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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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Jarret helping Amy.. cute
Again with the helping
Amy "shreaked" almost the whole time.. it wasnt really annoying as you would think it would be it was actually cute..

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So the kids wanted to go skating today.. so instead of renting skates like we did last year we decided to buy all four of us new skates (lol.. Merry Christmas to us again! ) It was fun.. Cant wait until next time we go.







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Happy birhtday Jaden! Have a wonderful day!!

Auntie Jenn, Uncle "George", Jarret and Amy!!!

Happy birthday Bev! Have a great day today!!

Can you send me a piece of cake??

Big 3

Happy Birthday Miss Emma! Hope you have a great day today!

Miss you and love you lots!

Auntie in Toronto

MTS - Analogue phone's high school yearbook (2007)

A letter to my sister.....

Char,

I had a great time this weekend. I am glad we (me and Kenny) surprised you, even though you cussed like a sailor ;)I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

Shopping on Saturday was fun. I miss shopping with you. I wish we weren't so old and get pooped out so quickly.

What can I say about Bon Jovi?? OMG.. so glad we saw him together (thanks Mom, I owe ya BIG time). That was so much fun. Who knew that even at a concert we could have our inside jokes and laugh like we were the only two in the arena?! My stomach still hurts from laughing so hard.

I have 'Snowman' on my desk at work.. and it makes me smile every time my eyes drift towards his teeth.. roar!

Miss you and love you!!!

Jay


PS.. will post pics another time.

Congratulations..

To my George! He got a job promotion today!!

You deserve it babe.. love you!

I don't know what to do.

Amy's Asthma is in full swing.. again.

It has been once a month since October that she has been like this.

She is feeling like crap.

She is fevered and her coughing is unbelievable.

She will stay home from school today.. again.. but I really have no choice.

I will take her to the sitters and if I need to leave work early of course I will.

My poor kid.

I honestly think this is left over crap from last month when we made not one.. but two hospital visits. The doctor who "looked after" her just sent us on our way with no Antibiotics.. or Pediapred.. which I know I should have said something then.. but why question a doctor?? They know what they are doing.. right?? Umm.. not this one I guess. I wont make that mistake again.

She woke up and couldn't catch her breath from coughing. She crawled into bed with dad.. and is sleeping.. thank GOD!

This should be an interesting week. Jaret is sick too. He has a nasty cough and a stuffy nose..

Man do I wish I could afford to stay home and not work.. working and having sick kids not fun.

Ok.. my rant is done..

SIGH!!!

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Gross pictures.. and two months later??

The day before my mom came to visit George and the kids and I were out a a friends house for a BBQ. We had good food.. good company.. the kids had a great time, and I was excited about my mom's visit.

So we headed home at about 1230am and we arrived home just after 1am! Both kids fell asleep and George and I were waking them up so we didn't have to carry them (way too heavy) and Jarret woke up cranky and very sleepy. George was at the trunk of the car getting our stuff out.. I was opening Amy's door when Jarret got out I heard the slam of the door and instant screaming from him.

George and I looked at each other in confusion.. then at Jarret.. then back at each other and it dawned on us..

He shut the car door on his finger!

George rushed over to him.. and the door was completely shut on his finger. Once it registered exactly what happened I ran over to him and hugged him. He was crying so hard then he barfed. He was pale and he kind of collapsed in my arms. His eyes were rolling to the back of his head and he was so not coherent. Then he threw up again (over my shoes non the less) I had to carry him to the elevator.. and he threw up again. There was blood everywhere.. pretty gross.

We got upstairs and took a look at his finger. Then he stuck his head in the toilet and barfed again.

Once he calmed down George carried him back to the car and they made an emergency trip to the hospital. They didn't get home until 430am.

Nothing was broken.. no stitches.. just a nice big band aid and a disgusting mess of his nail.

So.. below are pictures of his finger the day after..

They are gross.. just warning you.. but of course I had to blog it..

The nail finally fell off about 3 weeks ago and its a lot better.

Why am I telling you this 2 months later???

I don't know.. just felt like it.. OK?


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Report Cards

Jarret brought home his report card today.. let me just say....


WOOO HOO!!!!!

He struggled so much last year. He was in tears when doing homework most of the time.. He wasn't completing any work in class.. it was either he didn't do any of the work or he was just doing some of it. It was not a good year for him. I thought we would be pulling him out of French Immersion if things didn't improve.

He got A's and B's through out the entire report card this term. So so proud of him!!From the first day of school he has been saying how much he loves his teacher, those words have never come out of him mouth before.

We have parent teacher interviews tomorrow night for both kids.. and I am actually looking forward to it.

Amy also brought home her report card and it was excellent too. The reason I am not talking too much about hers is that this is HUGE for my boy! Don't worry .. Amy got high fives all around and lots of hugs too.

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