Last weekend

Well, yesterday I said I would tell about our weekend and I didn't get back to it, oops! Anyways, here's a rundown on what we did, Saturday morning Nyla had her first soccer game and it was a GORGEOUS day, beautiful and sunny and warm. She did very well and even had a turn as goalie

Her team won 4-1 and she was pretty ecstatic. So, after the game we went home and had some lunch, then we packed up all the bikes and the bike trailer, the dog, the kids and everything and went to Kokanee park for the afternoon. It was wonderful! Such a nice family day together just the five of us (and Stella of course!) outside doing something fun and active on a beautiful day, so fun in fact that I totally forgot to take any pictures, whoops!

On Sunday we just hung out at home, the weather wasn't the greatest and I felt a cold coming on, amazingly the kids were playing really well and Nyla had a birthday party just down the road. So that's about it really, oh and I finished the second book of the "Twilight" series (563 pages) in about three days, soooo good and I'm dying to read the third! Ciao for now,

Sam

Wisdom tooth part 2

Hey all,

Just thought I'd let you all know that the wisdom tooth issue went well. I was shocked that it only took the dentist about three seconds to actually pull the tooth out! And besides being frozen on half of my face for a couple of hours, it wasn't a big deal at all, hardly any pain or anything. I was kind of waiting for it to get worse but it never progressed past a dull ache. Anyways gotta go now but will try to write later and tell about our weekend.
Sam

Wisdom tooth

Wow, I can't believe its been this long since I wrote on here! Well since spring is finally here sort of, we've been busy clearing and pruning outside and it's been really great getting out there. One crappy thing this week is I have to get a wisdom tooth out on friday, ugh! Hopefully all will go well and I won't have too much pain!(I can dream right?) It all started last thursday my mouth was just killing me and I had a feeling that it was because of this tooth, but I toughed it out the rest of thurs and friday, by saturday I was in so much pain and I could barely open my mouth! So I went to emerg, to make sure it wasn't an absess and he must have seen how much pain I was in cause the doc put me on antibiotics,600mg of ibuprofin AND T3's. I can tell you I definitely wasn't feeling much of anything the rest of sat and sun!! Anyways on Monday it was feeling a bit better (even without the painkillers) and went to see the dentist and so there you go I'm getting it out on Friday.Wish me luck!
Sam

Happy birthday to me!

Well yesterday was my 28th birthday, I had a nice day, pretty mellow and relaxing. My sister Charlotte is here for a few days and she made dinner for all of us and also a beautiful birthday cake mmmmmm yummy! Thanks Charlotte!! After dinner and kids were in bed, Pat, Charlotte, mom and I played trivial pursuit dvd pop culture. On Sunday it was Easter of course and we had Auntie Kim over for the weekend so she was here to colour eggs and to have an egg hunt. Here they all are with all their booty

Gabe colouring easter eggs!

MMMMM Chocolate!!!! Gabe is an addict just like his mom!

After we read the Real Easter story and had a good discussion about Jesus and the resurrection, Pa t took the girls up to the ski hill cause it was the second to last day and they had the Big Splash ( when crazy people try to ski across a large pond which is not frozen over!) and the Dummy Downhill (People make "dummies"or statues and send them down a portion of the ski hill and over a large jump to see how far they go or how big they crash) Here's a picture of the girls beside one of the dummies:

And another one,

Here's a picture of Stella our 9 month old puppy!

After Pat and the girls got home we all had a turkey dinner, so all in all a good weekend and birthday. Sorry, I have to go now but will write again later hopefully!

Spring is here, FINALLY!

Wow I can't believe it's been so long since I was on here! Well the last time I posted below was some pictures that I didn't have a chance to write about, so here goes, the green cookies are St. Patty's day cookies I made for the kids and were a big hit (they were just chocolate chip cookies that I added food colouring to) But I think they were a bigger hit the next day when their poop was green!!! ( I don't think the green pancakes for dinner helped that either :)
The other pictures are of the last friday of spring break that I took all five kids to lakeside park. It was wonderful weather, the only bummer was that Gabe wasn't feeling well. We had a great day, the kids played on the playground for awhile and then we went down to the beach and they all played in the sand.

So that's that and what have we been up to since? A bunch of stuff, last weekend we did a lot of work in the yard, raking leaves left from fall, and had a bonfire, roasted weenies etc. and the weather this week has just been gorgeous! Loving it as the kids and I have been outside all afternoon all week. Oh and we got the trampoline all set up last weekend so the kids have been on there almost constantly! I have been really tired all week and I think it has to do with all the wonderful fresh air we've been getting.
I did a scrapbook page last week and I'm really happy about that cause it's been awhile since I've
done any pages. That's all the thoughts I have for now and its getting late so I'm off to bed.

Sam

spring days

Happy St.Patty's Day!!

Hi everyone and a happy birthday to my brother Matt!

I can't believe it's been a week since I was last on here. gosh how time whizzes by! This past weekend Cadence went to Ainsworth with my mom and the rest of us went to Castlegar again,this time to see the Home and Lifestyle show that was at the college, it was pretty interesting, I'm very excited with my new SHAMWOW that I got he he he. When we got back, Pat and the girls decided to go for a hike. It is so nice that we just have to walk out the back door and into the forest behind us to go for a hike. They had fun and I enjoyed the peace and quiet (Gabe was asleep)

I had to show this picture of Gabe and his hockey stick, 1 1/2 years old and this kid is obsessed with hockey!

Well, today we went to Castlegar to visit Grandma Dustyand Tim and the dogs, Dusty,George and Gracie. We had a wonderful time going out for lunch at Tim Hortons and then we took all the dogs for a walk at Keenley side dam, the weather cooperated and the kids had a blast. The girls climbed on a bunch of rocks and Gabe had fun trying to throw balls for the dogs and giving grandma all his "treasures"

On our way to Castlegar, Gabe fell asleep after snack, note the drool and the bag still on his hand! he he he

I just wanted to say how glad I am to hear some feedback from people, so I will continue to try and keep my blog updated for all of you!

Well today is pretty dreary around here, its cloudy and raining, which has prompted feelings of spring (and the realization that spring break is next week!). The little kids and I started the oh so fun task of spring cleaning, dusting and vacuuming all the ceiling, walls and floors etc. I have been trying to do this at least twice a year cause in a log house, so much dust collects on the top sides of the logs and you wouldn't believe the amount of cobwebs that build up! those little eight legged creatures love these walls! I swear I vaccuum corners for cobwebs at least once a week!!

One of my little helpers, Gabriel.

Anyways, the kids and I have definitely been feeling the effects of cabin fever as the snow hasn't been very good for sledding or anything really, but on friday we went out and did a little spring sledding (as you can see with the dirt patches!) oh well, hopefully all this rain will melt the snow faster and we can go to the parks soon. As you can probably tell I can't wait for it to be summer again, can't wait for days on the beach and camping and hiking etc.

Cadence on her tummy and Nyla carrying her saucer up the hill.

Bear with me as I keep learning how to do this blogging thing,

Sam