spring break event #2

Asessippi Ski Resort

Mini Banff :)

Keithan

Daudi

Adair

Rhett

Myself, Grandpa and Grady

Heading to the Black Diamond Bunny Hill

Pit stop area

Gavin - he skied, but I don't have any pictures

Samara

Was a good crazy day!

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! 

spring break

Spring break was full of events this year! We traveled many miles, but it was worth it! Priceless ... as MasterCard says :) This first set of pictures is of our tobogganing adventure on the creek hill. It was steeper than I remembered. Great exercise though. Michelle was home with her kids who had spring break the week before. 

The Ninja Egg Craft was compliments of Auntie Alyson and her shopping trip the day before to the states with Michelle and Jacinda. I am a little jealous of their Hobby Lobby purchases, but my MasterCard husband is probably glad I didn't get there early enough to join them!

Ninja Eggs

Looking good J&A!

Fresh Air fun!

love this picture of Rhett

spring?

You wouldn't know it by the weather, but spring has been here for a month now. It has been a whole month of more snow and freezing temperatures. Since there is not much I can do about the outside scenery, I decided to bring spring inside. I only purchased a couple new additions the the decor for this year. And, I still have the kids pictures up on the piano. I can't bring myself to take them down in any season because they looks like sweet angels in the photos ... and I think it helps me get through the un-sweet times :)

new candle holder with some plastic eggs

Cannot get enough of this antique vase from Grandma O

spring 2013 mantel set up (with new green birds)

gift from Samara :)

new table cloth from Simons (love the home section of that store)

So, the little things do help when it is minus 15 outside and it is April 24.  I like that little joke that is going around on Facebook:  "Hope summer lands on a Saturday this year"!  Happy Spring for now.

life's a chair of bowlies

A long time ago my friend Lynda gave me a card with the saying "life's a chair of bowlies" and I haven't forgotten that phrase.  Love it for some reason!  Don't really know what it is supposed to mean but it has a nice ring to it.

I am not sure what has come over me this month with the buying of chairs!   A week or so ago a friend talked me into stopping at this little antique store on our way home from Lloyd ... almost twisted my arm off!!   We perused the store for a bit and I came away with a lovely old crokinole board that we already got our thirty dollars worth of play out of (and amazingly still have all the checkers).  Then as we were leaving, the store guy asks, "Do you want to see our other place?"  What a crazy question to ask!!  To me that is like asking "Do you ever want to eat again?"  Um, let me think about it ....

So, we walked over to another run down looking building and had a look around the unheated "showroom".  Seriously, it was probably 2 degrees in there.  But worth it when I found this chair ...

I plan to re-upholster it sometime in the next 10 years, but for now it is just perfect for the phone desk spot!

Then, last night I happened to check the local buy and sell Facebook page and I found these beauties:

Are they not the cutest old red chairs you have ever seen?  My 10 year plan for these is to give them a fresh coat of red paint!  They should be perfect for the office, and they were only 10.00 each! 

NOTE:  I started setting realistic, attainable goals for myself, since all the things I planned to do before spring are still undone.  Even with the longest coldest spring ... EVER.

already missing Grady

Sorry I am am WAY behind on blogging.  Life just gets in the way sometimes!!  

Last night I went to the Kindergarten registration night for my "baby".  Good thing Grady can't read yet because he DETESTS being called the baby.  Gets right angry about it for some reason.  I am already feeling sad about him going to kindergarten because he is such good company.  

This episode is from yesterday:

We are driving along in the van and he is in the backseat.  As usual, he is chatting a mile a minute.  I am listening.  The radio is on low.  In the middle of one of his long winded sentences he says, "Quiet mom, I like this song"! 

grandma

Some friends recently lost their dear grandma and I have been feeling blessed to still have 2 special grandmas in my life.   On our last road trip we stopped in to see this grandma in her new place.  Even though we only stayed a few minutes, I'm sure the place will never be the same!  It is a cute and tiny spot and I could just back up enough to take a picture of the whole crew ... Great Grandma with 5 of her 19 great grand kids.  Hope I didn't miss anyone in my quick tally! 

Speaking of this crew ... I guess I should have tried taking a few more pictures because this one isn't that flattering of some :)  Maybe someday my kids will learn to look at the camera and smile on command.  But, look how cute Gavin is!  And look at how good Grandma looks.  If I live to be 90 I want to be like her in more ways than one - her posture, her kind and gentle spirit, her thoughtfulness, her efficiency ....  

I guess it has nothing to do with her being in her 90s!!  I'm sure she was just always this way.  But, I'm hoping there is some genetic predisposition that I could become like her!!

When Grandma moved into the lodge she purged some of her treasures.  I am so excited about some of those treasures she passed down to me.  Things that just make my sentimental heart sing :)  I should do a post about these treasures - a few things she had given to her as wedding gifts, books of gems and bits and pieces cut out of letters she received, gifts from Pakistan, and just some things from the house that bring back a flood of memories.  I guess they maybe wouldn't seem like much to most, but they are dear to me.  If I post about them with the details I remember now it will help those memories live on for my kids ... and they can pass them on to their kids!  I'm really getting ahead of myself!!!!

a few more

I realized after I posted the last pictures that I forgot to include these ones!  They don't go with the outdoor theme, so maybe that is why I forgot.  But, they made me laugh ... and maybe will make you laugh ... and I wouldn't want anyone to miss out on a good chuckle!  

Or maybe it is only me that thinks they are funny.  That is what is great about blogs ... can't see any reactions to get embarrassed about!  Ha!

So this little treasure of a sign is on Michelle's hutch ... I just LOVE it!  If I come across one I'll be sure to buy it.  I also think that it is funny that the rolling pin is right beside the sign!!! Wildlife tamer?  Ha!

Speaking of wildlife ... this view from the stairs was cute ... and made me smile.  All these similar colored heads lined up. 

 NOTE:  The Wii can be useful in taming wildlife!!  

I also forgot to mention that these pictures are from a couple weekends ago.  I got out of sync with Rhett getting sick.  He is back to "normal" now but it gets harder to remember the antibiotics twice a day when he is not longer symptomatic.  Yesterday I had to pretty much follow the bus to school because we forgot the morning dose before he left the house!  I think we should be done with this routine by Tuesday night.