Happy October!
It seems like if you blink, several months can just fly right by before you even notice! Here it is October, and our last post was back in July. You’ve not missed too much, though there are a few new things going on in the Karpiuk family.
Oliver is still Oliver, and Winston is still Winston. Oliver has turned six years old today, can you believe it? Also today happy anniversary wishes go out to my little brother and his wife as well as our friends Joe and Jeri. Congratulations on your first year of marriage!
Lucas recently switched jobs completely and is now working happily at Shell in web development at their big Shell Canada building downtown. I’m still teaching; guest teaching full time until a position opens up for me. I like it well enough — I’m teaching and it’s a new classroom every day, which keeps things fresh and exciting. They’re really keeping me busy and I’m usually booked solid every single day, which is great! I spend a lot of time explaining especially to the elementary kids that my last name is NOT “car puke” … :groan: I’ve really gotten to know a lot of teachers and principals as well as been able to get a taste of what each school in the division is like. One school has already booked me for every opening they have that they know of right now up through May, lol. I like being in demand when it comes to my work.
On a sad note, we made a trip back to Indy a few weeks ago to be with family during my grandfather’s passing. I was able to help with the arrangements by getting pictures together, and the video slide show that the funeral home put together was beautiful. Rest in peace, grandpa. You will be missed.
Last weekend our little family decided we’d plan a trip out to Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park up in the gorgeous Canadian Rockies so that we could get the boys some fresh mountain air and take photos of the pretty fall colours before they disappear or are covered in snow. Unfortunately the weather forecast didn’t want to play nice and it rained instead, so we’ve rescheduled our day trip for this coming Saturday. We’re really looking forward to seeing the beautiful spot Lucas chose to propose among all of the autumn colours. When we were out there last November it was so cold and the hiking trails were blanketed in several feet of snow. Cross your fingers for better weather this weekend!
So that’s what the Karpiuk family has been up to. I know it doesn’t seem like a whole lot in the span of just over two months, but we’ve been busy just the same. I’ve had no troubles updating my craft blog because as my darling sister-in-law pointed out, Christmas is just two months away (eek!) and I need to get cracking on gifts. Plus I’ve recently been trying my hand at digital art and creating digital scrapbook papers and elements for my digital scrapbooking obsession. Check out the pages I’ve made for our digital scrapbooks here. That will give you a visual of what we’ve been doing the past couple months instead ;)  But I’ll do my best to keep things updated here a bit better, ok?
Oh and Happy Thanksgiving next week, Canada — take care everyone!