Found this picture as I was cleaning above my fridge. HAhahahahahahaha. Hayley looks like she is about to puke, Steve said Kylie was hanging on so tight she really didn't need the seatbelt, and Steve himself looks a little terrified. I was on a different ride with Abby so we missed the excitment but we'll definately have to try it again....if these 3 are game!!Sunday, January 29, 2012
Laugh of the day
Found this picture as I was cleaning above my fridge. HAhahahahahahaha. Hayley looks like she is about to puke, Steve said Kylie was hanging on so tight she really didn't need the seatbelt, and Steve himself looks a little terrified. I was on a different ride with Abby so we missed the excitment but we'll definately have to try it again....if these 3 are game!!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A heartwarming experience
Today Hayley came home upset. You always know when she is upset because she is cranky and snotty about everything when something is wrong. So I say "Hayley you look upset. Is something the matter?" She says "I couldn't find Abby." and then she starts crying. So between Hayley and Abby this is the story I managed to piece together:
Hayley usually meets Abby at a certain location after school and they get on the bus together. Hayley was a bit late today showing up so Abby just got on the bus. It was almost time for the bus to leave and Hayley started panicking so the bus driver shut off the bus to help her look for Abby, the neighbore boy started helping her look....Hayley is very distressed that they have lost Abby. Of course Abby was on the bus the whole time.
It just made me feel so good to think of how much Hayley loves and cares for her little sister. Especially since tonight after piano her and Abby quit speaking to each other! HA! That lasted all of 5 seconds. Anyhow, we came to the conclusion that Hayley won't wait for Abby anymore and vice versa. If someone misses the bus they will have to wait at the office until I pick them up.
Just had to share my feel good about my girls story of the day.
Now it's bedtime. The house is quiet, Steve is at hockey...OH! Another quick story:
Steve called after piano tonight on his way home and said "You know...it'd be nice to have a fresh chocolate cookie after supper." So I laughed it off and finished feeding the girls and then thought "hmmm....cookies would be good." So to back up a bit, I had this gorgeous kitchen aid that I use ALL THE TIME and I broke the wisk, and somehow putting it away I bent the lever to increase the speed.....so it's kinda garbage. So I go to use it anyway cuz it's all I have, and here on my counter is a brand new one!!! HA! So THAT's why Steve wanted cookies. I'm so slow. IT made some yummy ones too. He had been to a future shop that was closing down and they had all this stuff on for amazing prices. He bought it for $200!!! That's cheap ladies right? I thought so.
Okay well goodnight.
Hayley usually meets Abby at a certain location after school and they get on the bus together. Hayley was a bit late today showing up so Abby just got on the bus. It was almost time for the bus to leave and Hayley started panicking so the bus driver shut off the bus to help her look for Abby, the neighbore boy started helping her look....Hayley is very distressed that they have lost Abby. Of course Abby was on the bus the whole time.
It just made me feel so good to think of how much Hayley loves and cares for her little sister. Especially since tonight after piano her and Abby quit speaking to each other! HA! That lasted all of 5 seconds. Anyhow, we came to the conclusion that Hayley won't wait for Abby anymore and vice versa. If someone misses the bus they will have to wait at the office until I pick them up.
Just had to share my feel good about my girls story of the day.
Now it's bedtime. The house is quiet, Steve is at hockey...OH! Another quick story:
Steve called after piano tonight on his way home and said "You know...it'd be nice to have a fresh chocolate cookie after supper." So I laughed it off and finished feeding the girls and then thought "hmmm....cookies would be good." So to back up a bit, I had this gorgeous kitchen aid that I use ALL THE TIME and I broke the wisk, and somehow putting it away I bent the lever to increase the speed.....so it's kinda garbage. So I go to use it anyway cuz it's all I have, and here on my counter is a brand new one!!! HA! So THAT's why Steve wanted cookies. I'm so slow. IT made some yummy ones too. He had been to a future shop that was closing down and they had all this stuff on for amazing prices. He bought it for $200!!! That's cheap ladies right? I thought so.
Okay well goodnight.
A New Era
I guess it was inevitable...they all have to grow up sometime. *sniff sniff* Chelsea is now completely out of diapers. Well....we still put one on at night even though she wakes up dry because I don't have a plastic sheet yet for any night time oopsies. So my diaper bill has dropped drastically which is a bonus. The sad part is I have no babies anymore :( So that's whats up in her little life. She is just like having another Abby all over again. She could sit downstairs and play with the doll house forever talking to herself telling all kinds of stories. Mostly she takes her babies potty.
Abby reached a new stage in her little life too. She lost a tooth! It was hanging by a thread and she refused to let her dad rip it out. Finally one day she said "Okay dad. I'm ready. You can pull it out!" So out it came. This is our intellectual kid who helps her Gr.2 sister with her spelling. She's doing very well in school and if you can drag her kicking and screaming out of bed, she really does enjoy going and has really broken out of her shell.
Hayley is doing great in school too! It took a few months but we finally adapted some things with her teacher and she has gone from getting 10% to getting 100% on her spelling tests! I think the new confidence she has now will help her do better. She is composing music in piano right now and wrote and really cool song. Will post it when she has finished adding the left hand.
Kylie is our little snuggle bum. Going through an "I need my mom all the time" stage. She had a meltdown when I left to go to Zumba the other night. Her dad was home, and I'm only gone for an hour and a half tops! I had to peel her off me and sneak out the door. I'm terrified for the day she starts kindergarten. Thank goodness we put her in preschool. I've always taken the girls on their first day but I think Steve might have to take over this time.
Steve is still working hard. Having some stressful days I think. They are extremely busy which is a good thing financially but can be hard on the guys. It'll pay off in the long run I'm sure. Steve got a new truck the other day. He's back to using a company truck which is nice for us. It's a nice truck too. Apparently though we are now totally a Dodge family! I find it humerous as we love our Dodge van, but Steve said he'd never buy a Dodge truck! Ha! Never say never. So now we are selling the truck he bought a few months ago.
As for me, I am just the same. I started a Zumba class with 3 other ladies and I love it! Time goes so fast and even though I am clumsy and uncoordinated, I just stand at the back and pretend I know what I'm doing. I have a large rear end which makes it easy to shake it! Hahahahaha. I will MAYBE post a video if I feel brave one day. I need another class to learn the moves. If you don't know what Zumba is, youtube it. It is latin based and it make you SWEAT!! You are moving the whole hour and yet it goes so fast.
Abby reached a new stage in her little life too. She lost a tooth! It was hanging by a thread and she refused to let her dad rip it out. Finally one day she said "Okay dad. I'm ready. You can pull it out!" So out it came. This is our intellectual kid who helps her Gr.2 sister with her spelling. She's doing very well in school and if you can drag her kicking and screaming out of bed, she really does enjoy going and has really broken out of her shell.
Hayley is doing great in school too! It took a few months but we finally adapted some things with her teacher and she has gone from getting 10% to getting 100% on her spelling tests! I think the new confidence she has now will help her do better. She is composing music in piano right now and wrote and really cool song. Will post it when she has finished adding the left hand.
Kylie is our little snuggle bum. Going through an "I need my mom all the time" stage. She had a meltdown when I left to go to Zumba the other night. Her dad was home, and I'm only gone for an hour and a half tops! I had to peel her off me and sneak out the door. I'm terrified for the day she starts kindergarten. Thank goodness we put her in preschool. I've always taken the girls on their first day but I think Steve might have to take over this time.
Steve is still working hard. Having some stressful days I think. They are extremely busy which is a good thing financially but can be hard on the guys. It'll pay off in the long run I'm sure. Steve got a new truck the other day. He's back to using a company truck which is nice for us. It's a nice truck too. Apparently though we are now totally a Dodge family! I find it humerous as we love our Dodge van, but Steve said he'd never buy a Dodge truck! Ha! Never say never. So now we are selling the truck he bought a few months ago.
As for me, I am just the same. I started a Zumba class with 3 other ladies and I love it! Time goes so fast and even though I am clumsy and uncoordinated, I just stand at the back and pretend I know what I'm doing. I have a large rear end which makes it easy to shake it! Hahahahaha. I will MAYBE post a video if I feel brave one day. I need another class to learn the moves. If you don't know what Zumba is, youtube it. It is latin based and it make you SWEAT!! You are moving the whole hour and yet it goes so fast.
Okay well now that I have totally bored you, I will leave you to get on with your day. I have printed my last 2 years blogs in books, so even though this may be boring to you, it is a picture diary for our family to see what we were up to in years past since I keep up on printing pictures of the girls for their photo albums but I'm not so good at printing pictures of Steve and I or other random things. If you are interesting in doing the same, check out blogger books on google.
Love to all,
Jen
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Winter Sports
Well it has sure been a Canadian weekend for us! Skating, skiing, hockey....so many precious memories with family and friends. Again, some of the pictures are poor quality thanks to my phone but some are okay cuz I got my charger (thanks mom!) and my camera is back in action.
Friday: Joined up with Raeanne Miles and her 3 kids for some skating at Hawrelak Park.
Saturday morning: Our minds travelled back 25 years or so to the first time Jessica and I stepped into our first pair of skis on this very hill. Now our kids all got to enjoy the experience together (except Nat and Chels but they maybe get to try next year.) They are did exceptionally well. I admit I had some nightmare of kids barrelling down the hill and taking out everything in their path, but they did just fine.
Abby is an interesting child. She doesn't take a lot of risk and doesn't like trying new things. In fact, she didn't even want to go this morning. We got her out there and she just took to it like a duck in water. There were many tears when we said it was time to go. She was ready for the "big hill" she thought and wanted to stay.
I was so impressed how well Hayley did at snowboarding. It looks really hard, but she did great! She loved it so much that she begged for a second lesson (she needed it as she was just really getting going when the first lesson ended) so after 2.5 hours of lessons she was doing pretty good. She was the only one in her 'group' lesson so that helped.
I just love the disgusted look on Chelsea's face in the picture below.
Steve took group lessons too. He was the only one in his lesson as well and he was going like he'd been doing it all his life by the end.
Kylie: "Watch this move guys" So uncle watches her go down the hill, (don't bother with stopping, it's all about speed) crashes into the snowbank, legs go up in the air, skis come off...oh Kylie. You're all about adventure aren't you?
Steve on left, Hayley on right.
Then Saturday evening, because Steve's hockey game was an early one, we had the privilage of watching the Emcee Hammers take down the Moose Knuckles 8-3. Here's some pics. Steve is #4. Yellow laces. The poor guy using my camera only got 400 pictures taken before taking a puck in the forehead!! OUCH!
Now we are all absolutely BEAT! Ready for a hot shower and bed.
Love you all,
S, J and crew.
Friday: Joined up with Raeanne Miles and her 3 kids for some skating at Hawrelak Park.
Saturday morning: Our minds travelled back 25 years or so to the first time Jessica and I stepped into our first pair of skis on this very hill. Now our kids all got to enjoy the experience together (except Nat and Chels but they maybe get to try next year.) They are did exceptionally well. I admit I had some nightmare of kids barrelling down the hill and taking out everything in their path, but they did just fine.
Abby is an interesting child. She doesn't take a lot of risk and doesn't like trying new things. In fact, she didn't even want to go this morning. We got her out there and she just took to it like a duck in water. There were many tears when we said it was time to go. She was ready for the "big hill" she thought and wanted to stay.
I was so impressed how well Hayley did at snowboarding. It looks really hard, but she did great! She loved it so much that she begged for a second lesson (she needed it as she was just really getting going when the first lesson ended) so after 2.5 hours of lessons she was doing pretty good. She was the only one in her 'group' lesson so that helped.
I just love the disgusted look on Chelsea's face in the picture below.
Steve took group lessons too. He was the only one in his lesson as well and he was going like he'd been doing it all his life by the end.
Kylie: "Watch this move guys" So uncle watches her go down the hill, (don't bother with stopping, it's all about speed) crashes into the snowbank, legs go up in the air, skis come off...oh Kylie. You're all about adventure aren't you?
Steve on left, Hayley on right.
Then Saturday evening, because Steve's hockey game was an early one, we had the privilage of watching the Emcee Hammers take down the Moose Knuckles 8-3. Here's some pics. Steve is #4. Yellow laces. The poor guy using my camera only got 400 pictures taken before taking a puck in the forehead!! OUCH!
Now we are all absolutely BEAT! Ready for a hot shower and bed.
Love you all,
S, J and crew.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Christmas holidays in pictures
So I thought the easiest way to describe our holiday experiences would be to simply comment on the pictures. Unfortunately we left our battery charger in Florida and we're too cheap to pay $80 for a new one so these are all phone pictures/videos. I wish this one wasn't so blurry because it is absolutely hillarious. Kylie fell asleep and her head always flops over like this. Chelsea grabbed on to her ponytail and was pulling. She thought it was so funny. I'm not sure Kylie did. Who knows....she slept!!
No better way to spend a holiday then to sleep in a sunbeam.
December 20th: Our little Kylie had a bit of cosmetic surgery to fix her droopy eyelid. We had to leave the house by 7:00 and didn't leave the hospital until 2:30 so it was a long day. She was such a brave girl but she said it really hurt and she will never have it done again! Poor thing. Hope the doctor is happy with the results so she doesn't have to go through it again. We had to mark her eye so the doctor got the right one:)
She slept for a really long time after coming out of recovery. It was interesting the way they did the surgery. They flipped the eyelid inside out and made the incision on the inside so all you see now is 2 little dots where the knots were tied on the outside of the lid.
The nurses gave her a Christmas bear to take home with her.
December 21: Post-op day 1, looking great.
December 22: Post-Op day 2, you can tell she is back to her ornery old self.
We have been having the most gorgeous weather so the kids have been living outside!
December 23: We celebrated my birthday a day early so that we could do Christmas on Saturday instead of Sunday. The kids got me some wonderful presents for my birthday. Excuse Chelsea. She has decided that she doesn't like diapers so we've been letting her run in her underware for quick potty trips.
I love that kids pick out what they want so they can steal it after. Haha.
December 24: Christmas came early to our house.
Kylie and Abby showing off their new pajamas. They might fit for the next 3 years as I got them kind of big. Oh well. I find Carters stuff always shrinks so maybe they will shrink in the wash.
Chelsea and Lucky - The singing, talking, ride on horse.
There's always the toys that require hours of assembly before use. Maybe we should have thought of this before we wrapped it!
And the big gift that has been in hiding for the last 3 months!
Daku family
December 26: So in my birthday card, my wonderful amazing hubby wrote "Kananaskis booked December 27th to 30th!" YAY!!!! So on the 26th, he was so anxious to go that he said 'lets go halfway and shop a bit on Tuesday before heading out.' It was funny because we didn't tell the kids we were going to Kananaskis, just that we had a surprise for them. So we get to this hotel and they think this is the surprise. We went swimming and then shopped the next day so Steve could find some work boots and the kids could spend their Christmas money from grandpa and grandma. By the time we were done it was getting dark so we told the kids it was time to go home but we were going to take a different way. They never clued in until we got there. It was awesome.
No better way to spend a holiday then to sleep in a sunbeam.
December 20th: Our little Kylie had a bit of cosmetic surgery to fix her droopy eyelid. We had to leave the house by 7:00 and didn't leave the hospital until 2:30 so it was a long day. She was such a brave girl but she said it really hurt and she will never have it done again! Poor thing. Hope the doctor is happy with the results so she doesn't have to go through it again. We had to mark her eye so the doctor got the right one:)
She slept for a really long time after coming out of recovery. It was interesting the way they did the surgery. They flipped the eyelid inside out and made the incision on the inside so all you see now is 2 little dots where the knots were tied on the outside of the lid.
The nurses gave her a Christmas bear to take home with her.
December 21: Post-op day 1, looking great.
December 22: Post-Op day 2, you can tell she is back to her ornery old self.
We have been having the most gorgeous weather so the kids have been living outside!
December 23: We celebrated my birthday a day early so that we could do Christmas on Saturday instead of Sunday. The kids got me some wonderful presents for my birthday. Excuse Chelsea. She has decided that she doesn't like diapers so we've been letting her run in her underware for quick potty trips.
I love that kids pick out what they want so they can steal it after. Haha. 
Kylie and Abby showing off their new pajamas. They might fit for the next 3 years as I got them kind of big. Oh well. I find Carters stuff always shrinks so maybe they will shrink in the wash.
Chelsea and Lucky - The singing, talking, ride on horse.
There's always the toys that require hours of assembly before use. Maybe we should have thought of this before we wrapped it!
And the big gift that has been in hiding for the last 3 months!
That evening we went to Japanese Village for supper with Glen and Jess, The Triska family, and cousin Devin and Shauna Daku and family. Then went to Glen and Jess's for coffee and cake. See her blog for Christmas dinner pictures and cake photos as I didn't have a camera.
This is one of those restaurants that make your meal in front of you. It was okay but very expensive so likely not a place we would go back to. We probably could have all had steak dinners for the same price.
Daku family
December 26: So in my birthday card, my wonderful amazing hubby wrote "Kananaskis booked December 27th to 30th!" YAY!!!! So on the 26th, he was so anxious to go that he said 'lets go halfway and shop a bit on Tuesday before heading out.' It was funny because we didn't tell the kids we were going to Kananaskis, just that we had a surprise for them. So we get to this hotel and they think this is the surprise. We went swimming and then shopped the next day so Steve could find some work boots and the kids could spend their Christmas money from grandpa and grandma. By the time we were done it was getting dark so we told the kids it was time to go home but we were going to take a different way. They never clued in until we got there. It was awesome. Hotel #1. I forgot their pajamas in the other suitcase hiding in the trunk.
Kylie had just woken up when we got there but the other girls were pretty excited.
My hubby is really good at getting free stuff so when we got there, we got a room upgrade to a loft at the same price, and breakfast vouchers for free buffet all 3 mornings. That is a huge deal you see, because their breakfast buffet is $21 a person! The kids are all free except Hayley, but it can be pricey to eat there. We usually bring our own breakfast and lunch. The breakfast was amazing!! Anything you can think of they had. WE took advantage of their wonderful omlette station every day. YUM!!
The girls showing off their new hoodies and slippers from Grandpa and grandma. Can you believe they had gap sweaters on for $10.00????? They are usually $39.50. I felt like stocking up for the next 5 years!
We had such a big day that Chelsea just couldn't keep her eyes open to eat supper. Glad supper is free for kids under 6!!
Yup! That's tired when you can sleep with your nose squished against the table like that, sitting up!
The view out our window.
My girls and I. The best girls I could ever wish for. 
Okay so even though I absolutely LOVE this place, if I could make one small complaint, THE POOL IS FREEZING!!!! You can't do solar heated pools in the mountains folks.
Abby and the Christmas tree in Mount Kidd, where we stay.
Another activity we have never done here. Sledding. The hill is narrow so you have to wait your turn since only 1 kid can go down at a time, but it wasn't too busy so that was fine.
Chelsea didn't feel the need to have a nap during down time at lunch so we had to pull her back to the room like this.
Afterwards we enjoyed a nice hot cocoa with whipped cream and chocolate bits on it, and we roasted marshmallows and dipped them in chocolate and coconut. YUM!!
Gotta catch those snowflakes on your tongue.
Saying goodbye to the mountains.
So that has been our WONDERFUL holiday season in a nutshell. Again, visit Jessica's blog for Christmas day update. She did a wonderful meal and the kids all seemed to get along great. It was fun. Unfortunately they all took turns with the flu. Jess on Saturday, Wyatt on Sunday, and I guess Glen a few days later? YUCK! Poor wyatt was literally GREEN! I have never seen a kid look so sick. Poor guy.
Kylie had just woken up when we got there but the other girls were pretty excited.
My hubby is really good at getting free stuff so when we got there, we got a room upgrade to a loft at the same price, and breakfast vouchers for free buffet all 3 mornings. That is a huge deal you see, because their breakfast buffet is $21 a person! The kids are all free except Hayley, but it can be pricey to eat there. We usually bring our own breakfast and lunch. The breakfast was amazing!! Anything you can think of they had. WE took advantage of their wonderful omlette station every day. YUM!!
The girls showing off their new hoodies and slippers from Grandpa and grandma. Can you believe they had gap sweaters on for $10.00????? They are usually $39.50. I felt like stocking up for the next 5 years!
The weather was GORGEOUS the whole time we were there. Hence the sweaters and no coat.
We have been there in every season now except for summer. Was fun to see the pond used as a skating rink now.
Craft time. We made chinese lanterns.
Even Steve got into it :)
We had such a big day that Chelsea just couldn't keep her eyes open to eat supper. Glad supper is free for kids under 6!!
Yup! That's tired when you can sleep with your nose squished against the table like that, sitting up!
The view out our window. 
My girls and I. The best girls I could ever wish for. 
Okay so even though I absolutely LOVE this place, if I could make one small complaint, THE POOL IS FREEZING!!!! You can't do solar heated pools in the mountains folks.
Abby and the Christmas tree in Mount Kidd, where we stay.
Another activity we have never done here. Sledding. The hill is narrow so you have to wait your turn since only 1 kid can go down at a time, but it wasn't too busy so that was fine. 
Chelsea didn't feel the need to have a nap during down time at lunch so we had to pull her back to the room like this.
Afterwards we enjoyed a nice hot cocoa with whipped cream and chocolate bits on it, and we roasted marshmallows and dipped them in chocolate and coconut. YUM!!
After a really big day we got back to the room and Steve says "Do I have any appointments tonight?" I think this is a wierd question and assume he means "are we going and doing something tonight". So I say no and take my boots off. He hands me his phone open to his calendar and there is a pedicure booked for me!! I like to snoop on his phone but I don't usually read his calendar. I've never had one before due to my toe fungus issue (which by the way is totally clear thanks to the miracle drug sporanox). IT was WONDERFUL!!! The ladies didn't understand why I wouldn't want colored polish but anyhow...can you believe these toes were once a thick yellow nasty mess?
Gotta catch those snowflakes on your tongue.
Saying goodbye to the mountains.
This is Nakiska. The ski hill that is really close by. The lodge has this amazing deal for 256$ a night you get your room and lift tickets and ski rentals and shuttle to the hill! So next year, being that all our kids are finally old enough to ski, we are going to come back for that package. I have lots of good memories of skiing and kananaskis as a kid. At supper one night a lady came up to us and told us she had 4 girls too and how much fun it was even now that they were 33, 31, 28 and 26. So I look forward to those days too!
So that has been our WONDERFUL holiday season in a nutshell. Again, visit Jessica's blog for Christmas day update. She did a wonderful meal and the kids all seemed to get along great. It was fun. Unfortunately they all took turns with the flu. Jess on Saturday, Wyatt on Sunday, and I guess Glen a few days later? YUCK! Poor wyatt was literally GREEN! I have never seen a kid look so sick. Poor guy. This last video is of Hayley snoring. And the doctor doesn't want to take out her tonsils??? YIKES! I had to video it so I can beg him. Even if it doesn't help her sleep, at least the rest of us can maybe get some sleep??? This was one of her worst nights, and because of it, she doesn't sleep well so she gets up and wanders around and we have to keep taking her back to bed. In the morning she doesn't remember any of it.
Okay so this has taken way too long. I am off to bed with a cup of smooth move tea. Cuz we all know how hard it is to have a good poop on holidays. Hahahaha. TMI??
Love you!
Jen
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