I'm a Winner!

Last month I won some 'blog candy' from Emily Giovanni's Stamping and Stuff Blog (this is what I won and this is where she announced I won)and just this past week, I won some more 'blog candy' from Amy Rysavy's Prairie Paper & Ink Blog!!! (You gotta scroll down a lot to see my name and comment) Totally fun!!


Hubby surprised us when he came home yesterday with some roses for us all!! Six red ones for me, and 1 rose each for the kids. I baked him a heart shaped brownie in the afternoon !!

Hope you had a Happy Valentines Day!

It is warming up, it is -16 right now!!

Tomorrow I leave, so I will post on Sunday or Monday. Have a great weekend

There is an end in sight

It is -33 right now here in my city. YUCK!! I don't know if the forecast is right, but they are forecasting -5 tomorrow, but get this...-31 with the windchill!!! ACK!! Sunday, sunday is going to be +4. But that changes all the time too, cause this morning when my daughter looked at the weather it said 0 for Sunday. Who pays these people?? Is it on a volunteer basis? Why do they give a 5 or 7 day forecast, when really can only rely on what you wake up to? Oh well. What can we do?

We did our valentines last night. It was an emotional time for me. After a long day of riffs with the kids, and me having no patience, I was teary eyed watching their little faces light up when they saw that their valentine was being opened. And light up even more when the receiver commented on how much they Loved there art work. Makes being a parent so worth it. The love in there hearts is amazing, even if they argue once in a while. Thank-you Jesus for my 4 little blessings!! I love my job!!

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!!