Park and Ride

We had a fun Friday activity planned to go up to the river valley and walk through the fall leaves before they all leave!! We should have gone down the river more, it was more lush down there, but we still had a great time.

We found a fun park at the Kinsmen Center. Here are some pics of Zach, and us, playin' around.

I love how happy Zach is, and how folded Justin is. :)
These slides were fun, but went REALLY fast! Zach loved it and so did the girls and I!
Zach getting on this weird horse thing. It did nothing but sit there. He was off that pretty fast.
Zach hitching a ride on our fall stroll.

Zach and I going down the quaint leaf strewn path.

Us on the bridge going across the river. It really was prettier up the river, basically on the other side of the bridge. I wanted to go over there for pictures, but Zach was MORE than done and that was just way too much effort. You can actually see me tickling him for just ONE more smile. And yes, I chopped my hair off. I kind of regret it. It is easy, I didn't even do it this day, but I am not too fond of the bangs. They get pinned up...a lot.

Catch!

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A Walk in the Park

So I have been a horrible blogger! The reason really is that we do basically the same thing every day. I finally decided to show you what we do and celebrate the arrival of Fall here in Edmonton. I hope you enjoy this photo journal of our daily walk in the park. It is a lot of pictures! Sorry, but you can just scroll fast. Anyone ever want to join us for our walk, you are more than welcome to!

The beginning of our walk. This is on a path by a big pond. Here's a little fall colors for you all.

I took this one for my mom because I thought she would love the cattails.

Cute little Zachy on the bench.

This one is for mom too. Sunflowers grow very well here. So pretty.

A look back at half of the pond park area.

This is Zach's favorite part because he gets to get out of his stroller and explore. At this point in my pregnancy, I don't mind going at his pace. It's still exercise, right? Sure keeps him trim!

Fall is my favorite season. These pictures don't do the colors justice, but it is better than nothing! As much as I complain about Canadian winters, I really love the change of seasons. I just wish some weren't so long and others weren't so short! :)

Zach's favorite pasttime. He loves to pick up the rocks, and in this season, the pinecones and carry them around. It is so funny because he will be walking/running down the path and then all of a sudden he stops, retraces a few steps and finds that ONE rock or pinecone that caught his eye. What a precious gem.

Coming up on some pretty yellow leaves.

Ooo, Ahh... I almost got a real live fox in this shot! I missed it by 1 second!

Here is the fox that I missed. See it way in the distance? That was pretty cool! We've never seen animals here before!

This is one of the coolest things about living here. There are berries everywhere. Most of this foresty area we walk through is raspberry bushes. This was the first time we walked through that I didn't see any ripe raspberries. Darn. It was so fun to just be on a casual walk and then, "Oh look, a raspberry! Here son! Enjoy." This picture has choke cherries on the right I think and then I don't know what on the left. Pretty though. We'll save these ones for the fox.

Red!! Yea!

Zach eating rocks. No no Zachy, yucky.

Me proving 2 things: I am on this walk, and there is red here in Alberta. I really miss all the red leaves Utah had. It is pretty yellow up here, but there is a little red around.

Trying to pick a dandelion. "Errr, Duck!" = Errr, stuck! in Zachish. He makes noises like that all of the time. It is so funny to hear him grunt.

Wanting me to blow it.

This is by the main road you drive to by our house. Isn't it cute.

Sitting on a log.

Zach making sure we are still following him to the park.

This puddle always gets in our way. Well, Zach loves it, but I don't love it so much when he has his hole-y crocs on. Wet socks. Yuck. He listened well and moved right along though. Dry socks. Good boy.

"De E is" Zach's words for "There it is!" We made it!

I've had a few requests for twin belly shots, so here it is! I love what this pregnancy has done to my legs. :)

Okay, here's the real twin belly shot. All 24 and a half weeks of us.

Zach thought taking pictures with the timer was pretty cool and insisted on his own. He was so funny, standing there by the wall waiting. Monkey see, monkey do!

Silly Zachy!

This was a picture that was taken at Echo Lake by my sis-in-law I saw and HAD to put up. Whose kid is this anyway.

And this is a practice Zach developed that we DO NOT allow, because we don't want to let him think it is okay to take off the vent tops just in case things start disappearing. BUT I had to get a picture, so I had him do it last night. He takes the vent cover off, sticks his legs in, and just sits there, ususally with both hand on his knees, just kickin' it. It is SO funny and hard not to laugh when he does it. Weird! Wonder where he gets it from...

Welcome Dallin Yule Olsingch and Happy Birthday Mom!

Here is the 9 lb 13 oz bundle of joy!
And the happy Olsingch family. I bet Kaela wishes those numbers weren't on her head though.
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! Her favorite present was of course her 20th granchild, born the morning of her birthday, but I heard she also loved her Build a Bear "Cubbie Gordon" she got to go make with her other grandkids. What a beauty. LOVE YOU MOM!!

Out for the Count

Well, Zach has been having a little sleeping trouble. I don't know if he is sick, teething, or what. He just isn't doing the 8:30-8:30 thing lately. He has been going to sleep late and waking up early, crying. He did it again this morning...Saturday. Darn it! So I got up with him and ended up watching/crying to "My Girl" on TV for a few hours. Then I left Zach downstairs to watch cartoons while I got ready for the day. When it was time to go on a walk, I started walking down the stairs and said "Okay, Zach, it's time to..."

I stopped in my tracks to make sure he was breathing. He was. I was just so shocked because my Zachy doesn't do this type of falling asleep anywhere thing. Not this fireball. Well, I think he's pooped. So I am. Time for a nap.

Nesting,Sewing, and Growing...

My project yesterday. When we moved in (one year ago now!!!) There were long brown suedey drapes over each window. Now we (meaning I!) put blinds in all the windows and I finally just made these valances to bring some color into the room. I am just so glad it doesn't looks so depressing, dark, and naked anymore.

DON'T look too close! Crooked sewing lines? Who cares! They are up! This was actually REALLy tricky because I had to sew this see-through toole-weddingish type of material with purple flowers on it onto a green semi-stretchy material. NOT FUN. I could have done better with the material choice, but I was so sick of that material store and not finding what I really wanted so after 2 trips to the store, I just compromised. I think it turned out rather well. better than nothing!

I finally got something into our main floor bathroom. I have been wanting to do this nautical themed bathroom FOREVER and have had the box of shells on the bathroom floor since May I think because I was going to do it! Whoops... Well, I finally did it. I went to Michael's to get some stuff for the walls and was SO SAD to see that I was too late! All the beachy summer stuff was GONE! Except for a tiny 90% off clearance aisle where I got a few things! I love it! So the most expensive thing (other than the unfinished boat wheel) was the plate hangers I bought for about $3 each to hang up the big shells! HA! I got things for 99 cents, 15 cents, $1.50, it was great. Not exactly what I wanted, but SO much better than before. Anyway, here is what a few decorations, some paint, stain, shells, and a glue gun will do!

I forgot to show the cute shell with shells in it. Heaven forbid you not see that too!
Silly, I know, but so me.

Here it is! :)

And I know I posted a belly shot a week and a half ago, but I was in the bathroom with a mirror already, I had the camera, and I am amazed at how it has exponentially grown, so why not take a picture! :) I am now 21.5 weeks. What will this belly look like at 37weeks?!!! AHH!