Kyler's 10th Birthday October 8th, 2011

Hi all ! It's been awhile, but I have had computer issues and we have been busy !

What a beautiful Thanksgiving we had ! We celebrated Kyler's 10th Birthday on October 8th at East Side Marios ! Yummy ! Kijin tried out his first ice cream cone !

Kyler had a great day with family and scored some nice and cool gifts too ! The coolest gift was his "Ripstick" skateboard !!!

We then headed to Kitchener Waterloo to see the Marshall family for Thanksgiving Dinner and to check out their parade ! The weather was soooooo great, shorts, no jackets and as far as I can remember, the warmest day for a parade !!!



A great weekend !!!!

We hope everyone had a great and wonderful Thanksgiving !

K.E.K.K. Wiersmas

Wiersma Pumpkin Carve Out, Bubble City, Walk on the Beach

It was a busy and fun weekend for us last week.

Kyler's PeeWee Hockey season has started. He is on the Black team this year, hopefully playing forward. Most boys in this league are soooo tall on skates! Yikes-Kyler is in the middle somewhere ! After a hockey practice, it was off to Kitchener to attend Aunt Jenn's Surprise 40th birthday party ! We got her !!! Happy early birthday Aunt Jenn !

Sunday morning was Kyler's first hockey game of the season. Which the team won 4-3. Kyler got his first penalty too ! Oh oh ! It has started ! Then it was off to Wasaga Beach for an early Wiersma Thanksgiving dinner.

The kids and dads helped carve out the small pumpkins grandma bought. They had fun and did a really good job !Then later a hungry and curious squirrel helped himself to Kyler's pumpkin and ate 1/2 of it !

The kids also had fun with the bubbles and made a huge "Bubble City" all over the lawn !

After a great dinner, it was off for a walk on the beach. A bit chilly and windy, but it was nice to get out. Kijin had no problems getting use to the huge backpack we put on Ed to haul him around! He loved it !

Nice to see all of you- Happy early Thanksgiving---thanks for Kyler's birthday presents ! Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend !

Karen, Ed, Kyler, Kijin Wiersma = KEKK

Thursday Thoughts

Wow, September is almost done ! How time flies !

I finished painting the bathroom- so thats off my list ! It turned out pretty good. Not bad for left over paint from the basement ! I'm just on a hunt for a few more things , then it will be finished :)

Kyler had a parent night last week and a sleep over at the school ! How fun is this? It all went well and Kyler was tired when he got home !

Ed and I were able to go to a wedding this past weekend ! Yeah ! Date night # 2 for us since Kijin has been home :) The wedding was great, the weather nice and nice to get out !

On a sad note, my cousins wife passed away over the weekend . She had a long battle with Cancer- but she fought hard for those 2 years and did as much as she could with her family. She leaves behind an 8 year old son, a 5 year old daughter and her husband. We will miss her dearly and thankfully she will be in heaven watching over us and her family. Rest in peace Liz xoxxoxo -

On a happy note, we have completed our 6 month report with Kijin with our agentcy. We now wait for the Adoption Order to go through , then we apply for his Canadianship. He is doing just fine. He is a happy toddler who is always on the go and wants to be outside all the time if he can help it ! Those teeth are coming in like crazy ! He is doing great so far in the church nursery, which makes me feel better , which may be a good transition to daycare in January. :)

We have a very busy upcoming weekend. Hope to have new pictures to post as well !

Happy Thursday everyone !

Karen

Wednesday Wiersma Words

Wednesday Wiersma Words :)

We are back into the school mode with Kyler of course. So far so good in Grade 5 ! The highlight coming up is his teacher night and a sleepover at the school ! ( how kewl is that?)

We hope we signed him up in time for House League Hockey this season - probably need new skates, helmit, etc etc etc ! Kyler has grown so much this summer ! Him and Ed will be attending a "Home Alone" course too starting tonight- which will be on Thursdays for a bit !

Ed had a good successful CNE Exhibition this summer. If the CNE makes good money, then all the departments are happy and well underway planning for 2012 CNE ! The Royal Winter Fair is the next big exhibition at the EX.

We had our last ROACH Report-home visit for Kijin ! His 6 month update was finished this week ! We are now waiting for his "Adoption Order" to be completed , which means, he will be forever forever ours on paper") We hope that will be completed by December or January--then we apply for his Canadianship. ( which can take up to 1 year )

Kijin and I have been Daycare Shopping this past week- and we hope to have a place and decesion very soon. He will be starting in January 2012 !

Kijin and I will be jamming in as much as we can before I head back to work in December !!! Swimming, babynme time, social tea visits and so on !
Otherwise, I am reading when I can and trying to figure out what my new Fav TV shows are...i have a few movies i need to watch too before I go back.....lots to do ! OH --I did finish painting our guest (Kylers) bathroom a nice leftover brown paint last week !! I have some upcoming painting jobs to do too !!! LOL

Did anyone make any of my recipes?? Let me know how they turned out :)

Have a great Wednesday !

Words from a K. Wiersma !

Easy Crock Pot Meatloaf

Hi all ! Back to school routines eh? I've got an easy Meatloaf to throw together before you head out the door ! Trust your crock pot and have a dinner ready when you get home !

2 lbs, ground beef
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup quick-cooking oats
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1/2 cup pasta sauce ( your favourite )
1 tsp. garlic powder
onion slices
( you can add any fav. spices too--pepper and salt to taste---)
1. Combine ground beef, eggs, oats, soup mix, pasta sauce, and garlic powder. ( hands are good to use). Shape into loaf. Place in slow cooker. Garnish top of loaf with onion slices.
2. Cover. Cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Serve by itself or pasta, or rice or potatoes or whatever you want !

Enjoy !

Karen

My Kyler starts Grade 5 !

My Kyler started Grade 5 today ! Oh my, where did the time go? He was ready to start school awhile ago ! I had to get him new pants, uniform shirts, all his in class items, new shoes etc. He already forgot his lunch bag on the first day of school !
Kyler gets picked up from home to go to school every morning , so Kijin and I have to get Kyler up and out that door by 7:50amish ! We say good bye from the window !
Kijin and I will go pick Kyler up and his 2 of his school mates and bring them home every day !
I'm sure Grade 5 will be a great challenge for Kyler :)
Happy back to school everyone !

A Visit to Kitchener

For the last weekend of the summer, we headed off to KitWat to visit Nana and Grandad Marshall and the rest of the family. ( and celebrate Nana's birthday! )

Friday we headed to Nana's school where she works where she was well underway getting those class lists out ! We met her boss principal, vice-principal and a few teachers. Kyler enjoyed checking out Nana's computer and her neat mouse !

Saturday morning, we went to the St.Jacobs market. ( before the storm hit there ) and got great deals on fresh food and other goodies ! A Great market if you haven't been ! I miss it ! I wish we had one like that in our area !

WE had Nana's birthday BBQ and cake on Saturday. Here is a picture of all the Marshall grandchildren.

( My brother Kirks kids )Jackson in the red shirt, is 9 and going into grade 4. He is tall like Kyler!

His brother , Jesse ( in the front) is 7 and is not looking forward to school !

Their sister, Presley ( blonde ) is going into JK full time ! She will be 4 in December.

Sydney ( front pink princess )( Kolins ) is 5 and is very excited in starting SK in her new school.

and of course my two at the back, Kyler and Kijin.

We had a great visit ! Nice to see everyone !

( Ed is busy working at the CNE EX )

Happy Labour Day weekend everyone !