Puke Everywhere

Ok, do you ever have one of those days when you don't know what else could go wrong? Well, that was my night from about 5:30 until now. If you had read my previous entry you will have read that I was going to be having bookclub at my house tonight, well in the last 1 1/2 hours that has all changed. Jamie came home sick from work which is fine because he can just hide out in the bedroom, thats ok but then we sat down for dinner and Rylan said that he was not feeling well, and I thought maybe it was because he likes to be like daddy, but then he didn't eat any of his dinner which is not like him. So he got down and went to lay with daddy and the next thing I know he has puked all over Jamie laying on the couch. YUK. So after everything is all cleaned up I am thinking ok just get everyone to bed and all will be well but after Rylan's bath I am just getting ready to sit and snuggle with him before bed and as he is walking towards me he once again pukes (not just a little bit). I have had it and I phone the Relief Society Pres. (lady in charge of our womens group at church, I work with her in planning lessons and education stuff) and tell her that the location has to be changed for bookclub and so now the phone calling begins. All I can say is thank goodness for people who can adjust and change at the last moment. I am sorry that I am missing the meeting but I am glad to be home so that I can recoup after a very busy evening. Everyone is now sleeping and I am going to go and watch some t.v. to unwide. What a night! Lets hope that is the last of it. I already have two loads of laundry to do. (I love laundry LOL)

Buying Clothes

Ok, there are somethings that I just do not like paying full price for and those are new jeans and pants for Darien (7 1/2 yrs.) because I know that they will not make it to the next child. I have found that once they hit grade one the pants are never the same, whether it is just from nomoral wear or because they spend so much time on their knees playing at the park during school but I can not bring myself to spend more than $15.00 on a pair of jeans. So this morning has been spent searching every second hand store for good used jeans and obviously it is a problem for a lot of other people because I found none. I than hit Children's Place and they have a good sale on right now so he got two more pairs of pants. The other problem I have is that my kids are so very skinny that the pants never fit them right and we have to tighten those little straps all the way and they say that it hurts, so again I can not win. I like to make my kids look nice but for the cheapest price possible. LOL.
For this afternoon, I will be cleaning my house and making some treats for tonight as it is my month to host our bookclub. I really like getting together with friends and have a good talk about a good book and then it is fun to talk about other stuff later. If anyone has read any good books later that you think would be good for us to read please let me know, we are always looking for other books.

Re-Group

Do you ever get to the point where you feel like you need to re-group as a family and start from scratch again? Jamie and I came that realization this weekend that we need to go back to do the basics with our children again. What that mainly includes doing is finding the joy in the simple pleasures of life and enjoying one anothers company again. We have decided that there will be no more t.v. for a while, and gone with the game boys and playstations (not that they play them a lot). It seems to us that they and us have forgotten how to play together and how to play with their toys using their imaginations, so it was time for a change for all of us. I can already see a good change in that this morning before church the boys where actually playing together with minimal fighting which was lovely. I don't know how long we will do this but for a while to get back on track and enjoying each other again instead of running off and doing other things.
Rylan and I stayed home from church today as he woke up with croup. It of course comes after we had just gone to the doctors about his coughing and he had no cough only to have it come back three days later. I can see that we will be making another trip to the doctors this week. But it was nice to get everyone else ready for church for 1:00, then put Rylan down for a nap and read for a while with no interuptions. I have been reading "Mary and Joseph" for our church book club which is this Wed. at my house. It has been a very instereing book to ready about what life was like when the Savior was born. I really look forward to each month and book club other wise I might not read as much as I do even though I love it.
Jamie was up this morning getting dinner ready and thank goodness we have two crock pots because in the one he has a lovely smelling roast on the go and in the other one he is trying a new desert. I can't wait I have been smelling it all day. I am thankful for a husband that loves to help and do his part.

Week Is Over

I just have to say that I am glad that this week is over. I have looked forward to 7:00 bedtime every night this week. It has not been difficult, but I have a husband that works shift work and this weeks shift is the one that I dislike the most. He would go to work at about lunch time and return home around 10:00 pm which means that I have the children during that wonderful happy hour just before dinner and then on to bed time. My children are not horrible but I always find this the most challenging time of the day because everyone is tired. (Especially when you get up to go pee 3 times a night LOL) I think that the hardest part is that Darien really misses seeing daddy when he gets home from school. Jamie and Darien get to see each other for only about 30 min. in the morning, and when you have a son that loves his daddy so much he really misses him and has a hard time when he is gone. I am just getting to the point were I can not rough and tumble with the kids anymore and they need to have that. I am thankful for Jamie in that he tries to change out of those shifts because he knows how hard it is on his family but there are times when it can not be help. But that is ok for the next six weeks he will be working a normal job which is Mon. to Fri. home at about 4:00 what bliss that will be. He is preparing to teach the next set of students coming in which is fun but also stressful. I find that he is more stressed teaching than he is doing is normal job which is supposed to be one of the most stressful jobs, but he loves to teach and does a good job at it because they keep asking him. Looking forward to the bliss. LOL

Let It Snow

Yes, it is once again snowing in Alberta. This is the worst time of the year because it seems like it should be getting closer to spring but it just keeps snowing. I just hope that March goes by quickly so that my trip home comes sooner. I can't believe that we are so close to the end of Feb. already. Yesterday was a busy day with going to Keagan's school for my duty day and then in the afternoon I had my R.S. meeting. We got home just in time for Darien to get home from school and then it was off to the dentist. Darien it beginning to realize that he doesn't like the dentist as much as he thought and I can understand where he is coming from because they are not my favorite people either. Jamie was gone all day because he went to court to see if he could have a speeding ticket that he got reduced. He as never had a ticket so he was hoping that they would go easy on him, he did get some off which is good and then he went to work early. I know it doesn't sound very exciting but that is the way life is sometimes. I will be going for another ultra sound on March 6 because the baby was not in a very good position to see his spine or heart so they want some more pictures. I am hoping that I can get one of those 3D ones done so that the kids can get a better idea as to what he will look like but we will see. Today I have to take Rylan to the doctors because of his on going coughs, they think that he might have asthma so we should have a better idea today. Of course he has been coughing since Oct. but he has not coughed in the last two weeks, isn't that always the way.

Fun Fun Fun

Well, the night was great for my birthday. My husband arrived home with a lovely vase full of roses and then Tammy arrived with her family. We got all dolled up and headed out to the restaurant for dinner with some friends. Dinner was great and I have decided that one of my favorite meals is the lettuce wraps at Joey's, they are so yummy. Then it was time to take the babysitter home so that we could enjoy some fun with our husbands. We went to the club where Renae's husband is the DJ which is our favorite place to hang out because the music is good and there are all age groups there which makes it fun. The rest of the night was spent dancing, laughing, and having fun. It is great to get out with friends and have a good time. We got home at about 2:00 am for a little bit of sleep before the kids got up and Sat. had begun. Tammy and I had to be at Renea's house for 8:30 so that the hair appointments could begin. Tammy is a very hard worker and it is great to see that people appreciate her as much as I do. We then headed to a cheerleader compition where a friends sister was competing, it was so fun to see how these kids work so hard for a 2 1/2 min. routine some of the moves where amazing. They came in fourth which was really good. Then home to Renea's for dinner. Jamie took the opportunity to fly to Yellowknife last night because he has a friend that is a pilot for a 737 so he could go in the jumpseat. Yes, he went up there last night only to fly back this morning (he loves to fly). Today will be church this afternoon, then dinner at the Marsden's. Good times.

Birthdays and Being a Mom

I have come to realize that as you get older birthdays are just not the same. Don't get me wrong I have had lots of wonderful phone calls this morning and we have plans for tonight but now that I am a mom the bathrooms still need to get done and diapers need to be changed even on my birthday. How funny is that? I have been putting off doing my bathrooms for a while because they are my least favorite things to do but finally I had to do it. So yes they are sparkling clean again and it feels good. It was really cute because the first one to wish me a happy birthday was Keagan and he said it as soon as he came down stairs this morning, he was so cute looking tired and half asleep but he still remembered. I love my children. I have let my husband off the hook in the way of presents for this year because I got to go on a fabulous trip and I did do some shopping damage in the way of shoes. He was glad to hear that because he seems to have a hard to planning presents. Tonight we will start with our girls only dinner and then we will return to pick-up our wonderful husbands and head out for a night of dancing and fun. I will post some pictures later.

Shopping

As I was unpacking yesterday, I came to the realization that my husband has developed a shopping addiction and that he now has more clothes than I do. Yes, I know that might sound amazing but it is true. Since we have been going to the states and he has discoved outlet stores he is in shopping heaven. It is funny to see him go, infact one night while we were away I left him to shop on his own with his brother and they came home with about 4 bags each full of clothes. I just laughed and asked him how we were going to pack it all. It is nice that he is finally taking a interest in clothes on his own. I remember when he came home off his mission and my mom and I took him shopping for clothes and it was like pulling teeth to get him to try anything on. I guess for him it makes a big difference when he knows that he is getting a deal on it, Jamie really dislikes paying full price for anything. This morning I have been little miss secretary arranging hair appointments for Tammy when she comes up this weekend. Once again she is going to be leaving a very tired lady because she has a lot of work ahead of her this weekend but it will be fun because we are heading out Fri. night for dinner and dancing for my birthday and our friend Renea's birthday which was at the beginning of the month. I will post some pictures latter.

Run Away

No, I have not run away nor have I disappeared off the face of the earth. We have been away.
We left to go to Florida on Feb. 1 with our kids and there we met up with my mom and Jamie's brother (Tyler), wife (Michelle), and friends John and Pam. From Florida on Feb. 3 we left on a cruise to the Bahamas and Caribean. And it was a wonderful 7 day cruise that stopped in Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Martin and then returned to Florida where we stayed in our time share for an extra 4 days to relax before coming home to this lovely cold weather.(NOT) We got home late last night and the kids were ready to go to school today. I have spent the day unpacking which is just as much work as packing and wishing every min. that we had not come home but real life has to happen.
We saw some amazing places while away and did some really cool things. The first place we stopped in was Nassau where we caught a water taxi to Paradise Island and we went past the famous Atlantis Hotel and found an amazing beach where we could snorkle and swim. Our second stop was in St. Thomas where we went on a tour and were taken to a coral reef and everyone went out snorkling even the kids. It was so cool to see everyone out there and they got to see some really neat things. Then on our final stop we went to St. Martin where we rented a car and drove to this famous beach right by the airport where you can be swimming in the water and the planes fly right over your head and the runway is just on the other side of the fence and when the planes take off you have to hold onto everything including your kids because they will get blown right into the water. That was the coolest and the kids had a great time waving at the people as they were coming in to land. Then we headed to another beach where all the adults went up parasailing. It was amazing to watch them (I did not go) They saw huge see turtles and mantarays. I was so shocked when my mom said that she wanted to go. She had a great time. Between each port and the days that we were on the boat the boys where able to go to camp carnival which was amazing and the kids had a great time and the adults enjoyed some alone time. All in all it was great and there was plenty of shopping to do. I will include some pictures.
I have enjoyed catching up on everyone ones blog since I have been home.