Dad - Hip Surgery

Dad has been struggling for ages now.  His ability to walk has diminished to the point that he needs a walker and can hardly stand up straight.  He had hip replacement surgery today at York Central Hospital.  I saw him afterward and he was doing well.  He was cheerful and thankfully (morphine pump) wasn't in any pain.  Here's to hoping he's out of the hospital and home soon.

Happy Birthday to Andrew!

Enjoying the Bacon birthday tradition - ice cream cake! 

Kate is 22 Months Old!

My sweet angel!

Rachael's Blessing Day

Now that we live in Tottenham, we must remember that it takes about an hour and a half to get to Hamilton... unless you don't have an hour and a half so you drive really fast instead, feel slightly panicked but make it in the nick of time... EEK!

We drove to Hamilton to spend the day with some of Ken's family.  Three of his four sisters live in and around Hamilton.  Lisa and Ken's newest addition Rachael was blessed in church.  Rachael's blessing was really sweet.  I don't remember what was said anymore but I do remember thinking that Rachael has some wonderful blessings in store.  After church we went to Lisa and Ken's and enjoyed good food and we had some time to visit, and take pictures of course!

Braden and Kate

William

Caitlin and Rachael                                  

Kate and Sarah and Caitlin and Rachael   

Rachael yawning                                   

Pretty princess Rachael

             
















Sleeping Rachael

Rachael and Laura                                 

Rachael, Laura and Joaquin

Kate enjoying some cake

Happy Rachael and her Momma

Kate helping Ken clean up the orange pop that she spilled on a beige carpet no less

Kate and her Daddy

The Peck family - Kristen, Lisa, Rachael, Brenden, Sarah, Ken

Lisa and Rachel

Maureen and Rachael

Rachael and Braden

More glamour shots of the princess

Rachael and her Daddy

Cutie Rachael

Ken having a laugh as I spill sprite on myself while trying to take more pictures

A Fun Day with Friends at the St. Lawrence Market

Ken and I enjoy trips to the St. Lawrence market - it isn't quite as much fun with a stroller, but we still enjoy going!  For this trip we were able to coordinate with our friends, YAY!  While I didn't actually take any pictures inside the market the fun lunch we had afterward made for some fun photo opportunities.

Cutie Ciaran!

Kate taking a moment to enjoy a book.

 Ciaran and Kate leaning in for a kiss.

 Deciding to hold hands instead.

Playing in a downtown park before getting in the car for the long ride home!

Kate the Monkey

Halloween

I think last year we might just have established our pumpkin carving tradition; Kate and I clean/scoop and Ken carves.  Kate and I definitely got the better deal this year.  We bought organic pumpkins from the farmers market and they had the thickest exterior we'd ever seen.  Ken actually stabbed himself in the thumb.  He did however mangage to get both pumpkins carved.
















































Halloween is a big deal in our neighbourhood.  There are several families that go all out decorating the exteriors of their homes.  Kate and I went on a walk on Sunday afternoon to take pictures. 

The house above is across from ours.  Their house was one of the scariest.  They had someone sitting in the garage pretending to be a dummy.  When kids would come in to ask for candy he would jump up and scare them.  There were many screaming children all night - all with smiles on their faces!

The guy on the right is our neighbour Kevin.  He chased people, cars whoever up and down the street.  The guy on the left was the "dummy".


















Here is our humble abode.  Ken made the spider web with wool.  It looked really good.  Much better than the skeleton just hanging from the tree which really creeped me out.

And last but not least, Kate.  The first picture is pre-trick or treating.  The second is during and the third is a tired Kate enjoying the fruits of her labours.

Trunk or Treat

Every year one of the families in our ward has a Halloween Activity for the kids at their place.  This was our first year, and sadly if the rumors are true our last - their kids are growing up, the oldes leaves on his mission this year, so they're done.  We got there not long before dark.  Kate had fun on the trampoline.  I think the trampoline was the highlight for her.  The actual trunk or treating was a little lost on her.  I bought her a pumpkin bucket and once she had about four candies it got heavy at which point she dropped the bucket and I figured that we were done!

The highlight of the night for Ken was being awarded a prize for a well decorated trunk.  I didn't take a picture - oops... I need to try and track one down!

Audree and Kate