we have grass!!!!!!!!!!!!

we went tree & shrub & even flower shopping last night. then the sod was delivered this morning and kipp got started on it. my dad came and helped with what he could and probably did more than he should have. i think his arm was sore when the day was done. my mom was great, she brought lunch and came with "new" toys (lego from MY childhood) and entertained the kids all afternoon. i took emerson and went out shopping for some thing we needed, like a sprinkler, some screws for the back steps, and a mailbox. (part of the neighborhood requirements)

it was a busy day, but it's so nice to finally have grass! yay! we're not quite done yet because i underestimated the amount of sod we would need. we'll have to order a bit more and finish this week or something. oh well!



hallie has some cute little gardening gloves...

kai was so excited to help his daddy!

kipp, who at the end of the day has a bad sunburn!
a picture of me! these are rare! hallie stole my camera and wouldn't give it back until i told her which button to push to take a pic. so she took this lovely picture of me. please ignore the cleavage, i had to bend down because she wasn't really aiming too well! LOL







here's the backyard (gotta love the square box house LOL!) and you can see where we ran out of sod...

how was your day?

how was your day? nothing exciting to report here....

i feel like i have so many things on my "to do" list, and never any time to get them done. or maybe it's not a desire to get them done. probably a bit of both. some projects just flat out overwhelm me. pictures are one of them. i have so many pictures, all on the computer. most not printed into hard copies. most not saved on cd or anywhere. this scares me but yet i still get overwhelmed. i see no point in printing until i buy a bunch of albums. (anyone know where to get cheap albums?!? i used to get them at costco but i don't think they have them now?)

anyway, i'm off to bed. busy day tomorrow with our landscaping adventures!

OH WAIT! i have a story for you. my dad had to make a trip to the ER last night. i guess my mom & him were making wine... just cleaning everything up after and one of the huge glass jug thingies... it has a name but of course i have no idea what it's called. anyway it slipped in the bathtub while he was washing it and broke. yikes! my dad now has 14 stitches in his forearm... 3 of those in a tendon (sp?) that i guess he cut. he sees a plastic surgeon on the 20th. for now it's all wrapped up tight and this means he's off work too... which is secretly a good thing for me & the kids! can never have enough grandpa & grandma time! although, he won't be much help with the yard tomorrow. oh well.... child care duty!

we hate staying home!!!

we were stuck at home all day long, blah!!! i was babysitting and we're not "allowed" to go anywhere. only 5 more days of this hogwash! LOL! so tomorrow we're stuck at home, once again. anyone up for meeting at the park either across the street or the other one we can walk to? please pretty please?!?? seriously today i was so bored.... *yawn* as soon as my work day was done, we went out! LOL! hit up the farmer's market :) i've been waiting all winter for my carrots!!!

ok, so come on over tomorrow for some fun! we can do the park, pool, kool basement.... whatever!

this weekend is our landscaping weekend! sod arrives saturday... can't wait!

em's appointment...

emmy had an appointment with the home nutrition team today at the hospital. everything is good and she got the OK to start trying some liquids again! yikes, i'm a bit nervous because this is her 3rd attempt and the last 2 times failed miserably, and ended up with emmy in hospital with gunked up lungs. i'm not sure if i'll start yet or not.... they said to, but i'm still so nervous. also, i would *normally* switch my babe to homo milk around 11-12 months and if i start her on formula now (9 months) she may get used to that taste, only to have me change it in a couple of months. hmmmm.... maybe i'll wait a bit. i dunno.

either way, send her "stay healthy" vibes!!!

oh the heat, the heat........ i'm melting!!!!!!!

we spent the morning at laurier splash park and FINALLY the water was on! yay!!! we had a nice visit with amanda & kiddos, FINALLY! and sara was there too, but we only signed to each other because we were supposed to be with other friends, yet we couldn't stay too far away ;) LOL!

emerson is such a porker... she grabs anything she can get her paws on and tries to eat it. she literally snatches up stuff so quick we don't even notice... today she was eyeing up the cooler, she snatched one of amanda's m&m cookies (had to take a pic but NO she did not get even one bite of that thing... she's my 3rd babe but come on!)

oh, and the beach tent -- my dad got it for me... i've been looking for one forever and he got this for $10. yes $10!!! anyone else want one, they are at SAFEWAY half price. and it's HUGE. i was actually wanting smaller but hey, it will work! the kids loved it.

fat

i'm sick of being fat but i do nothing about it.......... went out last night on a mini shopping spree because i'm too fat for my clothes and they are tight and it's so hot outside that i'm dying. i also only have jeans that fit, which are NOT great in this 33+ degree weather......... soooooooooooo i bought some new stuff. still doesn't change the fact that my fat rolls dig into the seatbelt on my waist when i'm driving and it hurts... or that i can't get into my pants pockets...... or that i can't bend over half the time....... or that i'm so out of shape that it hurts. yet i keep eating and eating and sitting on my butt doing nothing. i had the ringette forms all ready to go for sept, but it's too much $$$. i can't justify the $575 fees when money doesn't grow on trees. i am torn between the comfy, carefree, fun, do what i want and eat what i want lifestyle OR the "i want to look good" life. the comfy, carefree one is winning. BLAH!

so hot! got water?

monday we went to laurier splash park but there was no water. i guess because it was a "holiday" day. it's only open mon-fri in the summer. anyway we played in the playground for a bit and then left and went to millwoods spray park. kipp joined us and we stayed there for the afternoon. it has been SO hot here, we've been finding WATER every day it seems, to keep kool. today we're headed to laurier again with some friends.



emmy's first time in the water.... she liked it until her big sister dumped a bucket of cold water on her tummy, then she cried. i would've too!
the girls....

more splash park pics!

mmmm.... who is that hottie??

which brings us to today....

today we had promised the kids a busy & fun day to make up for yesterday.... kipp took hallie and i took the younger 2 and we went our own ways to get some shopping done. funny thing, we all ran into each other at canadian tire. LOL! then we went our own ways again, and met for a matinee movie. (CARS) and grandma joined us there too! kipp told me he took hallie for lunch at east side marios -- i was jealous. i don't even get taken anywhere like that! haha!

the movie was great, this time i got to see the whole thing. kai & emerson fell asleep near the end but otherwise did well. it's such a cute movie!

fun at the beach again!

ok, now i'm going backwards. the day before canada day we spent the afternoon at the beach -- the summerside beach club with our friends danielle, rachael, & cameron. it was so nice there, and so hot too... the kids had a lot of fun! we hope to go again soon!

fireworks!

hallie was so amazed and also half asleep so it made for some funny pictures!

happy canada day!!!

we had a very boring, frustrating, boring, hot, boring canada day. kipp found a car, of course on a weekend and a holiday so trying to get the money out of our bank was a nightmare. normally you'd get a money order or certified cheque but the banks are closed until tuesday. so we figured it out another way but it was a huge hassle, pain in the butt, frustrating, took up most of our day. the kids spent the day in the van pretty much, and taking that into account, they were very good. our lovely canada pictures are of the kids in the van. at least i painted their faces before we went out.

sooooooooooo we promised them we'd have fun tomorrow instead.

later on we went to a friend's 30th birthday *surprise* party, which we were late getting to so we missed the whole surprise part. darn! and even later on, i woke up hallie and brought her to the fireworks (my mom joined us, which was nice!) i had promised hallie and another friend was going to come but her daughter was too tired so we went anyway or i knew hallie would never let me hear the end of it. it was fun, but hallie was half asleep and so so tired. and the traffic afterwards, AAAAHHHHHHH remind to never do that again unless we live close enough to walk LOL!

happy canada day everyone -- i hope your day was better than ours!