2012

Well we are coming to the end of 2012 and it was a really good year.  Honestly the last bunch of years have all been really good.  I think I have moved past the stage of big monumental things happening, like getting married, buying a house, having kids into just enjoying all those monumental things.  I'm very grateful for this stage as I know things can change quickly, so I will enjoy and cherish all of these wonderful times with family and friends.   Here is the yearly video with some picture highlights.

Jenn

Different Generations

Tonight in the car we were coming home talking about what we were going to do when we got there.  Lucas asked to watch a Christmas movie, so I suggested Home Alone Two.  I said "I'm taping that".  Lucas asked "what's taping mean"  It made Darryl and I laugh quite a bit.  Darryl explained to him it was the same as recording.  "Ahhh" said Lucas, "I thought it was some kind of sport I'd never heard of". 

Makes me feel old, how quickly technology changes...

Jenn

November Round Up

Remember October when I blogged everyday... that was a lot. But we are back to pretty much normal with the blogging once or twice a month. Although I think we will do the Eat at Home Challenge in January so there will be blogging over there. Who's up for January? November is one of my least favorite months, even though one of my most favorite people celebrates a birthday then. But the short days and the cold are not my favorite. Here in Calgary we have had snow for pretty much the whole month already. I even was debating on going to Jodie's wedding next week to get out of this cold.... But anyway here is a round up of some of the things we have been upto:

This is from last weekend when we went to Darryl's Christmas party.  I love Darryl's ganster look in the bottom picture.  It was a pretty fun party.  They had dueling pianos for the evenings entertainment which was lots of fun.  

Here's a great picture of me and my favorite dog.  Gosh I love this girl.  We have sorted out most of her mental health issues with a combination of drugs and not leaving her home alone.  Puppies are cute and wonderful, but it's also great to have a dog who is more settled.  Who loves to walk, but if it's too cold is okay to stay inside too. 

Here's one of my favorite people at her birthday dinner.  Nathan LOVES his grandma.  So he picked her to sit beside him and snuggled up to her multiple times in the night.  For dinner we went to a lovely Italian restaurant that was delicious!

This is another one of the fun things we did this month.  Tammy and I were looking for a concert to go to and a new band who we enjoy, who had the free song of the week a couple of weeks ago on itunes was coming to Calgary, Walk off the Earth.  I had heard of them before they were very famous for a remake of the Goyte song, Someone that I Use to Know, where all 5 members play on the same guitar.  Of course the band was at a bar and the show didn't start till 10pm, which is my bed time.  But I cant let sleep get in the way of good music and fun times.  Walk off the Earth put on a really good and high energy show.  If they ever come to a venue near you, go, you'll enjoy it. 

Till Next Month

Jenn

Mornings

One of my favorite bloggers Ali, posted blog today about wild and crazy mornings.  Yesterday when I loaded my pictures in I found a whole bunch that Nathan took the other morning when I was doing my mom run, so I thought they deserved a crazy morning post too, as I'm sure most mom's with kids have crazy mornings, but I think it will be good to look back at this one day and remember how crazy things were.  Okay heres my morning routine:

6:30: My alarm goes off (which I'm not complaing about the 6:30, Darryl has already left the house at that time, so really I'm not complaining), I hit snooze
6:38 My alarm goes off again.  At this point I do a quick browse through both my home and work emails.
6:40 Out of bed, shower
6:50 Out of the shower, put in contacts
6:51 Dress, sometimes in something cool, like today, but most days in black scrubs
6:54 Comb hair, put on eyeliner and mascara, deodorant, brush teeth, moisturizer (becuase it's SO dry here)
7:01 Wake up Lucas, carry him downstairs (yes he's 7...... I know)
7:02 Get him breakfast, two packages of oatmeal and turn on a show for him, start the kettle
7:05 Get Nathan, carry him downstairs (it's not so bad, he's only 4), get him breakfast, usually one package of oatmeal
7:07 Make Lucas's lunch, usually heating something up in the microwave and finding some healthy snacks. Make myself some tea.  Make myself a lunch as well. 
7:12 Bring down clothes for Lucas and Nathan and get them both dressed. (Yes I know... don't worry everyone Darryl is much better)
7:18 Make myself a piece of toast
7:20 Make sure the boys have snowpants, mitts and everything necessary for their day. Make sure I have my lunch, ipad etc.
7:23 Get the boys to go pee and brush their teeth
7:24 Alarm goes off (piano riff), panic ensues and we get boots and coats and mitts on.  The dog also jumps around, get everyone buckled into the car
7:32 Lucas gets on the bus
7:36 Take Emma to Karens

7:50 Drop Nathan off at Lesleys, off to work.  Here are some shots of from Nathan, playing with my iphone.

How's your morning routine?

Jenn 

My Best Friend... In the 80s

I have mentioned a couple of times that one of my best friends in highschool, Jodie, moved to Alberta last year, for a boy.  Her and that boy got engaged 10 months ago and last weekend was her stagette.  It was an 80's party which included dinner, bowling and karaoke, many of my favorite things.  One of the things that really struck me was the small community and how they have really taken Jodie in as one of their own.  When we went around the table and talked about how we all know Jodie, I was one of the only out of towners and they all knew Jodie from hockey, whther they played on her team or they reffererred with her or their husband plays hockey with her husband, there was a huge group of ladies there and they all were so happy to celebrate with her.  Makes me happy to see her so happy, and so what seems like her element.  


My 80's outfit

Jodie rocking her 80s look



Did I mention it was glow in the dark bowling!

Not sure if this was one of the country songs sung at karoke (there was a lot of them.  Sometimes I can't believe I live in Alberta)

Best friends..... in the 80's

Jenn

Halloween 2012

As you can see it was cold here, look at all the snow!  Even had to shovel today.  Orginally I was a witch, but it wasn't warm enough so I had to go as a skiier instead.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Jenn

Happy Halloween

So I failed this challenge, darn it. I was so sure I wouldn't, but it is really hard to do this everyday. One good thing it has taught me is that I should do it more. I should record more stories. Not just for family and friends, but for myself, so I don't forget. I have a posted percollating in my head about why I failed and balance and working too much. But I'm headed off to bed, so I can have an awesome day tomorrow in Lucas's class and have fun trick or treating tomorrow. Happy Halloween everyone! Have a great and spooky day!

Jenn

It's that time of the year again

Snow came very quickly and severe this October.  It's not totally unusual to have snow here in October, but to have it stay and to have enough for a tobaggan run is unusual.  Even Nakiska opened this weekend.   Luckily the boys (and the dog) were very excited for the snow. 

Jenn

A Great Friday

Today Lucas had a PD Day.  It was such a treat.  Reminded me of summer vacation and makes me look forward to Christmas vacation.

We were able to get up when we wanted (8:30) and had waffles for breakfast and we played some board games. Then the boys had a couple of hours to play, while I ran on the treadmill, cleaned the kitchen and organized some clothes. Then we headed off to gymnastics.  There the boys had a GREAT time, acting like monkeys, running around and generally burning off a lot of energy.

Then we came home and had a great Mexican dinner. It was burritos and guacamole with lime margaritas (and real tequila!) Now I'm watching the Ed Sheeran concert very loudly while Lucas sings along, even though he really doesn't know the words. =)

Such a great PD Day

As you can see I'm running out of things to blog about..... any requests??  5 more days to go.

Jenn

A Conversation with Nathan

My favorite food is: Macaroni and Cheese
My favorite sport is: Soccer
The coolest person on the earth is: My family. 
When I grow up I'm going to be: Police Officer
My favorite color is: red and orange
My favorite song is: The Robot Song (Interglatic Beastie Boys)
My favorite season is: Winter
If I could go anywhere in the world I'd go: Mexico
When I was little I use to: love cars
My favorite school subject is: Doing crafts
My best friend is: Matt
My favorite snack is:  Pineapple and Cheese
My favorite movie is: Bolt
I'm really good at: Coloring
My favorite thing about summer is: Going outside
My favorite thing about winter is: Tobagganing
I love the book: Splat the Cat
A food I don't like is:  Peppers
If I had one wish it would be: To get my own little skateboard
My favorite thing to do with Lucas is: Play
My favorite thing to do with Dad is: Zoom hot wheels cars down hot wheels ramps
My favorite thing to do with Mom is: Play Puzzles