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I have a new link, where you can click and follow my blog. I've had it here since the beginning the week and am feeling kind of depressed (not really tho) that is says "There are no followers yet" :-( o So, all you readers out there....all you stalkers ;-) click and follow me :) ----->
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On another note it is frigid out there today, -40 this morning out where my brother lives, he even took a pic of the vehicle temperature gage. I clicked on the weather link this morning around 11am and it said -36 with a windchill feels more like -48!!!!!!!!! COLD!!!! And tomorrow is supposed to be -3 or something!?! On Sunday I read on another website, that it is supposed to be ZERO!!?! WHAT?!?! Crazy weather!! We are staying inside today and going NO WHERE!!

Here are some of my favourite pictures over Christmas:

Pre Christmas Baking :-)

My First Bird

Recipes close by ;-)

Our Buffet Feeding Trough

The Tables

Our Christmas Tree (fake this yr)

At the farm

"My Very First Rider Shirt!"

I love this picture, and I love that my hubby's mom has her very first rider shirt, and I love that we got it for her!!

Go Riders!!!

It's a New Day, it's a New Dawn, it's a New Life for Me

Not really, but it is however a new year. I'm still sick, been for over a month now, but I do feel like there is an end. Hallelujah.

Christmas was good, insanely busy, but good. This year I cooked my first Christmas supper. WOW, how do people do it??!! I only had 9 people here, I can't imagine cooking for 20+ like my mom. I have a new respect for her now as well, and all women who have to cook for large amounts. AND I'm glad that it is just once a year. All of December was busy busy busy, every day, every weekend, and it JUST ended this past Monday, Jauary 10th. And I have to tell you, I am so glad the busy is over. For a little while anyways.

Our oldest daughter turned 13 on New Years Eve!! It was a great day, I was sooo excited for her, 13 is big. Officially a TEENager!!! She had 3 different cakes, 2 parties and lots of fun!! I wanted to make it as special as possible, and had family members write up a little card for her to keep and look back upon. Every single one that we received was special and am so thankful for everyone who wrote something for her!! Made my day too!! We have a few things to look forward to this yr, 5 more birthdays coming up in our little family, and one big birthday, hubby. He's turning the big 40 in May!! There will be no surprise party for him, I did that when he turned 30, and planning surprise parties are hard, especially when that person shares the financial roll in the family, and knows where every penny is spent. So, if there is a party, it will be planned and he will know about it! ;) So there....

We have been invited to 2 weddings for this year so far, 1 is already past and was fun! We got to hang out with the happily married couple and their kids a few days after the wedding at a hotel here in Regina, and that was fun. Another wedding is in Canmore in May, looking forward to traveling there, I LOVE TO TRAVEL!!! We might take the new trailer with, to save money, but hubby is concerned about snow...we'll see.

We/I can't stop thinking about the trailer and camping and all that fun stuff!! We are hoping to be camping on hubby's 40th. Not sure where yet. We could go to Willow View Campground aka Grandmas house, or Maple View Resort Campground aka my folks place. It will be fun no matter where we go!!

So there is a little of life in a nut shell!!

Merry 'early' Christmas To US!

The picture in the previous post was indeed a trailer window, of our new trailer! This is something we've planned and dreamed about since we bought our very first trailer in June of 2007 HERE and HERE. Which by the way is now for sale. For the right price it could be yours ;) We love camping, and we love to go for a week or more at a time. And someday maybe more with this new guy. We've been looking for months and months and years to find 'just the right one' for our family, and we found it!! We got it at a really good deal too, and pick it up in the spring. CAN NOT wait!! We are going to have fun next summer. We always have fun camping, but we will be able to take more with us when we go now, this thing has sooo much storage, LOVE IT!!
It has a triple bunk in the back, and the U-shaped dinette to fit us all if we need to be stuck inside to eat. It has a bathroom and a BIG fridge, yay!! It also has an oven, sink, microwave, and air conditioner, all of which are really no big deal for us, cause we often camp without electricity and wash dishes in a tub outside on the picnic table anyways, but it will be nice to have that option if ever we have electricity sites. Hubby wants a solar panel in future, not quite sure how that works, but he does, so we will see.

More Cards, and a sneak peek

Some more random card making. I shouldn't say random, cause I guess I am getting my inspiration from Stamp TV and her new weekly sketch and colour challenges!! The one on the left is the sketch challenge for this week. And the one on the right is just because I was down there and wanted to use the pattern paper!!

This is the sneak peek...any guesses what this is? Anyone who knows us well will know what this is and what it might mean too.

Look at what I have been busy doing!!!

I'm soooo excited!!! I haven't made this many cards in a long time, and I'm loving it!! I was in a card club for like 4 or 5 or 6 yrs, but in the last yr, since I haven't been part of a regular club, I haven't stamped as much...minus my Christmas cards, which don't count cause I make about 20 of the same card...boring. I wish you could see them all in person, I love them all!!! I love creating a card, or a frame that is unique and like no other out there. This is my hobby!