Sunday, January 17, 2010

Northern Lights

At school Owen had the story "Snowy Day" read to him. He was then asked to draw what he liked to do on snowy days and the teacher wrote down his description. Most kids wrote down that they built snowman, forts, etc. Owen wrote down that on snowy days he liked to look for the Northern Lights. His picture is absolutely beautiful and looks just like the northern lights. I was thinking that maybe he had made a connection to the movie "the Polar Express" that he watched over and over again during the holidays.

On Friday, Owen brought in a picture of his fish Bluey to show his teacher and his classmates. His teacher had him draw a picture of his fish and recorded his story to go along with it. Please disregard the bottom portion of his story... I did not let a bird come in the window and eat bluey!!

New Layout

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Lovin' Digital Scrapping

This is sooo much fun! I love it!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Happy Birthday Tony!

Yesterday we went to Chuckee Cheese to celebrate Tony's 33rd Birthday. He really loves this place.

The boys really love this place. They have a lot of fun going from game to ride to visiting with Chuckee to eating horrible pizza to picking a prize from all of their hard earned tickets. What more could you really ask for???

Not this..... that's for sure!

We weren't in the car on our way home for more than 2 seconds when this truck missed his turn and slammed right into the brick wall. Next thing we knew we were jumping out of our car, a teenage girl was climbing out of the back window and the rest of the three people were still in the truck. Tony helped to get the front passenger out of the door, meanwhile the driver got himself out and and instantly was trying to get back in to drive away..... DRUNK!!

The bastard was drunk. Four teenagers out driving just after 12noon DRUNK!! You can't even believe the outrage we had for his kid. On two occaissions Tony had to stand and not let him get back into his truck as he knew he was in trouble and wanting to escape. The two girls were in pretty bad shape, cuts and bleeding and a bump the size of a large orange on her forehead. We can only assume it was her head that made the back window smash open.

Once the ambulance arrived, the paramedics weren't too pleased with the kids. We overheard them tell the police officer that they were not cooperative. The police officer placed the driver under arrest for impaired driving immediately.

An hour later, a statement given in the back of the police car by Tony, and the news he would have to attend court did not make for a happy ending to our birthday celebration.

It took every ounce of me to not to loose it on the drunken kids... if it weren't for the fact that I would have burst in to tears the minute I tried to speak, I would have told that kid that he wasn't much younger than the drunk that killed my brother 32 years ago. And I would have told him that he was the luckiest man alive because he didn't kill his friends or any other innocent victims.

As much as Tony doesn't want to waste another minute on this kid, if his testimony helps to convict him, his time is well served!

The drunk in the police car

Tony giving his statement

Finally over!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

I'm a Digital Scrapbooker

Yes, it took me a while to figure out that digital scrapbooking is the way to go.... but I eventually came to the conclusion that it fits my schedule a lot better and takes up a lot less room, and hopefully doesn't cost as much.

This is a very basic layout that I did using a tutorial on Jessica Sprague's website. Basically I didn't have to do much other than upload a picture and add some text.

The process is actually very complicated and I am trying to work through the learning process. Thankfully my friend Lisa is willing to help me work through it! But once I get there, I am hoping that I will be a lot more successful in completing and keeping up to date on my scrapbook pages.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Happy New Year

Looking foward to 2010 and looking back on the past ten years with many special memories.

This year will mark the tenth year that Tony and I met on July 1st in Ottawa on Canada Day. Fate might seem a little unreal at times... but it certainly fits the bill for this special day.

Top Twenty Memories from the Past Decade

1. Canada Day 2000- Although not instantly knowing he would be the man I would marry, it didn't take too many dates to figure it out!

2. Our Meeting Spot- The Bench by the Bay

3. New Years Eve 2000- Saint Sauveur Skiing Trip! Oooo the good old days!

4. First Home- April 2001

5. Engagement- May 10th, 2001 Proposal by sunset at the Sandbanks!

6. October 2001- Finding the perfect wedding dress.... truly a dream come true... LOVED every minute of planning my wedding

7. July 27, 2002- Our Wedding Day

8. Road Trip to Old Quebec City with Karen and Brad -July 2003

9. Wendy and Barry's Wedding- August 8th 2003- The most fun we have ever had at a wedding/party!

10. Halloween Party 2003- Kitchener Gang up to visit.... Outline of dead body permanently gracing our bedroom floor!

11. Disney World- August 2004- Tony and I loved every minute of this trip.... too much fun!

12. September 2004- Pregnant!

13. June 21st 2005- Welcome Baby Owen!

14. Maternity Leave.... Entire year at home!

15. July 2006- Pregnant

16. New Home August 2006

17. Griffin Arrived on March 26th 2007

18. Building our New Home!

19. Twilight and Dinner Parties....

20. Family- The feeling of being loved and blessed every single day. It can't get much better than that!

Happy New Year!