1/31/2016

Kezia finished off the year working a shift from 4:30-8:30pm.

11/30/2015

Catching up over lunch with my cousin:

12/29/2015

Second goal of the season!

12/28/2015

When your daughters ask you to join them for a 6:00am work out at the gym you go because you are thankful to be asked...

12/27/2015

First goal of the season and I gave him my free Starbucks reward-an egg nog frap as a reward...and a bribe for this photo:

12/26/2015

Packing up these reusable cloth bags for another year....

12/25/2015

I was completely spoiled not only today by my family but also in the 12 days leading up to today by my awesome husband with these numbered gifts:

12 earring backings

$11 Starbucks card

Some things from La Senza to make me feel like a "10"

9 cans of my new favourite drink

8 socks to keep my feet warm

$7 gift card for Menchies

6 bottles of lime picapop (another of my favs)

A bottle of Iced Java which is my 5 day work week breakfast

4 razors

3 bottles of hand santizer

2 flavours of tictacs

1 giant Toblerone chocolate bar

12/24/2015

Surprising Kiandra at work this morning:

12/23/2015

These guys did some shovelling this morning after a major dump of snow happened overnight.

12/22/2015

I'm not really an outside kind of girl but I did enjoy the afternoon with Kezia and my nephews tobogganing at the park. The -7 degree temperatures sure helped me enjoy it more than I usually would have!

12/21/2015

Kezia and I did some Christmas shopping at the mall this afternoon...

12/20/2015

The over 6 hours at the spa today really were relaxing after such a busy couple of weeks.

12/19/2015

Christmas table set for 12 this evening as we hosted my side of the family for dinner this evening.

12/18/2015

Getting another year of twinsies from our matching shirts we bought on clearout a few years ago during our annual spring trip to the States.

12/17/2015

Kaden's broomball team won for best team spirit today and he showed up at my school looking like this:

12/16/2015

We added these 2 feet to our school staff family when we showered a new mom (and former teacher for all three of my kids) and her new son with gifts and snuggles.

12/15/2015

Conrad snapped this picture of Kaden's snap chat. Kaden is all dressed up for formal day at his school.

11/14/2015

Most of Kezia's friends have an easy week this week. Kezia's teacher have decided that this week will be a busy week of tests and assignments...

12/13/2015

These girls finished their first ever time working together and celebrated by getting take-out pancakes and French toast after their shift.

12/12/2015

Support letters are getting ready to be sent out for Kezia and Kaden's upcoming youth mission trip to Mexico this summer....

12/11/2015

Two of Kaden's projects for his electronics course. The blinking light project came home today and the remote control car came home a few weeks ago.

12/10/2015

Kaden and his friend Jen attend their high school's production of West Side Story this evening. It worked out perfectly for me because I had to stay at that end of the city for our school's concert anyway so it wasn't even an extra trip to go back and get him. Jen's family invited us for supper and then her Dad drove them to the musical and I drove her brother to our school concert. I got to be the chauffeur to drive Jen home after the musical ended.

12/9/2015

Kiandra's snap chat of her walk home from work today...

Pretty amazing view for December 9!!

12/8/2015

Trying to finally catch up on my late blog posts and Princeton thinks this is the perfect spot to come and lie down...

12/7/2015

Kaden was just a little bit excited to cash in his free 7th drink today. Or maybe it was the warm temperature (3 degrees) that prompted this face!

12/6/2015

Got a special Christmas letter and card in our church mailbox today from these awesome 7 girls:

Seven sisters from three families really have a great time together. My kids have awesome friends.

12/5/2015

Kiandra worked here this morning and Kezia had her work orientation here this afternoon. Kezia's first training shift is on Monday...

12/4/2015

My grade 1 families spoil me...this was given to me by a parent after school:

12/3/2015

My personal gas attendant:

12/2/2015

I am blessed and lucky to have a daughter come to volunteer for the day to stuff portfolios and help out with other random jobs in my classroom. It was her first day without university classes or work and she decided to spend the day with my class.

12/1/2015

These two...Christmas shopping at the mall while Kaden is at hockey dry land training.

11/30/2015

Records decorating our classroom and the blender all cleaned up after our milk shakes in honour of the 50th day of grade 1 today!

11/29/2015

Trying to avoid paparazzi mom...

11/28/2015

Conrad's geting some advice from the kids for his new phone.

11/27/2015

Mini Date Night at Mary Brown's before Kaden's hockey game...

11/26/2015

When the girls upgraded their phones a few months ago, I thought about upgrading too since my contract has been up for awhile and my battery really isn't keeping a charge. However, the price they paid then wasn't really in the budget for me and Conrad to upgrade our phones. This week's Black Friday advertisements in my email inbox proclaimed a smokin' deal for the iPhone 6. I sent Conrad to check it out and this great deal was price matched minus the "trade-in" allowance which they did not include....until the system went and resulted in an extra long wait and the salesman offered Conrad an additional credit of $30 per phone on our next bill. In the end, our phones ended up being $39 each instead of the $169 (that was a pretty good deal at that time) a few months ago. Not quite as smokin' as the $29 deal advertised but still pretty sweet...

11/25/2015

Trying to get our Grade 1 fundraising Christmas cards ready for parent/teacher interviews:

11/24/2015

Kezia took the van to school today and brought these gifts home to her sick Mom...a 2L of gingerale and a macaroon from Jenna Rae Cakes. She rocks.

11/23/2015

This little guy worked really hard to make me feel better this evening:

11/22/2015

Win! Great job Warriors!

11/21/2105

While my friend Janice and I were taking a day trip to the States, Kezia was sent with a list to an art pop-up sale. Kezia texted me this picture of Kal Barteski  scripting a birthday present for my friend Janice's sister. Kezia was also able to get the middle print in the back done for my friend Roberta and a mini print of our family name with "est. 1996" under it. I just love Kal's work and I'm happy to add to my collection and help my friends begin theirs.

11/20/2015

Yesterday, 24 years ago, Conrad asked me out. Today we are the parents of 1 adult child and two high school students. Time flies...

11/19/2015

Someone used her new credit card for the first time today...

11/18/2015

When you're feeling a little bit overwhelmed with your job during this report card season it's such a treat to be blessed with not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4! gifts of love this morning from my Grade 1 friends. One stencil drawing, one Remembrance day colouring page, a perler bead heart and a leaf (that was covered in frost). I love Grade 1.

11/17/2015

Were making great progress on our 2015/2016 yearbook!

11/16/2016

Kindergarten open house this evening at our school. This is me waiting to welcome the families who came by to check us out:

11/15/2015

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox collection day at church today and these girls each made their own boxes with supplies they purchased on their own.

11/14/2015

Eleven degrees on November 14?!

(photo by Kiandra)

11/13/2015

These two submitted their applications today to go on the Youth Mission Trip this summer...

7 months 3 weeks until departure day...