I went to Amy's school yesterday to observe her in class. It was alot of fun. She is quite the little social butterfly

I got my hair cut yesterday.. not feeling it

George comes home today.. cant wait its been a long two weeks

We have a few things to do today.. baking cupcakes is one of the things on our to do list

I should be doing laundry today but its going to wait

Gonna go now to try and get my shit pulled together

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Gramma Buddy

Its been 3 years since George's mom passed away. It was 3 years on the 21st. I didn't post anything the other day not because I forgot.. but it has been so crazy around here. She isn't forgotten around this house. Gramma Buddy comes up in conversation quite a bit. Jarret has more memory then Amy does, but we make sure she hears stories about her. She quite often tells us she "remembers that" when we know she doesn't but we let her think she does.

Its still sad to think that she is gone and missing out on her 3 grandchildren. I hope she knows how much everyone misses her.

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George left yesterday and it already feels weird without him. That might sound silly but we havent been apart for more then a week since moving out here. I guess also knowing that he is so far away doesnt help. He went from Toronto to L.A then from L.A he was off to Melbourne. He emailed me from the L.A airport that he met some guys from Melbourne and they were giving him some ideas of what he can do on his down time.

I dont know if I mentioned this or not.. but we are sending the kids back to Winnipeg for the month of July so they can see the family. They are pretty excited for that. My mom will come out at the end of June for a few days and take them back with her. Now that is going to be weird without the kids around for an entire month. I have a week of holiday's in July and two of my close friends are going to come out to visit.

Off to put missy in the tub and do some dishes..

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Spring Fling...

My own Polly Pocket

Jarret and Amy on the Bee ride.. he looks thrilled!

Have to have a hockey shot

Jarret waiting for the Marlies players to come back from the dressing room

Clemmensen.. He was brought up to the Leafs this year to play a few games..

Toronto Marlies and The Manitoba Moose

Saturday we took the kids to The Rogers Center for the Spring Fling. They have this fair for the kids all week for Spring Break. The rides were more Amy's speed.. there were a few that Jarret enjoyed.. but not too many.

After that we took the kids to the Marlies game. They played against the Manitoba Moose. The Moose won :(

George is heading to Australia on Saturday for work, lucky guy. So we will be missing him around the house.

Thats about it for now..

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Girls day..

Amy and I had a girls day yesterday. We had decided in the morning that we would go to Walmart.. when I was in the bathroom getting ready she of course was in there with me talking to me about whatever was on her mind (probably Polly Pockets or something) so at one point I bent down in her face and whispered how excited I was to go shopping with her and we are going to have a girls day out and leave the boys at home. I told her the first thing we will do is head to the toy department and just "window shop". Then I said we would look at nail polish and maybe buy a nice color for the two of us. She was grinning from ear to ear as I was whispering all this to her. Then she whispered back.. "I wont tell Jarret and Daddy" I said ok.

Then she shut the door and I heard her singing " I have a secret, I have a secret!!" down the hall into the living room where the boys were! Way funny.

So we went to Walmart and we spent a good hour looking at Polly Pockets, barbies and anything else that was pink. Of course we walked out of that department with toy in hand..lol.

She talked the ENTIRE time.. I am not joking!! I barely said anything, she was so excited.

So... 2 toys.. 1 outfit and a nail polish later.. we headed home. We had a good day. I thanked her in the car for coming shopping with me and for being such a good girl. I told her our next girl day out will be getting our nails done.

Good day with my Amy.. I have to do it more often..

PS.. i didnt forget about Jarret. I bought him a Maple Leafs tshirt.

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PSS or PPS whatever it is... dont GOOGLE 'mother and daugher' images.. dirty dirty pictures!!!!!

I forget that Jarret is 8 sometimes. I will admit I baby him when it comes to certain things.. like chores for example. He takes out the garbage.. and thats about it. George asked me the other day when could Jarret start helping out with dishes. I said not now.. and brushed that question off. I guess its been mulling around in my head since.. and yesterday I thought it was time to show him how to do them.

He said he liked doing it, but told me he thinks he should get an allowance. We agreed that if he does some chores around the house then yes.. he can get an allowance. He seems to think that every time he does dishes he should get $2, and taking out the garbage is worth $1. Does this sound fair? I honestly have no idea..

Anyway.. he was very cute doing the dishes yesterday. We'll see how long he likes doing them.

Congratulations..

It was killing me all day yesterday that I couldn't post about my new niece Anna Mae. I was waiting for Chris to post first of course.

She is beautiful. I can not wait to hold her. I had to put a picture of her leg.. too cute.

Congrats you guys!!!

New post..

Ok.. so it has been a while. Not too much happening around here.. hence no new post. I guess I can start with saying how incredibly sad that we lost Archie last week. The funeral was yesterday and I am so sorry for their family and everyone who loved him! I am also sorry I couldnt come out for the funeral. I keep thinking about all the good times we had growing up with that family. That makes me sad.. it should make me happy.. but not right now.

On the weekend I bought my self some boots. Not Uggs exactly because I am not shelling out $250 for boots thank you very much.. but the same type of boots but different "brand" they look EXACTLY like the real thing. They are comfy and actually cute. They are kind of like my Crocs issue.. where i think they are ugly but like them anyway... make any sense??

George won Leaf Tickets yesterday so the two of us went. It was my first Leafs game I was pretty excited to see my boys live.. they actually won.. so that was a bonus.

ummm..... so yeah.. thats pretty much it. Sorry nothing is coming to me here.. I will hopefully have something to post soon.. plus i am pretty rushed i have to leave for work in about 45 min and George is sleeping on the couch and I am on here not ready .. need to shower and get the hell out of the house.

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Bday pictures

So it was my bday on Saturday and here are a few pictures from that night. George and I left the kids behind and had a "grown up" night out. Let me tell you.. it was nice. I forgot how much fun it is to go out and not worry about if all the chicken fingers will be eaten .. or if anyone has to go potty before the food gets t0 the table. We met up with some friends.. I believe I am still trying to catch up on my sleep from that night ;)

Thats that...

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Bad daughter

Happy Belated birthday to my mom! It was yesterday and I am a bad daughter and didnt post it yesterday!!! Sorry Mom!! I hope you had a great day yesterday!!! We were all thinking of you!!!

Happy 13th birthday Kelsey

I woke up this morning thinking its Kelsey's 13th birthday today..I am going to get up and put a birthday post on my blog. Well.. looking through pictures of miss Kelsey I ended up sitting here with tears in my eyes thinking about this wonderful niece I have.

She is an amazing person. We had so much fun with her the two weeks she was here this past summer. She fit right in with us. My kids adore her. Amy told me the other day that she wants to be 12 because Kelsey is 12. Plain and simple.

So have a wonderful day Kelsey.. I wish with all my heart I was there to celebrate with you!!

Lots and lots of love from Auntie, Uncle George, Jarret and Amy!!!

10

It our 10 year wedding anniversary today. We are both off today and tomorrow. We are heading up to Niagara Falls for some gambling and some dinner, the kids will be with the sitter over night.

This is the first time since we moved here we will have no kids. Its gonna be weird without them.. but good for us.

Happy Anniversary George! Love you.

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FYI

10 years ago today we were at our dress rehersal for our wedding.

Ummm... what??

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Jarret

We went skating again yesterday. It was a beautiful day. When we got there, a hockey game was just about to start. The kids were just a bit older then Jarret.. maybe 9-11years old. They asked Jarret and George if they wanted to play. Jarret jumped to the opportunity. He was not the best skater out there.. this is only his first year of skating but man does that kid LOVE skating/hockey. You hear of kids/people being passionate for a sport or hobby but I honestly have not seen it in real life.. until watching my kid out there yesterday.

At first he was lagging a bit behind. They would all be on one side of the rink and when he got there.. they would be heading back.. he turned around and skated as hard as he could to catch up. He did really well. He never gave up.. he skated like I have never seen anyone skate.

At one point he went in net. Now this is where he shinned!!! He was stopping the pucks like nothing. Falling to the ice.. using his stick (poke check)and trying his best. One of the kids skated up to George and told him that Jarret was the best goalie they have ever had. He told George that they all go there every Saturday and Sunday to play and he wants Jarret to come back and be there goalie.

You know where we will be every weekend until the ice melts.

A second game started and two dads and their kids came and they all played again. They were so good with Jarret. The puck was passed to him and they all pretty much let him take it to the net and score. Well.. you should have seen him. He wanted to jump up and down and scream but he tried to look as cool as a cucumber. He looked over to where we were sitting and gave us this look.I cant really explain the look..it was a look of pride.. and happiness. Priceless.

Love my kid!

The only reason we left was because the NHL Allstar game was on at 6. We were out there for about 3 hours.

I cant wait to see him play next weekend.



*** Edited***

My appologies it looks like there is a spelling error in this post.

SHINNED = SHINED

I hope this makes this post make more sense.. thank you to those who pointed it out lol

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Monster Jam

Grave Digger.. Fan Favorite
A race about to start
My kidos
Demolition Derby
Dude that won the demolition Derby..

Monster Jam is a tradition in our house. We have gone for I think the last 5 years.. well Jarret and George anyway.

This is the first year we saw a Demolition Derby and let me tell you .. it was the best part of the entire show!!! OMG.. George and I laughed the entire time. I am not sure if its because it was fun to watch or if its really as 'redneck' as it sounds!!

When the dude that won stepped out of his car.. I thought I was going to P myself!!!

Good times.. good times....

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UPDATE...

.....The bank replaced our money today!! Thank GOD!!!

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George received a phone call last night from our bank. They noticed some "unusual" activity from our bank account. It turns out someone somehow made a copy of his bank card information and cleaned out our bank account.

We have a loan coming out tomorrow and no money to cover it.. isn't that nice???

Up at 5am because the dog is barking at the wind....

The above picture is what happens when Amy is licked by the dog. The pic is a bit blurry.. but i think you can see. She can pet him and be near him.. she just cant be licked by him. Once she had some Benedryl it cleared up.









This picture is so funny because its of me and my mom and my sister laughing sooo hard. Things havent changed. When you get the three of us together this is pretty much what happens. LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture. it was taken 10 years ago. It was the day after my wedding. Its kind of cool how Char just found it yesterday and our 10 year anniversary is at the end of the month.. perfect timing!

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Newest member of our family...

... just for the week.

This is Cohiba. We are dog sitting for the week while Chohiba's mom and dad are in Jamaica.

He is so cute and really a good puppy, even though he prefers to chill out with George then me.. but i have all week to change his mind.

Should be a fun week. The kids are wanting one of their own already.

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