Logan's 2

Yesterday we celebrated Logan turning 2. It was a really busy day between family coming at different times. Very difficult getting everyone here at the same time because everyone lives in different cities. We are all spread out through out the valley from Chilliwack to White Rock. It worked out great had 1/2 the cake around 1pm and the rest at 7:30pm....Logan was spoiled as per usual with lots of clothes, we all stayed away from toys since he has alot already and rarely plays with them anyways. Here's him in one of his new outfits from Old navy.

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year despite the snow falling for days it seemed. Everyone got what they wanted and then some. Christmas eve we opened up the Wii that was given to us by Grandma. That sure kept everyone busy through out a snowy Christmas Eve. The kids got spoiled even more on Christmas Day. Mikayla got her long awaited Nintendo DS along with the accessory kit, pajammas, socks, 3 DS games, and a mp3 player. Joshua got Star wars lego, play doh and a Star wars Lego video game for the ps2. Logan got some clothes, lego and clipo table. The family got a portable dvd player earlier this yr, as an early present.

Paul and I both got some clothes and jammies.. All and all we can't complain at all. We have been so blessed this year. Not only are we thankful for what we got at christmas time but also earlier in the year.

We had a smaller crowd for dinner as first planned due to the snow, family out in Surrey were stuck close to home.

Over the Weekend.....

This past weekend was nice and relaxing. We hung up some more lights on the outside of the house, finish off the part that had none and changed the fence lights from blue to multi coloured. We also decorated the mantel and hung our stockings. Other then that just relaxed and thought about Christmas. This coming weekend, we'll do a bit of shopping. We have to buy 2 gifts worth about 15 bucks each to take to Paul's work Christmas dinner. Any ideas??? basically they need to be gender neutral because who knows who will end up with them but then again who cares cause if a guy got a girly thing well then he can re gift it..LOL We go to the same place every year, pretty quiet dinner and a gift game and that is about it.

We are waiting for a few more weekends before the tree goes up. Rather not have to worry about little fingers just yet.

Halloween 2008

I never realized how far I had let my blog go. Sheesh I didn't even blog about Halloween. I usually am right on top of things....Anyways i guess better then never i suppose. anyways on to Halloween. Not only am i late but i am doing the posts backwards..lol I'll just say I am doing that part on purpose.hehehehe

I went with Joshua and the rest of his K class to the pumpkin patch on Halloween. It was sprinkling rain off and on all day. We knew it would be wet and we were as prepared as we could be. As soon as we arrived at the patch and was getting off the bus and on to the hay wagon its started to pour. I was drenched in seconds. I am so glad Joshua was wearing his splash pants and rain coat. Nothing worse then a whinny kid when they are uncomfortable and there is nothing you can do for them at the moment.

So we collected our pumpkins and quickly headed back into the barn to look at the animals and have hot chocolate and a story read to us. Then back onto the bus and back to school.

Later that day after getting all dry, we dressed up the kids and Dad took the out tricker treating around our neighbourhood. While they were out, I had 5 kids come to our house. THAT'S IT !!! I know I was quite surprised. Dad and the kids came back a couple hours later with a big bag of candy, plus what i had bought to give away. They are set for along time now..LOL

My 37th Birthday

Oops I totally forgot to blog out it. Thursday November 13 was my 37th Birthday. It was the year that I had to renew my license, however without thinking about it after she took my license I have no picture ID. One of those things that just slipped my mind as well as the lady at the office. Came home and was talking to Paul about it and then I realized what had just happened, I couldn't vote. I always vote, its' just something I do, but i also quickly realized there was nothing I could do about it as it was Friday night and election day was Saturday.

anyways, back to celebrating. We ordered Chinese food and had black forest cake with family. It was a wonderful day !!!

Christmas Lights

Well today we spent the day outside hanging Christmas Lights on our new house. As most of you know this is our first Christmas in the house. It will be a couple more weeks before the inside of the house gets decorated. Longer its in the boxes and less time I have to say Don't Touch the tree !

Not the best picture but hopefully you get the idea. We have candy canes running down the side of the driveway.

Thanksgiving

It was pretty quiet this year. We had Paul's mom and brother dave over for dinner. We have lots of turkey leftover, I finally froze a package. Tonight its time to have something else to eat..lol Now its working on Halloween. I actually hate it. If I had my way I would just buy my kids some candy and watch a family movie...Paul enjoys it though, over the last couple years we have collected quite a few decorations etc.

Joshua has decided that he wants to be a bunny. Mikayla is undecided, and Logan well , he might just go as a Jelly Bean again, maybe just a different color one.

I am also suffering from a cold. I finally got it from the kids. Logan still has a runny nose. Kids go back to school and everyone gets sick.

Joshua's 5th birthday

Stampin up for Thanksgiving

Last night I made a place card at Stamp Club. Turned out okay, I got the idea anyways. The next one will be better, if not I can always say my kids made them..LOL

September 23/ 2008

Happy Anniversary

Paul and I have been married for 2 years today. This morning I woke up to fresh coffee and a card leaned up to the coffee pot. He set it for when I get up just before he left for work at 5am. I thought that was sweet of him, now I wonder if he'll do that every morning..LOL

I am very lucky to have found such a great guy as Paul. I look forward to sharing many more years with him.

Big day for 2 Special Guys in my life !!!

It's my hubby's birthday today !! We celebrated it on Saturday with family. Everyone had a great time, the weather was perfect. Today is Joshua's first mini session of Kindergarten, today is when I leave him there for 1 hour. I am sorta worried about that, I hope he won't be upset when I leave. Wednesday he starts full sessions.

The weather is sure changing fast this year, sure gets cool at night. We've taken down our pool already and I pulled my tomato plants already, they ended up dying early for some reason, maybe they got a hint of frost one night.I have them all laid out ripening on the deck, but yet the neighbors still look good..Any ideas what may have happened to my plants??? They were fine until we got ALL that rain !! Here is a picture of Paul's favourite cake. Its a Bon Bon cake, little bit of filling, cake and pastry all in one. It's really good, I must admit. Unfortunately not everyone makes them, we end up having to get them from Vancouver. When we do have it, it is a real treat ! If anyone else is interested Bon Bon Bakery.

Mother's Day 2008

Today it was spent having Breakfast delivered by my hubby from Tim Horton's followed by a trip to the nursery where we picked up a few flowers, tomato and strawberry plants. Rushed home and got work planting it all before it rained too much. Luckily it actually didn't rain much at all just drizzled here and there. I also got my gift that I had been waiting for some time. A flat screen computer monitor.

Mikayla's 11th Birthday party...

Today is her actual birthday, we celebrated it on Sunday with family and friends. The weather wasn't too bad however it wasn't as nice as Saturday. Mikayla had a great time. She got spoiled with gifts as usual. We had a mix up with her birthday cake though. I had ordered one 1 week ago and when I called to see if it could be ready a bit earlier then first planned, the baker told me there was no such order. I was like okay thank you and hung up. At that point I couldn't waste anytime arguing with the guy I had to bake a cake. I headed off to Safeway and picked up a few things and came home and quickly got the cake in the oven. Rather then a bratz Cake she ended up with a plain chocolate cake. She loved it anyways.

Wasn't until Monday that I called back and spoke to the manager and we now have a credit. What really pissed me off the most is the cake was sitting in the cooler all the time. The guy I spoke to was too lazy to go look.

We all had bbq burgers and salad and a great visit. It was a great day....

Kids on Easter Sunday...

Easter Weekend...

CAN I REALLY EAT THIS MOM????

Logan's 1 st Birthday Party...

Logan had a great birthday, he really enjoyed himself. The theme was Elmo. The cupcake cake worked out bery nicely. It tasted so good. He was spoiled as usual. He got a few outfits, Elmo story book, little car and some cash. All and all it was a fun evening.

Auntie Charlene and Cousin Kristine were here along with our good friends Tim and Annie. Everyone had a good time.

As you will see in the few pictures, Logan loved his cake too..lol

Happy Birthday Logan....

Logan is 1 years old today. It has sure been a stressful year for all. Looking back on his first year has been filled with many emotions. Logan has had a rough go with the surgeries and all the prep leading up to them. He has come along in such a short time. We are very proud of the little trooper. He was very good about all the stuff he went through. Some of it was harder on us then him. For those of you that don't know what surgeries he had, he was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. ( Right side of lip and palate were open) You wouldn't know it today though !! The surgeon did amazing work on him.

Happy Birthday Logan and many more to come.

Birthday Cake Update....

YAY ME!!!!!!!!! Logan has the best mommy.....LOL After countless calls all over town looking for a bakery that will make a Elmo Cupcake Cake , I finally found one. Sardis Bakery. I am really excited about it ! Hopefully it turns out ok. I still have to gather up some other decorating stuff. I wasn't going to bother with balloons and streamers but since I am ahead in the packing dept. I do have time to make this day very special for Logan.

Since we are doing Elmo for the cake. I'll have to find some Red and Yellow balloons. Still haven't figured out what we are getting him for his gift. He seems to have soo much already. I will post all about the party and have pictures too..

Stay tuned ! Well back to the party planning.

Birthday Cake...

I am working on deciding what the best cake for Logan's 1st birthday should be. I have narrowed it down to a cupcake one, however I have no idea what theme I want to go with. I was thinking Elmo but of course Safeway doesn't have the kit for those 2....I plan on calling around to other bakeries that might be able to accommodate my request.

Any ideas let me know....