Fire Hall Open House

Random photo shoot

What a post? Finally :)

Its definitely been awhile since I've been blogging, and even longer (since September to be exact) since I have scrapbooked last. This page came together very quickly. One of my favorite scrapbookers is Laura Vegas, whos style I absolutely love. Pictured below mine is a page she did, that I used for inspiration for MacKenzie's first day of preschool.

I hope to soon have some pictures of our new house to show, and some of the changes we have made. As well, hopefully an update soon, or another scrapbook page.

I NEED a Bandaid

MacKenzie had a little TINY cut on her lip today...maybe from biting it, or cracking a little from being dry. Anyways, for her...it was soooo huge she just had to have a bandaid on it. I couldn't figure out how she was going to accomplish this as the cut was more towards the inside...but this is how she came up with a way for it to stay on. This was such a big deal for her for the better part of the day, but yet SOOO so funny for me as I used to be exactly like this as a kid. Even a scratch needed a bandaid. So I couldn't help but post this picture.

My sweet Mackenzie

Since we did 5 minutes with Kaylee, we had to do 5 minutes with MacKenzie...these are the best of the poses she did. Can you say...little Angie..hehe...I think if you look through my albums I think you will find a lot of picures of me posing in a similar way...hehe.

This one is my FAVORITE

Gardening

When I seen this "radish" paper as I so call it...lol, from Basic Grey. I knew I had the perfect pictures to go with it. I also used the stickers that went with this particular line, as well as a couple of sheets of cardstock. The title I printed with the All Mixed Up Cricut cartridge. I'm pretty satisfied with th page. Kaylee was so excited that weekend to go out and help Grandpa plant his garden.

Preschool and a Birthday Party

On Sunday, we had a birthday supper for Rick's Dad. Kim and Chris and Aidan, Carla, and Decoy all came for supper. We enjoyed watching the football game for the afternoon. And for supper, we deep fried a turkey, and had salad, peas and carrots, and suffed baked potatoes, and dressing. It kind of felt like Thanksgiving...but it was awesome to have turkey. And then of course we had a DQ birthday cake. The girls and Aidan were so excited to get up on his knee and help him blow out his candles and sing Happy Birthday to him. MacKenzie and Kaylee were SO excited to be having a birthday party for Grandpa, they got out the cars tablecloth, and they had to blow up a bunch of balloons. They wanted to decorate with streamers and all too...but we never did that. MacKenzie even HAD to wear a dress. It wouldn't be right if she didn't cause it was a party you know...lol. Thats what she tells me.

Yesterday, MacKenzie had her first day of Preschool. She wasn't really excited until the day/and the night before. On Sunday night, we got out her backpack, and packed it all up with some extra clothes, shoes, decorated her little gingerbread girl for the teacher. We packed a snack, that she picked out all herself. Then we decided which clothes she wanted to wear. All that got her really excited.

When she woke up yesterday morning, she woke up with a smile, and asked if she had enough sleeps yet so she could go.

Rick and I never stayed with her as she was ok with everything. It was nice to have Rick be able to be a part of taking her to her first day of Preschool. As a stay at home mom, I feel a little guilty that I get to be there for most of their firsts. MacKenzie really enjoyed it too. And Rick definitely took advantage of every moment. Walking her up to the door, putting her indoor shoes on, and her name tag. He is such an awesome Dad :)

As you can see MacKenzie was so excited for her first day...you couldn't wipe the smile off of her face.

We took some pics by the tree

Her Princess backpack that she picked out herself (no suprise there...lol) but I forgot a picture of the lunch box...which is also princess as well.

Daddy walking her in

Got the name tag on

Coloring a picture for the teacher

And we can't forget about Kaylee ...need to have a few pictures of her...especially in her "purple fleefies" as she calls them.

2 Weeks old

This is MacKenzie at 2 weeks old...she sat in her car seat a lot...lol We still weren't quite sure what to do with her...lol. This page is a scraplift from Pam . I actually used all older stuff from in my stash for once. Not that it is that old...I've just had it for awhile :) I'm happy with it. I found a way to incorporate some pink in her first year scrapbook. She didn't wear much pink or have that many pink things as a baby.

First Day Home

Here is another page for MacKenzie's album. I really wanted to journal the memory of how we brought her home, and some of our thoughts. I used my Cricut with the Home Accents cartridge for the title, and the snowflakes. The snowflakes are just white glittery paper from Just Scrap It. I also used some Frosted Lace Stickles to enhance the twigs around the edges of the paper to give it a more wintery feeling.

I remember the first day we brought MacKenzie home from the hospital. The journaling reads:

We will never forget the day we brought you home. On January 27/28, 2004 was one of the coldest days of the year. We came home in the late evening and the temperature was -50 with the wind chill. Our little car wouldn’t warm up enough to take you home, so your Grandma Marg borrowed us her car. Your Grandma and Grandpa Sherstobitoff met us at our apartment for your arrival.

We were so nervous about the cold weather that we covered you in several blankets. Then we were nervous that we put on too many and you wouldn’t be able to breathe. We drove home so slowly and carefully because of the cold and the slippery roads. It was so cold in our apartment that our neighbors lent us their space heaters to get it warmed up for you.

After we got you uncovered and we got settled. We both kind of looked at each other and asked “Now what?” We had no clue what life with a baby would be like exactly. And so begins our journey of learning and growing together.

Blogging Firends

Yesterday was a very exciting day for me. I got to meet some blogging friends. We all met at Sarah's house, and enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Thank you Sarah for being such an awesome host. It was really great to meet Sarah, Ninette, and especially Rebekah, Trevor and Isaiah, and all the other kids.

I have been talking with Rebekah for some time now, and from all the wonderful conversations and emails we have shared, I have grown to love and appreciate her so much as a friend, and look forward to sharing more with her. It was so great to meet you, and your family in person Rebekah, and your little Isaiah is SOOO sweet and adorable I wish I could have taken him home with me :)

Sarah and Ninette, it was great to meet you both as well, and look forward to reading your blogs and getting to know you guys better. I really enjoyed our visit.

And my beautiful Sister in Law Kim...I love spending time with you, and am glad we can share some of these fun times together, meeting new friends.

From L-R: Kim, Rebekah, Me, Ninette, and Sarah

Me and Rebekah
Isaiah, Trevor and Rebekah
Aidan, Isaiah, and Kaylee
Me and my Beautiful Sister in Law Kim, and her cute baby bump ...lol, still laughing from when you bumped into Rebekah with your *bump* lol...

Races

Sorry to my faithful readers for the lack of blogging....we've been busy this week.

Friday night we went to the Races with Rick's Dad, Carla, and Michael. The girls had a blast as they love watching the race cars. It was 14 degrees or so when we got there...but with the wind, it felt much colder than that. I dug out the girls toque's and mitts, and even their winter coats. The wind eventually stopped and it ended up being a nice evening. Here are a few pics from our night.

Dressup at Grandma's

This page I did awhile ago, but I finally got a good picture for it. MacKenzie loves to dress up in her Grandma's shoes and hats. And they matched so well with her dress. So I thought I would re-share the finished page.

On the farm

While we were out at Rod and Linda's (Ricks Aaunt an Uncle's), the girls got to ride the horses.

Only the one horse, Flicka, is rideable. I was suprised when Rod just used bailer twine to lead the horse. Anyways, the girls had fun riding. They also got to feed all three horses some grass. I think I may add some sort of embelishment at the top right corner...but I am not sure what yet.

Camping Holidays

Last week we went on a camping holiday. We went up to Kipabiskua Regoinal Park. Rick used to go there all the time as a kid. So we thought it would be a great lake to go to to see where he has some memories. We stopped at a couple cabins while we were there...one was the old family cabin-which is now his aunt and cousin's cabin. And then we stopped at a cabin that belongs to friends of his family. All in all, we had a really great time. Definitely have some memories from this trip, from almost capsizing the boat, and having a squirrel jump on Rick's leg. I don't feel like going into too many details today about those stories...sorry... :) We had a little bit of rain, but where our campsite was, it was very sheltered, so we didn't get very wet. Rick changed a strangers tire on our way out of the campground.

We stopped at his Aunt and Unlce's farm for a visit on our way home. Stopped in Melfort at another Uncle's house, and at his Grandpa's house. Went for supper with his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend. We stopped by the flower shop and got some flowers to put down on Rick's grandma's grave. It happend to be her birthday that day as well. Then we drove home missing most of a storm, but the sky around us was AMAZING....(see picture below). Anyways, that sums up our camping trip. Enjoy the pictures :)

Walking through the trail to get to the park

The new - old cabin

Kaylee driving the boat all by herself
Kaylee and her cousin Morgan
Kaylee fell asleep with Uncle Rod
Our chipmunk friend






My awesome man changing a tire for these ladies. Super Big Heart that Rick has...and love him so much for it.
Mack holding a baby sheep

We went and layed down a few yellow roses for Rick's Grandma's Birthday on Wednesday
The girls and their Great Grandpa Kucher

This is the sky we drove through on the way home...a little scary, but SO neat