Wednesday, December 31, 2014

12/31/2014

Bringing in the New Year in pjs with sparkling grape juice and posting this picture to instagram to gross out our kids. :) Happy New Year!

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

12/29/2014

It's a day of script reading and memorizing for Kaden--he's lucky to have Kiandra and Kezia to coach him!

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014

12/26/2014

Year of painting continues....Kiandra spent the day making over her bedroom furniture from green/blue/purple to grey to match her new bedding.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

12/24/2014

Watching "the Bible" Christmas segment with the family...

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

12/23/2014

Goliath thinks he needs a little Christmas wrapping paper too!

Monday, December 22, 2014

12/22/2014

Kaden had the whole family in the stands this morning...

Sunday, December 21, 2014

12/21/2014

My surprise today was 4 socks...which was perfect because I needed some AND my prompt for today's photo of the day was "socks".

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Friday, December 19, 2014

12/19/2014

We did not go hungry at our last day of school for 2014 party...

Thursday, December 18, 2014

12/18/2014

Our published Grade 1 book arrived today! This year we used David Shannon as our inspiration as my uber talented Grade 1 friends wrote and illustrated their "Be a Friend, David!" book. This is the 6th Grade 1 book that I have helped my class publish...book arrival day is still super exciting! (This pic was posted on our class instagram account is a sneaky way of getting a class photo without breaking our "no faces" rule. :)

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

12/17/2014

Twinsies! My friend Sheralyn and I sporting the matching shirts we bought at our annual teachers shopping trip last year....and the mandatory jeans on Christmas concert dress rehearsal day ;)

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Friday, December 12, 2014

12/12/2014

Kaden's Grade 8 gingerbread house creation...after some sampling...

Thursday, December 11, 2014

12/11/2014

After school basketball practice for Kaden today...

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

12/10/2014

It's hard to believe but this is the 6th published Grade 1 book that I have helped put together...

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

12/9/2014

Kaden's school choir is singing at a big concert event this weekend and tonight was a practice run. Even though the venue has terrible parking and is not in the most ideal location, you really can't help but admire the beauty and the acoustics of this building.

Monday, December 8, 2014

12/8/2014

So I volunteered to be a baker for Kaden's Grade 8 class's gingerbread house project. I decided to bake the pieces at school and then promptly burned 2 pans! Thankfully the pans that got burnt were Kaden's pieces and I was able to remake the pieces and bring them to school in time for the assembly portion of the project.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

12/7/2014

The boys took in an afternoon hockey game...

Saturday, December 6, 2014

12/6/2014

We caught up on PVR'd Amazing Race episodes, ate an appy supper, and then set up the Christmas tree...it was a great evening.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

12/3/2014

Love is filling up the van with gas in the tank and air in the tire on a cold night.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

12/2/2014

My Grade 1 friends made these cards to sell to raise money to buy goats for people in Nepal through Mennonite Central Committee.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Sunday, November 30, 2014

11/30/2014

Kezia and her friend Jenna face off at "Blow Ball" at the Grey Cup party where watching the football game was totally optional.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

11/29/2014

Kaden's team had a hockey family party tonight and I brought these treats:

Friday, November 28, 2014

11/28/2014

Kaden's volleyball wind-up party was a family event watching the University teams play. Kiandra was at a friend's party but the rest of us came out to watch both the woman's and the men's team win their best of 5 games. (Kezia only came for the popcorn!)

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

11/26/2014

Picking up a little treat for my girls and also sampling a piece ourselves...peanut butter covered oreos!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Monday, November 24, 2014

11/24/2014

This is my stalker-mom view as I waited for Kiandra to come out after her audition:

11/23/2014

Kezia is getting her introduction to driving on slippery roads.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

11/22/2014

The outdoor rinks are open! Kaden spent some time on the ice today with some of his hockey friends. The 0 degree weather made the afternoon enjoyable for the boys.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Thursday, November 20, 2014

11/20/2014

We started our "Truth in the Tinsel" Advent story at school. What a blessing to teach at a school that I can share this with my students.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

11/19/2014

It's so hard to believe these pictures are from 23 years ago!

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

11/18/2014

I've been so spoiled that Kiandra has been spending Tuesdays with me. It was an added pleasure to have her be a part of our 50s day celebration today.

Monday, November 17, 2014

11/17/2014

Game over. Today's volleyball loss knocked Kaden's first place team right out of the playoffs. Suddenly it came to me during the final few plays of the game that this was it...the end of my days on the sidelines of middle school volleyball.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

11/16/2014

My front row seat as these girls sing and dance and rehearse their monologues for tomorrow's big audition.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

11/15/2014

Kiandra rarely comes out to Kezia or Kaden's games but this is her second game that she has come too and Kezia's team won again...Kiandra just might have to come out to more games because she seems to bring good luck.

Friday, November 14, 2014

11/14/2014

Report card writing day seemed like a great day to redeem my earned free Starbucks beverage. :) (and I couldn't resist a cookie too because that would earn me 3 stars toward my next free one.)

Thursday, November 13, 2014

11/13/2014

Good news-I loved seeing this show up on my instagram feed as Kiandra and Kezia had a chance to hang out with Conrad today because they had no school because of report card pick up day.Bad news-the walk-in clinic confirmed that Kiandra does have bronchitis.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

11/11/2014

The view from the living room window this morning as Conrad loaded up our old stove to take over to the rental house: