tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36139132453749124952024-03-13T15:08:31.147-07:00The Rootbear Family NewsCShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-68331863991243658982014-03-04T19:05:00.002-08:002014-03-04T20:06:16.077-08:00Cruising ...<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As I said earlier, the following pictures are from my phone. The quality is lacking, especially in low light conditions like the dining room. This provides some interesting pixel-y pictures in various hues for your entertainment! My attempts at photo editing with color saturation didn't really work well and I made some of them worse. I might spend more time on that later ... and then print them out and put them in an album in 10 years time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We left Port Canaveral on a Saturday afternoon (January 18th). On Sunday morning we had a little meeting together in a Chamber room that Michelle had pre-arranged with the Carnival staff. It was a highlight for sure. The rest of the day we enjoyed at sea, with formal dining that night. You might notice that I don't have pictures of everyone this second night. There was some dining room mix-ups and some chose to change to the later dining time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Keithan found out that if you order off the kids menu you get your food much faster and then you can escape! He and Grady took advantage of that, while Rhett didn't want to miss out on escargot, even though it caused him some distress when he had to wait. Samara was also keen on the adult menu choices, until she ordered "fried chili", thinking it was chili, not chili pepper! It was some hot entertainment :)</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Samara and Annie kept the photographers busy: They had some really cute photos taken. Unfortunately the professional cruise photos are on the expensive side and we didn't buy any. I saw people taking pictures of their pictures in the gallery, but I didn't try that (but now I wish I did even though I was embarrassed for those folks at the time)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Water fun</b>: The kids didn't seem to mind that it was barely warm enough for water slides. However, it didn't take too long for them to realize that the hot tubs were the best choice. I often felt sorry for others who were attempting to enjoy them. Whose kids were those anyway??? Did I mention that Dad was in charge of the swimming activities for the kids? I'm not exactly complaining, as it did allow me a few minutes alone with my "I am Hutterite" book (which was a very good read in case you are interested). And it isn't like we'll ever see those poor people who were splashed and trampled!! They should have a couple hot tubs for the 10 and under age group. I should have wrote that in my feedback survey for Carnival. Ha ha! </span><br />
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Next up ... ports of call.CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-69800263432572596142014-02-28T22:43:00.000-08:002014-02-28T22:45:18.819-08:00First cruise - take 1<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Where to begin ...</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We've been back over a month and I need to get these memories down on digital paper before I forget.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have held cruises in high esteem since I ever heard of them ... all you can eat food with amazing service, cabin steward who cleans your room and makes your bed, new countries and ports of call and top that with Caribbean sunshine ... what more could a person ever want in this life?? I guess you could say the bar was set high before we even set foot on the boat!</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We cruised on the "beautiful Carnival Dream", as we were assured of over and over again. And, it was an impressive ship: 2 dining rooms, multiple hot tubs and pools, water slides, mini golf course, ping pong tables, 24 hour pizza and ice-cream and 12 decks to explore. It was amazing how quickly the kids found the quickest route from the stateroom to the ice-cream. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The entertainment was outstanding on a few evenings - phenomenal props and costume changes and choreography in their performances. The break dancers, aka, Fun Force were impressive. One one evening they had a couple guys that had the most amazing core strength I have ever seen. Ever. They were "competing" in shows of strength using poles - climbing the pole in increasing levels of difficulty. I cannot explain it and I have no video, as per their copy write and safety laws. I did think the volume of the Encore shows was excessive. I even wrote that in the feedback survey! Maybe by the time I go on my next cruise the decibels will be lower ;) </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The food was plenteous and delicious, with the exception of the desserts. We found they looked exquisite, but the taste didn't match the presentation for the most part. I did have the chocolate melting cake, on Michelle's recommendation, and it was for sure one of the best desserts. At 1200 calories, it should be worth eating!! I didn't weigh in and weigh out, so I'm not sure what the overall damage was. The 10 times I took the stairs helped I'm sure!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cruising with a large group was more challenging than I thought. I had really no idea how it would be, and I did feel a little lost when I couldn't find my own family at times! Although, sometimes I lost them on purpose. Ha! We practiced some good old fashioned communication skills such as, "Have you seen ??" "Oh, they are looking for you", "I think they are ....". I will be more proactive on my next cruise so I don't waste as much precious cruise time looking for people. Although, the more laps I made around the decks, the more calories I burned :)</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> On quite a sad note, I must share that my camera broke on the first night of the cruise. I took a few supper pictures on that first night, as you will see, and the next day my camera would not even turn on. So, the quality of my cruise pictures are not what they could be ... sad, sad, sad. But, I am thankful I brought along my phone so I could at least capture some of it. With 25 plus of us cruising together, I'm hoping I'll get a few more pictures sent my way.</span></span><br />
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Here we all are: It was as calm and orderly as you can imagine :) Lots of laughs .. except from Kirk, at this moment!<br />
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<br />CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-57745807485843949452014-02-18T20:59:00.000-08:002014-02-19T07:31:50.284-08:00LEGOLAND Florida<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I had grand ideas of putting all the LEGOLAND pictures on the blog tonight. But, there were soooo many I thought I'd start with these:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Keithan had my camera at one point in MINI land and probably took 50 pictures ... 1/2 of which I already took! It is hard to describe how amazing this is to see with your own eyes ... to think that the buckets of LEGO in our basement could be built into the Vegas Strip! However, I did notice a few custom pieces, so we won't be able to replicate anything quite so grand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">There was a replica of the space station, so course we had to wait and see the shuttle "blast off". We loved our Legoland day - it was warmer than our day in Disney, there weren't that many people there and they have some great little roller coasters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I will get to the <i>action</i> part of Legoland in the next post ... </span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-65754094523801558612014-02-11T22:30:00.001-08:002014-02-11T22:30:10.243-08:00our view on Disney World (Magic Kingdom)<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Disney World Magic Kingdom was <b>amazing</b>. I was impressed and I didn't think I would be! In making plans to go, I was almost resigned that we were going there because the kids wanted to go. Good choice, because I enjoyed it as much as they did!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was impressed with the cleanliness, the attention to detail and the grandeur of the place. I understand now why they charge $100.00 to get in the gate, and then on the train or boat, and then in through another gate! The size of the place is ... sizable. Another bonus is with all the walking and minimal pricy food purchases, it really is a good weight loss program. I just thought of that now! Ha ha! I better go back quickly. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really didn't understand what it would be like as far as the rides. Many of the rides were more like "experiences" than fair rides. We didn't do Space Mountain, which I've been told is the most thrilling ride there. We had decided to all stick together and I think Grady was too short for the ride and Keithan was glad to avoid a roller coaster in the dark, so that ride was off the list. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We loved the interactive comedy show with Monster's University characters. It was hilarious and it was also warm. (It was a chilly high of 12 degrees). The line-ups seemed long to us, but according to park staff, they were not. The longest time we waited was about 50 minutes, and that was for the Thunder Mountain roller coaster (mining experience). The Jungle boat tour one was the other long one, but many of them were about 25 minutes and seemed to go by quickly. Another favorite was the Haunted House. I'd do that one again! Amazing effects.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When the sun went down around 5:00 we started to perish with hunger and cold! Our $60.00 lunch of hotdogs was long gone. We had a coffee/hot chocolate warm up and managed to stay until almost the end of the electric parade. We were too cold and tired to stay for fireworks. We were close to the park entrance for the parade and we made a hasty escape with the first flood of people. No line ups to get out!! We were back at the van in good time and cranked up the heat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I enjoyed taking a few pictures! Sorry for overload. Hope the collages helped for skimming over them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Would I go again? When I left, I said "no thank you, that was good enough for one lifetime". But now, I could be easily convinced!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, I would be telling a little white lie if I said it was all over in the blink of an eye. Some half hour intervals seemed like eternity. For one, we didn't really go prepared for long flights with no entertainment. Rough start. Secondly, the 4 boys in this house have the exact opposite nature of Job. (Think polar opposite of the patience of Job). As well, 3 of those boys found <b>ANY</b> amount of standing in line <b>IMPOSSIBLE</b> without scrapping with each other. Sometimes even 1 girl couldn't help but get involved in the "you did it to me first" game. You can picture in your mind the innumerable lines dealing with airports, Disney World and the cruise. I lost count of how many scenes were made. I wish I had faith that it is just a phase and in a few years it will be a non issue. At this point, my faith in that area is a little weak. Thirdly, we packed a huge amount of activity in a short amount of time and by burning the candle at both ends we caused some fire hazards with flares of temper. I won't give any examples.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you aren't getting the wrong idea, because overall it was mostly enjoyable! Other than different flight (NOT before 7:00 am) times I don't know what I would do differently because we really enjoyed Disney and Lego Land before the cruise. Maybe we should have stayed another day after the cruise to take the some of the "mad rush" feeling out of the experience. At the time of booking we thought we needed to get back for work and school! Not sure why?!! Sometimes the voice of reason is unreasonable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That said, does anyone want to travel with us next time?! We <strike>might</strike> need guidance from some experienced, calm, cool and collected travelers. Don't all jump up at once. You will have a few years to prepare yourself until the next round trip. </span></span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-17990862446436097312014-01-10T21:20:00.004-08:002014-01-11T11:00:46.624-08:00Christmas holidays 2013<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're on the final countdown to cruise time, but before I get more excited about that I just wanted to share some holidays moments.</span><br />
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CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-72765905545167222802013-12-06T22:23:00.001-08:002013-12-06T22:23:26.478-08:00another year older (almost)<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This very soon to be eight year old had a birthday party tonight, and was quite horrified to find one candle still burning, aka one girlfriend! Seriously though, his class is mostly girls and I think they all love him! He comes home from school<i> shuddering</i> from the hugs and notes and words of endearment he receives!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And guess what he wanted for a birthday present??? A FURBY Boom. I can tell already it might not have been the wisest gift a parent could buy. We opened it up tonight so that it is ready to play with bright and early in the morning ... </span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-35645007594650623562013-12-06T22:05:00.001-08:002013-12-06T22:24:24.003-08:00a "chilling" update<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I just heard tonight that Alberta has the coldest temps on the continent tonight ... in Manning, Alberta. I haven't looked where that is in relation to where I am but I'm sure we are almost as cold with a temp of -34, feeling like -44 with the windchill. Sounds like a good night to stay home with the furnace turned up! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I should be baking up a storm, which would heat up the house, but I'm just not up for it. I am participating in a cookie exchange tomorrow afternoon and I haven't even started on the 9 dozen cookies I need to take! But, on a good note, I think I have all the ingredients and with a convection oven it should take me almost no time at all in the morning! And who doesn't like FRESH cookies??? That wasn't my plan in the beginning, but it sure sounds like a good plan at the moment!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These pictures are from a couple weeks ago when it was only minus 20 or so! I kept driving by this spot taking the kids to and from school and I finally stopped to take a few pictures. I couldn't really capture it in the photos, but with the sun reflecting off the massive icicles and the fog from the lake it was quite beautiful. <i><b>Almost</b></i> as beautiful as a sunset on the coast of the big Island of Hawaii, just not quite as balmy :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Editor's note: I did ask if I could take a family picture, but was not allowed! Granted, it was at 9:00am when we were trying to get on the road! Should have done it Sunday ... next time!</span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-82625401372351097632013-10-15T11:09:00.000-07:002013-10-15T11:09:01.352-07:00harvest 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the extent of my pictures from the harvest season. I got out to the farm a couple times, but not to the field until it was almost too late for pictures. The kids find the grain bags to be a great source of entertainment. All fun and games until a bag gets a hole ... which has not happened!! (knock on wood ... if that helps)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Barb continues to be the miracle worker in getting heaps of delicious food out to 7 guys. I honestly couldn't do it night after night, especially when working more than full time. Hope my kids get some superwomen genetics from her. Thanksgiving weekend we had a fresh cooked turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, turnips, sweet potatoes, broccoli salad, garlic bread and pumpkin pie all served in the field. Writing about it is even making me hungry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You may have noticed that the color of the equipment has slowly changed over the last couple years. Somehow the green paint disappeared and the red took its place! If you have comments, questions or concerns, just call and and talk to Phil for at least an hour. </span></div>
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CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-56345395641282522422013-09-26T22:56:00.001-07:002013-09-26T22:56:41.517-07:00falling in love with fall<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been been doing a few projects since I have a few more minutes of the day to myself. I did have an extensive list of "things to do before it got cold", but many are still undone. Now it is almost too late. The <i>cold</i> is here. Today I had the fireplace on all morning and the furnace has run occasionally in the night. Sad, but not all bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One thing I have wanted to to do for some time is to paint my doors. I thought I'd paint them black but when I was holding up 10 different shades of black paint swatches up to the doors and fixtures I ended up going with "black bean soup". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Black beans are my new thing to put in everything! Kids took a quinoa and black bean mixture to school for lunch today. Or, I should say ... that is what I sent them to school with for lunch. Upon returning back home at the end of the day I had 1 complaint out of 4. Not bad. Here's the part I thought was funny: the one who complained still ate his all up. One of the ones who didn't complain came back with a pretty full thermos. When I asked this certain kindergarten boy why he didn't eat his quinoa, he simply stated he didn't eat it because he was full! End of story, until the next black bean lunch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Getting back to painting, black bean soup color is more of a dark brown. I knew going into this project that painting doors is tricky. I proved that to be so. I used oil based paint for metal and it seemed to go on well. However, when the light shines on it the <b>wrong</b> way, or maybe it is <b>just the right</b> way, it shows a few marks that I'd rather not see. I painted the man door into the garage, the garage door into the house and the front door (all painted inside and out) ... and the outside of the garden door. I hope to do the inside of the garden door tomorrow or Saturday, but don't hold me to it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made this little vignette the other day with some wheat I took from the field last weekend (harvest pictures coming at some point), a 20 dollar clearance metal vase from a shop in town, a hand me down parrot from Phil's sister and finally the mini wreath I made from cutting out the middle of a margarine lid and knotting some t-shirt strips around it. The best part was I have a whole bag of t-shirt strips from last year (or maybe the year before) when I was going to make a rug out of them. Sometimes it just pays to put things off and just maybe this winter I'll get around to making the rug :)</span></div>
CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-51289952739095978532013-09-23T08:58:00.002-07:002013-09-23T08:58:50.840-07:00a few more summer pictures ...<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am taking a quick break from the laundry pile. I hope it doesn't multiply when my back is turned. Seems like it does that on regular basis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I forgot to share these photos of a special time last month ... some hellos (met Mr. Theo and welcomed some British girls back to Canada) and some good-byes (Jason is leaving the country for a few years). </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Although we have had a couple nice weeks of summer weather, summer really is over. The cabin has been winterized already, so says the maintenance man when I came across him at Canadian Tire today. Doesn't that make you shudder?! Winterized ... when it is still 25 degrees during the day. But, harvest has begun so the focus has changed for this family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, Grady started school TODAY. It was much too chaotic of a morning to even think about being sad. 4 lunches = daily nightmare. It might help if I went and bought some groceries. It also might help if I had room in my fridge for groceries. I have been too busy painting things to do the real jobs that need done! I will post evidence later on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought I had left my camera at the lake because I couldn't find it for the last couple weeks. But, today it "appeared" in a bag that contained books (from the lake) that needed to go to the library. Hadn't looked there until now. Did I mention <i><b>organizing stuff</b></i> is on my list of things to do when the kids are back in school? It is after the <i><b>painting</b></i>, <i><b>fridge cleaning</b></i> and <i><b>grocery shopping</b></i>. Just to clarify, my fridge isn't exactly gross and dirty ... it just has a lot of stuff in it, especially after emptying the fridge at the lake and bringing it all home to stuff in my already smallish fridge. I need to add <i><b>buy extra fridge</b></i> to my list. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We all had fun, and it was over far too quickly. Hoping for more time next year.</span></div>
<br />CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-10030630803538836602013-08-30T10:20:00.001-07:002013-08-30T10:48:10.851-07:00summer 2013 continued<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All of these pictures make me smile and long for the return of summer holidays. I didn't take as many pictures as I should have, but at least there are a few good ones to invoke the memories of summer 2013 in all its "fun-ness! </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Steele Narrows historical site is only 10kms from the cabin and we've been in the area for 10 years and this is the first time we stopped there! Keithan had left with Phil the night before because he was "tired of lake life". Can you believe it?! He can't be related to me! Getting back to history, we enjoyed walking the trails and climbing to the top of the hill where there is a monument marking the area of a battle between the Cree and the North west Mounted Police in June 1885. Frog Lake and Fort Pitt are connected to this battle. I need to read up on it! The sign with pictures telling some of the story (not shown) has a bullet hole in it ... and Rhett and Grady were sure it was from the battle :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I still have to download the pictures from last weekend with mom, dad, Carla and Gavin. Maybe I'll get to that after I find my couch under all the laundry ...</span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-31132219661786505562013-08-30T08:27:00.001-07:002013-08-30T08:27:16.769-07:00and it goes on and on and on .... back to school 2013/14<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grady is home with me until the week of September 9th. Seems hard to believe he'll be a big school kid so soon. Makes me tear up thinking of it, and I thought I was the kind of mom who didn't do that!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I even teared up inside yesterday when I left Rhett in his new class for Grade 2. He was in French Immersion for Kindergarten and Grade 1 but my gut feeling was that it wasn't working well for him. He struggles with reading and phonics - compounded complications in 2 languages. I felt so sad leaving him there in the English class when all his friends were on the other side of the hallway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He came home wanting to go back to French :( Hope I made the right decision. I told him once Grady starts going to school in a couple weeks I can come and help in his classroom because I will be able to understand everything the teacher says!!! Bonus! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another challenge this school year is lunches. Well, they are always challenging for me, but this year is different. It is kind of a long story, but at the end of the school year Rhett developed a skin infection that presented like boils. Antibiotics seemed to make it worse and they kept giving him stronger and stronger antibiotics. He had 3 kinds of antibiotics over 5-6 weeks. It was awful and very stressful. I was worried about superbugs (MRSA), infection spreading in the family and possibly others ... He was tested for MRSA 4 different times but it was always negative. Eventually I took him to Saskatoon for a live blood analysis and the results showed his blood to be extremely acidic. We started taking a bunch of natural stuff and making diet changes - trying to limit gluten, sugar, processed meat and no dairy. Seems impossible, and it kind of is! But, to make a long story short, he does not have any infection now, just scars. I will spare you the pictures!!</span></div>
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<br />CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-64639030414657001602013-08-21T13:05:00.000-07:002013-08-21T13:05:13.781-07:00funtastic summer 2013<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8 more days until school starts. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am still not sure if I'm glad about that or sad about that. Two days ago I was sad. Today, at this moment, I am ready for it. We have been home since Saturday night and I find being at home makes the days drag because it seems I can't get anything done, and the kids are asking me every 5 minutes to call their friends over to play. Sigh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Getting back to summer: We have had a great summer even though we didn't stray too far from home. We went as far east as Saskatoon (on a day trip) and as far west as Edmonton and and far south as Brooks. Samara and Keithan ventured a little further with some relatives and were at Koocanusa for 10 days. They had a fabulous time camping in the mountains. It seemed a little strange around here for those 10 days, but it was a whole lot quieter! Notice I didn't say we got as far north as __________?! I have no real desire to go farther north :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cabin life: The weather was almost perfect this year ... nice hot days for the most part and then maybe some thundershowers in the later evening. My weather report might be a bit deceiving, since we really only go to the cabin if the forecast was good! Works for us :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This year the three older kids learned to knee board, Keithan learned to ski, and Grady found some courage to go on the easy skier and the tube. Rhett also gave wake boarding a valiant onetime attempt. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had a few friends join us again this year so that always increases the fun factor! Julie and the kids came for a day, Janelle and her kids came for a few day trips, our friend Liane and her kids came for a few days and some school friends came along a few times as well. And coming up soon are mom, dad, Carla and Gavin. Looking forward to that ... just a bit!!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you look closely on the left side of the picture above you can see an island. This year there were a few floating islands around the lake - from the muskeg breaking away at one end of the lake. Was neat to see, but we were glad they didn't drift our way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The above water trampoline is dual purpose ... it provides hours of fun, but also blocks boats from pulling up to our beach area! Obviously boats aren't a problem when we aren't there, but it is annoying when they pull in between our docks where our swimming area is and just beach the boat there for who knows how long. </span><br />
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.... to be continued.CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-18201632393047199162013-08-04T22:47:00.001-07:002013-08-04T22:47:30.881-07:00school's out<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unbelievable. We are more than half way through the summer holidays and it feels like it is just beginning. Maybe I should rethink the whole homeschooling thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Okay, I thought about it again and decided (again) that it isn't for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grady was overjoyed that he was old enough to play soccer this year. Mom wasn't so overjoyed about helping with the coaching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reason # 1: the six and under age group is more like crowd control than soccer, and I know very little about soccer and a little bit about 5 year old behavior. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reason #2: Rhett played U8 soccer at the same time on a different, but kind of near by field that he could bike to. As a result, I made it to only one of his practices.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reason #3: Samara's soccer started before the younger kids finished (not the original schedule)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad! It just wasn't easy juggling all of that while Phil was farming and that took some of the fun out of it. I always felt like a survivor every Tuesday and Thursday night :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rhett loves soccer more every year, but still does not like getting his picture taken so I have to be sneaky. When he was in U6 he was more concerned if his soccer shorts matched with his jersey than running for the ball! That might be a tiny exaggeration, but it was for sure more about the social outing when he was younger. This year he just wanted to get going and not be late ... all for the love of the game. And you can't tell from the picture, but his shirt is purple and his shorts are blue :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This kid still LOVES soccer. I think I have posted about that before ... but here it is again! He plays hard and his face turns beet red every time. He's a pretty good little player, if I say so myself :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This girl realized that she enjoys other things more than soccer, and that is ok! She REALLY wanted to play this year, so we made it work (for the most part). Then half way through the short season it was more of a "sticking to what you committed to" and "don't let your team down by not showing up for the tournament" kind of thing. As funny as it sounds, 10 years old is "late" for starting to play soccer, especially when it isn't your skill. Some other kids and their parents take it a little too seriously. Oh well, one less thing to schedule next year and it was a good learning experience. I must say, her coach was wonderful and she enjoyed having Samara on her team and told me more than once what a lovely girl she was. True enough, she is a pretty amazing kid when she wants to be! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Samara went to Fort Edmonton Park and the Legislature for her school trip. She took about 112 photos but this one was too cute not to share! I hope she doesn't want to be a politician, but she enjoyed her moment in the local MLA's office. </span> CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-56358673277205363622013-06-25T13:21:00.003-07:002013-06-25T13:21:43.348-07:00School Musical<div style="text-align: center;">
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The quality is poor ... but gives you an idea. Musicals are all fun and great ... but the amount of work behind it is astonishing. The teachers and kids spent hours and hours practicing and rehearsing but it all went well in the end. The costumes were amazing as well. Contact me early for tickets for next year! Ha ha! Next year Keithan is able to try out and he's excited about it, but only if it is a boy one! Stay tuned ... CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-23804502055120429992013-06-05T07:54:00.002-07:002013-06-05T07:55:42.482-07:00future fireman?<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grady had his first field trip the other day! He plans to be a policeman and a farmer and help at A&W when he grows up, but he was happy to be a fireman for a day!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those keeping track, we finally celebrated Keithan's birthday last weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since the kids weren't sleeping yet I had to get them out of bed to see this whole double rainbow. I was quick with the camera because it was still raining lightly. Of course I can never capture the moment like it was anyway. Rainbows give the me the "awe" feeling ... and when I'm driving I have to focus on keeping between the ditches when the kids and I are trying to pick out all the colors! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, there you have it until the "real" party. Hope he forgives this too busy, too disorganized mom who has trouble getting her ducks in a row. I better check my calender right this minute ....</span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-21360626909339058272013-05-01T09:07:00.001-07:002013-05-01T09:07:55.550-07:00spring break - rest of the events!<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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So this about wraps up our trip to grandpa and grandma's. It was a fabulous time with more than a few laughs ... especially over the kids tribute party for Grandma!! From here we came back home via Calgary and stopped to see Uncle Harvey at the hospital. Cousin Jessica was also in the same hospital but I just missed seeing her (was having gall bladder surgery). We enjoyed some wonderful hospitality in Airdrie (thanks Molly and family) ... and a tiny bit of shopping at Cross Iron Mills mall. We also had our first Five Guys burger experience. It wasn't bad, but I came away thinking A&W has some pretty tasty burgers! And cheaper. Also had a quick stop to say hi to Grandma O on our way through Red Deer. <br />
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Hope you don't mind the vintage filter on some of the pictures. I just
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<br />CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613913245374912495.post-13404101022560731602013-04-29T10:18:00.001-07:002013-04-29T10:20:18.283-07:00spring break event #2<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Asessippi Ski Resort</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mom and dad's cottage on the ski hill should be finished by Christmas
time and we are going to ENJOY it to the fullest! This was the last
weekend of the season so the conditions were a little sketchy but we had
a great day. We are looking forward to this annual event! </span>CShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00789162665039259677noreply@blogger.com1