Mini Photoshoot

I didn't like the last pics that I took of myself so I got Kip to take some of me and a couple of me with the boys. The turned out pretty good this time. They are both getting so tall! As always Eric is either not smiling at all or trying to hard and making a silly face...lol. Oh well, that is his character ;)

Foggy Football Day

The boys had a game in Vernon at 9am so we were up at 6:30 and on the road at 7am. They need to be at the games an hour early for warm ups. It was chilly this morning but pretty clear in Kelowna. It was a bit foggy just outside of the city limits and was very bad in Vernon. Wood Lake was looked gorgeous! It was like a sheet of glass mirroring the view of the banks with the fog steaming off of the lake. Kip wouldn't stop so I could take a picture though. I tried to take a few out of the van window with my Rebel SLR and then switched to my Fuji digital camera for the rest of the shots (this way I know what I am getting right away). There were a few clouds just outside of Kelowna that were beautiful and wispy....reminded me of angel wings but I didn't get a pic of them. The pics here are of Kal Lake and Polson Park football fields.

You could hardly even see the boys on the field when they were warming up. The fog finally burned off at the end of the third quarter. The boys played a very good game but lost 12-6. Maybe next time!

Another year older...

...does that make me wiser too? Hmmm....doesn't feel too much liek it...lol. Today was a pretty good day. Work went really smoothly...that doesn't happen often. The girl I usually go for coffee with surprised me by buying my coffee today and a treat and she had it all in the staff room when I came back for my break. A few minutes later, another co-worker and the store manager came in with coffee and a treat for me too! WOW....lots of coffee and sugar! LOL I saved the second treat to have on my coffee break tomorrow ;)

When I was leaving the house for work this morning, Patrick was just coming downstairs to say Happy Birthday. He had wanted to make me breakfast in bed but I am up too early for work so he will do it for me this weekend....too sweet! We had stir-fry for supper and the kids helped Grannie decorate a double chocolate brownie cake for me....mmmmmm.....good :) Kip gave me a present on Thanksgiving weekend (the new PINK cd) so I wasn't expecting anything else. The boys gave me a magnetic bracelet with the help of Grannie (very nice design) and she gave me some scrapbooking stuff (bag and Prima Crown Jewels embellishments). Patrick said he still has one more thing for me but I have to wait until DH takes him to the store on Friday to get it. I already know what it is b/c I was with Patrick when he saw it the other day but he still wants me to pretend I don't know...lol.

Now I am just waiting for Courtney to phone. I don't know if she is working or not but I hope she calls tonight. She was upset the other day when we talked so I hope she is better now. Courtney, if you read this and haven't called me yet, pick up the phone! LOL

Have to go now...Happy Birthday to me!! :)

Journaling Challenge

So, you may have noticed in my last post that the word "leaf" is bold. Well, there is a reason of course ;) I am participating in a challenge on Scrapbooking Swede where there is a word posted by Angelique every week and we have to journal about that word in our blogs, diaries, etc. and use it as the starting point for the journaling on a layout. You just start writing about the word for five minutes and see what you get. It may be your whole block of journaling for that layout or just the inspiration. I don't really journal a lot on my layouts so this is a great challenge for me to do. So, if it seems like I have a case of verbal diarhea...bear with me...there is a reasonable explanation ;)

Fall Fun

Our street is absolutely beautiful! The trees are losing their leaves and the entire street is lined with yellow, red and green leaves. Gorgeous! We haven't lived in any place with trees in the yard since we moved from Brandon...well, trees that loose their leaves anyway...lol. Quite the change since every house we were in in SK and MB had tons of leaves to clean up in the fall. Did you know that it is very hard to fill pumpkin and ghost bags when you have no leaves? You have to ask the neighbors to "borrow" their leaves. And who knew that I would miss raking leaves? Amazing what you miss when you don't have it...lol.

Well, our house now has trees and lots of leaves! I picked up some Halloween decorated leaf bags today and when I got home I convinced the boys (Kip too!) to come outside and help me fill the bags. I accomplished two tasks...cleaning up the yard, and getting some great shots to scrapbook ;) I have to wait until I can develop my pics but will post them later.

The other day, Patrick and I were listening to music on Yahoo music and we listened to a couple of new songs by Pink. I told Patrick that I wanted a CD for my birthday (which is on the 18th) and Pink was one of my choices. So, today when we were outside filling the leaf bags, Kip turned the stereo on in the car. The first song playing was Stupid Girls by Pink...cool! The radio was playing one of the good songs. The next song came on and it was Who Knew by Pink....my favorite song off her new CD. Hmmmm....wait a minute....the radio never plays the same artist back to back. AHA!!!!! That had to be a CD! I asked Kip if that was a CD because it couldn't be the radio. Well, he got that dumb little look on his face (the one he gets when he is "caught"). He just smiled and said "Oh yeah, Happy Birthday". He bought the CD yesterday and has been listening to it in his car!!! Listening to MY birthday present in HIS car.....a week and a half before my birthday! He can never wait until the actual day...he always blows it before then...lol. He thought that a few songs would play before I figured it out...um...NOT! You think the guy would know me after 13+ years ;) So, guess what I am listening to right now? Yup...Pink! Songs that I recommend from the CD I'm Not Dead by Pink are: Track 1: Stupid Girls...You HAVE to see this video...hilarious...and sooo true! Track 2: Who Knew...lost loves and lost friendships...memories. Track 5: Dear Mr. President (featuring Indigo Girls)...OMG...way to stick it to GWB!!! You Go Girl! This applies to Canada as well...not just USA. Free speech is alive and well :)