BASKETBALL GAME!

Today after school Jays basketball team had a game against St.Joseph's Elementary School. This is a rough team and definitely poor sports but these boys played their butts off and showed the other team what they could really do. No they didn't win the game but we are sure a couple of points didn't get added to the score bored but they only lost by one point....It was a good game and it kept me on the edge of my seat! Tomorrow they were suppose to have another game but it got cancelled and they play again on Thursday. I will let you know how they make out then.

I took this picture of the basketball team last week before their game and I guess I should get some copies printed off for everyone including Ken one of their coaches that is leaving us in the near future for work. Rev. Ken is also the Minister at the church where Jay attends Youth Group. He will be missed!

WORKOUT JOURNAL - DAY 6

I had to slow things down tonight just a little which felt good but I will be back to running again tomorrow. Tomorrow is our big weigh in day but I seem to be putting on weight with building muscle but I have lost half an inch off my legs! Watch for Matt's big number tomorrow. He weighed in tonight and lost weight but I will make you wait until the official weigh in day to tell you how much he lost since Thursday!

Keep it up LeeAnn with your running ....(I will call you again tomorrow night) you are off to a great start and Amanda I can't wait to hear your weight loss results this week!

WEEK 1 - DAY 6

Today total workout...

# of times on treadmill (2)

Time - 60 minutes
Fat calories burned -168
Calories burned - 540

Time - 33 minutes.......................=.............93 minutes
Fat calories burned - 81.3..........=.............249
Calories burned - 260.................=............800

ABS:
20 lower abs
20 upper abs

WORKOUT JOURNAL - DAY 5

WEEK 1 - DAY 5

Today total workout...

# of times on treadmill (2)

Time - 60 minutes
Fat calories burned -172
Calories burned - 551

Time - 65 minutes......................=..............125 minutes
Fat calories - 159........................=..............331
Calories - 509 .............................=.............1060!

IT'S A GIRL!

Cailyn Ava Taylor

6lbs 6 ozs

March 27th

WORKOUT JOURNAL - DAY 4

WEEK 1 - DAY 4

UPDATED {10:50PM}
{9:30AM}

Today total workout...

# of times on treadmill (2)

Time - 30 minutes
Fat calories burned -78.3
Calories burned - 250

Time - 61 minutes..........................=..............91 minutes
Fat calories burned - 187..............=.............265.3
Calories burned - 601....................=.............851

TRINITY'S SLEEP OVER!

This sleep over is the end of Trinity's birthday celebration! She had her friends Marissa and Taylor from Dance and Alyssa, Jessica, Keisha, Skye and McKenzie from school over and I tell you when you put that many girls together you get a LOT of noise! Poor Blake and Kohl didn't get to sleep until just before 11:00pm but the girls are still going on in the bedroom. Will they ever fall asleep? lol (ok no that isn't funny I am really getting tired and Matt works in the morning) Even though things seem to be a bit out of control at time they are having a great time and lots of giggles! Jay took Trinity's new "Enchanted" movie and is in his room watching it before he heads off to sleep. I'm sure it's quiet down there. I guess I am making pancakes for breakfast and I will have to make it special somehow for McKenzie as it is her birthday tomorrow and most of the girls are invited to her party tomorrow at 2pm. I will post more pictures tomorrow. Matt is almost finished on the treadmill so I will watch tv for a bit...till the girls fall asleep.

Ok I'm back , although you didn't even know I went anywhere did you?! I had to take McKenzie home, she was home sick and with it being her birthday tomorrow I don't blame her! Well nothing has changed here since I left. The girls are still yelling and taking pictures....oh yes I am in for a long night.

WORKOUT JOURNAL - DAY 3

WEEK 1 - DAY 3

UPDATED {11:00pm}
{3:30pm}
{10:00am} ...I will update this throughout the day :0)

Today total workout...

# of times on treadmill (3)

Time - 60 minutes
Fat calories burned -148
Calories burned - 475

Time - 36 minutes
Fat calories burned - 94
Calories burned - 300

Time - 45 minutes......................=................141
Fat calories burned - 125...........=................367
Calories burned - 400................=................1175!

(Thanks mom for calling when you did. You kept me walking an extra half hour while talking!)

JAY CURLING!

Yesterday the grade 6 students got to go curling. I wasn't sure how Jay would like it considering I didn't know if he even knew what it was. We stopped in at the curling club before getting groceries and found Jay having the time of his life. He really enjoyed learning how to play and managed to get the rock on the blue...is that good? I am assuming so! LOL He says now second to basketball his sport is curling. I am so glad he is finding more things to be interested in!

Judy, I thought of you while we were watching Jay! It looks like it would be fun :0)

WELCOME BABY CAILYN

This morning Katie had a c section to deliver the baby. She weighed 6 lbs 6 ozs. I don't have anymore information to pass along. That was all my mom had at the time and I haven't heard from anyone since. I don't know if I got the spelling right with her name either...it was just a guess. A baby sister for Brooklyn!

WORKOUT JOURNAL - DAY 2

WEEK 1 - DAY 2

Today total workout...

# of times on treadmill (3)

Time - 33 minutes
Fat calories burned -90
Calories burned - 291

Time - 30 minutes
Fat calories burned - 75
Calories burned - 240

Time - 40 minutes................. =..........................103 minutes
Fat calories burned - 112....... =........................ 277
Calories burned - 360............ =......................... 891

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM AND JUDY!

Today my mom and aunt Judy are celebrating their birthdays! I hope you both have the day you deserve :0)

"Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday dear Mom and Judy!

Happy Birthday to you!"

Love from

Carrie, Matt, Jay, Trinity, Kohl and Blake

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

A BIRTHDAY POEM FROM HUBBY!

Only 31 years ago

An Angel was dropped down from Above

Especially made just for us

We may not have realized at the moment

But a special soul had begun on this day

Caring and loving,

Nurturing to her babies

Beautiful in every way

Inside and out

A smile that can brighten any day

Always trying to make things better for everyone else

Sometimes forgetting about herself

Not wanting to miss a moment,

can wear her down by the end of the day

No matter what,

she will rise to the occassion to see her little ones be little

We have all grown to love this amazing lady

A little more each and every day.

Here's to 31 more years and 31 after that.

I wouldn't want to miss a dayLove you Dear,

Happy Birthday!

Mattyboy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRINITY

BIG RED CAR...

Just when you think your kids are growing up to fast something will make you realize that they are still young inside...

I was sitting here playing around on the laptop listening to the wiggles on tv thinking that it was the last channel the tv was on before Blake went to bed...after tapping my feet to the music for a few seconds I got up to turn the tv off and there was Jay curled up on the couch watching "The Wiggles" LOL I tell you he wasn't quick to turn the channel when I walked in the room. I new there was still a little boy inside the body :0)

All I could do was laugh along with him and run back to the laptop to share our little giggle moment with all of you! I bet if put a smile on your face didn't it?! I am still laughing :0)

OFF TO A GOOD START TO THE DAY!

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:30PM!

(look how clear it is and sunny!)

We got up this morning to a beautiful spring morning! The sun was shining and the temperature was that bad either (enjoy the day while we can...apparently we are expecting freezing rain and rain later on today and this evening). The ice is piling into the water and the ferry boat couldn't get through the ice and they had to get help from the ice breaker. Jay said that they could see it from the staff lounge at school. Today the kids were having occupation day at school and we got them ready for their big day at work LOL Jay plans on being an NBA player when he gets older but I hope he has a back up plan in just case things don't work out for him, Kohl went as the Manager of Zellers ( I wouldn't have expected anything different from him :0) and Trinity was a Pharmacist! She looked very professional.

Kohl - Manager of Zellers!

Trinity - Pharmacist at Zellers!

Jay - NBA player!

So the kids headed off to school and Matt, Blake and Myself headed into Sydney for appointments and shopping for a treadmill before Matt had to be at work. It was a busy morning but it felt like spring was in the air....

....or is it?

We never send the kids to school without making sure that the school can reach us at anytime just in case one of the kids need us. Today my cell phone needed charged so I plugged it into the van and we used Matt's as a back up... Not today we couldn't he ran out of minutes on his phone...not to panic the school has never had to reach us for anything so we would be ok and my phone is charging! 12:45pm my phone is charges and turned on...10 minutes later the phone rings and it is the school principal (OMG what has happened? Who got hurt? I am starting to panic....keep in mind here the sun is still shining but it is starting to sprinkle) he says "Carrie, this is Jack from the school"....worried I reply "hi Jack" He says very kindly"Where are you?" Me " Just dropping Matt of at work at the mall" Jack" Are you aware that the schools have been cancelled and your children are here waiting?" Gulp...Me "Oh my God, I will be right there!"

I couldn't believe it, the weather was beautiful out so why in the heck did they cancel school? I quickly got Matt out of the van and rushed to the school to get the kids. Jack had them ready and at the door. Get this ....I got there just before 1:30 pm and school had been cancelled around 10:30 am. The kids got to hang out with the principal and played basketball and games in the gym and Trinity dances on the stage. He laughed and told me not to worry about it the kids had fun and they were well taken care of. He expected there to be problems with cancelling the school because nobody would be expecting school to be closed. I am just glad that they have such and awesome principal and he made it fun for the kids while waiting.

I WILL NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT HAVING MY CELL PHONE CHARGED AGAIN!

The kids are still laughing at me and will probably never forget me leaving them at school LOL

BLIZZARD = NO SCHOOL :0)

I was happy to wake up this morning to find out that the kids didn't have school today. After such a busy week away it is nice to be able to just sit back with the kids ( and watch them fight) not I'm just kidding :0) They are enjoying the time home! There isn't much snow but it is blowing around and every so often I can feel the house shake. Matt will be home at supper time and we will settle in for the night. Still no word about guitar lessons but I'm sure they will still be open. We will know by 1:00pm. We are hoping that Jay will have lessons! Maybe he should take advantage of this time to practice his chords.

Ok so the weather isn't very nice here today but check out the awesome pictures I took when we got home Sunday! Apparently this is a sign of Spring for Cape Breton...the ice coming in to melt!

TRINITY'S NEW GLASSES....

MORE MARCH BREAK FUN! (monday)

SUGAR WOODS IN AMHERST

March Break ... Crystal Palace

Trinity's Birthday Party at Nana and Papa's house

WHAT A DAY./ WEEK...

This morning Kohl and Trinity's grades went to the rink skating for a part of their winter carnival week. Trinity couldn't go because she had an eye appointment so I dropped her off at Zeller's with Matt and they walked across the street so that I could take Blake skating with Kohl.

Trinity's eye exam went well and not really any changes in her prescription and will go back in a couple of years. Ok back to the skating. The boys had a great time and they are getting better every time they get on the ice. I dropped Kohl back off at the school then pick up Matt and Trinity and headed in to get her glasses ordered. It was a pretty busy morning and after taking Matt back to work I had to pick Kohl up at school and wait for Jay a couple of boys to drive them to another school for their basket ball game. The Jaguars won the game 76-47! Way to go....

This is going to be a very busy week...Jay skates tomorrow with the school and Trinity and Kohl have their talent show practice at lunch Oh and Tuesday is crazy hat/sneaker day, occupation dress up day on Wednesday. Kohl of course is dressing up like his daddy with his own name badge and Thursday is the talent show, guitar hero and dance revolution. I try to be there for the kids during all their fun and although it will be very busy, it is worth it to see how much fun the kids have! Then we will be heading home to visit with family and let the March Break begin :0)

FUN FILLED WEEKEND...

Friday night after the kids hip hop class then attended a winter Bible camp that was being held at the Baptist Church at the other end of our street. This went on Friday night, Saturday afternoon and again Sunday morning. The kids had a great time doing crafts, singing songs, learning Bible stories, games and snacks. Sunday was pretty interesting, the church attendance was like 12 adults plus the seniors that were doing the Bible camp then all the kids. Sunday was the big day that they were given the big prizes of 2 big white teddy bears and 2 snowboards. Trinity was one of the kids that one a big teddy bear. She was shocked because the kids didn't do anything special to earn extra points because we talked about letting the other kids win the prizes... ( these kids don't have much and their parents don't have time for them, it was really sad to see) What I didn't realize was that she was given extra points for being so well behaved and well mannered. I guess I should have told them to not be on their best behavior. No just kidding it was really nice to hear all the complement given about the kids. They most definitely got lots of attention and Blake got spoiled rotten. It was great to see the kids have so much fun and to be a part of it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!

Hi Mom,

What a wonderful thing a mother is , an anchor unto who we are. We all love you very much and hope you had an exciting Birthday. We are counting down the days until we get to visit, this week should fly by and we will be there soon.

Happy Birthday, Matt, Carrie, Jay, Trin, Kohl, Blake.