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So I am back online.... THANK GOD! I woke up yesterday, and as part of my morning routine, brought down some coffee, and came to read emails, blogs, check ebay.... and I had nothing! No internet! *gasp* Ran upstairs, and double *gasp* I have NO phone!!! So a quick call to Telus from my cell, confirmed that for some unknown reason, I was out of a phone line, until they could send out a tech..on Thursday. This wasn't good news...it meant 2 days without a phone line, and we are having our Open House on Thursday. How good would that look if someone comes to see our house, and there is a techy working inside!? I'm still not sure what happened, but when I got home today from running errands (getting Tim's coffee) I had a phone line again! So here I am. When I should be everywhere but here. I have a list sooooooooo long, it's on 3 pages on what I need to do before our Open House tomorrow. So Rebecca, like you say, I too...am addicted! So in preperation for our open house, and then heading to the city on Friday for Easton's 1st birthday... then on to Plamondon late Friday night for Jolan's Graduation. hehehheh Getting him a gift card to get a tattoo =) My kids are so excited.... for Easton's birthday we are meeting him at Millenium Place, and they deserve the trip, for putting up with a grouchy mom and dad all week! Adge...they want to know what kind of cake he's having? lol... Have a good Hump Day everyone.... I hope to make it back here tonight.

So glad I have my kids

I guess one of my favorite parts of raising Jaden & Avery is watching their intelligence grow. I remember what pride I felt, the first time that Jaden was able to walk across the livingroom. More recently, when I hear Avery say her full name "Avy Gwace Ewwack" I can't help but feel so proud, and also amazed that they are getting older and learning, always learning something new. Tonight I took out the book "Just Me And My Little Sister" by Mercer Mayer (My favorite books to read them) And Jaden says "Mom, there's a "j" for Jaden!" and that was cool, but not the first time he pointed out the letter J. But then he continues... "And an "a" for Avery.... and an "E" for Ernie, and a "D" for Daddy, and a "t" for truck!!!" I am not kidding you guys, I had tears running down my face...lol, I'm not sure why, but I couldn't believe it! I'm not even sure where the Ernie came from? Maybe Sesame Street?! Even Jaden seemed surprised with how many of the letters in that title that he recognized. I had to prompt him with "M" for mommy, but he remembered it was m, ending the word "bum" Don't ask, for some reason he knows how to spell that word?! I'm not sure.... but he's learning, and it's so darn cool being a mom, during moments like these! Have a good weekend everyone, and if you are a mom, take a second to think back at the last cool thing one of your kids learned, big or small.... and write it down somewhere. =)

PROMISE this will be shorter

At least I can try!? Just wanted to share a few pictures.... finally got over to my friend Angie's house to take pictures of her SWEETIE, Korbyn who is now 2 weeks old!!! I was so excited, and it was a blast! I used the best material ever for a newborn! Vinyl! He pee'd not once, but twice during the shoot, but it cleaned off so easily we were able to keep going! I haven't proofed all the pictures yet, but here are a few that I think I really like. Love the one of him holding his mom's wedding ring. My monitor seriously sucks, so if you can see the backdrop, I am sorry, I can't tell until I actually make prints, then I can go back and make adjustments. So while they may look good to me, you might see something I don't. If ya do, feel free to let me know in the comments available at the end of this entry.

Here's just a funny picture of my kids testing out the closet organizer that Dorien and Rene made. Avery's hair looks maga big... lol

My mom has pictures of me and my brothers and sister in this same "tub" she used to give us a bath at Grandma's cabin. I got a picture of Jaden in it last summer, and a few weeks ago, I got one with Avery!

I swore I wouldn't do this.....

...and only post once in a while! So here I am playing catch up. Glad to see a few of you have started your own blogs (Monique and Rebecca) :) Sad as it sounds, it's great to keep in touch on your own time ;) That's kind of how I see it anyways. So what have we been up to? July has proved to be Crazy Busy for us, and for everyone around us too! I spent a week at my Grandma's cabin, with Jaden and Avery. Rene worked that week, and spent the evenings prepping our house to sell. It was a good idea, and he got loads done. We had a good relaxing week out at the cabin. The weather was pretty good, and just not having a phone (cell is less busy then hm phone anyways..) ring constantly was sort of nice. At one point I did get a bit bored once the kids were sleeping, and found a way to hook up msn to my cell, as well I dl'ed a few new ring tones =)

I had a Party Lite party at the cabin Thursday, and had so much fun. Got to see Adrienne, Renee, Destiny, Monique, and Henriette, and just have some good girly laughs. Thx for all the orders too, because I earned tons of free stuff! ChaChing!

Now we are back at home, and our house is starting to look less lived in, less personal, and less cluttered (not that I could get away with ever really having "clutter") I'm feeling a bit too sterile in my home...if that makes sense? But hopefully it shows well enough for our open house, July 27th. YUP, the ad goes in the local paper tomorrow, and hope to generate some more interest!! We've had several calls, but who knows how serious. I pray we get really close to our asking price. Our new house is going up pretty fast. They started to drywall today, and now our door is locked every night, so we can't sneak in it anymore and plan out where we'll set up our furniture =) Hey, that's part of the fun!

For anyone new to blogging, you can always click on pictures to see them larger, and you can leave comments at the end of my entry if you wish to. I'm still learning...hope to have things looking different soon, and would like to share links to other bloggers that I frequent :)

G'night!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

July 1st. What an awesome day we had! The weather was SO HOT, and we had some great company to share the day with. We met at Alphy and Maureen's for lunch, where we met up with Alcide, Tracy and Jeremy. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon. We all met up again at the Rotary Park to take in some of the activities. They had a petting zoo, climbing wall, a huge inflatable bouncy thing for the kids, and the new feature, just added to the park: A HUGE outdoor waterslide! It is very neat. And meant to take a tube down it. There were people everywhere, and it was a big hit! We didnt' bring the kids' suits, so we just sat back and watched, and let them get their toes wet. It was a fun day that ended great when we took in the fireworks. Jaden and Avery managed to keep their eyes open just long enough to watch them with us, and they loved to point out what colors they saw =) Dorien and Nat also joined us with Nat's family, it was a really nice evening!

At 12:30 that day, I did sneak away to Haze Tattoos. I won a contest to get a free Maple Leaf tattoo!!! So ya know what, it didn't take much convincing! I've always wanted a Tattoo, but was never sure on what to get and where. I wanted it to be meaningful, and something I could live with forever. I'm so proud to be a Canadian, and truly believe we live in the best country in the world. So I felt good going in there. I was *extremely* nervous... and so not sure where to put it. But decided I could just 'suck it up' and get it on the top of my foot where the guy told me "it might hurt a lot there?!" Guys: It wasn't that bad at all!!! Having babies is 100X worse! For those that don't have one, it's like getting stung by a bee over and over. So it's not comfortable, but really easy to tolerate (not sure I could sit there for over an hr though. This one only took 10 minutes)and once it's done, it's done! I had no idea what to expect, and thought it might hurt for a week or something. But it's not that way at all. So I will be going back =) Just not sure again on what/when/where.

It was a memorable day for me to say the least.

Today we put a Sale Sign in the window of our house. 3hrs later, we got our first phone call asking how much. Yeaaaaaaaaah... I hope we sell it easily and quickly. Time will tell. I've posted an updated picture of the new house.

Okay, I've really rambled on tonight, sorry bout that! Still too hot to go to bed...but better go try. Morning always seems to come sooner then I'd like.

Not going to look for spelling errors, sorry if there are any, or if something doesn't make sense. G'night!

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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