Happy Fall!

Yes, It has been awhile......There have been some big changes in the Murao household. I (Kim) have returned to teaching 15 hours a week (60%). Shunsuke has left his job and is home during the day with Ty and teaches a little some evenings. Kianah is in grade one and goes to school 4 and a half days. I think in some ways we are protesting how busy life gets by slowing down instead. We absolutely love all our time off together! I told Shunsuke that we may even get sick of so much family time...is it really possible? For now this is working for us...it may be short lived but at the moment life is Oh so good......

Last night we had some friends over to enjoy the Fall weather...it is a short season in Calgary!

Big Project....Little Helpers

Well we undertook a big project at the end of the summer. We put laminate flooring on our entire main floor. My mom and dad ended up having a working holiday....and we certainly needed there help!! It took about a week with lots of unexpected challenges!!

In the beginning...
The finished product....

All he needs......

Tysei was covered in hives for most of the summer, so eventually we ended up at the children's hospital. For three hours we stayed in this room with only a bed and TV. However Shunsuke was smart enough to stick a mini soccer ball in the bag. Ty kicked this little thing around for 2 hours straight. It saved us in more ways than one!

Kianah's 6th Birthday Luau

Yaa Hoo Stampede

Kianah was into the rides this year at Stampede. Much braver than her mom!! Tysei was introduced to the Stampede as well. I took the kids down to the grounds for the day with friends, but with two kids, no photos were taken! Shunsuke and Kianah headed down on a Sunday for more fun..

Summer 2008

Here are a few photo's from over the summer. It was a busy one....I (Kim) took two uni courses, so that ate up free time. During the day we were busy with summer-time activities. We also had vistors from Japan (Jiji and Baba) and Ontario (Grandma and Poppa). The summer flew by too fast....