Start of the School year!

Sitting at her new desk., originally uploaded by island artist.

Today was an exciting day in the McEachern household... Paige started her first day of Grade one! I'm not sure who was more excited, her or ME! We've been counting down for weeks now so it couldn't come soon enough. It was a lovely day, we met up with many friends that Paige made over the summer and found her new locker and desk... so exciting! It was like I was starting school myself, I even got up 2 hours before we had to go!! I know, I'm obnoxious sometimes.

We've had a busy summer- lots of playing, a little camping, visiting grandma & grandpa and some fishing! On our last camping trip Nolan learned to ride his bike without training wheels! I think he secretly taught himself because Ken took his training wheels on, held the back of his seat and the kid was off. End of story. It was amazing. He's been a little wobbly since then but still doing pretty great for a 3 year old! That kid is constantly blowing my mind!

For a couple weeks we had a guest staying with us, a 4 legged, hairy guest. If you are a Facebook friend of mine you may have heard of Jack (or Buddy as I call him), the Silky terrier. We found him stranded on the side of Highway 2. He was absolutely forlorn and his hair was long, filthy and fully dread locked. We cleaned him up and took him to the Vet, they gave him a clean bill of health so we went on trying to find him a home. We would have liked to have been able to keep him but we aren't set up for Piper just yet, never mind a new addition. My sister in law said she wanted him so we had him shipped by plane to Vancouver where she picked him up. The Travel really upset his delicate constitution and he got violently ill. After some vet care, I'm happy to report he's happy and doing great with his new family. He's a real sweetheart.

I lost my wallet a couple weeks ago- that sucks the big one. It's taken me a couple weeks to get most of my ID replaced. I've only got a couple more things to replace and i'll be back to where I was before except now I need a new wallet. I will be shooting my first (and probably only) wedding in a little more than a week. I'm pretty nervous about it but I'm going to do some research on poses and the like- then I'll pray for sunshine. It'll be an adventure... I hope.

Well I should head to bed- School starts early in the morning!
Hugs,
~jen

Comments

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[scoontate]

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[JohnIQ]

Огромное человеческое спасибочки !

[judypatooote]

Hi Jenn.....you haven't written for a while, and I can't figure out how to reach you, but I wanted to say hi.....how are the kids......I've been lax on checking in on my blogging friends, but I see I already left you one message on this post, but wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving, and hope you all are well.....judy

[Mimi]

Hey Jen, I can't believe how long I have been away from blogging, almost three months. Life is so busy with my new job. Good to visit your blog and see the great photos. Your kids are so cute. Glad to read of their wonderful milestones and accomplishments; riding a bike at three, what next?!

Mimi

[Jessica]

I can't wait to see the final CUT of the wedding pics! What an experience!

[judypatooote]

Well Paige should have a week of school under her belt by now...I hope she likes it....she looks so cute sitting at the desk... do you have Nolan in a pre school yet....my daughter Lisa started Sammy 2 days a week in a day care...and he's only 18 months old....but she is 44 and has the money to do it, and I guess he loves the kids...whose knows if she's right or wrong... I hope you do well at the wedding.....you take wonderful pictures of the kids, so why not a wedding.... hope your doing well in your new enviroment... take care and give a smooch to Paige and Nolan for me..... judy

[flossy-p]

Yay Paige! At first I thought that was fear in her eyes, but now you mention she was excited I'm thinking maybe it's "Muu-um, stop taking photo's of me, it's embarrassing" hehehehe.

Good luck with your wedding shoot, you'll do a great job!
Look out for the uncle who "used to be a photographer" and wants to quiz you on all your gear... there's always one ;)