Two true to be good

WAVES!!

2009-07-18T20:47:00.000-07:00

We just came back from the beach. It all of a sudden got windy in Vernon and guess what that means? BIG WAVES at the beach. Whenever is windy we love running down to the beach to play in the waves. They were way bigger than the usual big waves. The water water was bathtub warm. When we got out of the water to leave Nicholas put his boogie board down to get his towel and glasses. When I realized what he had done it was to late. Teh wind had carried it off and it was no where to be found. He says "I didn't try too" I told him he should really try NOT too! He knows even if to thing is ties to a foot it will not stay on the ground in the wind. Kids sure can be careless, I am not sure why I got 4 of them.
There is a big forest fire in Kelowna which. Even though it is 1 hour away from us it is super smokey here.
My mom and I are sharing my brother Daryl's kids for a few days. The boys have mostly been at my house and all the girls have been at grandmas which is great.
Anyone wanna go back to the beach with me and play in the waves? I love it here! I will have to post pics of my garden soon. I have tons of Zuchinni, spinach, swish chard and beans ready. I can't believe how easy it is to grow stuff here.
Now I am off to get the kids in bed early for once.

2009-07-17T19:30:00.000-07:00

It has been forever since I have blogged. I was wplanning on doing it regularly but that did not happen. So much has happened since my last blog. In my last blog I started a new job. Well I have quit that job. I really loved it and was very good at it but Mike was having to come home early on the days I worked and in the end we lost about $50 everytime I worked. So we didn't think it was worth it. Since I was good at the job they would love to have me back so I will see how things go in Sept when the kids are all in school full time. I may go back one day a week.

We have had lots of company so far this Summer. Starla and the kids, Ian and Janet, Cory and June, Robin, Candy, Betty and Elizabeth. In a couple days Mikes Brother and family and sister and family will all be here.
We have been spending tons of time at the beach. Hudson is excelling at swimming and Julia is turning into a good little swimmer too.
The boys have started Piano lessons b/c we got an amazing deal in a piano. The girls have recently got there ears peirced and look super cute!

We are going to be starting a big home reno right away. We finally bought some nice laminate and will be ripping out our brown/pinky/orange carpet and replacing it, we will paint and change light fixtures window coverings. I can't wait to get started. I will show some before and after pictures when it is done.

I guess that is enough of an update for now

Update!

2009-03-31T19:16:00.000-07:00

Life certainly does speed by. Much has happened since my last post at xmas, I had intended to become a regular blogger again :(
The most exciting news is that the boys, Mike, Myself and Kyle went to Honduras the first week of March. We had a fabulous time. We had many great adventures. The girls stayed with my parents and they all had a good time. I came back with lots of sea shells and a couple beautiful hand bags. Next time I go I will buy more.
When we got back I decided I should get a job. Luck would have it that my mom does Daycare for the owners of a great arch support store called GOOD FEET in Vernon. Mike also has been doing Reno's to there house. They were more than happy to hire me and the wage is no bad either. I have been there for two days now. I really like it. I love the products and since I love to sell it is a great fit for me. My hours are very flexable and I am able to be home to take the girls to school and pick them up. There is tons to learn but I will get it eventually.
Spring is here, my perennials are coming up. Pretty soon the cherry trees will be blossoming and then beach weather ~ Can't wait. We are dieing to have some visitors. Vernon is a super fun place for a vacation and we live just a two minute walk from an awesome beach. Let us know when you are coming and we will find room for you.

Merry christmas and Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

I woke up this morning (New Years Day) with headache! I will not be writing much. Christmas was fun, the kids had a great time with their cousins. We ate lots, watched movies, played games and the funnest of all was tobaganning. I haven't got any pictures of sledding yet but when I do I will post them.

Julia Savannah, Ashlyn
A competetive game of battle ship with Kyle and Nicholas
The kids table
Julia (pink) and Ashlyn

2008-12-22T11:00:00.000-08:00

We had another little birthday celebration, this time with only adults. This year I made two birthday cakes. Hudson wanted chocolate and Nicholas wanted Angel food.

Alvan and Trish and Carolyn Jacobs all came for cake. The Kids just love Alvan! He is always playing with them. They walk over to his house to visit him quite often. Carolyn was the boys Sunday school teacher for a few months and has babysat them a few times. They think she is great to.

This is Kyles dog Oscar. He is a nice dog! The girls hang on to his chain and pull him around and he loves it.

Here are Oscar and Samson. Samson is nice to but much bigger. The girls are scared of him even though he is just as nice as Oscar.

This is Ashlyn. She is so excited for Christmas!

Boys Birthday.

2008-12-15T12:57:00.000-08:00

The boys had thier 9th birthday party ont he weekend. I let them agree on two friends and we took them swimming. Vernon has an awesome pool! I thought Regina's pool was great, but this one had a real waterslide, climbing wall, rope, whirl pool, diving boards and the kids were actually allowed in the hottub! IT was lots of fun. After the pool we took them to Dairty Queen and they picked out a birthday cake. We ate it at DQ so I didn't even have to deal with a mess. IT was a great birthday party. I can't believe the boys will be 9 in a few days. Where has the time gone?

Lots of Snow.

2008-12-15T12:55:00.000-08:00

This is what we see from our couch. I took this picture through our dirty window.

Bathroom Reno (wish it was mine)

2008-12-15T12:51:00.000-08:00

Mike has been tiling a bathroom for someone for the last while. He is finally done that project and will be starting 3 others at the same house in January. I loved how the floor turned out! Mike is a pretty amazing tiler!

Have You Hugged a Snowman Today?

2008-12-12T16:37:00.000-08:00

We had our fist official dump of the season! It is great! The snow is perfect here for snowmen. The girls made the balls themselves until they got to heavey to roll and then it was Mom to the rescue. Our side year is a long hill. It is not steep at all but enough of a grade for the girls to think it is so fun to sled down. They spent about 2 hours outside . Today I did some shopping then picked the girls up from School and then took the girls to grandma's daycare to have their annual xmas party. While they were there I made buttertarts. Tonight we will be decorating the tree so I will post pics of that theis weekend

We still hate taxes

2008-12-09T16:41:00.000-08:00

After about 16 hours of doing our 2007 taxes this weekend we are done. The only good part about it is that we managed to play with the numbers and get a refund ~YAY! Now we just have to mail then away and wait for our money!
Last night I went to an Epicure party. (My first night out in 4 mos) I wanted lots of stuff but I thought I would be good and only get 4 jars of spice so I can make that amazing extraordinairy Cheese dip. The total for 4 jars came to $52. I was shocked. So instead I bought a starter kit for $150 that comes with more than a dozen jars of spices, a pot, frying pan (a really heavey duty one) measuring spoons and tons of other stuff. I thought it was a good deal. The problem is that now I am technically a consultant and I am already receiving emails about building my business and going to training days. I have no interest in another small business LOL!
I finally got the living room cleaned up. We had papers everywhere from our taxes and some other investment stuff we are doing. SO tomorrow I think we may put up the tree and try to get in the christmas spirit. We are spending way less this year since we are making way less. I wish we could have taken all our residents with us to Vernon and had an aproved home here. I really miss the people that I took care of in Regna. They were like family and I think aboout them everyday. Even though I miss them I am happy that we have the house to ourselves. We had our care home for 8 years. 8 very good years. I am anxious to get back to Regina and visit them, they were like my other 4 kids and I actually get sad when I think about them being so far away. I know they are in extremely good hands though and I think we would still be in Regina if Jason and Shannon didn't take over our home b/c I would have felt terrible about uprooting them and having them go live somewhere else. I could not have done that to them when I know that most of the homes don't treat their residents very nice.

2008-12-05T14:16:00.000-08:00

The girls had a fieldtrip tot he firestation last month. They got to sit in the fire truck and hear the sirens. They had a blast! They learned how to stop, drop and roll and lots of other safety tips. Julia has glasses, that is how you can tell the girls apart now.

Taxes

2008-12-03T09:39:00.000-08:00

I don't have any interesting pics to post but I though I would update. WE are doing our taxes this week. We hate taxes. WE are working on the 2007 tax year. Every year we promise ourselves that we will be organized and create a "system" AND have them done on time. It has not worked out yet. So now we are stressed! We will have to somehow make ourselves get a refund so that we don't have a huge penalty to pay.
The good news is we are working on our 2008 taxes at the sme time so hopefully those will not be late. WE will owe money for 2008 since we sold a rental property and will have to pay some capital gains (not fair).
I will try to have a good day and not think about how the gov takes advantage of the people of Cananda so they can have humungous expense acounts, buy what ever they like, drive fancy cars from the money we work hard to make. Enough griping, Maybe my next post will be a little more cheery!

My Petunias

2008-11-27T16:39:00.000-08:00

I took this picture today b/c I am amazed that I still have Petunias at the end of Nov.!!! The weather here is so mild compared to Regina. We just love it. It is not even winter coat weather. The kids where their hoody's to school.

All the kids

2008-11-27T16:37:00.000-08:00

It is very rare to actually get a good pic if them all. Not that I think this one is perfect, but it is pretty good compared to most where they all look like idiots.

The Boys

2008-11-27T16:31:00.000-08:00

I took these at the end of Oct. 08 WE are just loving fall here. Would you believe that fall is actually a season?

The girls

2008-11-26T14:04:00.000-08:00

2008-11-26T14:00:00.000-08:00

The church had a Mexican night last week.The girls wore their Mexican dresses that Colleen Strauss game them. They looked supe cute with Jeans.
Julia got glasses a few months ago so that is how you can tell them apart in pics. However she only wheres then 50% of the time so it is still a guessing game.

2008-11-26T13:53:00.000-08:00

MIke has decided that he LOVES pruning trees! And boy oh boy he can get carried away. This tree looked totally butchered when he was done. Hopefully it will fill out again next year. Here is is actually sitting on the top of the tree trunk. You can see the lake in the background.

This is Ashlyn (I think). Doing some yard work.

Halloween

2008-11-26T13:43:00.001-08:00

I am going a bit backward in my posting but I thought I might as well try and catch up. IT was a wet evening. It rained the whole time we were trick or treating. WE were pretty well the only kids out in a neighborhood full of kids. Everyone thought it was way to cold. We told everyone that we had just moved from Regina so we didn't think it was cold at all LOL.

Hudson just HAD to be a Mummy. Mike spent an hour wrapping him and pinning him and when it was finally done Hudson went and slid down the stairs and pretty well wrecked his costume. It was not long into the night that we had to come home and make Hudson change into a different costume.

There was a harvest party at the church building. WE had a pumkin carving constest and Mike And Hudson won. Alvan and Nicholas's turned out very nice to.

Last Nights babysitters

2008-11-26T13:33:00.000-08:00

Every tues Mike and I go to a parenting class called "Growing Kids God's Way" IT is an excellent class with proven stragies that make total sense when dealing with your kiddos.
Anyways My Dad usually babysits but last night he got help. Aunti Maxine and Uncle Stan were here for a visit so they came with him to help control the 4 monsters. When I got home everyone was piled on the couches watching a DVD. I am pretty sure both babysitters and kids had a great time.
Auntie MAxine cut our hair earlier in the day as well. Thanks for the haircuts

Our House

2008-11-24T20:03:00.000-08:00

This is what our house looks like. The view is even nicer!! I froze 100lbs of peaches this summer. So if you come and visit you can excpect to get peach cobbler

Yes, that is my butt!

2008-11-24T19:54:00.000-08:00

Mike and I were in a quading accident the beginning of Sept. We were doubling on a 5ft wide path. On side of the path was more moutain and the other side was a 300Ft drop off. Well somehow we (Mike) managed to roll the thing backward and I flew off and landed on a rock. It was a total miracle that we were not hurt worse and that niether us or the quad did not go over the cliff.
I ended up with a tramatic sacrum hemotoma. Which is a blood filled pouch. It was the size of half a cantaloupe. YOu can't really tell in the picture how much it sticks out but I had to buy "fat"pants to go over it. It was terribbly painful and took about 6 weeks before I could lay on my back. It is mostly gone now. The pouch was so big that it actually bounced up and down when I walked. I had to wear a tight spandex/elastic weighlifting belt around it to keep it from bouncing when I walked.
I am doing better now. I have some superficial pain but will be 100% again someday.

Back to Blogging after a year or more

2008-11-24T19:31:00.000-08:00

We had alot of fun collecting firewood for this winter. We don't have a woodburning stove in our house but we have a great firplace upstairs that have air intakes and such. It really heats the upstairs well. In fact it is way to hot up there right now so I am hiding out in the basement.

There is so much to catch up on from where I left off a year ago in my blogging. There is no way I can so I will just start from now and back track as I see fit. The red truck is Mikes new (1997 GM 4 wheel drive,extended cab, longbox) We all love this truck. Mike bought it from a good friend off our here in Vernon.

WE really enjoyed getting firewood. I was freaked out of bears the whole time. IT is the time of year when bears are looking for food so they can hibernate. WE were way out in the bush when Kyle pointed to some big dark animals that were fairly near and told me that there were some bears. I glanced quickly and started sprinting for the truck. I couldn't figure out why nobody else was moving, when I actually took a look I realized that they were COWS! Everybody was killing themselves laughing. I was so scared that my legs were like rubber and my heart hurt so bad that I thing I may have had a mini heartattack.

We got quite a bit of wood but not enough for the whole season.

Healthy eaters

2007-05-21T13:19:00.001-07:00

I thought the nutritionists out there may like this picture. WE are really trying hard to eat healthier. The kids love eating salads, fruits and veggies. This was our luch after church yesterday. While other people were going out for pizza, chinese and pasta we opted to come home and eat healthy!

A couple pics

2007-05-21T13:09:00.000-07:00

Nicholas was to grumpy to get his picture taken, that is why he is missing.

Awwww!

2007-04-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, go ahead and tell me how cute they are LOL! My friend MJ took these photos in her studio. Check out her website at www.photographybymj.ca She does great work. The kids, well the girls had fun and cannot wait to go back. I have so many pics that it hard to chose the nicest ones.

A fun read for you fitness buffs

2007-04-13T07:25:00.000-07:00

The following few paragraphs were written by my really good friend in Orlando. She is a fellow buffmother like me. I thought what she wrote was so good I wanted all you people that read my blog to read it and I know there are alot of you! I have been told so many times that it is time to update my blog. Well here is your update. Now go and lift some weights!

You know I used to be a cardio queen! I taught 13 aerobic classes a week! I taught for the Nestle employees-all 3 shifts! Crazy, eh? I also did lots of other teaching at various places along the way-but 13 classes was my max.
I did long bike rides-did the 150 MS bikeride from Milwaukee to Madison- 75 miles in 2 days. I also did lots of other long bike rides.
I volunteered for one of those ultra marathon runs-it was a 50 miler I believe through the Kettle Morraine in Wisconsin. I was amazed at what I saw! There were people of all ages and shapes-and alas, many out of shape people. I was simply stunned that these people could run for that long of a time and still be out of shape.
What am I getting to? What is my whole point? I look back at what I looked like when I was a cardio queen and it was not good! I was so "skinny-fat". I will be honest and say I have never really had a weight problem-but that doesn't mean I was ever in great shape. I need to dig up some pictures of what I looked like!
I can say without a doubt that since I joined the RR and with Michelle's guidance I have totally transformed my body and it wasn't done with uber amounts of cardio! I do just enough and no more. I save my energy for those great weight workouts-which is where I believe I will make greater gains in my body. I'm by no means where I want to be-I'm not super buff or anything, but I will say I look so much better then when I was doing all that cardio!
As you can tell I am very passionate about this-lol! I just want everyone else to reach their goals and to feel good too.

This and That.

2007-03-01T13:35:00.000-08:00

I really don't have much to say that would interest anyone. SO I will just post some pictures. I got my hair cut the other day and the haidresser wanted staighten it. I feel so wierd with straight hair. We are trying to eat heathier these days and so we have veggies and dip for snacks, the kids really like veggies.
Mike built a little fort with the kids which they love.

Chinese New Year

2007-03-01T13:25:00.000-08:00

We went to a Chinese new year party at church a couple weeks ago. Shannon taught Ashlin how to eat with Chopsticks. We were amazed at how good she did. Julia just yoused the chopsticks to make stupid fases. Here is Shannon, Me and Amy dressed in our clothes from China.

Back to routine

2007-01-11T16:14:00.000-08:00

Christmas is over, Grandma has gone, school is back in and now we are thankfully back to our little old boring routine with much gratefulness. I never cared much about routine before but now that I see how much the girls thrive on it I love it. The girls were so grumpy during the holidays, I think it was to busy for them and the boys drove them crazy which drove me crazy. THe day the boys went back to school was great. The girls played with thier dolls like usual and I got back on track with my diet and weight training. Miracle of miracles I didn't gain any wieght over xmas, even though I inhaled fudge, baking, pizza, chinese and every other holiday indulgence. It is so great to have muscles to burn up all that food.
The boys have started swimming lessons at school which is really cool. They were wanting to take lessons this winter and now I don't even have to take them, yippee! The school gets to do all the work! I need to check into swimming for the girls. Mike is busy working on the van b/c we have no heat. It is not fun to drive when it is so cold like it is now.

Grandma the singer

2007-01-05T11:46:00.000-08:00

2007-01-04T19:32:00.001-08:00

Grandma the singer

2007-01-04T19:32:00.000-08:00

Christmas day

2007-01-01T12:19:00.000-08:00

The kids had a blast opening presents and getting all the stuff they wanted. They are so spoiled. It was fun watchign the girls open thier gifts b/c they did it in sync. I made a huge turkey dinner which I don't plan on doing again for a very long time, it is so much WORK!

2006-12-29T19:35:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve

2006-12-29T19:17:00.000-08:00

We had a great christmas eve. We had 32 people over to our house. We started the evening off eating healthy food. Pita's. Then we ate alot of junk the rest of the night. Nicholas lost his tooth and decided that the toothfairy and Santa would likely bump into each other and that Santa would leave him some money too.
We had a weight lifting competition in the basement and Mike won, Just kidding! Dean and Jessie Elford won. They were deadlifting around 330 pounds, WOW! They are strong. I can only lift 200 pounds.
We did a bit of singing and alot of visiting. Kemmy and I stayed up till 2am cleaning up and putting out xmas presents.
It was a very fun night!

Visiting Santa

2006-12-16T14:31:00.000-08:00

We went to a big store today where Santa was visiting with his reindeer. The girls thought it was great. I am home with only the girls this weekend. Mike and the boys went to his parents house to help celebrate his moms 65th birthday.
The girls were a little worried about sitting on Santas lap but they did very well.

Christmas is Coming

2006-12-10T12:39:00.000-08:00

I never really have much to write in my blogs and that has not changed. Here are a few pics taken recently of the kids. They always hate to get their pictues taken so they rarely look happy. I have been trying to put off putting up the tree, but the kids were excited and would not stop bugging me.

2006-11-21T18:09:00.000-08:00

This is how my crazy 3 year olds like to play every morning. They around stark naked playing with their dolls. They love thier dolls. I am so glad they have something that can keep them entertained.
Story One
A few days ago the girls were up stairs brushing thier teeth with the new tooth brushes they got after Halloween. They were upstairs for a long time and when they came downstairs they were laughing hysterically. I asked them what was so funny and they told me. THey said "We pee'd in the sink" I told them that was gross and said they better not do that again or I would spank them. They told me "No you won't b/c we are so funny"! They laughed about this for at least a half an hour.

Story Two
A couple days later I was enjoying the peace and quiet b/c the girls were upstairs playing. When I went ot check on them I discovered that they had gotten a chair and got a big jar of change off of my dresser. The girls were standing on the bed, actually jumping on my bed and helping each other fill up their panties with pennies. I took their clothes off so I could get all the penny's put away and they started putting penny's between thier legs and said that they were French Poop!
Story Three
This morning as I was playing on the computer I was letting the girls use my ink and stamps. They were playing really nice stamping away. I told them we had to go and get ready for playschool, so when we were on our way upstairs Julia turns to me with a big smile and says "We were stamping out bums" I lifted up her nightgown and sure enough there were little orange cupcake picutures all very her little bum! They are such silly little girls. I cannot figure out where they think of all this stuff to do.

Weekend at Dean and Kemmy's

2006-11-21T17:28:00.000-08:00

We spent last weekend at Dean and Kemmy's house and had a nice relaxing time. The kids had so much fun playing with each other. Deidre and Meagan had fun spoiling thier little cousins. They painted the girls finger nails and just played with them all weekend. We took Ember, the boys friend with us and she had a good time too. All the boys had a good time wrestling and being VERY noisey and waking us up too early.
Julia decided that she really liked Uncle Dean and would not leave him alone. I think Uncle Dean was pleased that at least one of the girls would pay attention to him.

2006-11-02T06:41:00.000-08:00

The kids had fun trick or treating. Mike tied bags around the girls necks so that noboldy would have to carry the bags for candy, this worked like a charm. We raked in so much candy that we sent half of it to western for the students. Nicholas dressed up like a gorrilla, Hudson was a floating head. The girls were both supposed to be lady bugs but one the ladybugs was a size smaller so skipants and coeat would not fit under it. Julia ended up being a catapiller and Ashlyn a ladybug.

It has been awhile.

2006-10-08T16:39:00.000-07:00

I have been told I should update my blog! SO here it goes, there is alot to pack in. This fun pic of me Mike took last week. It was for a contest I was in on Buffmother. We had to submit our worst pic ever and then submit our best pic. I worked hard to put some muscle on during the 6 week contest, there were 60 women involved in the contest, the winner gets some cool prizes, I am not counting on winning though, I am too embarrast to post my worst pic, Well I will keep thinking about it as I write.

Last week I decided to try my hand as sewing. I made this pair of pj's for the girls. It was my first time ever sewing and I am pretty happy that it kinda looks how it is supposed to look, Too bad it is so many sizes to big. I have to get another one made soon so there are no fights.

This weekend was lectureship. Ian, Janet and baby stayed with us Sat night. Julia and Ashlyn love Kellen! I think Janet gets annoyed at how in Kellens face the girls are. And if she doesn't get annoyed then she is a saint. THe girls love to help her with anything regarding Kellen. They think it is great to help change his diaper.
The rest of the pics ARe just some shots form this morning. I am looking forward to tomorrow as it is thankgiving. I Think my two biggest things to be thankful for right now is for Uncle Stan and his recovery and the second is A new baby Linaya. A healthy sweet looking baby that my cousin just had. I am so glad that family is all together, celebrating a new babies life.

Well I am going to be late for the Brad Jonner concert so I better sign off. I have no time to edit my million spelling mistakes so you will have to try and read around them!

Girls first day of preschool

2006-09-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

Julia Ashlyn

The girls loved school. They go tues and thurs afternoons. Ther e first day was yesterday and they were very happy for me to leave! I got a quiet houe for the afternnon which was so nice.
Hudson is finally feeling better, he missed 3 days of school. After a visit to the pediatrician, walk in clinic twice, Too the hospital for blood tests and the pediactric surgeon(appendix scare) and some exrays, it was confirmed a terrible stomach flu. Luckily no one else got it.

2006-09-08T15:34:00.000-07:00

We always have a great time at the farm. This trip we took all of out residents with us. they haenjoyed thier little holiday. We had bonfire one night and roasted weiners and then made smores.

Does grandpa have big hands, or do the kids have little ones?

Here is the finished product of Mom and Dads Floor! Looks nice eh?

Fun in the field

2006-09-05T13:44:00.001-07:00

The only one missing is Mike in these pics. He stayed back at the farm to work on his mom and dads house. We had a nice weekend at the farm. I went into Elkhorn to use the little gym they had there and one the way home I forgot the way and ended up near Virden. I stopped at a farm and the poeple that lived there were really nice, they let me use thier phone and soon I was sent off in the right direction. I drove for about and hour and a half total. I kept thinking I would find the farm eventually so I turned this way and that way and got so lost. I kept laughing at myself. Hudson got really sick right after we got to grandma and grandpas on Saturday. He has been puking non stop. Today is Tuesday and we just came back from the Dr. The Dr. Says it is the stomach flu but I have a gut feeling it is something more. Mom and dads house is coming along nicely, I will post some pictures soon of the floor.

2006-09-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

A Visit to the Farm

2006-08-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from when we were at the farm last weekend. The boys ended up staying at the farm with grandma and grandpa. We talked to them a couple times on the phone and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. Mike went back this weekend to lay laminate flooring throughout his mom and dads house. Apparently is looks REALLY nice. He didn't get the office done as he ran out of time, but the main area is done.

Work Bee

2006-08-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Mom and Dad Mullers for a work bee. The guys shingled the house and the girls painted the whole inside of the house. It was a huge job but we had a good time doing it. Mom and Dad are planning on moving back into the other house that they had swtiched with Dean and Kemmy a few years back.

When were were working Ashlyn came and told us that Julia got stung by a bee. Soon enough Grandma brought Julia to me. She had been stung 8 times by wasps. Poor girl! She screamed for over an hour before finally falling asleep in Auntie Angies arms.

Buff Mother

2006-08-16T19:42:00.000-07:00

So anyone that has not been around me in a while may not know my newest addiction. Lifting weights is my new passion. I joined this website called Buff Mother and have made lifting weights a daily part of my life. Some people (inluding Mike) think I am obsessed and they are probaby right, but it is my way of staying sane having two sets of twins. Anyone(woman) that is interested in lifting weights please check out www.buffmother.com and join the rally room with me. There, that is my little advertisement for Buffmother LOL.

Nicholas was taking these pictures of me lifting, this one of me doing rows is not perfect form as I was laughing. I was lifting 63 pounds here. one year ago I could do maybe 15 pounds. I can bench press 155 and do full squats at 180 pounds. I am getting strong and it makes me feel GREAT!

Mom is 56!

2006-08-16T19:25:00.000-07:00

We had a little birthday party for mom. Incited her Knutson cousins and she got to have a nice visit with them. We all hung out in the backyard . We had perfect weather.

I wonder how many more kids we could pile on grandpas lap. WE will try the next time we get a bunch of great grankids togther.

Husking corn for supper

2006-08-16T19:14:00.000-07:00

Grandpa thinks that corn on the cob is a meal by itself. SO all the kids adn grandpa husked about 3 dozen cobs for 8 poeple. I think dad ate one dozen himself.

We Might Look Angelic

2006-08-09T14:49:00.000-07:00

But we sure don't act it!

A new Cousin

2006-08-05T18:50:00.000-07:00

This is Zoe our newest little cousin. Isn't she sweet. Man she is a darling little thing! Anyways when Patty was in the shower I decided I would do a little photo shoot with Zoe as Patty said she didn't really have any good pictures of Zoe by herself. I though the pictures turned out pretty great. I was teaching Zoe to stand and Patty kept telling me I was going to get her into trouble with Roy. Zoe is not allowed to stand or walk till she gets home!

The kids just loved Zoe. The boys even wanted to hold her and walk around with her. She kinda stole our hearts.

Fun At Grandma's house

2006-08-05T16:52:00.000-07:00

Grandma reads the kids stories everynight and all day if they want one.

It was Savannahs 3rd birthday while we were there so we had a little party for her.

Here is Kyle with Cara and Greg Brockmans baby.

A motorbike ride

2006-08-05T16:36:00.000-07:00

The boys were so excited when Greg Ashworth decided to take them on for a ride on his motorbike. They have been talking about Greg Ashworth non stop ever since!

Hanging out at the Ulrichs

2006-08-05T16:13:00.000-07:00

Every summer we go to the Ulrichs house for a swim. The kids love jumping off the diving board into the lake. We always have such a nice time and visit.

Beach Boys

2006-08-05T15:48:00.000-07:00

Hudson and Nicholas loved going to the beach. They are really getting to be good swimmers. Uncle Kyle was the main attraction at the beach. They got thrown in the water and dunked lots by him.

Beach bums

2006-08-04T20:01:00.000-07:00

Janet has been bugging me to update my blog. SO here are some pictures from our trip out to Vernon to see my parents and Uncle Kyle. The cute dresses came from Jason and Shannon all the way from China. THey are the cutest dresses I have ever seen. Thankyou.

The girls loved the beach, alothough it was alot of work to take them as they are so bsuy it is hard to keep track of them. It seems as though one of the girls is always lost.

Finished deck

2006-06-16T15:37:00.000-07:00

We finally have the patio done! We still have some finishing touches like stairs to put up to the glass doors. It looks much better than out old ugly wooden deck.

2006-06-09T16:41:00.000-07:00

About 3 weeks ago we started ripping apart our deck so we could lay a brick patio down instead. The deck was old and ulgly and we thought the backyard needed a face lift. The whole family got involved with tearing boards off the deck and hauling dirt. It is taking a long time to finish completely as we have lots of plants that need to be planted an archway to put up as well as a water fountain. Stay tuned and I'll post pics of the finished patio next week.

The birthday party

2006-06-09T16:30:00.000-07:00

We were hoping for really nice weather for the girls birthday party because we wanted to be outside. we have been working hard on our patio in the back yard and wanted to use it. We never got it all done though. Anyways the weather was ok, it was to windy but we hung our in the back yard anyways. Quite a few poeple came over, Bill, Angie, Raysha, King, Amy, Andrea, Crystal, Ian, Janet Kellan, Starla, Jason and kids and Uncle Kyle. I made lots of food for the event including the Dora birthday cake that the girls wanted so bad. It didn't turn out as nice as I would have liked so next year Angie or Starla can help me make the cake. THe girls loved the sunglasses they got from Ian and Janet. They thought Kellen should wear some too. They all looked very cool.

A Birthday Bash

2006-06-09T09:23:00.000-07:00

i think everyone had a great time. I don't have time to write cause I have to get downstairs to lift my wieghts.

Girls 3rd birthday

2006-06-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

The girls had a pretty boring birthday.WE didn't plan anything cause we are going to have a party for them on the weekend. I did manage to make a quick angel food cake though. I had no candles, the only thing I could find a was a number 9 candle for them to blow out, they didn't know the difference. Julia had to dress like spiderman. The girls fight over the spiderman costume non-stop. Julia was a huge grump while she was opening her presents. Grandma sent them new outfits and Dora slippers. They LOVE the slippers.

Kyle and Oscar visit

2006-06-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

Kyle came to visit us this week. The kids love Oscar.

2006-06-05T16:33:00.000-07:00

The boys are in their first season of baseball. They are doing really well and they love it. Hudson is in the top pic, Nicholas is the middle picture and the last picture is the boys with thier friend Ember. Embers Dad Jason is the coach and is a great coach.

Walking around the farm!

2006-05-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

The boys loved the bale yard at the farm . If we didn't know where they were we just had to go to the bale yard and Voila. They spent hours out there. They want to go back to grandma and grandpas in the summer and spend a week there by themselves. I hope that works out.

You Been Farming Long?

2006-05-01T20:09:00.000-07:00

I have always loved that famous picture of the little twin farmer boys. This picture reminds me of that one. But to me it is even cuter cause they are my little farmer twins!

Around the Farm!

2006-05-01T18:11:00.000-07:00

We always have so much fun at the fu. There is always too much to eat and never enough sleep. The kids can not get enough Quad rides. When we are on the way back home after the weekend they announce that they barely got any rides on the Quad! The girls hated the quad at first but before long they were yelling "faster Daddy" The girls enjoyed looking at the horses and riding on the quad looking at the ducks on all the ponds.

Greandpa got to be horse doctor on Sunday because there was a miniture horse in bad shape. She was found out in the pasture with several hundred ticks on her. Grandpa went to the vet and got some medication for her. Hopefully she pulls though.
The girls had there fist tractor ride this weekend. They hated it and screamed at the top of thier lungs. They didn't want to go but we forced them. They are scared of everything and we a getting sick of it. We are mean and force them to experience things. After a couple minutes in the tractor they were telling Mike to drive faster. Julia was mad b/c she stepped in some mud and got her sandal and food all muddy.

Great Grandpa Jacobs sure did enjoy the girls.

Look Who's 70

2006-05-01T11:46:00.000-07:00

Bill Muller turned 70 on April 28th. Angie planned a party for Dad, which was held on the 29th at the Manson rink. Thanks for all your work Ang putting the party on , and also another thank you to the Aunties for all there help. It was a wonderful day. There was lots of visiting, eating and a hymn singsong near the end. The singing was so good. The Mullers are a talented bunch!

All of the grandkids made it for grandpa's party except for Raysha who was in New Orleans with some other students from western. It has been a few years since the whole family was together at the farm and it was so nice to be with everyone.
All of Bills siblings made it for the party except for Alex, who lives much to far away to make it to these kind of things. He was missed!

2006-04-16T18:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the girls Easter morning. The Easter bunny brought them new hats and sandles. After church they had an easter egg hunt and found a whole bunch of eggs in the back yard.
When I was taking pictures they spotted a plane. SO the picture where they are pointing is when they saw the plane and were very excited. The girls really like getting there pictures taken now. They are already asking for there brothers. I think they miss them.

Fly fly away

2006-04-16T17:48:00.000-07:00

Hudson and Nicholas were very brave yesterday and took the airplane all by themselves to go and visit Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Kyle. They said they had fun on the airplane, they got to watch treehouse, And Auntie Candy sent along a bunch of treats for them to play with and eat. They will be in Vernon for 10 days. A special holiday for them and a nice break for me!

I'm 30

2006-04-06T10:32:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that I am already 30 years old. I still feel like a kid. I am not sure how I can have 4 of my own! Mike had a birthday party for me. IT was fun! A bunch of friends and family came over to celebrate with me. We did pita's for supper and Mike made a really yummy chocolate cake. I got tons of nice gifts. I think everyone had fun. Thanks for coming everyone!

Getting Ready for Church

2006-03-27T10:32:00.000-08:00

Every Sunday morning is a challenge getting 4 kids ready for church. It takes the whole morning. This picture was taken a week ago. I missed church this Sunday because I pulled my back out so I stayed home in bed. Mike had to get all the kids ready himself. He was late for church and I even found clothes for the girls and dressed them for him.

2006-03-26T16:51:00.000-08:00

The boys have become total T.V and computer addicts lately. It really bugs me b/c they constantly bicker about who's turn it is on the computer and who's turn it is to watch what T.V show. The fighting and argueing just doesn't seem to end. So on Fri I announced that we were going to have a new rule. No more T.V or computer on the week days, only, the weekends. When I said this Hudson says in his cute little voice. "Why?, so we can remember that it is fun to play with our toys?" yes that is exactly why. They are so much happier and get along better when they have to use their imaginations and play together. We'll have to see how this next week goes. Thankfully it is starting to get warm out so they can go outside and ride bikes and play.

Another Photo Shoot

2006-03-17T09:33:00.000-08:00

Julia is on the left and ashlyn right in the black and white picture.

I just love taking pictures ecpecially when I get some cooperation. These are some of the pictures that turned out pretty cute.
In the single pics Julia has a barret in her hair.

Ashyln

2006-03-04T15:20:00.000-08:00

Here is Ashlyn. She is harder than her sister to get a nice picture of. The girls hate getting their pictures done at Sears so I thought d try and get a decent pic of them at home. Sears does better but at least I got something.

Julia

2006-03-04T14:54:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures I took of Julia yesterday. They will be 3 years old in three months. That is really hard to believe!

Silly and Sweet!

2006-02-27T06:35:00.000-08:00

Here are the kids being silly. I am not sure why they plastard themselves with stickers. I guess just b/c they are kids. Julia kept saying "I'm a clown". These stickers got everwhere, I keep having to scatch them off the hardwood floors.

The boys really like holding Zane who is one month here. They kept fighting over whose turn it was. It may have been a stall tactic to keep them from going to bed. Zane would cry whenever Nicholas held him and then would be nice and quiet when ever it was Hudsons turn.

Lazangna Day!

2006-02-22T13:39:00.000-08:00

Today was my Lazagna making day. The girls KEpt saying "I helping you Mommy". Ya right. They were the worst helpers I have ever had. (Well since the boys were two) They thought it would be a fun game for them to build a tower with the noodle boxes. They stacked them up and then crashed them down. Needless to say most of my noodles got broken. They got yelled at to stop by me, but while I was busy not paying attention they stacked them again and crash
One of the boxes fell into the Lazangan dish. See the suprised look on spidermans face? It is so hard to get anything done with these terrible two year olds around.

Hooray I am done!

Story Time

2006-02-07T17:58:00.000-08:00

Here is Hudson reading Nicholas a story. Hudson decided one night that he was gonna learn to read. And then he could read. Just like that! Nicholas doesn''t have much desire to learn, he'll earn in his own time. They are in french immersion so they won't be learning to read in english for some time. The boys are definetly opposite. Husdon is so sweet and quiet. He doesn''t really like hanging out with the grownups, he would rather escape to the basement and watch TV and be alone. Nicholas is loud and in your face all the time. He wants attention all the time and to him everything is a joke. If company comes over he is the first one to the door. He doesn't want to miss out on a thing.

Oranges

2006-02-07T17:53:00.000-08:00

I think this picture pretty much speaks for itself. The kids all LOVE oranges!!

Janets Birthday

2006-01-29T11:54:00.000-08:00

Today was Janets birthday. 28 yrs I think. There was 15 people at her place for a little party before her life gets to busy for parties. Everyone brought a bit of food. Ian BBQ deer sausage which was delicous and Janet made her now famous bean stuff and mashed potatoes with cream cheese. Andrea made a carrot cake for a birthday cake and some people had a hard time time believing that Andrea could make a cake! Someone commented that almost every dish we ate had pinapple in it, much to Amy's liking.

Even at 8.5 months pregnant Janet still had the energy too play ping pong with Sheena.

Say Cheese!

2006-01-23T07:06:00.000-08:00

Julia is on the right and Ashlyn left in this picture. They are saying cheese because they want their picture taken. They still have the same silly face they had when they were one year old. Here is the girls at one year old. Believe it or not there is actually a different kid in each picture. I think it is Ashlyn on the left.

Tulips

2006-01-22T17:27:00.000-08:00

Mike came home yesterday with tulips for me. I think he kinda likes me! The girls thought they were pretty nice too. Nicholas told them that if they touch them the flowers would bite thier finger. So the girls walked around all day saying "Flowers bite our finger". It worked because they didn't touch them, they just looked at them really close.

The boys haircuts

2006-01-21T10:34:00.000-08:00

Here is the before picture of the boys. They look very shaggy! Now they look handsome! They love getting their haircut. Probably because they get a sucker at the end.
It is amazing what a haircut does. They look nicer and act nicer and Ican put up with them so much eazier when they look nice!

2006-01-21T09:06:00.000-08:00

This is Gross!

2006-01-13T11:52:00.000-08:00

This morning Ashlyn wrote all over her face with washable marker. So I took her to the bathroom to wash her face. While I was wetting the cloth she walked over to the toilet and stuck her face in it and got it wet then started rubbing it with her hands. Oh man that is so disgusting. There was even pee in the tiolet. That totally made me want to puke! Kids sure can do the grossest things.

Laundry Baskets

2006-01-10T07:12:00.000-08:00

Laundry baskets make the best toys. They can be cars, boats, baby beds and so much more. They can be anything, just use your imagination. This is Julia hanging out in the laudry basket. I am not sure what it was this time. This is Ashlyn actually posing for a picture. All of a sudden she likes getting her picture taken. She brought me the camera and said "picture taken" Wierd, just when you think you have them all figured out they change on you. Hudson is such a good big brother! He plays with the girls all the time and they think he is the greatest. The laundry basket here is a boat. Hudson is teaching them how to dive. They are all diving head first into the boat. I think the basket should be a lake to dive in, but who am I to interupt kids that are actually playing and not crying or fighting.

A Bed Time Snack

2006-01-10T06:51:00.000-08:00

Bedtime snacks can sometimes get a little out of hand. Frootloops were on sale at walmart so we bought some. The boys love the pure sugar content of Frootloops. Tonight they poured thier own bowls giggling their heads off the whole time. When I went to see what they were up too they had their bowls heaping full and ready to eat it all. Sure enough they did, and these bowls are much bigger then the regular cereal bowls. I am dreading to find out how much our grocery bills will be in a few years.

New Years Day

2006-01-06T11:32:00.000-08:00

We all had a great time New years day. Everyone came to our house. I think there was 34 people in all. Doug was showing me all the things that I could do with my weight machine. He can be quite creative. Karen said we should get Danielle to come and lift weights cause she is really strong. Man she wasn't kidding! Danielle showed everyone up at Squats. We loaded the bar with all the wieghts we had, 245lbs. She had no problem with this much. I bet she could have have done 300lbs. I think Danielle should be competing.

For the second year in a row we ordered chinese food for dinner. It seems to go over really well. I think the ladies get the most enjoyment out of it as they don't have to do any cooking. Every one pitches in some money for the food.

The kids sure had a great time with all thier cousins. Hudson enjoyed getting shoulder rides from luke. Anthony has his babysitting course now so he is ready to take on babysitting for me. He enjoys playing with the girls and they sure do like him!

Nicholas walked around taking tons of pictures . Maybe he will be a photographer. He took this picture of grandpa which I thought was very nice. He thought it was funny that he got a picture of Auntie Karen sleeping. The game everyone seemed to like best this year was Domino's. I had never played it before, alot of us hadn't. Doug taught most of us how to play it. We played many many rounds of it.

Andy slept on the couch the entire day! He must have stayed up to late New Years Eve

New years Eve

2006-01-02T15:39:00.000-08:00

It has become tradition to have the Newyears celebration with the Muller clan. We always have lots of fun, playing games and visiting. The brothers expecially have loads of fun being total goofs and doing gross rude things.

The Hoimyr's came to the party too, they brought thier game(I forget what it is called) and all the adults played and Luke as well. Here is Dad, Mike and Julia visiting. They are probably talking about farming or something.
The girls warmed up to grandma right away even though they hadn't seen her since summer. It took a couple of hours before they warmed up to anyone else.

Here is Mom taking her turn playing the game.
The girls managed to stay up until Midnight much to our amazement. They were actually very well behaved too. The boys played all night with their cousins and had a great time. Dean and Kemmy brought a friend, Michelle from Neepawa who has three children. The boys had a great time playing with Jacob who is 4 years old. It was really nice to have Michelle and kids for new years.

Bubbles, Yay!

2005-12-30T20:02:00.000-08:00

When the girls had their bath tonight they were mad because they had no bath toys to play with. Raysha had been here earlier and helped me do some housecleaning and put the toys in the cupboard and I didn't feel like getting them out and then putting them all away after the bath. The girls however created their own fun! When I was on the phone for a few minutes with Starla they started up the water again and emptied an entire bottle of shampoo into the tub. When I went upstairs they were very proud of themselves cause they made bubbles. As soon as Nicholas saw all the water and bubbles he couldn't resist and jumped in the tub with them. The girls didn't like that Nicholas got in the tub with them, but after a few minutes they were all in a line washing each others hair at the same time.

Snowracers

2005-12-30T19:45:00.000-08:00

The boys had a great time going down the hill. There wasn't a whole lot of snow but we still managed to go fast. The hill was fairly icey because there had been several people using the hill. The boys had to learn the responsibility of pulling their sleds up the hill. Hudson was happy to do so, Nicholas on the other hand...

Christmas Day

2005-12-30T17:53:00.000-08:00

Julia loved Christmas dinner. Well actually she loved the cranberry sauce. As long as there was cranberry sauce on whatever was on her plate she ate it. She sure did eat a huge amount. She was shovelling it in with a spoon and fork at the same time.
You would think by the look of this gift I was getting something pretty cool! It was actually a rubbermaid container worth about $6.00.
Santa brought the boys snowracers. Just what they asked for.

Here are the boys helping the girls dig through their stockings.

Grandpa liked the new sweater that Grandma bought him.

Christmas Eve

2005-12-29T12:14:00.000-08:00

Chrismas Eve was pretty uneventful at our house. Grandma was here, she read lots of stories to the kids including Twas the Night Before Christmas. It has become the tradition for the kids to break the bread for the dressing. They are always happy to do this job.

We ate way to much baking (well maybe just I did). It is so good I can't help myself. The kids all sprinkled there magic reindeer food on the snow in the front. We didn't think about doing this till The kids were all ready for bed. I had such a hard time getting them to bed Christmas Eve. Finally they all got into bed the girls fell asleep and then Grandpa showed up. So down came the boys again. It was a late night.

The Boys 6th Birthday Party

2005-12-18T17:58:00.000-08:00

The boys had there six year old birthday party today. All the boys from there class at school came and some kids from clubs on Wed night. There were more that we wanted to invite but you have to stop somewhere. As it turned out, including my four kids there were 16 in all. Man it was a zoo! A very noisy Zoo! But they all had fun and there were no tears ( that I know of). .
We always sing happy birthday twice. Here is Hudson blowing out his candles. Hudson blows them all out in one breath.
Nicholas blows them all out in 6 breaths. A breath for each candle. I had wanted to make the boys a home made birthday cake but I was sick with strep throat for the 3 days before their birthday and couldn't get it done. It is a good thing Dairy Queen is just down the street.
The kids sure did get alot of nice stuff. I wanted them to open everything slow so I could write it down but I could not control all the kids. I guess I needed a kindergarten teacher here to help me. It was chaos, paper flying kids yelling with excitement. I have no idea who gave what present. I had good intentions of sending thankyou cards but I guess that likely won't be happening. They got transformers, games, DVD"s, legos, playdoh and playdoh stuff, bubbles and a bubble making machine, puzzles, batman men, king kong things, magnetix and much more. I made a batch of playdoh with a cookie cutter for each child to take home instead of the traditional treat bag. I figured with xmas around the corner they would get enough candy and such. It Took me foever to make enough batches for every kid.
Jalessa Janessa and Ember.

Here are all the kids in a circle playing musical paper. We didn't have enough room for all the chairs we needed so I used paper instead. The kids didn't care and it was way easier than lugging around chairs.

The kids are so wound up from the birthday party that they are still up. I have been fighting with them for two hours with them to go to sleep. It is now after nine. The girls keep coming out and going in the boys room. The boys won't stop talking and fooling around. I just put Hudson in my room and put the girls back to bed for the tenth time. Maybe this will be the time they decide to stay put and go to sleep. I am sure am ready to go to sleep. Maybe in ten minutes I can try it.

Cheese and Crackers

2005-12-15T09:24:00.000-08:00

Why do kids like these things so much? The girls are just finishing up there second pkg each. The sticks are the funnest part. They both had the sticks in there mouths and had a little sword fight. It was kinda funny. Anyways the cheese and crackers has kept them quiet for at least 15 minutes, but they are now in need of a bath.
I have the flu today, I have been laying on the couch all morning and letting Joyce deal with the girls. Thank goodness for Joyce today. Now if she would only bath them!

Silly Girls

2005-12-11T13:32:00.000-08:00

These girls are always doing silly things. This one is Julia, She climbed into this container, which she really shouldn't fit into. She thought she was so funny.... until she could not get out. Then it wasn't so funny anymore. It took quite a lot of manuvering to get her out. I don't think she will try this trick again. This girl in the shelf is Ashlyn. The girls have no problem makeng a mess EVER! She threw all the books on the floor just so she could climb in and be goofy and she didn't even pick up after her self. Both girls can go though the house and turn it into a mess in a matter o seconds. I can't wait till they stop. I am so tired of cleaning up after them all day long.

Our New FAmily Activity

2005-12-09T09:21:00.000-08:00

THE HULK
Mike and I got this cool weight machine. When we try to use it we have 4 kids all wanting to excersise to. The girls keep getting in our way saying "My turn, My turn". Ya it is kinda cute the first couple times but after moving them out of your way a dozen times it gets really annoying. WE taught the boys how to use the digital camera last night so they took pictures of everything they could. They think they are so grown up.
Hmm I can't tell who is who. I am sure Mike would be able too. He always can. Ashlyn is feeling much better now after being on antibiotics for a couple days for that troat infection. She was so sweet last night. I was holding Julia and Julia kept saying she wanted a blanket. So Ashlyn went and got her one. Then Ashlyn went and got her a sippy cup of milk and held it in Julia's mouth, when it was all gone Ashyn went and lugged the 4 litre jug of milk over to me so I could fill up Julias sippy cup. Mike came home in time to do that. Ashlyn held it in Julia's mouth once again and when it was all go she climbed up on my lap too and patted and rubbed Julias back. It was so cute. That was one of the nice moments the girls have. Usually they are fighting over something or crying. They have recently learned how to spit at each other. They look cute but generally don't act that way.

All Bundled Up

2005-12-08T18:28:00.000-08:00

The boys were sent off to school yesterday morning with a -39 Degree windchill. Isn't Saskatchewan wonderful!!!