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.

11/29/2014

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

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!)

11/27/2014

It's that kind of day...

11/26/2014

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

11/25/2014

Soup pot luck day at school...

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.

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.

11/21/2014

Another Friday coupon date night.

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.

11/19/2014

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

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.

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.

11/16/2014

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

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.

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.)

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.

11/12/2014

Baking my first lasagna in my new (blue!) oven.

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:

11/10/2014

Today, 20 years ago,  Conrad asked me to marry him. I am reminded every single day how blessed and lucky I am to have such an amazing guy to share my life with.

11/09/2014

A little getaway to do some Christmas shopping and enjoy some couple time. I love this man.

11/08/2014

Dinner out at one of our favourite places...

11/07/2014

Only 1 child to pick up from youth tonight...Kiandra was babysitting and Kaden had hockey.

11/6/2014

Private euphonium concert this evening (aka Kaden needs to up his practice minutes!)

11/5/2014

We traded a set of keys for a year's worth of posted cheques---our rental house has tenants! We went to Dairy Queen with a BOGO coupon to celebrate our new role as landlords.

11/4/2014

I've been spoiled for the last few Tuesdays because Kiandra has chosen to spend her free afternoons helping out in my classroom. Today she helped create these awesome 100 chart game puzzles.

11/3/2014

Kaden got another chance to earn some money after school as a referee for the Grade 6/7 volleyball team.

11/2/2014

It was another day of hockey for Kaden's team and they finished game two with a 6-2 final score!

11/1/2014

It was a second place win for Kaden's school volleyball team in their Saturday tournament.