The wind is blowing...

It's raining...

and freezing rain...

The snow is falling....

No just kidding....

This is what it looked like outside at noon when school got canceled. So I have the kids home early. Now I am just waiting and wondering when the messy weather will start?!

UPDATE...

So here it is now 3:15pm and the snow is just starting to fall...Jay had a great time outside playing street hockey and basketball and didn't come in until the ground was covered with snow!

And this is what we got at 5:00pm....lots more snow. I am hoping that it doesn't get too bad come 1am when I have to come home from work...I might get Matt to drive me tonight?

HERE ARE SOME DANCE VIDEOS OF THE BOYS...

Blake's jazz dance Saturday morning...

They are just learning their dance for the recital in June.

I can't wait to see his costume... I think he has a red bow tie? to match the girls dresses

This is Blake's tap dance....

they just got started and Saturday the kids had a replacement teacher so they really weren't sure what they were doing lol

This is Kohl's hip hop dance. I know I posted this dance before but they now have an ending.

I usually don't stay for his classes but he had a fill in teacher Saturday so I hung around.

at first they look a bit lost but they aren't long catching on...I think Kohl got a bit shy when I moved to the front of the room where he could see me...

Watch towards the end....Kohl has a solo part! I think he did a great job :0)

This is Kohl's jazz dance. I don't think I posted a video of this one yet. This are just learning this one and I think it is coming along pretty good! again he is shy for the camera...

I don't have any new videos of miss Trinity. She will be doing her solo again on Tuesday so I will try to remember to take the camera....I think she needs to see it on video so that she can see what needs fixed....She is doing really well but just needs to have fun and smile.(she's too serious)...I'm sure this will all happen on stage and she loves to perform!

WEIGHT LOSS JOURNAL DAY 4

What a beautiful day. It is now feeling like spring is in the air and another sign that spring is here is that ice in the harbor! This picture of the harbor was taken the other day, the night before it was all water, it's amazing at how fast the ice came in.

We had dance today to get ready for the Blast that we will take part in at the dance competition in April. I will be dancing with Trinity and Blake....we are having fun! Unfortunately with the way the day went I didn't get out for a walk and to make matters worse I didn't even get on the treadmill, so I guess the dancing was my exercise for the day. (better than nothing)

FOOD

breakfast: pear

lunch: 1 hotdog and salad

supper: ham, potatoes, and veggies (diet pepsi)

snack (at work): multi grain cheerioes

WATER

glasses 2

EXERCISE

1 hour of dancing

WEIGHT LOSS JOURNAL DAY 3

EXERCISE

treadmill: 30 minutes

leg magic: 50 reps x 4

FOOD

breakfast: multi grain cheerios

lunch: 2 slices of pizza

snack: pear

supper: 2 slices of pizza

snack (work): 1 slice pizza (it's now gone!)

1 cup of multi grain Cheerios (munchie food to get me through the night)

WATER

glasses: 3

What a day...Matt went in to work early this morning so I got the boys off to dance classes. That kept me going until 1pm.....We made it home for a quick lunch then we were off once again. (Trinity had fundraising) So while she was at the grocery store I took the boys to the pet store to see the puppies, they had lots. There was an English Bulldog and they wanted $5000.00 for it, yeah, I don't think so but it did make the puggle ($1200.00) sound a bit cheaper! Anyway we made it back home just after 4pm and by then I was exhausted. Matt was already home from work so he had spaghetti made! While they ate I took a quick nap before going to work.

So the exercise seems to be going ok and my legs are definitely feeling it! Now as for the food intake, I guess we shouldn't have bought the pizza last night (I think I ended up eating all but one slice :0( but it was sooooo gooooooood! Now that it is gone I will get focused once again.

Well that 's it for now!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY CAILYN!

MARCH BREAK 2009

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY TRINITY!

"Thank you everyone for coming to my party!"

Trinity taking a moment to make her wish...
then she huffed and puffed and blew her candles out!

I can't believe she is 9 years old.

How fast they grow!

Happy Birthday Trinity!

Kohl and Jay coloring their craft

Trinity and Jazlyn

Even Breigh joined the party

Kohl found a use for the stuffed toys by taking a moment to relax!

Blake trying to figure out which one he will take home...

I ended up finding the dogs bag filled with these toys when I was packing to come home LOL

Breigh is always ready for the camera...

she is curled up on a pile of stuff toys from Nana

Matt, Jay and Kohl after winning their game in lazer tag

look out boys, here she comes!

and off they go to another ride

Kohl's favorite ride was the swings....

this year he was officially tall enough to go on...

last year he stretched for all he was worth and I think he was a bit on his tip toes...

Matt and Blake on roller coaster

Trinity and Kohl on the roller coaster

Princess Pirate Matt and Captain Blake

look out...Jay means business, don't get in his way

If only they were like this all the time!

Blake in the jungle gym play park...

he looks like a little caged monkey!

Trinity and Blake on the Merry-go-round!

a moment of putt putt...

we thought this would be a good spot to start after lunch!

Jay on the swings...

Kohl and Matt on the bumper thingys????

Matt and Blake....

I think this was on their way back from a "P" break

Trinity on the swings

The kids (us too) had a great day at Crystal Palace. We ended up going back the next day to play the games and also watch a movie at the theatre (Ink Heart). We got some visiting done but not all that I wanted to do.

We ended up staying an extra day in Moncton due to the fact that we had to get the right wheel bearing replaced on our van so Sunday night we took the kids (not Jay he stayed with Bird) to see another movie since it was Trin's Bday (Race to Witch Mountain).

Monday was an early morning, but the van got fixed then we headed towards home. We had a quick visit with Grandma and Grandpa in Amherst then back on the road so that I could get to work for 6pm....yep I made it but 10 minutes late.

WEIGHT LOSS JOURNAL DAY 2

So far so good! I did manage to get on the treadmill this morning, things were a bit on the busy side today but I managed. Kohl had an eye exam this morning so he stayed home from school...great news, Kohl does not need glasses and will go back for another exam in 2 years. With him being home I decided to make the day a bit special and took him and Blake to playland McDonalds for lunch. Blake was so excited to have his brother spend the day with him. While we were out I picked up 2 of Trinity's dance costumes (the most expensive ones). They are beautiful especially the one for the lyrical dance to "True colors". I promise when I get a chance I will get some pictures of all her costumes!

The weather was beautiful today and I (we) walked up to the school to get Trinity this afternoon. The boys had a great time outside and I managed to get the truck washed and the inside cleaned out!

Now for my journal....

EXERCISE

treadmill: 20 minutes + 40 minutes
leg magic: 50 reps x5
walking: 30 minutes

FOOD

breakfast: banana
lunch: 2 chicken fajitas, sm fries and bottle water
supper:salad and 1/2 chicken breast

snack: pear (while on treadmill)

snack: sm bowl of cheerios

WATER
glasses: 4

I had a pretty good day today until later on when Matt got home from work. He worked from 8 this morning until 9:30 this evening and didn't have much to eat, so that along with my craving for Kenny's pizza we broke down and had a cheat night. Now I'm not going to totally kick myself in the behind yet. I only had one piece instead of 3, one small piece of garlic fingers and water...we didn't even open the bottle of pop!

So I guess that means I am back to salad, veggies and fruit tomorrow.

WEIGHT LOSS JOURNAL DAY 1

It's now time to get focused on losing weight and making healthier eating habits. I can't wait for the warmer weather so that I can get out walking but for now I will have to disipline myself to get on the treadmill everyday.

So what I am going to do to help me through my weight lose journey is to log my progress everyday.

EXERCISE

treadmill: 1 hour
leg magice: 50 reps x4

FOOD

breakfast: banana
lunch: 1/2 pc chicken breast (sprinkle of mrs.dash) and salad
snack:veggies and dip
supper:bistro pocket (brocolli and cheese)
snack:strawbery and banana yogurt

snack (work): veggies and dip .....2 cups popcorn

WATER

glasses: 4 ( this is something I need to drink more of)

Well I must say that I didn't get into to much junk food today, the plus side for today is no take out!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY!

We are home from a very busy March Break! The kids had a great time and are now trying to get adjusted to being back. The next month is going to be very busy for us as dance is going to take up much of our time getting ready for dance competitions. Trinity will now have at least 2 solo classes a week to get ready, costumes still need to be paid for and then ready and organized for the trip.

My training class for yesterday and today were canceled which sucks because I don't know when I will be able to train again during the day, with any luck they will offer night training(fingers crossed) There is a new posting at work for a lead agent which would be great but I don't feel that I have been there long enough to take on that responsibility yet as I am still learning the accounts, maybe next time?????

Matt goes back to work tomorrow so we will probably have a quiet night with a movie (August Rush) Matt has wanted to see this moving for some time now so we bought the DVD yesterday.

Trinity has her troupe dance class tonight so I should go get some house cleaning done!

take care :0)

****MOM, DON'T FORGET TO LOOK FOR TRINITY'S BLACK AND YELLOW DANCE COSTUME TOP*****I WILL LOOK AROUND HERE AGAIN AND IN THE VAN , I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF I FIND IT.

***NEVER MIND MOM, TRINITY FOUND HER TOP IN HER ROOM :0)***

Happy Birthday Carrie!

Here's a change,

I'm wishing Carrie a very happy birthday!
Seeing as she takes all the pictures it's hard to find one of her but I found this one I took last summer at the beach. I love this picture!

Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday Dear Carrie,
Happy Birthday to You!

Love you dear,

Matt and the Kiddies (JTKB)

MARCH BREAK!

Well here it is.....MARCH BREAK!

The kids are home this week enjoying some time off! NO SCHOOL, NO DANCING, NO BASKETBALL AND BOWLING! It's great :0) Ok so that is all great for them but they are more excited about our trip home to visit and a day or two at Crystal Palace.

We still aren't sure what were are going to do with Breigh???? We have considered leaving her with the vet for 20.00 a day so that we don't have to worry about her while at Crystal Palace. At the vet she would be taken care of , walked 3 times a day and get a bit of training especially with going for walks. This probably would be the best decision to make but again we will be looking to around 100.00. I mentioned this to Matt so I'm just waiting to see what he decides to do???? I will be hard to leave her behind :0(

As for Breigh and her surgery, she is doing better and starting to jump up on the beds to sleep with the kids. She is taking it one day at a time.

We will be leaving Wednesday but we aren't sure at what time. Trinity is scheduled in from 10:30-11:30 for her dance solo but this is something she can do when we get back so we will probably be leaving early in the morning.

I guess that is all the news for now, We have 2 more days to work then we will get to enjoy our time off as well.

SEE YOU SOON!

SORRY FOR THE UPDATE DELAY....

We are all running out of steam and need to catch up on some sleep (if that is possible)...

Well, someone is getting some sleep!

Oh my what a week we had (what else is new). So last update was Jay's basketball tournament last weekend. The boys went back to play on Sunday for 3rd place but unfortunately they lost the game and ended up winning 4th. They have nothing to be disappointed with as they all played their best and have come a long way since the first of the season. That ended the basketball season! So Jay's schedule is slowing down and as for Air Cadets I think he is done going as the interest just isn't there. Oh well at least he gave it a try!

The boys were great considering the long hours at the tournament. The first game they kept entertained with their games..not long after I had to buy them some chips. I had the easy part of the tournament. Poor Matt had the kids in Glace bay from 1:30 (after a morning of dancing) until 10:00pm before they got home and in bed.

I think Jay was glad to finally have that busy weekend behind him :0)

So what else has been happening around here????

Trinity finally got her new glasses! Having benefits from work made that possible :0)

I didn't have to pay a penny!

She got them on Monday and there is lots of room to grow so between her 2 pairs she should be good for 2 years. One of her dance classes came to an end so now she will have more time to focus on her dances for competition in April. We had just started choreography with the dancers and parents for the show in April. I made it through the first class and we will see how much I will remember on Sunday LOL in the end we will all have fun. Trinity is excited to be going to Halifax and is hoping that Nana will be able to come along with us! (Oh and Blake is coming along for the trip because Matt has to stay behind to work...Jay will help out with Kohl)

Work has been a bit on the slow side for me and my schedule has been all over the place making it hard to get to my shift on time. Thankfully they finally worked things out and gave me a set schedule working 5 nights a week from 6-1am. This will make things so much easier :0) oh and will give me guaranteed hours! Matt and I are both off tonight so we will try to get Blake's room finished. Matt bought the moldings last night so we don't have to do any shopping tonight.

Jay is off to a great start to his final report card in June. He finished his science fair project just last week that is worth 30% of his science mark. He finally got his mark the other day... 100%! He did a great job :0) And, not only did he get a good mark on his project he brought home 4 "Gotcha's" that his Social Studies teacher gave him during class. "Gotcha's" are little rewards from a teacher letting the students know that their hard work and help is appreciated! I am so proud of Jay and all his hard work so far this year!

So now for the highlight of our week!

Breigh's surgery...

Yesterday we dropped Breigh off at the vet in the morning for her surgery (surgeries...) that's right, there will be no puppies in this house and along with that Breigh no longer has her outy belly button. We got a call yesterday afternoon saying that her surgery is over and was resting. We picked her up just after 3:30 and brought her home. She wasn't too happy with us yesterday and wasn't feel all to good but what she wanted most was to curl up in bed with the kids. Matt said she kept going up to Blake's room whining so Matt decided to bring Blake down to our room so that Breigh could sleep with him. That is where I found her when I got home from work!

Finally Breigh got comfortable curled up with Blake!

Today she is feeling a bit better. She wanted to curl up with me this morning in bed but she could get up so I managed to pick her up and put her on the bed. She stayed there most of the morning until the mailman knocked at the door. Poor thing she took a leap off the bed and did a bit of yelping. I bet she won't do that for a while. Anyway she is resting in her kennel right now but I can see she desperately wants out to curl up with Jay now that he is curled up with a blanket on the floor. Hopefully she will be back to her old self real soon!

Kohl and Blake having fun the other day playing pirates!

Well I think that is it for now. The kids are home from school and are excited to start their March Break!

Player of the Game Part 2

Well the 2nd weekend in a row we had basketball tournament and after all was said and done and the boys played their 3rd game today we had another surprise. The boys played super hard the 3rd game they were playing a really strong team with all good players, Jay played the game of his life the 2nd half and honestly I would say almost won the game for the boys, they were down by 10 with only the last shift to play and Jay scored 6 while the "D" kept the other team scoreless. They tied it up after 2 free throws and a basket from J. It was truly exciting and everyone on both sides were into the game. In the end the boys lost by 3 but they played a great game, you know when all the parents from all the teams not only the 2 playing but others come up and tell you how hard they played and how good J did. He won player of the game for the second weekend in a row, I was really proud of him for playing that hard, we even hugged after the game, infront of the teams, you know he was proud of himself and emotional for that to happen. It was too bad that Carrie had to leave for work after the 2nd game because she missed a good one. We had back tommorrow afternoon for the bronze medal game, good luck guys.

I am still not feeling well so took off another day from work. I sure they will survive without me LOL or maybe they won't...It's hard being in that situation but there is nothing I can do about that. Matt will be home soon and I will go curl up in bed. I'm sure I will be feeling better tomorrow after another good night sleep.

So what do I have on my schedule for tomorrow??? Well Breigh has an appointment at the Vet to get caught up on her needles and have her bulging belly button looked at, then in a couple of weeks she will go back to have her "I'm not having puppies" surgery! I'm not sure how she will handle her visit to the vet but we will no that tomorrow.

The kids got another snow day today so it has been pretty busy here today but all is quiet at the moment...Not sure what they are up to but I am enjoy the quiet!!!! The weather is still messy out, I think it is just raining now but looks very icy.

Got to run, Matt just got home!

BIRTHDAY...BASKETBALL..AND SICKNESS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MOM/GRANDMA....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Jay's basketball team participated in a tournament this weekend. They lost their first game but ended up kicking butt in the next two! I was able to go watch his last game today and I am glad I was their to see it....what a game it was! Jay played his butt of but is paid off as he ended up getting "player of the game"! He was some happy to have been picked but it was obvious with how hard he played!

Other than the game today was pretty uneventful (for once lol) Jay spent the rest of the day finishing his science fair project, the kids built craft (I think?) with Matt. I am sick :0( so I slept all afternoon (4pm-9:30pm). I made arrangements at work to use a sick day and hopefully I will be back to work tomorrow night! I am feeling better now so hopefully that is a good sign!

Well that's it for today, Matt just came home with pizza..maybe I will try a slice????