Buffalo Sisters and Brothers

Well I here is another of my favorite families that I did a photoshoot for. I have known this family for years we road the bus together way back in the day and I played ball with some of these women. These are sisters and brothers (adults) and all of their kids from the Buffalos. There was i think 4 or 5 kids missing and 1 more brother. It was super cold this day but they were still pumped and the kids sat still for a long time, police officer had to come check up what the heck we doing lol. I am glad they like them I had a fun day that day.

Mommy Time

So I have been home for 2 weeks... wow this is way harder than working lol. I love it. Its so much fun to be able to spend the days with my kids.. I went shopping with both of them by myself (technically i met friends) but i did it. I still get no sleep just like I am working.. abby goes to bed late.. although tonight she was out by 930 and alice wakes up at 6 sometimes 630 if I am lucky. Good thing for coffee.
Last weekend I had a scrapbook weekend with the girls. It was super. abby is a great scrapbooker lol. It was cold due to it being in an arena but super fun. My scrapbook group meets once a month but lately we find more reasons than once a month to meet. I love being able to just relax and have an evening away, that is pretty much my only evening activity besides the odd coffee night.
Xmas is coming up super fast, I think I will put up my tree soon. This will be the first year since me and wes met that we have a fake tree. But with 2 kids and a white rug its the best option just until alice gets past the knock everything over stage lol. Plus every single year there is always a morning where we come downstairs and our tree is on the floor.
Well hopefully my next post will be more inspiring.. i have all these great ideas but then i sit down and blank blank. oh and ps I was one of the 10% that did not see the big flash of light.. and i think everyone else is crazy hehe.

I can wear jeans

So today is my last day at Sasakamoose Law office with Samson Cree Nation. My last day as an articling student. I have been here for one year. It has been a great year full of learning, laughing and growing. I work with some pretty amazing ppl that always make the day brighter. (I know they are blog stalking lol). Working in my community really makes a difference, my daughter gets to go to daycare with her cousin, I get to see my family on a regular basis. I get to help people in my community which is why I went to law school, that and to support my shopping habit. Its been quite a year. It is hard leaving behind a desk for awhile. What do i do next..
Well I get to go on mat leave, I get to relax, I get to BREATHE. I still teach classes on monday afternoon at the college until December and I still sit on 2 boards so that will keep my mind busy. And it will give Alice a chance to still go to daycare 1 or 2 times a week.
But now its time to get my mommy heart busy. Time to organize my home, do crafts with alice, watch more tree house, change more diapers, potty train, bottle wean, take mega pics of my daughters, go to playdates, go to gymboree, have coffee with great friends. Its time to slow down, my abby is already 2.5 months almost 3 and I need to be there for her and alice is going to be 2 and she needs me. The Law will always be there but this tiny age with 2 lil girls only comes around once.
In the new year will bring many changes, I will be a real live lawyer not just a 'student' anymore. My bar call ceremony will likely be in feb and then after that I will return to work either here or somewhere. The new year will bring new possibilities. But after many years of school and books I need to just take a step back and decide on where I want life to go next.

Our Halloween

So for Halloween Alice dressed up as snowwhite.. This kid had 3 costumes to chose from lol. My mom bought her an elmo but she won't put it on, we think she thinks she is wearing elmo skin. lol. I bought her a unicorn costume and she wouldn't put that on either.. So finally my husband said get her something with a dress and viola she wears it. The daycare took them trick or treating around the band office so when i picked her she had a pumpkin full. After work my cousin brought her daughter mehkwan over shes 2 weeks older than alice and they went around the block hunting for candy. They had fun. Alice for some reason didn't believe chips should go in her pumpkin so when ppl would give her chips she would scream no and throw them on the ground lol, but she welcomed chocolate of course lol. That nice alice when to sleep pretty easy.
A few days before we carved a pumpkin, a classic nothing fancy. Alice watched in awe and was pretty proud of her 'punkit' and would kiss it before bed and say hello in the morning. It was to cold to take abby out but we took pics of her in catepillar costume and she did come to work with me in her costume and her halloween pjs. I think halloween is right up there with christmas for me. Now i have to decorate for xmas, the day after halloween both my neighbours put up all their xmas lights and decorations.. i better one up them lol.

Halloween Photoshoot

So for Halloween I set up a backdrop in a spare office at my work and took kiddy pics. I charged 12 buckeroos and they got 1 8x10 and 2 4x6 and on online album. If they wanted a CD or more pics it was for an extra charge. So here is an snapshot of one of the cuties. Click on my photoalbum link for the rest. Only the first 10 are edited the rest are not.