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Fort Langley

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, October 28, 2012
My favorite camera bag.  It was so agreeable to pose for me. Self portrait (Marie do you see the hat?) Just for the record, Fort Langley and Langley are not the same place.  If you type in an address for Fort Langley double check mapquest because it may take you to Langley and not to the right address.  I left home about 2...

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Learning

Day of Doctors

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, October 28, 2012
He's really not in pain, just scared.  The saw was "freaky". It had been four weeks since the broken arm incident at school.  Four weeks of carrying his whole arm cast around.  Four weeks of staying inside for recess.  Four weeks of playing soccer with his cast and landing on it.  Wednesday was our day to see doctors.  In the morning Job went in to see...

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Activity

Balaam's donkey

By Leslie Parks - Friday, October 26, 2012
So for Awana, it was dress as a bible character.  Job helped her decide on Balaam's donkey.  Everyone else was going as Mary or an angel.  She was going to win this theme night and needed to be different.  There was one other donkey and he was a Sparky leader.  Alas she didn't win, Moses her friend won instead.  Moses had a beard....

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Learning

The apple...

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, October 23, 2012
doesn't fall far from the tree.  John brought home his computer to learn a chemical engineering simulation process software.  Yawn.   He started working on it and pretty soon Job was over there asking him sorts of questions. Then they worked through some modeling together.  Job loves this kind of stuff, he's meant to be an engineer.  He loves minecraft and experimenting with how...

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Activity

Chess

By Leslie Parks - Monday, October 22, 2012
Chess is starting up and so we have dusted off the chess set and games have commenced.  Isaac is rusty.  It's going to take some practice to beat Ben this year. ...

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Holiday

Welcome Fall

By Leslie Parks - Friday, October 19, 2012
I love fall.  I love the colors, the temperature, the fog, the smells, the leaves on the ground.  I even like the rain.  I associate so much with fall:  homemade soups, grill cheese sandwhiches, hot cocoa, apple cider, pumpkins, birthdays, pies, quiet houses. crusty warm bread and this year kids at school.  We've had this little activity in the past and we are...

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Family

Shhh, its a surprise.

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Every year we get my mother in law a gift certificate to her favorite quilt shop.  It's easy and we know that she's going to love it.  This year we'll do the same but we are getting her a notebook as well.  I rounded up her quilts and took them out for a photo shoot.  These are the photos that I'm trying to...

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Sports

Soccer

By Leslie Parks - Monday, October 15, 2012
Yes, we are still in the throws of soccer.  All three again are in soccer and both Isaac and Job are refferees.  For 10 weeks we have soccer four out of 5 nights and then spend Saturday on the soccer fields.  John is coaching Job's team and is assistant coach on Lona's team.  It makes for a busy 10 weeks.  I feel much...

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Friends

Obstacle course

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, October 11, 2012
Job is intense.  I'm actually surprised that it took until he was twelve before he broke his arm.  His ideas are not like ours.  The other day he had a friend over and they decided to make an obstacle course and attack each other with Nerf swords.  Some of the obstacles aren't exactly stable.  There is a board resting on a rope and...

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Family

Happy Birthday to me!

By Leslie Parks - Monday, October 08, 2012
The big 4-0-.  Yes I turned 40.  I decided that I was going to love turning 40.  I knew I would need a little adventure.  My Mom and I went to the Bahamas in March to celebrate me turning 40.  I absolutely loved traveling with my Mom.  Six months later I actually turned 40.  My birthday fell on a Wednesday which meant that...

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