Busy weekend ahead. Bowling tomorrow, work for me and a sleepover party for Kaedo. He is going to his friend's birthday and staying the night. His bag is already packed! Sterling is hoping to have a friend over and I'm sure the Olympics will be watched. What are you up to this weekend?

weigh in wednesday

Must we??? I am only because Craig mentioned his weight to me so I feel honor bound to write this. I am at my before holidays weight, so that is good. That doesn't mean much, to be honest. I'm still huge.
Food has always been my crutch. I don't know why that is. I don't know if I have told this story before but here goes - I remember one time we were travelling (mom, dad, me and Jessica) and I was reading all the billboards and after a while of doing this my mom asked me if I noticed I was only reading the food billboards. Who would have known that my obsession with food back then would lead to this?
On our recent holiday I was reminded of this memory as I read billboards to Craig. I had to consciously force myself to read out gas prices and "Risque Cafe - truckers welcome". (Georgia, the land of pecans, peaches and porn).
The worst part of all of this is that while I can now comfortably wear my wedding ring again, there are no visible signs of loss. I am thinking of Avery's birthday coming up and all the family and friends that will be there and man does that freak me out. It is all on me, for sure. In my ramped up mind all I can think of is the conversations of the other guests on their way home. "Man, is she fat". Yes, yes, I am.
OK - pity party over.

Just for laughs - check out this blog http://dontevenreply.com. This guy goes onto Craig's list and Kijiji and responds to ads that are listed. You will laugh your head off. Craig was laughing so hard no sound was coming out.

Week 22

Week 22? My oh my. And they only get cuter. Kaedo is wearing a toque today. Probably only the second or third time this winter. We have had such great weather. I've been loving it. We had some snow yesterday but not much. The kids wore their runners to school today. Not too much going on here. The boys are back into the swing of school, Craig and I back into the swing of work and now we are anxiously awaiting our next holiday to Alberta in July. We plan to be there to celebrate Avery's 1st birthday. Looking so forward to that. The boys will then spend a couple of weeks being spoiled rotten by their grandparents then they will come home and spend the rest of the summer hanging out here. I know it is still a ways away but those who know me know I am a planner.
Look for a guest post coming up later this week from the oh so hilarious Jessica. You will laugh your head off.
Have a great Tuesday.

the last of it

I could go on forever with our Disney pics (I only took 500+)but I think this is the last of them that I will post. These are from the fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom. We didn't get to see Tinkerbell slid down the guide wire from the castle but it was still awesome.

We spent two days at the Animal Kingdom and had a lot of fun. It kind of reminded us of a big zoo, but it was very nice. We really loved the safari and many of these pictures are from that. I was amazed at how many different animals they had. It was really quite something.

I can't remember what these are called but we were told that their horns will grow to 6 feet in length. Oh My!

This woman was all walking through the park. The first time I saw her I thought it was a tree. Creeped me out. She looked really cool on my second glance. She was on these tall stilts and was probably 10 feet high.

Bird sitting on a hippo

Saw a great bird show - twice! It was funny and amazing

Inside the Tree of Life - the centerpiece of the park. The "woodwork" is amazing

Magical

A sign of things to come? Sterling the astronaut?

Kaedo and Craig getting soaked on the Kali River Rapids

Ariba Ariba!

Craig trying out a Segway

Tampon vending machines. Love it!

Coke it It!

Waiting for the "Extreme Stunt Show"

First car? I think not!

Poor Andy Griffith

Cuties

Having a snooze on the way down

Nachos, anyone?

Some random pix of the trip. Will post more in the next couple of days.

Week 21

Back to our weekly gnome pictures. The boys were wondering why our little gnome wasn't being used but we decided to only use him when we go away. Anyway, you can tell this guy missed us. It's in the eyes.

What do you do when you're broke and no Boston Pizza heart shaped pizzas are on the agenda? Make your own. Not as good as Boston Pizza but at least I tried.

Great card made for Craig by Kaedo. Love that. Best Dad Award! Awesome!

Sterling helping me make the dough. He only stuck with it for a minute because he was absolutely disgusted.

Hope you had a great Valentine's Day.

Thought I should show you all the fun G-NOMEEE had on our trip. We carried him around with us so he could get into the action. It was lots of fun. Back to weekly gnome pictures on Tuesday.

Proud Canadian

Tonight I stayed up with the fam (Kaedo only made it until 11pm) and watched the opening of the 21 st Winter Olympiad. Tonight, as every night, I am very proud to be Canadian. What a magnificent representation of this great land we live in. I hope that everyone who visits here during these games gets the opportunity to relish in the awesomeness that is Canada.

So sad to see the Olympic and Canadian Flags flying at half mast tonight. Craig and I saw the footage of the Georgian athlete's crash this evening and were horrified and saddened by the events that took place. I was so moved to see the Georgian team participate in the opening ceremony, black arm band and heads held high while they honored their fallen comrade. If you have not seen the footage of the crash, don't. It is one of the most tragic things I have ever seen and I am thinking of all the "sliders" that must get on their sleds over the next 16 days. I don't know how they will do it.

To all my fellow Canadians - we should all be proud today, for all the world will see what a truly outstanding land we live in.

Autograph Hounds

Thought I would start here and show the pictures with the characters. We had so much fun doing this. The autograph books they had made held up perfectly and thanks to Annette we got some Sharpies that were easy for the characters to hold on to. I was so happy that they both wanted to do this. Such wonderful memories. With them being 10 and 12 there was no way of being certain they would do this so I can't tell you how happy I was that they wanted to participate. I even got to sneak into the picture with my favorite character.

The Princesses were hilarious. They teased the boys about being so handsome and they taught them how to hold the arm of a Princess. They were darling. Great memories. More to come. Keep checking back.