What a great weekend! ;0

What a GREAT WEEKEND!!

We had a busy, fun, great weekend! On Friday, I took the afternoon off and went to do some much needed shopping and met Tod to find some clothes for his Christmas party. Arrived home with pizza and Cinnamon sticks to very hungry kids. Okaly was all talk during supper as it was his first Jr./Sr. School Dance. Of course I was chaperoning, much to his dismay, but it turned out great. He had fun, danced with a lot of girls and even his mom. I am thinking I could be a regular chaperon and not complain about it, at least I can see what is going on. I am very proud of the way Okaly was conducting himself. :)

Saturday was a day of trying to get odds and ends done, before T & I left for the Christmas Party. Okaly had a hockey game during the afternoon and unfortunately was not able to play due to a hit from behind in the previous game. He still had to attend. Tod was coaching with the intention of leaving after the 2nd period but due to a call that he didn't like, he voiced his opinion and got booted. The babysitter showed up at 4 and the girls were listing all the great things they had planned to do with her, from painting to baking cupcakes. They had a few movies to watch and lots of treats to eat. . . They were set for the night. T & I left at 5, looking really ready for a party. WOW!! WE are HOT;0 We shut the party down and had fun doing it, the 3:30 bedtime was not nearly long enough to encounter the Football Banquet we had to attend today but we managed to do it.

The Football Banquet was great. Okaly was named the "Rookie of the Year". Coach Joe said it very well "This kid was a pain in my ass all year. He was always in the back field breaking up my plays." Oakly was surprised to get called up for this award as well as T & I. We are very proud of him and what dedication he puts into any sport that he plays.

Avery stayed with G & G for the day. G phoned over the other grand kids to play and the 4 of them ran wild.

Aspen stayed the night at her friends house, for her family Birthday Party. She had a blast and came home looking at least 13teen. They had fun playing with hair and makeup. I am not so sure that T & I know what we are getting ourselves into. She is maturing more and more everyday, the beautiful young tween is starting to spread her wings. Although she figures she should get to wear make up T & I are trying to hold off for at least another year, cross your fingers for us!

nov 25 - dec 25

Is it really November 25 and Christmas is December 25? I am not prepared this year, as I usually am by now, this whole working full time has really put a cramp in my style of preparedness. I am not sure half the time if I am coming or going and at this point nobody around me asks. I am just where I am at, and if it is wrong well I'll get it right next week and we move on.
T & I have done a bit of Christmas shopping, but not everything and for some reason I can't wrap my brain around the thought of putting up Christmas decorations or a Tree. It is usually my favorite thing to do, but I am also thinking about the dismantling part of it, and thinking that I just put my house back together from painting, that was crazy enough. It will get done all in do time and I am sure I will be ready for the day when it arrives. Have lots of baking to do and it's a good thing the kids like to help in that department because I am thinking that they may just get their own recipes to do and it would help me a lot. I will stick to the Butter Tarts (I am a little more picky with these tasty treats than some others, since they are made from scratch from tart to filling I need to have the control) The girls can do Sugar Cookies from baking to decorating and Okaly would be great at making Turtles. Well I think that settles it the plan has been done and know to just put the plan in to motion when we are all together to get it done.
I'll be dreaming of Butter Tarts, Sugar Cookies, & Turtles all night Yum!!

bathtub keeper

well tonight was great. . .

we had a web cam chat with g & g Thomson and I am telling you I am not sure who was more excited the kids or g & g. We were on for an hour and we loved it. We saw a tour of most of the house & yard and moms gorgeous quilt. I have dibs mom. . . Before we got off the web cam we made another time for next Tuesday(Wednesday for them) and I even put it on the calendar so we won't forget, not that Avery will let us do that. We will be doing the great count down until Tuesday night to see and chat with g & g again. We love you and know that we can see & hear you, the missing is a little less. This technology is a great thing. . .

Avery was bathing tonight and just in case something happened she had her "ANGEL" watching over her. . . really! This is her cat Angel and he was loving just sitting on the tub watching her play and splash. What dedication! She was even petting him with a wet hand and he didn't move or try to swing at her, in fact he got up and went over to the other ledge down in the tub further too get a better perch and eye on what she was up to. CRAZY CAT, most of the time he thinks he is a dog or a human. If he could figure out how to open the door to let himself in and out of the house he would. He can stretch so tall on the door that he has about 6 more inches to reach the handle and then we would be in trouble. He is constantly in the pantry trying to open the container of cat treats and if the door isn't shut all the way he will paw at it until he opens it. Then we have no choice but to give in and give out the treats. Between the dog and the kids they have all taught him very well!

a new week and we are counting down till December

A lot of things have happened in the last week. . .
We had another day off of school on Friday.
Dad and Mom phoned on Saturday night and caught us at home by chance, Okaly's hockey was cancelled. Dad looked up prices for us to come to Australia. I am thinking that they really need some family time. . .
The girls went to school today and have come home willing to do extra chores. . . yes there is a reason behind there madness. The school is raising money for Mozambique. They are trying to buy desks for an orphanage. I know the girls will do their part. . .
Oakly has Basketball tryouts on Thursday night and is ready to try his hand in that game. He has a lot of different sports under his belt this year.
Have to go make supper :0

we win!!

Okaly played fantastic!! His team won the Tourney and they were great. They went out for a win and played the same way the whole game. I guess getting cocky wasn't the way the Calgary Team should have shown up in our rink. Aspen was a penalty door girl and got to scope out the boys on the opposite team. Avery was just hanging out playing bouncy balls with some other girls.
This is going to be a short week for school and work, we have Friday off for midterm break. Between last week & this week we have put in 7 days of school instead of 10. the kids are okay with that.
Have a snuggly night;)

lost a tooth

It has been a long day but I can not miss the opportunity to put this picture up. Avery lost her first official tooth today. She has had 2 teeth pulled by the dentist, but this one came willingly. We were at the Rink for Oakly's tourney and Auntie Pam Fouillard(everybody calls her auntie Pam) asked Avery if she could pull out her tooth and she refused. Then she showed up with a Kleenex and just smiled at Pam. Pam took one pull and it was out. Avery had a smile for one ear to another. Pam gave her a Tonnie. She was walking around showing everybody she had lost her 1st tooth and ended up gathering $6, and know the Tooth Fairy is supposed to come, how is the Tooth Fairy supposed to beat that!

We are playing in the final tomorrow for Oakly's hockey tourney. The team we are up against already have it figured out that they are walking away with first place. Well getting cocky isn't always very good, so we'll see who goes home with the gold..

LONG TIME NO BLOG

The Ugly Step Sisters and the over worked Cinderella

The Cute Scarecrow!! Aspen made the outfit for her art project. Way to go Aspen!

One of the teachers I work with at school. She is a hoot!!

My little Super Hero!!

Long Time No Blog. . . as Robbie would say!! It has been forever and so to make it up to all of my fans I thought that a few pictures would do the job. We have a few that should catch you up.

I know that this is a typical look at our house on any given weekend, but one of these things doesn't belong? We aren't sure if you can find it she trys to fit in very well. Loves the stink!!

Just for you dad our first snow of the winter gotta love it. November 12 and still mild out with a hoodie and vest and the snow amount is enough to be melted by 11am.

I hope you are all doing well and mom we love you!! yes you to dad, but I think mom is a little home sick. I promise I will try to get back into my blogging habit. I do miss it!

Good Night all!

It is THURSDAY!!

Today was a long day and coming to an end. Tod changed jobs officially, got a new office and another new phone number just when I was getting used to the other one. My only hope is that he doesn't get another cell #, it took me about 6 months to remember the # he has. I just had mental block every time I would call it. GOOD LUCK on your new adventure Honey!
My work has been crazy and a few roller coasters have been travelled along this week and I can't wait until Saturday to start.
Oakly doesn't have Hockey on Saturday so we have a Family Date Day planned. A movie lunch, supper, and some shopping. Mom and Dad are excited and the kids are not showing much emotion of whether they want to go or not.
Just to end the night on a Happy note it is Snowing! ;0 That means it is time to get the Hot Chocolate ready for the next 5-7 months. If we are lucky it will be very short. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Weekend of FUN!!

It was a great weekend if you weren't the mom of the family.. .
Trick or Treating on Friday night was great. The weather was so warm we were down to warm hoodies, stretchy gloves and walking around the neighborhoods. YAY!!
But lets go back to Friday morning. . . Avery awoke with a frog in her throat and in about a 5 minute span of her coming into our room to say that she didn't feel good she had a cough and that was all that she wrote. Tod went and checked her throat and to our surprise she had a croup cough. Tod took her to work with him so she could get some medicine and then she had to hang out in his office while he had a meeting. He brought her home for lunch, at that time I came home to get dressed in my costume. I took her back to school with me, so she could enjoy her Halloween Party for the afternoon. I forgot my camera so I had to have Keri and Shawna take pic's of the girls. Aspen was a scarecrow that she had to make as an art project for school. Avery was Supergirl, oh the powers she has. They had fun at there school parties. Oakly even dressed up at Junior High as Cookie Monster. What a good sport, but he has taken on the roll of hating to have his picture done. That really sucks for him cuz I love my pictures. We went around town and then to the Complex to play games and go through the Haunted House that Grandpa Pharis organized and dad was a part of. Tod was the Butcher in the Haunted House and did a great job. He had a real pig head and parts to throw around and chop up, lots of blood and yuck. When we were in the Haunted House Avery looked under the Butcher table and back at the guy with the knife and said "Those are dads shoes, hi Daddy". She wasn't scared of him, but down the hall she got a fright. She really screamed. Aspen was brave and nothing scared her. We had a great night of candy collecting and lots of tricks.
Saturday was a day of partying for Aspen. She had a movie, sleepover birthday party. They went to High School Musical 3. Aspen was going to that, so I planned for Avery to go with some of her friends, well I was struck with a migraine, yes it sucked and knocked me out for the day. Tod arranged for Avery to be picked up by Jodie(THANK YOU!) so she could still enjoy her day with her friends. Deanna(THANK YOU!) brought her home and she said she had a great time. Maybe next time I can go!:) Okaly had a Hockey game and they lost, but they were short 3 players which makes it hard considering they only have 10 players to begin with.
Today I was still not feeling great and Aspen needed to go out to another Birthday Party for 2 friends that had a joint party. Avery hung out with me for the afternoon, while Tod and Oakly went to Hobbema for another hockey game and once again they lost, playing short handed again. I am still felling yucky and hope that tomorrow for work I am up to a full day:)