Monday we decide to go out to Shawn and Mindi's good friends ....Melissa got to see the sheep and the farm cats and a beautiful sunset...one thing the prairie's does offer is beautiful sunsets and sun raises...wish I could get some good pictures ..but I am not yet there.



Well our little Madison is back up and in action ..here she is with one of the farm cats....and boy is this cat purring...and Madison just love him.



The girls just loved it out here ...

Saturday we just relaxed and headed into Grand Praire for the day...Barry and I were looking at the fifth wheel selection there....and the work ...boy you can found four jobs if you want ...at McDonald 14 years old wages start at $8.00 and most of the the other staff are at $10.50 to $13.00 per hour. And the cost of living is about the same has here in Kamloops. We had our big dinner to night Mindi's parent came over and we had a great time. We all relaxed around a game called Settler..even barry got into it. The only downside was our little Madison got the flu bug...and boy she was sick...poor kid.
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Well here we are Sunday ..enjoying family time

Mindi's Garden:



Her backyard is beautiful...nice and big



has you can see the girls can even quad there:


A quiet night of left overs and movies...ahahah so great to be here.

Well let's start at Friday ..the start of the Thanksgiving Long-weekend .
Our journey with us heading to Fairview, Alberta ..to see our son and daughter-in-law and the grandkids.
Can't wait to see them ....we 4 days to visit. We always stop by Blue River a beautiful road side pitstop...this is where the blue jays were...throw bread crumbs for them and down they would come. We then head off the bad weather of snow and rain started after Grand Cache , Alberta.
(I wish Barb or Miles could of been there the sky and the clouds and the sun...boy their kind of pictures.)

Good morning to All

There are no perfect words to say
How much you mean to me
The special closeness that we share
Is there for all to see

You're both someone I can talk with
And feel very much at ease
You've always been there for me
With your kind and caring deeds

So now I'd like to take the time
To say I'm truly blessed
For when it comes to in-laws
You're all the best

Have a great day

Here are some fall picture of our garden ....still looking good ...


The colours are still alive...





I use the elements from Gina's Garden..to put this picture together below:
thanks bderksen(seed packets) and ABarton(words) amyc (paper)

Not what we say about our blessings,

but how we use them,

is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

"It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord." Psalms 106:1

IT's someone's birthday today guess who??????

Happy Birthday To You Happy Birthday To You

Happy Birthday dear Neti

Love from all of us

(thanks to Gina's Garden kit ..for the elements used .)

Here's a cute one:

God is sitting inHeaven when a scientist says to Him,

"Lord, we don't need you anymore. Science has finally

figured out a way to create life out of nothing.

In other words, we can now do what you did in the

beginning."

"Oh, is that so? Tell me..." replies God"Well," says the scientist,

"we can take dirt and form it into the likeness of You and

breathe life into it, thus creating man."

So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to

mold the soil.

"Oh no, no, no..."interrupts God,

"Get your dirt."

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Funny how we try to take God out of everything ...but the Father knows.

My son-in-law brought this over last night

Here's are girl...her first time riding by herself. We all went to DJ for supper and a night of fun.
This is one family that makes you feel part of. DJ is Candy' s new boyfriend...and he is a great guy. He has a shop that Barry fell in love with.....every tool a man could want and DJ said came anytime..Barry the shop door is open. DJ has a couple motorcycle this size for kids. And Melissa had a gas ...here's a few pictures of the Motorcycle Melissa


Thanks DJ for letting Melissa try the motorcycle out. And hey thank your mom so much for the homemade dessert. Can't wait to do this again.

Good day to All

Glen & Patty and the kids on a visit to Glen's Mom and Dad's place on Salt Spring Island.




Patty has sent me some of the wonderful pictures she took while at Salt Spring Island.

They took one of the boats that Ross owns ( Glens Dad) and went to join Glen's other family members in Saanich for a lunch at the habour there. Patty said the day was beautiful ..no shopping got done.. but the 2 hour boat ride over was great . The ocean was smooth and the sun was bright.


The boat they are standing by is Ross & Irene's boat . The lady standing beside Irena is her mom is the kids Great Grandma.

Has we can see the ride back for Abi ..was napped time . Ross and Irene have invited all us down for fishing trip or just a boat ride ..which ever we would love to do.
(guess what Barry picked ..if you all said fishing you are right)

Well it was a fun and exciting fun filled day...we all went to see Molly and the big comfy couch.








Village Green Mall in Vernon ..hosted
The Big Comfy Couch -- and Molly and Loonette and the gang were there.

The show was on the 26 & 27th of September ..and they were doing two shows a day.


Loonette and Molly and even the dustbunnies song & dance.

Here you can see the back of Bobby and Aj...Bobby knew the songs has well has the kids.

Patty , Hannah and Abi..all sit to see a well done show ...and the team from Treehouse were friendly ..and really put their heart and soul into making the kids happy.


If you would like to check it out click on the this site The Big Comfy Couch

This maybe early but the time for Thanksgiving is coming...but this more was done to show my sister in law some of the beautiful elements she has created. She has been blessed with a talent and she shares it with all. She has been encouraging me to step into a new program of Adobe CS Photoshop. So tonight I stepped out and used all her wonderful fall elements to try working with in this program. Thanks so much Barb. And if you would like to found out more about this very talented lady just click on her name. Let her excitement for scrapbooking and photography turn your time into great memories and time well spend. Also check out her hints...good stuff found there.

Some helicopters that were stationed at the Manning Park Lodge for that fire that was just across on the USA side. Our Son-in-Law Glen ..was station there. Their helicopter is the East West Helicopter.(bottom left corner)



Our daughter went along with the two girls and joined her husband at Manning Park Lodge. The pilots and mechanics dig a hole and were trying to make a pool for the girls ..but what(?) no water to spare. So they all had fun in the sand. Great bunch of guys.

How good and how pleasant it is that brothers sit together. (Psalm 133:1)

To all.. my Sister-in-law Barb Derksen...is having a BIRTHDAY tomorrow... (Sept 15)
so all the best to her and may God Bless her.

She is one awesome God loving lady.
If ever you need a friend or a shoulder that lady is there.

Her and her husband(Miles)are a couple who are always reaching out...
they lead praise and worship at their church.
And this lady can cook ...and the neatest little hints she finds.

If you ever want to read and be touch please check out her website
Mrs Miles
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Barb
Happy Birthday to you

Dedicated to Barb and Neti and Nina.
Thanks for touching my heart and allowing me in and to be part of:

A friend accepts us as we are
Yet helps us to be what we should be;
A friend affirms us when we're weak
And gives us strength to set us free

True friends will say what's kind and true,
though it may cause us pain;
They're thinking of what's good for us
And we stand to gain

A true Friend remains true to the end.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend---Proverbs 27:6
Through love serve one another. --- Galatians 5:13
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. ---Ephesians 4:32

We really live when we live to give.

The Cross is God's compass, pointing the way to heaven.

How do we decide when we will hurt one another:
so here are a couple of things to think about :

Actions speak louder than words.
Love without action is not Love.
Forgiveness is the key that opens the door to freedom from resentment.
Revenge takes you down to the level of your offender.
Never fear criticism when you're right; never ignore it when you're wrong.
Nothing weakens the truth more than stretching it.
An ounce of example is worth a ton of advice.
and last but not the least :
THE BETTER WE KNOW OURSELVES, THE LESS WE'LL CRITICIZE OTHERS

Our Granddaughter MELISSA


How time flies and then you look and see how much she has grown....our little sweetie...


We love you dearly girl..always remember that X O X O X O X O

Well here we are in to the second day of school for some ...Our Granddaughter Melissa had her first full day of school today(Grade 5)...yesterday she recieved a pre recorded message from Hiliary Duff..and then this morning Hiliary Duff phoned again to wake up our sleepy head. Melissa was so excited. It was also the very first day for our grandaughter Jordana to school (kindergarten). We phoned to see how she liked it and she did. She lives in Fairview, Alberta. So we don't get to see them that much. One day soon we hope to be able to spend more time with them..before they are all grown up. Girls we love you dearly. Have a great year in school.