Courtney's Dress

I finally managed to get the pics on my computer so I can add them here. Courtney's grad dress is gorgeous and she looks absolutely stunning in it! When she walked out of the dressing room I almost cried....my baby is all grown up and is becoming an amazing young woman. I hope she realizes that the world is a blank canvas and she has ton of choices and a million adventures just waiting for her. I am so proud of her that my heart could burst :) Anyway, the pics!

Scrapbooking Swede DT Survivor Update

I made it through three rounds and was eliminated in the fourth round :( Oh well, I had fun while it lasted and completed some layouts that I would have never thought of before....always good to get out of the comfort of my scrap box ;) Now I am part of the jury and it is getting very difficult to choose who to eliminate. I was still eligible to compete in the QK challenge (to win a QK tool and alphabet) so that was fun too. I doubt my layout will win (very good competition)and it is being judged by a rep from QK! Talk about pressure to put out...lol. I guess I will have to leave the QK on my Santa's wish list ;)

You can check out the Survivor contest here SS DT Survivor Contest

Football update

Well, the boys lost their game last weekend :( They learned some things about how the other team plays, how to adjust their playing to make up the differences, and they had fun...which is the main thing.

In other football related news....they have 3 games this weekend! They are playing Saturday at 9am (I will miss this game b/c I have to work...sucks!), Sunday at 11am.....and....the big news is.....(insert drum roll here)......they have been invited to play for the half time break at the Okanagan Sun game Sunday afternoon! They are totally excited! Eric even gets a chance to carry the ball (the game doesn't count for the season...lol). It is so cute to see the little guys play at the "big league" games. I will have to make sure I have lots of film in my camera and lots of space on my digital camera. I hope to get some good shots of the boys and hopefully some with the Sun players :)

I still haven't developed my film from the first football game but I will soon and then will get some pics up :)

First day of school 2006/2007

Well, today is the first day of school.....yipee! LOL Patrick was totally excited to go to school today but Eric wasn't :( He looked so sad! He didn't even talk to his friends....just kind of stood away from everyone....he had a shy attack I guess. Kip even found him trying to sneak of the playground to go home! Sniff. I'm sure he will be fine when he gets home. It is only a half day today (picking them up in 15 minutes) so it shouldn't be too bad. They go to their old classrooms from last year and then they are assigned to their new classes today or tomorrow (depending on how many students have moved away or moved here and not registered). Patrick is in Grade 4 and Eric is in Grade 2....wow, they can't be that big already....they are growing so fast!

Courtney started school last week in Estevan. She is in Grade 12....now that makes me feel old! My baby is graduating! I can't wait to see her at the ceremonies and then she will be moving back to BC with us.....YES!!!

NOTE:There was a CHBC camera at the school this morning and we watched the news at noon to see if the kids were on. Patrick and Kip both made it in the clip! Too cool ;) Eric's friends were in the clip as well....a Mom and her little girl and the two boys after the Dad talking. Just had to add that to my post...lol. My two tv stars ;)

Randi

I got an email last week from my Step daughter, Randi saying that she would be in town with a friend and she would like to visit. Yay! She was here for a few hours on Saturday night and it was soooo great to see her again :) We haven't seen her since we moved to BC almost 4 years ago. She is living in Calgary but we just don't seem to be able to connect for visits. Hopefully, she will have more time once she graduates in June :)

I took lots of pics with my camera but have to wait until they are developed to post them here. MIL took some pics with her digital so those are the ones here. It was sad when she left, but we will definitely see her this summer when we are passing through Calgary on the way back home to SK for a visit. Maybe she will be able to come out for a few days when we get back.

She is a lot taller, almost as tall as her Dad! Patrick looks a lot like her (has to be those Kyle genes...lol) and Eric has the same mischevious look in his eyes and same laugh as Randi. We always tell him that he laughs just like his big sister and now he knows what we mean. Courtney will be sorry she wasn't here to visit with Randi as well but maybe next time.

Randi and Patrick have the same birthdate which is Sept. 25th (1989 and 1997) and we have always had a little party for them in the summer when Randi was visiting. Of course, we had the cake and everything again this year but Patrick has to wait until the 25th for his presents. Randi had quite the haul of cash b/c we weren't sure just what she would want. Besides, what 17 yr old doesn't want money? LOL