In November Dan and Aimee and the kids came for a 10 day visit. We celebrated Jaelyn's 8th birthday and had an early Christmas with them. Aunt Bertha came over for dinner too.
Chelsea snuggled up watching her movie.
Mike and Mom Kehler having a good chuckle.
Braden and Wesley
Dekker at 5 months...by the Bow River
A beautiful walk along the river.
Dekker's prepping for camping in Summer of '11
Little Bear...almost 8 years old now.
Mike loves Dekker....Sunday afternoon snuggle!
In November our pastor put together a murder mystery dinner theatre (he used to be an actor before becoming a pastor). It was called Phantom of the Soap Opera which was held at the Arrata Opera Centre in Calgary. I made my acting debut as Paris Ditze! It was a great time of food and fellowship...plus the benefit of a masquerade ball and murder mystery all in one night! Our friend Ken is an accomplished pianist and he plays the pipe organ too. His Phantom rendition made the evening complete!!
Credit for this photo goes to my friend, Jenn Roach who is a professional photographer. Check out her website at www.jennroach.com to see more of her work.
Me with my dear friends Theresa (far left) and Jackie.
Some of the cast of Phantom of the Soap Opera
My friend, Cherie and I made up 65 lbs of tomatoes again this fall. Thank you Nanny Krahn for your yummy sauce recipe...this is our third year of making the sauce and we all love it!
Cutting onions requires special equipment...ski goggles keep away the "onion fumes" so I don't cry as much!
The fresh ingredients before cooking....
Right before the kids started school, we made a trip south east of Calgary to the Calgary Corn Maze. We had a great family day working our way through the maze, jumping and shooting the corn cob canons.
They had this giant spider web that you hooked yourself too with a carabeener and then had to make your way over and under the ropes to get to the end.
Amy had fun catching herself a "fly"!
The most fun for everyone was the bouncing pillows...we spent hours jumping on these.
Braden thought it was pretty great to "try out" a 50 caliber sniper rifle.....
but Wesley thought it was even better!
Amy and Jaelyn were checking out the tank.
The gang inside the tank.
Thanks Dan and Aimee for a great weekend!!
At the end of August, we made a trip to Cold Lake, AB to visit Mike's brother Dan and his family. We had a great weekend of fun and were able to take in a Christian concert and Race The Base, a charity fund raiser at the Cold Lake military base where owners of exotic race cars pay to enter their cars in a race against an F-18. 
Uncle Mike had lots of fun playing with his nieces and nephew...he made a great horse!
Braden and Chelsea
Enzo Ferarri...the winner of the race.
The F-18 on display the day before the race.
