So hockey and skating have started...woohoo for me. Now I spend my time running kids around to their sports all winter, until soccer and swimming start. I love hockey, and some day hope to play for a local womans team! I just have to learn to stop first! Christmas is almost here and I have a couple more gifts to buy as my bro's was backordered. So now I am out the door to find him somethign good...or else a gift cert for bass pro...he always likes that! more to come...I have to fly....

TaDa!!!

So the Backyard is finally done...yah Al. It looks amazing. I can not believe I can sit out there now, and enjoy it. What a man!

Nothing but summer!

Sooooo nothing much new here. I am just waiting for summer to end, school to start, and my new job! The kids are getting excited and so am I.

These pics of G tell you everything about my wee man. He loves me!!! I love that he is kind, and sweet! I hope this never changes. I can not believe that he goes to jk this year! Soon he will be 5 ahhhhh! xoxo

Summer

I can not get over that summer is going soooo fast. I am done the bus training and now have my bz. We are still working on the back yard and we should post more pics soon. I am very excited about my CTMH order. It should be here soon. Yahhhh....I will be locked in my house scrapbooking all year!
This is a pic of court and her best friend S. They have a blast together.

Back yard baby

So here is a couple pics of the front and back yard...we have a long way to go. If you have ever been in my yard, you would know that it drops off and was all sand....soooo much work Al has been doing! I love sitting out there now. Tomorrow we are doin the garden...yah us! Then on to the patio set....oh the shopping we have done, mulch, top soil, gravel, sand, plants, shrubs, patio stones, chairs, rocks, fence, fence decor, stain, etc.....

Today is a cleaning day!

Today seems liek a good day to clean, so I try....a little , to get all my stuff done. Just too bad I spent most of the day looking at scrapbooking stuff on christines website. Oh man. I have a problem. We all do!! GAbe played soccer this morning , and scored over 5 goals....I lost count. I am the coach, along with another dad. It a lot like herding cattle we think!! They run 10 different ways at a time!! ahhhhhhh. The kids are spending the weekend with their dad, so we miss them!
Good news though, Al is working hard on our backyard and I am so happy with it! In the 8 years I have been here , it has just been a hill of dirt back there. I will post pics in the next blog. We bought some bushes for our "hole" and they are pretty, and bloom pink flowers. We got one more for the backyard garden that may be built tomorrow, along with the flowers I have in pots everywhere to plant there. We also got a fruit tree....yah. I can not wait...nectarines in a few years! We may go back and get a couple more as well. The patio is done. I need a few more things in the back yard to make it complete,,,,,but it is coming along! bye for now! xoxo

Today I did some more bus driving. SO much fun, I am loving it!!
The summer is just flying by....I can not believe Aug will soon be here! We are planning a few day trips for Aug, science centre for tristan. Beach for courtney and me....and we will have to find somewhere that gabe loves for him!

Here are some of our spring 08 jumping pics...soooo much fun!

Bus driver!!

So today LeeAnn and I drove the school bus for the second day. I can not believe that I can even drive one of these giant things!!! This will be such a good job for me to have next year, so I can still stay at home for gabey. And so I can still be home when shortly after the kids get home from school. I don't want them coming home by themselves. This way, I will be home for them. The teenage years are pretty important for me to be at home, so I know what they are doing, eating, who they are hanging out with. I want to know my children!!
We did so much driving today. through guelph on narrow roads,,,,ahhhhhh, I know!!! Look out fergus and guelph....here we come!!

More scrapbooking pics from last years beach trip!!!

So here are some pics from last years beach trip....enjoy!

Scrapbook pages

So these are just a few of my fav pages of my daughters grade 8 graduation. I loved working with these pics! They were so much fun! Such a fun night.



My daughter Courtney is quite the little model...and goofy to boot! I love that about her. She is so much like me in the way that she doesn't care what people think of her....she is just there for a good time!

Disney baby

In May we went to Florida to see mickey mouse! The kids loved it. We were lucky enough to have my parents come with us as well. It is so amazing watching your kids see things for the first time. Our son, Tristan never gets excited for anything. But at Disney, he couldn't stop smiling! He was so happy, which made us so happy. Gabe, waiting his whole life to see Mickey(4 years) and when he did, he was all smiles from ear to ear! Courtney, even though she's almost 14 had a blast with everything we did, and never complained at all! I can not wait to go back, although, I know I will need some heavy drugs to get back on that plane!! I am not a good flyer!
Our house there was also amazzzzing. Four bedrooms, pool, hot tub, you name it! The ice cream truck even drove by one day making the kids soooo excited! My hope for all my family and friends is that they get to take this trip once in their lives with their children!

The kids at the beach that day....sooooo much fun!

A day at the beach

This past thurs. We took the kids to Sauble beach. Oh, the memories I have of going to the beach during the summer months with my family when I was little. I could live at the beach. Just laying there on the sand, with no worries. I think I may have layed too long , because I came home with a bad sun burn! The kids had a blast, staying in the water almost all day! And what would a trip to the beach be without finishing the day with an icecream cone! Yummmmmy. My kids love the beach , just like I do!