My Project is Done!!

I finally got them done!!! It was quite the
undertaking, and I am thrilled with the results!! I let the kids pick out there favorite paper without them knowing what it was for...I laced the sides of the girls boxes and did knots on my sons box. I sure hope they are as thrilled with them as I am. I could have done alot more with the details, but hey, they may or may not survive the week ( I will encourage them to keep them in a safe place)


I got the idea from SCS, HERE













We had a fun weekend. It was really nice to have 24 hours, with just my hubby. It went too fast though. Kids and grandma did good. I wish we could do it more often! I've come to realize there aren't enough hours in the day...Lately there just isn't enough time to get everything done. I love when things are on a schedule...there is less fighting and less crying...but I haven't been able to get on a schedule since we got back, for various reasons. THURSDAY!!! Yep, that is a day to look forward to!! It is -26 right now, and it is 11am. Thursday is supposed to be -6, Friday -4, and Saturday -2 ( I won't be here then, but still...) We are getting OUT of the deepfreeze!!!!!! Whoo hoo!!

I am going to a Ladies Retreat this weekend!! I think I need some time to ponder, read, sleep, walk....whatever *I* want to do!! It sure will be nice to have a few nights away. We are going to a place about 3 1/2 hours north of here, so that means a long bus ride! I like road trips! It will be neat to travel on a bus with a bunch of other women needing to get away!! I went on this same trip last year, and my mom and sister also came along. It was nice to have them there with me. They aren't coming this year, so it is kind of a new experience for me again. I wish that they were coming along aswell, for there own sake, but I understand why they aren't.

We are planning our vacation this year already. We are tentatively going to Drumheller in September. Looking forward to planning this trip! We are also tentatively planning our vacations for the next 3 yrs. We, *I*, would like to go to the West Coast next year, and possibly going south in 2yrs. Or maybe east. We'll see...we still have alot of time to plan.

{WEEKEND}

Have a great one!!! We are off, and will be back LATE Saturday night!! Pray for safe travel and no mommy worries!!

I had no intentions

of stamping last night...really, I didn't. I got my fill of stamping this weekend, so I had no intentions of stamping last night. We have a busy next few days so my mind has been racing to not forget what to pack, and what to buy and such. So when I saw the CC100 this week, I wanted to see what these colours were like together. So I stamped last night:

My new favorite stamp set is Delight in Life, and from start to finish this card maybe took me 30 minutes. I saw a layout in a Stampin Up! mini catalogue, and went from there. I added stickles to the centers of the flowers for a little glittery look. And of course, when you work with glitter, it gets everywhere you don't want it...I'm not a huge fan of glitter.

Like I mentioned already, this week is busy, leading up to the weekend! I am sooo looking forward to a little alone time with hubby to contemplate life, school, the future. And to enjoy some sleeping in! I am hoping we can Saturday morning...I plan on unplugging the phone in the hotel room, or calling to the front desk and asking for a Do not disturb on our phone and room. And for the first time ever, I mentioned to take our bathing suits along for a dip in the hot tub. I just want to relax. Wish we could stay 2 nights!

So I've been buried in laundry for 2 days, and keeping the house in order so that we can come home to a tidy house, as well as doing school everyday and dealing with children's squabbles. Why do they need to be so mean to each other sometimes? Don't get me wrong, 99% of the time they get along great...just when they don't, they are mean, name calling or hitting. I don't know why...they are kids? Is that the explanation? Or is there more to it? There is always a consequence to their actions, so you'd think they would learn...but I just don't know. Some day, they will get along just great I'm sure. Sibling rivalry

Off to launder some more!!

She so much wants to be a grown up, she wants to be like her sisters. So sweet and innocent, not yet aware of what the world holds for her. Something that totally stunned her daddy and I was when we were out for supper a few weeks back and I was trying to keep her attention, drawing things on the paper they provided and having her try to guess what it is. Well, they only had a few colours so I took one crayon and tried drawing a rainbow, 3 curved lines right...she guess that is was sound!!! SOUND, like in cartoons, or in drawings when an object is supposed to be making a sound. Wow, amazing. She just keeps on amazing me with her vocabulary for her age too. I am so sad that in a few short months my baby will be 4. She plans on Monday what she wants to do for her night to stay up on Thursday. She wants her hair done in 2 ponys, on this side and this side (as she points to either side of the back of her head). These glasses she has on were Emmalee's first pair. She looks adorable in them!

I am getting a little sick of this weather. It is -20, and has been for a while not, usually colder. With the windchill it it bad. Don't want to go anywhere. We have fresh snow, and I would love to send the kids out to shovel, but isn't that against the law when it is so cold? I forget once in a while that it is winter, then I glance out our school room window and see snow on the trees, oh ya...that's why we are trapped inside...This year for the first time, I am soooooo looking forward to spring!!

We are going out for a bit this evening, having supper with some good friends of ours. It will be so nice to go out for supper without the kids. Just supper, no movie, no bowling, no nothing, just supper. We will however stop by the grocery store after supper to grab a few necessities! Then home in time to put the kids to bed and have Noah's night to stay up still.

Happy Tuesday!!

A whole lotta stamping going on...

I started stamping yesterday evening, and worked until I aquired a severe stomach ache around 11, then I continued stamping this morning around 11:30. I didn't feel so hot last night, wasn't sure if I was going to make it or not. Today seems to be a bit better, I still feel a little bit ill, but I'm persevering. Not sure what it is...

First I had fun dying ribbon:

Then I made 6 cards

Em's

Michael's
Alexa's
Noah's
Breanna's
CC99 SC109

So there you go, a little bit of fun, now I'm tired, and hungry, happy sunday!

Baby, it is cold outside

Wow, we are stuck in a deep freeze with severe windchills that make it -46C out. That was what it was when I took Emmalee to her soccer game at 8:30 this morning. YUCK. And it didn't let up for the rest of the time we were out.

Emmalee's team did awesome!!! One of there best games, it was a tie score, but we got the first goal, and that almost NEVER happens!! It was an on the edge of your seat game!! She played very well, and she took one for the team...right in the head. SMACK with the soccer ball. OUCH. Poor girl...the ref asked if she was alright...she said yes and ran off in tears. My baby took one for the team! (It was a really hard hit, nearly knocked her glasses right off her face :(

After that I picked up my mom and we headed out to Balgonie to watch the SaskPower Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women's Curling Champions to decide who was going to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Lethbridge! It was fun. The game we were at wasn't the deciding game. We were able to watch part of the former Sandra Schmirler team play, and win. It was like watching stars in the flesh! My mom and I were avid Schmirler fans!! We sure miss her, and her curling game. Breanna sees the commercial on tv and with Sandra Schmirlers voice, hurry hard. And Bre always say hurry hurry hurry, hurry hard.

We headed for lunch with my mom and dad and then to Costco for a stroll around. I just wanted to get home. After everyone arrived home and we had some quiet time, we made valentine card holders. It was so fun to see there imagination at work. Daddy and mommy made one too!!

We are nestled in for the evening, for some quiet time, I hope, as quiet as 4 children and a husband can be. Maybe I will stamp...I'm having withdrawls. What? It's been like 3 or 4 days.