12.29.13

Puzzle completed by Grandma and Olivia.

12.25.13

Merry Christmas!

12.20.13

Christmas gifts for the teachers.  I had each of the kids write "From the desk of Mrs. X" at the top of the page, and draw a picture in the bottom corner.  Then I scanned them into VistaPrint and ordered them as notepads.  Homemade, but useable, so they can eventually be tossed (unless they choose to keep one as a keepsake, but this way they feel less obligated).  They also got some homemade cinnamon buns.

I had already wrapped some before I remembered to take the picture.  Also, I had messed up on the order and accidentally ordered Emma's teacher's twice instead of Olivia's!  Oops!

After waiting all day, hoping this delivery would get here in time to quickly wrap/deliver on the last day of school before Christmas break - I thought of checking the mailbox - thankfully they were there and the gifts made it to school just in the nick of time. 

12.19.13

The kid's school Christmas concert was tonight.

Emma was doing the sound system (mics only), Olivia and Jacob's classes were on stage together (singing Frosty the Snow Man, and Get Along Little Reindeer with a surprise "snowball fight"!), and Sophia stole the show with her drama queen act.  It was a great show!

12.16.13

Thanks to a cute Gingerbread mini town kit, each kid can decorate their own house to their heart's content.  (Sophia and Jacob worked together on both of theirs, and they all did the 5th one together).  I put them together and then let them have at 'er!

12.14.13

Nathan took Jacob took his hockey game, I dropped Sophia and Olivia off at church for their Sunday School Christmas program practice - and then Emma and I went for breakfast and Christmas shopping, all by ourselves!

12.9.13

Olivia watching Jacob practice and waiting for her turn.

12.5.13

Jacob's first snow day.  Just caught two of them as they were all coming inside after playing in all the new snow.

12.4.13

The kids having fun with apps on their iPods.

12.2.13

Nathan was gone to see the Vikings game this past weekend with his Dad and brother-in-law.  After doing a crazy busy hockey weekend by myself - I decided to take the kids out of school a little early and head to the city to see Frozen, followed by supper at Boston Pizza.  We loved it!

12.1.13

11.14.13

Praying for the children that will receive the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes we packed.

11.12.13

Checking out the Jets store and doing a little Christmas shopping while the older girls were at Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe practice.

11.3.13

10.30.13

Drive in movie night at Clubs.

10.28.13

Carving pumpkins!

10.26.13

 Sewing name bars with lime green thread :)

10.21.13

Olivia taking the faceoff during her game tonight.  They won by a significant margin.  She played defense for a large part of the game.  When she switched to forward she was trying so  hard to score a goal, and I can't believe she didn't.  She was just buzzing around that net.  She could've just as easily scored 5 and 0, but unfortunately, somehow the puck just wouldn't go in the net.

She's thrilled that she got #16 though since Andrew Ladd is her favourite Jets player.

10.20.13

The girls sang "Whom Shall I Fear?" by Chris Tomlin today in church - they did a great job!

10.18.13

Someone got a hair cut tonight.

Someone else got to see a very exciting Jets game tonight - Jets won in a 7 round shootout!