Happy Halloween!

The pumpkins were carved, the costumes where ready, the candy bought. Now the day that the kids wait for ... the big trick or treat. It was so much fun. I love watching the kids with their friends having so much fun.
Sorry that the next pictures are side ways. I still need to figure that feature out on this computer and I am awefully tired and in need of sleep. But at least you get the idea.

First, I'll start with Jada. Yes, she was a lady bug and she has waited to wear that costume for over a month and the day was exciting. She wore it ALL day. She totally got the trick or treating figured out. After every house, she just would say "another house", and off her and Eric would go (Sara was already out with other friends). Now trying to get Jada to say thank you at each house was a challenge. She doesnt like to talk to people, and when I confronted her on her level and told her she NEEDED to say thank you, she just replied "I was too scared to say thank you to that man" Okay, valid! Eric was good at encouraging her to say it, and she did to the ladies who handed out candy, but not the men. Once her little bag was full we came home and she just looked with big eyes and said "look at all my treat".

Sara was a High School Musical Cheer Leader. She went to a friends house right after school and then I picked her and some friends up after supper to continue on with their trick or treatin. She was a running and full of spunk tonight.

Eric 's costume we created using conventional pieces for him to look like Kikoshi (sp?) off of his fav cartoon Naruto. He was happy with the outcome! I was happy that most of the clothing he will wear again (motherly thinking or what). Eric went out treatin with his friend Bradley and boy they all got A LOT of candy.

OH I usually take a pic of all their candy when they get home, but I must have forgotten. Tomorrow!

Well, I seem to think that I can only post if I have pictures to add. But in reality, I dont always have the pictures handy to share. So, this post will be no pictures. But I will share the pictures in the next post.

What's been happening in this house in the past week....? Let's see. On the weekend, my computer finally kicked the bucket. Yup, it was 7 years old and served us very well. But I was so mad at it when it wouldnt stay turned on...that day I phone future shop to find out what time they opened at (in Medicine Hat) and we took a day trip. I cant live without the computer. I feel so helpless knowing that all my info is on that old computer and I cant get it off right now. THe CD thing is broken so I couldnt save anything onto a disk before this happened. I am only computer savy to a certain point and that is beyond me. So, I will be taking it into Staples or somewhere in Swift to have them get all the info off of it. So I am feeling lost trying to navigate and find all the things that I loved about my old computer. Even my address book from my email is deleted. Grrrr!

And while we were in Future Shop, Casey got himself a new tv. Yup, happy anniversary to us. Me a new computer and Casey a new tv. I finally broke down and realized that he is the one working hard to pay for fun stuff, so if he is willing to work to pay this off then he should be able to spend it how he wanted. He was so happy. He had his diagram all measured out with how much space our stand had and he got the biggest Tv possible to fit in the space. 37in flat screen HD. Um, that's all I know about it. AND, we finally broke down and have gotten a dish. We havent had TV channels for a long time. In our 11 years together, we have probably had cable for 2 of those years (not all in a row either). THe kids are very excited!!!!

And right now, my poor Jada is sick. 2 days now of the runs, fever, she's thrown up once now. Not eating, drinking.....ahhhh.....hope this passes soon and we all stay healthy for the trick or treating. Got to love those Lysol disinfectant wipes. I probably go over everywhere that is touched in our house like 3 times. And the bathroom, everytime Jada is in there. My hands are so dry from all the washing. Stay strong body! I need you!

OH, and I have joined the Music Festival Board and this is a scarey adventure for me. I have read some of the to do list of the Entry Secretary and it looks to be a big job. But I think it is worth it, Eric and Sara are both attendants of this event in Shaunavon. Eric for piano (which he won a scholarship at last year) and Sara for singing and piano (another year before she is eligable to enter for scholarship) ANd I love watching them be musical and I know I will be around Fesitval for a long time yet, so why not help out. This is where I felt my volunteer efforts should be geared. Wish me luck! I could get stressed.

So, I will take pictures and post them later. Once I feel up to figuring out this computer with my camera. Going from WIndows XP to Vista. A bit of a difference.

Weekend at G&G Welk's

Well, we had a great weekend at Grandma & Grandpa Welk's house. (Casey had to work, so the kids and I went). I did a card workshop for my mom and it went awesome. Mom had a good turn out! And I think this weekend felt more like thansgiving for me. We made popcorn balls, the kids carved pumpkins, Jada had an itty bitty tea party with this fancy cup. (Can you see it?) Mom had some great friends over for supper and we had PUMPKIN PIE!!!! yum. My favorite. Plus there was cherry pie, saskatoon pie, cranberry apple pie, pizza, taco salad, fancy salads....oh the food went on and on and it was so great

The boys made this little car out of paper and wheels and inserted a balloon to the back and made it propell across the floor. It worked, somewhat!!
Grandpa made a pumpkin house in their barn, and the kids got to pick their pumpkin for carving at home. Jada was the only one who came out with me to pick, so she is the only one with a picture. At first she wasnt too sure about going inside all those bales! But then Grandma came in and it was good! Jada picked the smallest pumpkin in their. It is her baby now!

Christmas Card Workshop

I held a stamp-a-stack Christmas card workshop last night and it went so well. The ladies made 2 each of the cards for a total of 6 and they made 4 tags. I am so excited that I get to do another workshop with the same cards tomorrow in Assiniboia with my mom. I feel so relaxed and in my element when I can be sharing my love for making cards, and being creative. The tags, we got to use the scallop circle punch, and the crop-a-dile with some eyelets.
Red Snowflake Card had some scallop edge punch (NEW), embossing and brayering.
Swirl Pearl Card had some coloring with markers and sponge daubing edges with a strategic placement of pearl.
Christmas Tree Sparkle card had the use of the white craft ink pad, and the two-way glue with glitter.

So sorry some of you had to miss it. Next one is tentatively Nov. 14!! Check my stampin up website at http://www.shayne.stampinup.net/ for more details. And if I havent been contacting you about the dates and you would like me to, let me know.

Part 3 of the trilogy

And this is the part the kids probably where looking forward to the most. The waterslides!!! The pool area was nice, Jada could touch for the most deep end. And Eric & Sara loved the waterslides. So this was the end of a great weekend.
OH I almost forgot a really important highlight!!! We got to spend Sunday with Richard & Almira and their wonderful kids Jared & Amy. We lived in the basement of their house in Calgary for 1.5 years and they have sinced moved to Saskatoon. They became like family to us. So it was so nice to see them again. We had a wonderful day and cant wait till our next trip to S'toon to see them.

Thanksgiving Wedding - Part 2

So, here are some pictures from the reception. They had the photo guest book, so this is where the family photos where taken. I think everyone looks a bit wonky, but so be it. The reception was at the Radisson Hotel, very beautiful. Here the happy couple are dancing the first dance.
And here the little girls, Amber, Jada & Sara, are closely watching that first dance. Sara always is saying that she is never getting married. But she sure does love weddings. She is mesmerized by everything that is going on. Jada was following in her footsteps, and watching closely too. (I later asked Sara if she wanted a dress like Tannis, and she said "YES, it was so sparkley". Hum.Sara dancing with the bride.
OKay, okay. This is a funny picture, b/c Eric & Sara were in charge of the camera all evening, and I guess Eric had been trying to get a good picture of Casey & I (and Jada) dancing. It felt like he was papparazi and he had a zillion of them already, so I put my hand up to tell him to stop all ready. Well, he said he hadnt gotten a good one yet (the lighting is so bad for my camera) and if I wouldnt have put my hand up, it would have been the best one yet. So, this is as good as it got.

Thnaksgiving weekend - Part 1

The lighter side of the weekend!

We went to Saskatoon for the Thanksgiving weekend for my cousin Tannis's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding. And we had a lot of fun. But here are some photos that make us smile.
Casey & Eric had to stop along the way, and they went right outside my window. So that warranted a photo. Guess what they are doing?
At the ceremony, Sara was taking pictures and she told me to make a goofy face, so this is what she got. (We werent allowed to take pics during the ceremony, so we goofed around waiting for it to start)
Here is Sara. Now she is always making a grumpy face when I try to take a picture, so her challenge was to smile!!!!!
Jada got this awesome sucker at the reception, and she wanted me to take a picture of it. So I did.

Pimp My Wagon

I am forever posting about all the girlie stuff that goes on in this house! I love it all! But, I feel it is about time that I posted about the boy stuff goin on here! I ventured outside yesterday to see what Eric & Bradley (boy across the street) were up to. Well, to my surprise they where being very boyish! Heehee!

First I noticed that they had gathered all the bags of leaves for our yard, Brad's yard and they neighbor down the street's yard (which Sara raked & baged with a friend). They had made a fort out of all the bags of leaves. Creative, yes! Big mess later, Oh yeah!

Next, well what where they doing, but pimpin out Brads wagon! Yup, spray painted the inside red! Pinstriping down the sides (duck tape). License plate on the back. (black hockey tape) muffler (pipe, secured with white hockey tape, black hockey tape, and scotch tape) Mags on wheels (duck tape) The leaf bag holder wedged into the wagon for roll bars. Then they proceeded to tie it to Bradley's bike with an old tire tube. Bradley bikes, Eric rides. Oh man! I just smile and love watching them be creative with their tools. (Oh and Casey had to get in on the action too. Big kids at play)

Now...I'm off to take Jada & Lexi to their music lessons!

Happy Stamper

That is what I am! I spend time downstairs at my craft table, and was a busy woman! I got all my stuff designed for my Stamp-A-Stack Christmas Workshop next week (actually 2 of them). And I was so please with what I came up with. I can't show any of those pictures here, YET, since someone might be lurking who might come. I dont want to give anything away.

PLUS, I then spent time finishing this project that I have been making for my Mom. It will be her hostess gift for hosting the workshop in Assiniboia next weekend. It is a calender for the year 2009. It will sit on a desk and just flip the page for the next month. I know I dont take very good pictures, but please imagine the beauty. Oh, and it wont just have the one big lopsided ring on it. While in S'toon this weekend I will be picking up two cute ones. I also included a picture of a month, to show. Each month is different. On this May one, the brad in the center of the flower is really a rhinestone and shimmers. Just cant see it in the pic.
AND, I also made a card for Tannis & Brian's wedding this weekend! I hope they like it. Their wedding colors are brown & blue, which I think I captured here! Two of my favoritesest colors to work with on cards!
ALSO, I worked on a really cute tag holder with some matching tags. Now I dont want to give away info on this either, since I will be displaying it at my workshops. Possible to be made at a future workshop. It is so darn cute, I am in love with it. It's hard to see, but there is swirls on the brown base of the card, behind the B.

Whow, once I get my juices flowing, I just never want to stop. And when they flow, the flow.

A girlie weekend...

Sara had a friend over for a sleep over this weekend, and she had some fun stuff planned. First the girls did face mask. Hmmm... They smelt like strawberry & cream. But no facial is complete with out cucumbers on your eyes.
Then Sara & I ventured into a new territory. We waxed Sara's legs for the first time EVER!! I did mine first, just to remember what it felt like. Yup, I remembered right, it HURT! I told Sara that she would tell me she hates me once we started. Yup, I was right again. Sara made it to the end of one leg and looked at me with teary eyes and said "Yup, Mom you where right I do hate you right now" But she was smiling. So we took a break and did the second leg the next day. Now you may want to know why I tortured my daughter, instead of taking the easy road of shaving. Well let me tell you. I have been doing research of other mom's of girls. And it seemed to be a concensus that if you start with waxing and conitnue, then their hair doesnt grown back coarse, dark and pokey like ours does now. Instead, their hairs grows back fair and is less and less. Now this is just what I have been hearing, so dont blast me for repeating what I have heard.

Whow, she's a tough cookie. But now that it is all over with for this time, she is SOOOO happy to have soft, nonhairy legs.

Blog Candy...

...from my last workshop. Here are the three projects that we did at my last workshop. I havent prefected my camera taking skills yet...so please bear with me. I think they looked a lot cuter in person. My next workshop is on the 16th and we will be doing Christmas Cards. Contact me if you want to come or want more information about it! The tin contains a hand lotion and chocolates.

Two of my favorite things

...are flowers and stamps. I bought myself these beautiful flowers last weekend.

And online I won this stamp set, which is so cute, I cant wait to try it out.

Murder Mystery

So, I have missed blogging A LOT! So lets start back with Colleen's 30th Birthday party! It was so much fun! She did a Murder Mystery! I cant wait till I turn 30 now. She's so great at doing party's. We had never been to one of these suppers before, and unfortunetly Casey ended up having to work this day, so I went solo. Colleen's parents did a wonderful job hosting the party and served a fabulous meal. I came to realize that I like asparagus during that dinner and have made it at home twice already since then. The game is like playing "clue" only in real life. It was fun to dress up. I got to be a reporter and wear a really funky hat. I feel like I am rambling aimlessly about this and maybe I should just stop.

For the sake of posting

Incase there is people out there who are checking this blog and maybe are getting frustrated with my lack of posts lately, I am posting now for you all. Honestly, I have to think really hard to figure out what to post about.....

....oh, how about I did my first card workshop, these will be held monthly....so if anyone is reading this and wants to come have fun too, leave me a comment and I will add you to my phoning list!! I will post pic's of what we did, maybe later today :o)

....oh, and Jada just bumped her head and she came running to me and wanted me to hug her and consol her! Now, for those of you who know her, know that this is RARE!!! Jada never wants to be asked "Are you ok?" She normal response would be to yell and say "NO"! Never any tears or alarm. So this felt really nice to be able to cuddle her and let her cry on my shoulder and ask if she was ok, and just get love in return.

....Jada also told me today that she doesn't want to get bigger. She is still 2 (by her standards, I try to get her to say that she is 3, but NO I AM 2)

....oh, and the eavestrough guys are here today!! They phoned yesterday and asked if they could come today and do it, so that is great news. Let the rains come down, or snow, or maybe just leave this beautiful weather here for us to enjoy as long as possible. That is my vote.

....oh, and Casey has been working his butt off lately, this past week! I just need to say that I love him so much! He is such a great provider and is willing to go the extra mile in order for me to stay at home for the kids. I cant wait now till her gets a break and we can spend some great family time together. Which will probably be Thanksgiving weekend when we go to Saskatoon for the weekend to attend Tannis (my cousin) & Brian's Wedding. So excited about that....

....and on that note of the wedding, I bought some new black dress pants and they are SOOOO comfy. I never thought that was possible. Dressy and comfy. Yum. They cinch and hold and lift all in the right places and I cant wait to wear them. (First I have to hem them, had to buy them long since they were out of regular length)

...well for not being able to think of anything to start off with I sure came up with lots to say! Hopefully my posts come more reqularly again! Love you all for reading!!