the racing season has come to an end. mum, dad, jamo and i all raced the iceman yesterday. the race was dubbed "the niceman" instead of the iceman because it was the nicest day we've had all fall with mid 60's temps. jamo was even going around shirtless during the race. mum and dad both came in 1st in their age division. dad raced expert 30-34 and mum raced expert 35-44. jamo and i both raced the sno cone and got super cool medals. thanks to grandpa, granny sarah and aunties for letting us stay at their house friday night so mum and dad could get up early and race without extra stress. it was a long day leaving the house at 7am and not getting home until 8pm after the awards ceremony. it was pretty warm in the banquet hall hence the still shirtless jamo. he went up on stage in front of everybody looking like that. crazy dad is racing a cyclocross race this morning "for fun." the rest of us are hanging out in our jammies re-grouping.

halloween swarmed washington street once again. mum bought 30# of candy and still ran out at 7pm. jamo had a blast this year wanting to hit every house. good thing because we gave out his candy too. i had a blast trick-or-treating with oliver and will and even got to spend the night at their house. best night ever!

i've found my new favorite sport...disc golf. we have a course right behind grandma's house over at hickory hills. we played 11 holes tuesday and 14 holes today. walking in the woods, fall colors, non-complaining kids and it's free. what's not to love?

retrieving the disc from the gully

about to get it in the "hole"

how's my form uncle tannin?

jamo mostly like to carry it around in his mouth.

another pretty good week here:

- 20 days in and i still love school, bummed on the days that i don't go and fired up on the days i do, especially fridays as i love music class, who would of thought?

- jamo and mum went for a nice hike up in hickory hills on wednesday, one of the few days we didn't have rain, october has been chilly so far, coldest one in almost 60years in fact...



- dad was excited to have his healthcare reform letter published in both the local papers, he took a few liberties with his personal anecdotes but for the most part it's pretty right on....

northern express

record-eagle

- yesterday we took part in the tc350 festivities as part of the international day of climate action, video isn't too exciting but we're over there in the "zero", good luck finding us though....



here's a better one from the sand dunes with one of my favorite tunes by daisy may...

first school photo

dad, jamo and i raced the peak 2 peak this past weekend. it's one of our favorite fall activities held out at crystal mountain. mum, jamo and i rode the chair lift to the top to watch dad race with the pros. he did great coming in 7th against the big boys. jamo did great in the tour de tiny tikes and i finished 1st in the 5, 6 and 7 year old race.

couple snow flakes this morning! summer here is officially over but it is october, the nights have gotten chilly so we've had the wood stove going which has been nice and cozy, the leaves are starting to turn too and we've had to get the mitts and tuques out for our bike rides to school in the mornings, our first hard frost last night killed off all the tomato and squash plants for good which isn't so bad as i'm not sure if i can stomach another zucchini
dad did his 2nd cyclocross race last night under the lights at timber ridge, we went and watched and had a blast, he needs to practice his barrier technique a wee bit as he seems to have a hard time staying off the dirt...

meet petunia (aka "tuna" in jamo talk). the newest memeber of team schmitty. she was the guinea pig of a friend of a sister of a friend and is now ours. we're very excited to have her! welcome to the schmidt house tuna. hope you like it a little bit on the chilly side.

my new favorite place to go is the skate/bike park. it's over at the civic center which is a five minute bike ride from our house. the big kids don't seem to mind me riding with them. it's been nice and quiet now that school is back in and we usually go on my off days. it's a total blast.

thanks grandma mary lou for the new scooters who quickly learned that you can no longer buy just one of anything.