Rider Game

My hubby and I attended the recent home game of the local CFL team. We were shocked to witness the awful display of stupidity from a handful or two 'rider' fans sitting behind the opposing teams bench. If your not aware what happened, I don't want to really bring it up again, but here is a link to what happened: http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/roughriders/story.html?id=0ba81ee2-b4da-4d11-b06c-51a4be9ae73e

Later the next day I was reading that article and the comments from the some of the players on the opposing team and them being embarrassed to be from this city. I got a little fired up, and even wrote a letter to the editor who wrote the article. He promptly replied and told me it was well said, and asked if I wanted to be published....I didn't know what to think, so, I thought about it for a bit! And replied, hmmm, sure!! Well, after a few emails back and forth, to verify some things, here is my comment in regards to the incident published in today's Leader Post, September 23rd, 2008 http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/letters/story.html?id=16cea8fc-1aff-4ac9-9559-133ce604e312&p=5

Kind of fun for me, I've never done anything like this before! We are going to the next home game, hopefully there won't be an incident like that again!

Hubby back to work....

I am having mixed feelings about the title. I enjoyed having him home, to help absorb the noises that go on here regularly, and help to manage the chaos! The kids are sad, of course. Daddy is the nicer parent (most of the time), he has a hard time saying no. I can say it very liberally, No, Nope, i don't think so, not right now, see, it's so easy for me. But daddy has a harder time saying no. Which cause alot of issues, especially if he says yes for something that doesn't work in our schedule, or if he says yes to something and there are only 2, instead of 4....see, it can be hard.



I'm glad he's back to work, then it kind of feels like we are back to 'normal' with life and finances, even though he was getting strike pay, it just wasn't guaranteed, and there was uncertainty there. We can get back to our day to day.....



Which just got exciting, Noah was doing his math, and bent over to get something on the floor and stuck a pencil into his forehead....it is a never ending barrel of excitement around here, and now I have a headache.....

First Day of School

The day went well, we did some book work, some reading and playing too! As usual, on the first day of school, we got them some new clothes. It has been something that my husband has wanted to do every year, and hey, they always need some new clothes, so why not! It's fun!

We had a little excitement on the long weekend, Noah was playing at a neighbours house and had a little spill with the handle bars of a scooter....and this was the result (you should see the scooter!!!)...he was fairly upset, and scared he'd have to go the rest of his life with a chipped tooth. We had it fixed the next day....a 200+ dollar fix....Stupid. They said that it will probably not last very long...I'm thinking at that price, it should last at least till he lives on his own and can afford to fix it himself!!
When I came home from my weekend away with my mom and sister, this is what I came home too!!! Beautiful sunflowers and roses (below) I also had a box of chocolates, my favorite kind!! Love my family! I think I should go away more often!!! teehee
We are going camping tomorrow, we are sooo excited! We are going to hubby's family farm to help with harvest, but we are also going to pretend like we are camping and do what we do when we go camping, food wise and what not. It will be nice to just hang out in the trailer and enjoy the scenery!! We are also going to be taking the kids school books and do school while we are there too. It will be nice to get away for a few days.

Rain Rain, Go Away, all the Keffers Want to Play

Rain Rain Go Away!!! Seriously!! So much for camping this week, our last week that we could have went...If it had been nice on Sunday or Monday, we would have totally packed up and went. We like camping in the rain! Cept it wasn't even nice enough for us to pack up the trailer. So, instead of having the whole week off, hubby is striking! Today he is out at a terminal, walking the line there. Should be interesting! Next week, we hope to camp, at the farm while we help with harvest...yes, Chris, we are still trying and planning to come out to help! We love it!! Praying for good weather next week!!!

We have alot of things on the go in the next few days...The kids are starting up some new things, Alexa will be taking Horse riding lessons, Emmalee will be starting guitar lessons. Noah and Breanna are getting registered on Tuesday for the activities they want to do, Noah Hockey skills, Breanna indoor soccer!! We are very excited for all these activities, and are coming to the realization that things cost alot of money! Geez, it's crazy. I'm thankful we had a little money hidden away, else we wouldn't have been able to do this. Kids have a birthday party on Sunday, I am in nursery, the kids Wednesday night faithbuilders starts up next week, it's crazy busy! All 4 kids will be going on Wednesday nights now. My hubby said he'd help out there, but they haven't called yet, I kinda hope they don't need him, cause I would like to have some quiet Wednesday evenings with just him and I!! That would be nice! We'll see, if they phone him, great, I will enjoy the night by myself!! ;)

My girls get away was good, we got a pedicure, we had supper and lunch and breakfast out, we stayed at 2 different hotels for the fun of it, we even went to the casino, for a grand total of 8 minutes...they still smoke in that one...sooo gross!! I lost 10 bucks, Cari a little bit more, and in the end, mom came out with $4.25! We had a visit with my great aunt, and we shopped a little. We were already talking about next years trip, we are thinking of going to a guest ranch. This weekend also inspired me to start up a tradition with my own daughters, so starting at the age of 11, we will do a girls weekend somewhere like Moose Jaw spa or something. Breanna will miss out for a few years, but then it will be that much more exciting when gets to the age of 11, maybe by then I will have changed it to 10...haha