Halloween and other fun

Halloween and hanging out with kids in Cochrane, Dec 2025

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One of the first photos we've seen from the Lynn/Lyon wedding with our boys as their junior groomsman
(Henry) and ring bearer (Walter).

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The happy couple.

Carving pumpkins and other fun for Halloween

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Henry decided that a weird sound he makes sounds like the Scream dude, so that's what he decided
to dress up as, along with carve his pumpkin like.

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Henry's end result.

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Walter cutting out his cat.

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Learning how hard it is to use pumpkin as a carving medium.

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Walter with his cat pumpkin.

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Quite proud of his cat.

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The boys in their costumes before going out to trick or treat.

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Ready for candy!

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Walter in his costume trick or treating.

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He got to hunt for candy with his cousin Atticus.

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The kids' stupid obsession with '67' manifests in weird pumpkins.

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Walter's haul.

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Walter is one of those kids who needs to sort his candy.

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And then crush video games.

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Henry with his candy haul, before sorting.

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and post-sorting.

Video of the boys on arcade machines at bowling with Grandma G

And crushing Popeye's chicken

Re-installing interp panels

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Because sometimes I don't do a perfect job of projects, we had to reinstall these panels. So
I had the kids help me and Marc do it.

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Carting wood posts to their next spot for installation. Who says child labour is terrible?

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Figuring out where the next one goes.

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Digging in rocky soil involves a rock bar more often than not as Marc is finding out here.

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Keeping posts perfectly aligned is harder when they're longer.

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Finished product on panel 1.

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Site 2 was better served behind the bench than immediately in front of it.

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Better location.

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Panel 3 with Charlize hiding behind it.

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Marc proud of the work we did on this day. We JUST completed the last one and the skies opened up,
so clearly we were doing good work here.

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Walter wanted to use his Reese cups in ice cream, so he crushed those into his ice cream along with
adding a spoonful of peanut butter.

Henry making a great shot at curling

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Henry helped me make space in the garage for our new truck, which involved making more hooks to hang bikes.

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This is Henry figuring out how to fold the front seat back and make himself a bed.

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'Parenting' while I'm watching Henry curl. I think all kids' activities should have a licensed lounge to
watch from.

The kids having a group sweeping lesson

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Walter helping to clean the house. We're getting there with kids becoming more capable by the day.
Working on motivation is a different problem.

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Our two vehicles fit in the garage! It takes a bit of doing, but it's pretty awesome when a
plan comes together.

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Grandma G and Henry with his new blanket. He was just saying he didn't have enough blankets.

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Always a great place to think.

Paul photos

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My buddy Shane convinced me to ride the full loops at Jumped Up. It's pretty sweet but more elevation than
I thought with more than 500m total climbing.