11/30/2013

Picked up this tired boy this morning from an all-nighter at church with Jr High youth. Last night's event included swimming, bowling, pizza party, movies, gym time, and video games.

11/29/2013

At home date night watching PVR'd Survivor by the fireplace and eating Papa Murphy's Pizza. Awesome.

11/28/2013

Just in time for parent/teacher interviews...a sneak peek at our Grade 1 book inspired by Melanie Watt's "Scaredy Squirrel" series.

11/27/2013

It's not often the whole family comes out to cheer at a game....and it was a win 3-1.

11/26/2013

Touching up my roots before parent teacher interviews...

11/25/2013

I'm happy that Kiandra put so much time and effort into this assignment....but disappointed at how much colouring "homework" my kids have in high school. (Seriously...my grade 1 friends don't colour as much as they do!)

11/24/2013

11/23/2013

Movie Date Night with my two favourite guys.

11/22/2013

50th day of school today!

11/21/2013

Date night at the play Kiandra performed in:

In the audience today: our family, Kiandra's friends from church (Kara, Ally, Jana, Signey) and family friends (Layne, Bryson, Braydon).

11/20/2013

School pictures finally arrived today...almost a month after Kiandra and Kezia got theirs back. I'm not entirely sure why the company gives teachers a free pack of photos??

11/19/2013

The play that Kiandra has been practicing for opens today! In the next 4 days, they will perform 4 matinees and 4 evening shows. Instead of a bouquet of flowers, we got her a bouquet of fruit....the cat won't eat these AND it will promote healthy snacking over a period of grab and go suppers.

11/18/2013

 Shorts in the snow...Kezia's signature indoor soccer practice look.

11/17/2013

First snowfall today... and made me a little nervous to let Kiandra take the van out by herself but she made it to school and back safely. This is a new scary stage to be in.

11/16/2013

Kiandra and the rest of the cast heading into the school for the last Saturday practice before the play performances begin next week. She was there from 10:00 until almost 6:00.

11/15/2013

More fuel for report card writing...but it worked.... I'm done! We'll see how many fixes I have when they are read over by the principal this weekend.

11/14/2013

I was working on report cards at school until almost 10:00 PM. I was especially thankful for the parent who brought me a Tall Grass Prairie cinnamon bun after school. It was a perfect snack to eat while I was working.

11/13/2013

Hat fundraiser at school to raise money for the Philippines Typhoon disaster survivors. My Grade 1 class raised $65.47.

11/12/2013

Final week of rehearsals for the play Kiandra is in next week...today's practice went until 8:30....that's a LONG day at school!

11/11/2013

Finally Kaden has a doorknob again! Some one miscounted when we bought the knobs in the States and he had to wait until we went back to get a matching one.

11/10/2013

I said "yes" when Conrad proposed 19 years ago today. I am reminded every single day that I made a great choice. So many stages...so many changes since that day including the milestone we reached this weekend when we left the kids behind and spent the night away. We figured if the girls could babysit for a 6 year old and a 1 year old for 3 days this summer, they could surely handle 1 night with their 12 year old brother!

11/9/2013

After a LONG day at work for Conrad and a LONG day at the kid's sporting events, we really enjoyed the long drive to dinner this evening. Our appetizer was free (coupon for signing up for their email newsletter) and our meal was a smoking good deal because they had a promotion on for buying a 25.oo gift card you saved $5 off today's bill and got a $5 coupon to use off next time's bill. Our total bill for today's meal was $50...but that included a $25 gift card AND a $5 coupon for our next visit. That means we paid about $15 for today's dinner which included 1 steak dinner with loaded baked potato and fries (yes-I think that's strange too!) and 1 smothered chicken dinner with loaded sweet potato and Caesar salad AND deep fried pickles for an appetizer.

11/8/2013

Free treat Friday at 7eleven with my son:

11/7/2013

I've written a Grade 1 book with my students every year and this year our inspiration comes from Melanie Watt's Scaredy Squirrel series. Here is the example I painted in front of my friends:

11/6/2013

Our church's Kid's Club...Kiandra and Kezia love volunteering their time on Wednesday nights.

11/5/2013

Wish I saw more of this....Kaden with his nose in a book and not on a screen.

11/4/2013

Bumpers volleyball game (grade 6&7) after school...some great hits, some not so great but a fun time was had.

11/3/2013

Big win for Kaden's team today!

11/2/2013

Pre-hockey Breakfast date with my handsome son this morning.