Fun - here we come!

While I was busy painting and painting and sneaking in work for PJ here and there when I could, PJ was busy online shopping for Lego! (He worked too! Not all fun and games and no work!) Since the kids barely managed to make the houses they did a few weeks ago with the basic lego, Peter decided more Lego would be good. Hey kids, want to come build more houses? And there are still more packages to come! Fancy pieces!

19 pounds of basic arrived at the post office for pick-up yesterday. Some of it came from as far away as Florida. Some Grandpa must have given up his childhood passion and passed it on - or Grandma said "it's got to go!". Either way we get the fun of building! By the way - over morning coffee this morning we counted the box of black pieces - just for fun of course. About 1900 pieces - and some interesting ones too! Like I said - who wants to come build with us! Funny thing - we are still building!

Craft Sale 2007

The vendors getting ready and set up for the sale to start.

All ready for the customers - smile - cause this is fun!

Becky and Peter deep in some sales with customers - those ornaments went flying out the door this year!

Lots of "buyers" looking for just the right Christmas idea or gift!

And all that admission food donation! Two stove boxes filled and over 900 pounds in weight. And $1229.00 in cash donations. Pretty good for one day of customers!

Kevin is having FUN!

Yes that is right, when our son Kevin is at school it generally is fun for him since he is studying something that he has loved for a long time. Since he is in his second year at SAIT polytechnic, he is doing more exciting things than last year. Just today we received a video that shows a helicopter that they have been working on. It was necessary to start it, run it to full speed and then shut it down. It will be a bit noisy if you keep the volume up. We think it is just awesome and just the coolest thing to know the opportunities that he has at SAIT. In just a few weeks it will be a Harvard plane that they will run!!

Almost Like Christmas

Work First!

Official Lego Guard Dog

Serious Construction!

Kev and Kels looking for blue bricks!


Creative Brent and Kirstin!

BEFORE the lego came upstairs!

This past weekend all the kids were around at one time or another. It felt just like Christmas! For two reasons actually. And it wasn't because of the lack of turkey dinner, or snow, or presents - it was Christmas-y because there was lots of Lego playing and Christmas music in the background. Kirstin (between putting together bricks for a cute little red house) was downloading music onto our laptop in preparation for the Craft Sale coming up in a week and a half (Yikes!) and everyone else (but me and the guard dog) were sorting and building things for Peter's Christmas display to enhance his Lego Christmas Train. Brent made a working windmill and Kev and Kels made a white and blue "farmhouse". Brent even made a little outhouse (not sure where it went!). On Saturday Eric and Peter picked up the styrofoam for the base and somewhere along the line Becky made a funny looking Lego "man" and hid him downstairs to scare any unsuspecting person retrieving food from the cold room (there, I gave it away where he/she/it is!).

Before all the fun started though Peter went out on Saturday afternoon (Nov 10) IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVES to finish digging the garden up before the snow really does come to stay. When all was over it was a good weekend. And we still get to have Christmas for real yet!