Parting is such sweet sorrow......

So I have been spending the day getting ready for our trip tomorrow morning. We leave bright and early in the am. We need to be at the airport at no later than 5:30 for our 7 sm flight. It is going to take us four hours to get to Toronto and so we stocked up on toys and snacks for the flight. The only thing that I am in need of right now is a spliiter for their headphone so they can sit and watch Treehouse from one TV.
Right now the kids are napping and I am mostly done packing and I think that I have a couple minutes before I need to start cleaning. so I thought that I would drop in to say goodbye. I woun't be posting anything for awhile so I hope that you all have a great week and I will fill you in on all that went on and all the fun that was had when we get back next week.
But never fear I will be back.

VACATION TIME!!!!!!

So on Thursday morning the kids and I are up early (4:30 am) and will be heading to the airport for our 7 am flight to Toronto. Sean, unfortunately is unable to accompany us. We are off to see Sean's Dad and spend some quality time with him. We will be spending 3-4 days on his boat with some friends that we met and absolutely fell in love with the last time we were there 2 years ago. Then Grandpa is taking the kids to the Toronto Zoo. I am looking forward to taking some specatcular pictures there.
There are somethings that I am nervous about, but at the same time I am looking forward to the time I get to spend with my FIL and to watch him with the kids. He absolutely adores them and they have him wrapped around their fingers. So I will have lots of grandpa pictures to share when we get back.
So until then I have a lot to do to prepare for this adventure and I hope that I don't forget anything.
Wish me luck on our 4 hour flight just me and the kids I hope we all survive. I don't fly much so flying with the kids ALONE has me a tad nervous, but I WILL survive as I plan on being extra prepared. I HOPE

"GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE!!!!"

Last night my sister Lindsay and my friend Donna and I went to see the movie "Hairspray". Now I had seen the original with Ricki Lake many years ago and enjoyed that one so I knew that I would enjoy this version as well. Boy it blew me away. I have never laughed so hard in a movie before as there are many things that I just don't find tht worthy of a laugh. I am very picky about what I find funny.
It is a musical so I knew my husband would NOT be inclined to go so I am glad that I had two people who wanted to see it as well.
In my opinion John Travolta STOLE the show. Now we've all seen him sing and dance through "GREASE" and heat up the floor in "Saturday Night Fever", but that is NOTHING compared to seeing him dressed in drag and singing and dancing as a WOMAN!! He did a bang up job as the plus size Edna Turnblat.
This movie is thoroughly enjoyable and tackles some social issues in a way that is not preachy but at the same time makes you think about them in a whole new way.
So if you are looking for a good night out with some wholesome entertainment and a lot of good gut wrenching laughs (I felt as if I had done 500 sit ups at the end), then this movie is for you. Just remember to take it as light hearted fun and you will enjoy it too.

26 things challenge

I randomly found a blogspot that had a photgraphy challenge. I found it quite interesting so I thought that I would "borrow" the idea and try it myself.
Feel free to pop back and see how I interpret these 26 things and if you feel so inclined start doing this challenge yourself. I would LOVE to see how some of you interpret these things.

26 Things:
1 Angles
2 Shadows
3 Three's a Charm
4 After the rain
5 Looking up/Looking down
6 Comfort
7 Summertime
8 Patterns/repetition
9 Soft
10 Hole-y
11 Something Unique about where you live
12 Peek a boo
13 Patriotic
14 Seen better days
15 Underfoot
16 Delicate
17 Black and White
18 Perspective
19 Layered
20 Tangles
21 Path
22 I'd rather be here
23 Exotic
24 Best time of the day
25 Childhood Pleasures
26 Open and Shut

Some things we did last week.....

It has been a long time since I have been to Drumheller, but on Friday Sean got a day off work and so we packed the kids into the van and drove to the hotness that was Drumheller. We took the kids to the Royal Tyrell Museum. Michaela has alway has a fascination for dinasours and this trip just put her in heaven. She didn't want to stop she just went everywhere and took it all in. She was on the hunt fot a Myasourus (from Diego). I can't be sure if we even saw one, but she couldn't help but look and explore. We had a tough time keeping up with her she was so excited.
Then all to soon it was over and she had had enough and we took the kids home.

I also braved the heat and took the kids to the Airdrie splash park. Michaela needless to say, as she is secretly and fish, really had fun diving and splashing and running through the sprinklers. Logan, on the other had, has not been feeling well and so did not enjoy it as much as he usually enjoys swimming. I hope h gets out of that funk soon as we are heading off to Ontario to spend a few days on Sean's dad's boat. I hope that he will have fun in the lake and I won't be dealing with a cranky boy all week.

Our fun weekend...

So we went to Magrath this weekend to spend the weekend with our friends and we had a blast. So thanks to Patrick and Louise for putting up up in their house.
Saturday. Louise and I decided to brave 4 kids under 3 and take them to the Coaldale candy parade. Boy did the kids have a blast. They sure raked in the candy. They had a petting zoo and we again braved the crowds and took the kids in there as well. Micahela started to enjoy it, but got scared when a sheep came up to eat out of her hand. Keira, though was right up there petting all the animals. I think if it wasn't so crowed and she didn't have some big animal eating out of her hand she would have enjoyed it too. Then, if that wasn't enough, we took them swimming. Michaela has been swimming up a storm and I was tempted to let her jump off the diving board, but I chickened out. She is a little fish in the water. She found a floating toy and decided to use it as her own little private diving board.
While Sean and Patrick were at a wedding that night Louise and I put four kids to bed and had it all done by 7:30 YEAH for us, needless to say it was a small miracle. Then while it was quiet, we worked on the quilt that we decided to make for Michaela about 8 months back. It was fun, but ask Louise, it was a ton of work and she still has a lot do to on it (at least all the seams were ironed. hehe ;)
So we paked a lot into a weekend, but still it was fun. I've missed my best friend since they moved to Magrath, and it's nice to be able to have weekends that we can hang out and be together.
Love ya Weez.

OOOHHHH!!!! This I love!!!

You Are Dr. Pepper

You're very unique and funky, yet you still have a bit of traditionalism to you. People who like you think they have great taste... and they usually do. Your best soda match: Root Beer Stay away from: 7 Up

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It was a great Canada Day Long Weekend...

 

So we went to Raymond, as we do every year, for the Canada day long Weekend. It was a lot of fun. Michaela and Logan got to sit on Grandpa's Motorbike and then Grandpa took Michaela for a ride. I guess she held onto Grandpa for dear life and as soon as she saw me she started to cry. But she was a big girl and ended up really liking the ride.
We went to the parade and Michaela got a lot of candy (just what she needs-something to make her more hyper). She ws really cute waving at the floats and enticing them to throw candy at her. Logan just sat back and took in all the sights and sounds form the parade. Now each time Michaela hears and siren, she thinks that a parade is starting (so cute)
I posted a few pictures of the fun that they had.

I did it now it's your turn......

You Are Kermit

Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know. You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems. Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green. Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies!

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