie and Craig installing the new tile!!!
Graham running as usual.......
Okay. For all of you that have been kindly "reminding me" to update my blog, here it is. Sorry it's been so sporadic, aka non existent lately. This whole getting back to work thing has thrown a wrench into my facebook and blog posts. My office has some staff changes happen once i got back, so we were scrambling trying to find a new designer, which we did. Enough about the boring stuff.
Life in Winnipeg is good lately. Scott, Graham and I enjoyed a rather nice warm fall this year. September was super hot, and October and November have been great so far. We renovated our bathtub surround this September, which was a real pain in the a** for me with a 13 month old toddler. Our shower ( the only one in the house) was out of comission for two weeks while we re-tiled and re-glazed the exisitng bathtub. I thought I would lose my mind having to shower and bath at my mom's house every two days. But it is finally finished, except for the new paint onthe walls, and Scottie did a great job and worked so hard to get it looking like the spa shower I always wanted. A big thanks to our freind Craig who helped up with the tiling. I wanted to contribute, so I grouted the new tile myself!! It was kind of fun.
After that project, we started investigating building a new house in one of the new developments in South Winnipeg called Bridgwater Forest. it has lots of mature forest they have kept, and walkways and lakes. Its beautiful. So we have found a plan we like, and are just running numbers now to see if we can make it all work. I am keeping my fingers crossed!
In mid September, I went to Calgary on business, and took Graham with me. I stayed the weekend, and visited with my freinds Tracy and her kids, as well as Alex and her kids. As a special treat, we booked a hotel room at the Port O call to use the new waterpark I worked on. It was finally open ( the source fo the trip) and the kids loved it. It was a busy, busy trip, trying to do work and juggle Graham at the same time. I will never do that again on my own. I give my cousin Lindsay credit for travelling with her two kids by herself so much.
Graham is running around everywhere. I mean, the kid never stops. He has a permanent bruise on his forehead from the numerous faceplants he has taken in the house, on the street, at walmart.... Poor little guy. He went out for Halloween as a pumpkin this year, and hated his fleece costume his mother insisted he wear all night. But boy was he cute.
Murphy also had an accident last weekend, with a tree. We were at his favorite dog park, and he was running like a goofball with another dog, wasnt looking, and ran right into the ONLY tree in the area. He hit it so hard, he bounced off of it, rolled over and whimpered like he had been hit by a car. He came over to me shaking and limping, with a cut nose and bleeding eyesocket. So we headed home and I gave him some advil and he took it easy for the rest of the weekend. He now has a big scab under his eye, and is still kind of bruised, I bet. Silly boy.
So that's our life so far. We are getting ready for christmas, and maybe will be heading to Scott's parent's place this year for a change. it all depends on certain factors in Elmira, so we will see. So enjoy the photos. I promise to try to be more up to date.
