and... Fall into Winter

So Winter has once again caught us by surprise! Scooters and bikes still scatter the backyard and yes we had planned to go cranberry picking this weekend. We will need a shovel apparently! Kate is thrilled... first real snow in a year and a half. Mira was caught without boots so yet another trip to the store for Mira! We have found mitts, hats, scarves and coats and so it goes... ha ha what fun.

Hope you are all well.

Paul is off moose hunting - hopefully he brought mitts and a warm change of clothes.

Kate and Mira with their first snowman.

View from our window this morning.

Happy third day of fall from the Yukon. s

Summer and into the Fall

Hi all, Long time not write....

So the summer has come and gone. We are, as you all know, back in Whitehorse. Back in our house, with friends and cutting wood! Paul is still wearing shorts despite a number 0 and -1 on our thermometers mornings!

Shock o' shocks, I am back to work full time. This was not as tough as I thought it would be but Kate found it hard to suddenly find herself without two adults at her beck and call all the time. She has now adjusted. Mira and Kate are back at school. Mira is happy to be in Grade 6 and back with all her friends. She is racing through the Harry Potter books in her free time and getting into dance and activities. Kate is excited to be meeting and playing with new friends. There is a gaggle of little girls in the neighbourhood now and she has a busy play-date schedule. She is doing ballet this year... Paul was voting for some martial arts as a better fit for her but the pink tutu won out.

Here are few highlights from our summer....

Kate and Cousin Ava kayaking at the cottage.

Trouble? Kate, Ava, and Mira.

The cousins: David, Mira, Ava and Kate

This is a four photo sequence. This could be a hunt from the animal network.

The posee circles around the unsuspecting vacationer....

The herd attacks.

Successful take- down.

Prey gets away without a loss of a drop of beer

The three sisters.

Kiss?

Mira and the Official Harry Potter Exhibition Poster ....

Sharon and Ann 'just goofing around' at the Ontario Science Centre.

Back In WHITEHORSE, Yukon, Canada!

Labour Day weekend we took off with friends to Atlin, BC

Atlin Lake

Kids climbing and watching for Bears?

Vistas.

Boys or at least most of them back from a 5 hour Mountain Bike Ride...

Cold Mira?

Felix, Kate, Sacha, Mira, Wakey wakey.

First Day at School, August, 2010 (Mira is thrilled and Kate, well, she looks scared!)

Art is up... Weaving from Laos, Window from Victorian House in Ontario (FH) and Painting from Vietnam.

Kate being Kate.

Paul has been busy. This is our house. Can you see it? It is there.

Oh, now you can see it. I came home from work to find this on our front lawn. I drove around the corner and when I saw this sight I almost laughed myself right off the road.

Cheers to all, love sharon