SNOW!!!

On sunday Oct 24th we had a dedication for Shiloh. We dedicated her along with our friends Greg and Vanessa's 3 kids, Connor, Winter and Mia. It was a great day and so much fun too! A little story that I find funny about the whole thing. Goober and Chloe didn't come up with us for the dedication part, but a little ways in, Natasha comes up and says "I'm tired Mommy" So I picked her up and within 5 minutes she was asleep! That girl can sleep anywhere!!


We got some great snow the day before halloween and it was perfect for building snowmen and so that's what I did with Chloe, Natasha and Anika. It was so fun! Our snowman toppled, he didn't even make it to supper because it was so warm, but we had such great time!!


Halloween was great too! I made(-ish) costumes for the girls. Chloe and Natasha helped make the masks that they wore. Chloe was a Ballerina Snow Princess, Natasha was a Butterfly Fairy and Shiloh was a sweet little pumpkin!! I took a bunch of pics on halloween but didn't realise I had no card in the camera to save the pics to. So we got all dressed up again later that week to take pictures!



We were able to ride bikes into November and I appreciated that so much! Our girls liked going for walks to the road and back, it was all the more fun when we'd cross the highway to get to the Red Rock sign! Notice Goobers tongue hanging out as she's riding, lol! We also scope out the road for deer tracks and the excitement is huge when someone finds some! These ones are really big.






Shiloh also had her first taste of cereal and she does super well with it! It just seems wrong to me that our baby is old enough for cereal!!!


One thing we've discovered about Shiloh is her very long tongue. We get so much amusement out of trying to get her to stick it out! We'll let her lick the condensation off our cups at supper and with water in the cup it magnifies it also. It always gets us laughing. Chloe and Natasha will ask us to do that at meals so they can see it too! :)

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The other day it was snowing and Natasha would randomly stop what she was doing and stick out her tongue to catch snowflakes! Of course I didn't have the camera with, so after I went and got it, I asked her to do it over and over. Since she liked catching them it wasn't a big deal for her. I just think it's super cute watching her sticking out her tongue to catch snowflakes!! Shiloh also looks adorable in a little touque!!



Chloe is an awesome big sister! She loves holding Shiloh and playing with her. And with Goober too! Goober will try to dictate the way the playing goes and will tell Chloe what to say and what to do and for the most part, Chloe lets Natasha have her way. It's really a beautiful thing to watch because Chloe has just as much fun as Goober! They share ideas and the playing goes on and on and on. Here's Chloe and Shiloh together.


Wednesday nights are Awana nights. We take our girls to Seven Sisters and while the girls are at Awana Trev and I and Shiloh head off to our friends, Drew and Kristal's house. Their kids are also in Awana. Shiloh can be pretty cranky sometimes because she's tired or whatever, but Drew will come and and take her and can almost always get her asleep or at least calm. :) It's so nice! (and is it just me or does he look like the lead singer of Rascal Flatts?)

Natasha turned 4 on November 16th!!! So crazy!! It was a good day right from the start. We let her choose the menu for the day and her choice for breaky was waffles (I was positive it would be pancakes!) and for lunch I asked her what she wanted and her response was "Macaroni!! But with no peas, and no beans and no meat in it, okay mommy?" I laughed out loud, I'm always trying to make it a little healthier, ha ha!! Another wonderful thing that happened on her birthday was my brother Mike and his wife Katrina had their baby at 3 in the morning, her name is Amiya (Ah-my-ah) Maliyah (Mah-lee-uh) Caydence Koop!! So we went into the city to see them and then had supper and trifle cake for Goobers birthday! It was a really great day!! I didn't get any pics of it since I left my camera at home (grrr) but this is our little sweetheart!!

My dad is blessed with 6 Granddaughters and two Grandsons. This is my dad with Shiloh and our latest niece Amiya! :)

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It's been gorgeous weather this october! We have been blessed :) The warmth was welcomed and just as the bugs were coming back out, it cooled off enough for them to take off again :) With the cooler weather, we've had to pull out light mittens and toques, pants and sweaters, socks and shoes?!? I think NOT!! Chloe, Natasha and I refuse to wear shoes until our feet really get too cold, lol! I do find it funny that we are wearing mitts and toques and sandals tho, ha ha! Here's the girls in their fall attire.

Trev's been working every spare minute he has on the kids playhouse. We had decided we would only make it if we did not have to put much, if any money into it. It's amazing what you can do with no money (but a dump nearby!) He reclaimed all the wood for framing from the dump, along with the small window. We did buy roof sheeting and drip edge, but the shingles were donated from good friends (who happens to be a contractor) and today Trev found some nice vinyl siding for it as well, it's so great! Trev installed the door on it. It's very blue with blue door, which will be covered with siding and the door will be painted pink. At least that's what the girls chose :) The girls are so excited and I am too! All the kids out here will have a blast with it, I think!


We purchased a laminator recently, because with homeschooling, there's so much possibility with laminating. I was hesitant about it after we purchased it, thinking maybe it wasn't worth it, but I have used it a lot and it's been so handy!

Speaking of Homeschooling, we are going thru a study of the world, looking at 31 different countries around the world and have started a tradition of trying out ethnic foods of the places we spent the week on. So far it's been China and South Korea ~ very neat places! So we made some (slightly americanized) meals, and we've eaten them with chopsticks. Trev and I are able to work them somewhat properly, but man, it takes a long time to eat and we noisily and messily slurp up the noodles. The girls on the other hand just do what they can to get the food into their mouths and I think they do a better job than we did, haha!! Regardless, it's so fun! We are studying Japan this week, so we will be getting a lot of practice with chopsticks :)


I just have to throw this one in here. Natasha occasionally needs to catch up on sleep and will, very rarely these days, have an afternoon nap. Today was one of those days. She "tidied" up mine and Trev's room and then laid down for a good sleep, using her favorite puppy as her pillow.

We've also been having issues with raccoons at camp. We had one a couple weeks ago, the girls were so excited to have seen it. That one. . . .well, let's just say it won't be back. . . .ever. Now again this week we had another one. We have not had coons at camp for as long as I can remember, and hopefully they will realise this is no place to live, if they want to live. I must admit, they are pretty cute even if they are such a nuisance!

Today. . . .

Today has been a really good day. To start off, the church group here this weekend has had their breakfasts at 9am. I really like this!! No rushing in the morning, and I'm actually up in time, lol!
The weather has been soooooo beautiful! I love fall, it is my favorite season, I love that it's not too hot and not too cold, and it's just right for being outside, having bonfires, playing, without overheating or freezing. Here the girls are having their afternoon snack outside.

The other day Trev and Chloe scavenged a enough wood (and a window) from the dump to build an outdoor playhouse for our girls!! So all afternoon he's been framing up a 8x6 playhouse! We are so excited about this!! It'll be so nice to have a playplace outside for the kids in winter that is sheltered from the wind, and maybe even a little heater. . . . I'll have to talk to Trev about that one :)



Shiloh has been grabbing and holding on to her hanging toy thingy and Oh today after supper I had her laughing!! It was the most I've heard her laugh at one time!! She is getting so big and is just as adorable as ever!

Natasha had this thing, for about a year she couldn't make it thru supper without falling asleep. Sometimes even lunch! But there are still some rare occasions where she falls asleep at meals! And today she did just that, it's still just as cute as ever!

A Child's Heart

I wasn't quite sure what to title this one and I'm not quite sure I have it right just yet. October 1st started out as usual, with breakfast at the Lodge and then getting started with homeschool. We are going thru a Kid's of Integrity "curriculum" from Focus on the Family. (it's also free!) And now the girls are also attending awana. We got the initial brochures and info on the first day of AWANA. One of the pamphlets talks about the only way to Heaven, so after our regular bible lesson, I went thru it praying that the girls might understand it even more. At the end of it there were some questions to the kids about whether they want to accept Christ and have Him live in their hearts. Chloe had already accepted Christ, but Goober wanted to, so we prayed all together (myself, Chloe and Natasha) and she told God she believes that Jesus came to save us and asked Him to live in her heart! I don't know a more glorious feeling!! What a privilage to be a part of this eternal and awesome choice!! My prayer for them is above all else, to know Christ personally, to always work on building a stronger relationship with Him and that God would overflow their lives with His love! Anyways, that moment will forever be treasured in my heart!!

2 Weddings in September!

A year ago, Chloe was asked to be a flowergirl at the wedding of a former Red Rock Staffer. Jill and Chloe hit it off so well and they spent a lot of time together :) The wedding was on September 5th and in June we went and got Chloe fitted for her dress and then two weeks before the wedding we picked up the dress and Chloe looked like a princess in it! Here are some pics of the rehearsal and beautiful wedding of David and Jillian Tree!
Here is Chloe trying on her dress for Jill when Jill had come out to camp for a day

Then walking down the isle at the dress rehearsal

Jill playing with Goober while waiting for things to get started at the rehearsal :)

Jill and Shiloh :)

Then the wedding, it was a beautiful day, sunny and warm and of course Jill was stunning!! Here are just a few pics of the day!!

Jill has kept in contact with a camper of hers, also named Chloe, and had her as a flowergirl as well. Here are the two Chloe's all dolled up!!

David and Jill ~ The Happy Couple

The other wedding is very close to our hearts. . . .my brother Mike and his fiance, Katrina, got married on September 25th in a very private ceremony. They had just their parents, my grandma and the pastor all out at Hillside where my parents have their cabin. They looked amazing and we are looking forwards to the huge wedding celebration for them next year!! Here's a peek at the beautiful bride and groom!!

Where has the time gone?

So just last week (it seems) I was intending on putting up new baby pics of Shiloh at 6-ish weeks old, then suddenly summer was over and September began, a trip to brandon, two weddings, a trip to Alberta, homeschooling and a 3 month old baby later, it is now less than 8 hours away from October!! My ideal for this blog has been turned upside-down, inside-out and around-about from what I wanted. So then I have to re-evaluate the reason for my blog. And I just go back to what I titled it. Wilsons Window ~ and that's what it is, Sharing our everyday with you! Despite my desire to post everything that happens, as it happens, life just gets busy and it's not first priority and THAT'S OK!! :) I get to it when I get to it, if there's nothing in the window, it means we're out making memories to put in the window. I have to let go of wanting it to be perfect. That feels good to get that off my chest. So on to opening our window of what's been going on in our lives. . . . .
A couple of summer pics to start things off
Goober wearing goggles. . . too cute!

Playing Boche ball at Hillside (my parents cabin) and the whole family made it out! Good times :)

In Rennie, this august, at the community club we had a Family Fun Day and it went really well!!

Here Goober had tried her hand at being a hair cutter and I think she did a great job on her own, didn't cut herself or anything, and she sure looks pretty cute :)

We could have a advertisement for pepsi here

Chloe kneeboarded on the superski this summer, and did a fantastic job!!

Trev did a lot of this this summer! One from a major thunderstorm and another littler but still damaging storm

Shiloh starting her first smiles this summer

It seems like Trev and I hardly ever get pictures together anymore, it went from pictures of just us to pictures of the kids. Don't get me wrong we love having pictures of our girls, but it's always nice to remember us too and our family started with the two of us and I want to keep record of us as well as the kids, so this one took a few attempts to get the right angle and stuff, but I like it, my man gets hotter each year that passes!

Our girls love looking at the cows at the farm and we get great pics because of it, so I love it too!

These are our three princesses <3

Visit with Tanta Sara

Well, we have finally made our way to our wonderful Tanta Sara's for a visit. My memories of Tanta Sara go back as far as I can remember. She is a woman who loves the Lord and loves her family. She's always so happy to see us, so generous, and makes the worlds best paypanate!!! We had lunch with her a couple weeks ago and just had such a lovely time. She also got to see Shiloh for the first time too! Here are some pics of Tanta Sara with Shiloh!