May 2008

We moved into the new house this month! So great to have all the room! I have an office I can close the door to that has a deck and huge windows! I LOVE that! I can even work out on the deck if I want to. And Aymie is excited we'll be settled before grad!

We got a new bed YAY! Kingsize so all the kids can climb in...and they do! Great matress! I never feel Bill tossing and turning (now if we could just get a matress that would make him stop snorring!)

The kids love their new rooms, although Liam usually sleeps in Zach's room and his is kinda the playroom...

Aymie is downstairs and of course that's great she has her own space in the music room to...and Adrian has the room with the biggest closet! Funny I know!

Meshach is up in the add on by the office and it's great for him cuz the windows look out on the street and it's really bright and warm up there.

Zach is accross from the Master ... perfect!

The only down side is we don't have a back yard, but we don't have neighbors either....

It takes longer to clean, as one might expect, and it was last renovated in "83 so there is some upgrading to do. It's perfect for us right now and we are greatfull to have it!

April 2008

Aymie is heavy in it at school, drama and the whole thing. She's in a play and we're excited about that. Zach is growing like a weed, Liam is too smart for any of us. And Meshach - yes Meshach is going to give us a run for our money...good thing we don't have much!

Ah...the red car! Aymie drove it to school one day and was too sick to drive home so I went to pick her up but we had to leave the car there. It was locked but of course being an easy target was stolen and taken for a joy ride! there was damage to the frame so the insurance company wrote it off thank goodnes! Lucky thing they didn't take the sterio Bill just put in!

Meshach has been in volley ball and wrestling and he does so well in sports! We love to see him play!

We finaly found a house we can agree on and it's perfect. In Silver Springs walking distance from the church and Liams current school and the new one he'll be going to K at. Everyone agrees it's the best one we've found and with 6 bedrooms no one has to share! We take posession on the 1st of May!!

March 2008

Ah March! In March we went out to Kingston to visit Sean and Libby and the kids. We had a great trip. The kids were a little frustrated because we were supposed to fly and at the last minute we had to drive. The good thing was that Aymie could share some of the driving. We made it there in record time and only one speeding ticket when we hit the Ontario border! We left Thursday night and were there Sunday evening! We stopped in Beaverton to go to church with Bea and Bill Warren and had lunch and a little visit. Then we piled back in the truck and Aymie drove the 401 to Kingston! She did great. It was so nice to be there we really didn't do a whole lot because we only had a few days, but we did manage to drive up to Ottawa for a couple of days. It was supposed to just be for the afternoon but we got there just a bit too late for the Parliment tours and decided to stay over so we could take the tour. We got rooms at the Marriot which was sooo fun for the kids there was a play room with a climber and a pool. Aymie and Meshach were great about taking Liam along. We also got to go to Chucky Cheese which was fun cuz we don't have one in Calgary. Aymie went to young womans and doubled their numbers! We ended up leaving on Friday and decided it would be faster to go through the states. However...when we were driving through Chicago I got distracted by all the tall shiny buildings and we eneded up at the Sears tower for a tour! I just thought...when is the next time we are all going to be here? So that blew a day! Then we stopped somewhere for petro and the kids saw a CiCi's Pizza and that was it we had to stop for dinner there! It was good fun though. Quite the experience for the kids. Then we stopped over night in Wisconsin and the next day had breakfast with an old Friend of mine, Sandy Plank...she is one of the nicest people I know and she was so excited to see the kids! The rest of the trip was pretty quick. Zach got a little frustrated being in the carseat but he did pretty good I thought considering. And in this little small town called Minot in North Dakota there is the best hotel with the coolest water park! Sean told us about it so we just had to stop there. We got in a little late to swim but the next day the kids went and had a blast! We finally got back to Calgary on Monday night, tired and needing a vacation from the vacation!

February 2008

February 2008 Bill got hired on with Air Canada ! Halllleeeelllluuuujjaaaa! is all I can say! He's so excited but stressed out about all the tests and paperwork to fill out! You practically need a law degree to decifer some of this stuff! Any way , he's on his way to the job he know's he's gonna' love!

We've been looking at houses for over a year now and still nothing that we LOVE...we may never find it but it has to be better than what we have now on so many levels!

January 2008

Wheeeellll...I have to think, what happened in Jan last year? Well the birthdays for one! Bill - 15th, Drew - 17th, Helamen - 18th, Aymie - 23rd, and me - 24th, I really can't think of anything else that stands out. I'll have to check with the kids and come back to it