Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Funny what we have to do for our children!! I had to put on my brave face today when Jaden found a caterpillar crawling on our sidewalk. In order to save him from being the wuss he came out to be, I encouraged him to be "a boy" and to pick up the caterpillar, and check out how he wiggles, and moves. To my HUGE surprise, he did it! Avery was more hesitant, she would only "pet" him. Out came the camera, and more pictures for you guys =) It was another hot day.... looking forward to seeing what happens when these dark clouds head our way, hope it can cool the house down so we can sleep tonight... Time to go watch "So You Think You Can Dance"...... G'night! (Mom if you are reading this, PLEASE mail me the book I left there! Thank you!!)

Adrienne

Ahhh, To be a kid again!

This was the perfect ending to a HOT day! Besides running a few errands, and taking a look at the new house, we stayed inside the house until about 7:30. This was the first time they ran out in the sprinkler this summer, and boy did they have a blast! I had to keep reminding them not to scream TOO loud, or the neighbors might get upset. At first they were just looking at the water, then they'd be brave, and stick a toe in the water. Eventually, they got comfortable, and I think they liked being cooled off by the water...they were all into it! I couldn't resist going back for my camera, and catching some of this craziness.

Happy Birthday Wishes to Alix and Dorien today! My sister and Rene's brother are exactly 10 years apart. (21/31) The kids had fun singing Happy Birthday to their Aunty Alix. She's moving out this week, and we are going to miss having her with us so much =( But it's time for her. And at 21, I'm sure she'll enjoy living with her friends more then living with her sisters family. She won't be too far away, only a few minutes to drive to her apartment, but it will be an adjustment, not having her around.

We are looking forward to spending the long weekend with Rene's dad, Tracy and Jeremy. We haven't seen them in a long time...and always have a good visit when they come up. *sigh* all this company, hot weather, BBQ's... makes it hard to avoid eating hot dogs...pop, and difficult to get motivated to work out in this heat. It's been a bad week...hope to have a big loss next week however. I am down 28lbs now, and have a whopping 44 to go. I'm doing it....slow and steady =) Well I should get going...my basement is nice and cool...gonna hang out down here and do some scrapbooking. I leave you with some pictures of our fun in the sprinkler, and a color picture of Avery from the other day... G'night!

Loving this weather!!

It was an absolutely perfect day! We have been blessed with a very sunny and hot week :) Rene cut the grass this afternoon, and I spent some time with Jaden & Avery in our backyard. I really wanted to get some pictures of the two of them together, and had to bribe them with freezies. And it still didn't work. Jaden RAN everytime I pointed the camera at him, I hope that this is just a phase. Avery was a bit more willing, if I had her doing or looking at something. I've decided that I'm going to try and get some really good black & whites of our family, and blow them up, printed on canvas, and frame them in black, to put up in our new house. Speaking of the new house....here are some pictures of it!


So tiny, but it's really cute! We decided to go with black accents, and appliances. Still trying to find a laminate floor that we both agree on. I swear only MY husband cares SOOOOO much about what colors we have in our house, and HE IS COLOR BLIND!

Here is the house we are going to put for sale next week :(

Hope you are all having a great weekend!!!!!!

My Sweethearts

Will You Be My Valentine?

I love these pictures I took of Jaden and Avery. As blown out as they are, and not professional..they were taken with my little camera. Jaden adores Avery, and this picture shows how much so! My children will hate me when I get my new camera! They will learn quickly how to get "treats" from Mommy..... by posing for some pictures!

Think my head may blow up with all these crazy decisions!!

Wow, who knew that building a house involved making so many decisions? Okay, a stupid question.... but I feel like I'm WAY over my head. Today I am trying to compare my cupboards, counter tops, paint colors to my flooring. Do we go with laminate in the entire house, and vinyl in the kitchen/bathroom? *sigh* I can't wait to just be in the new house.

It's very possible now that we'll sell our house before we can move into the new house, so I may be spending a few weeks (hopefully not months) at my Grandma's cabin in Plamondon! YIKES

I took some pictures of our future house last night, and hope to post those up today. It is completely framed, and we now have a roof! Shingles to be put in before the end of next week.

Have a good day!
Adrienne