How the New Years starts.

Hi everyone! I know I have been terrible at keeping up with this blog. But on my defense the Holidays were CRAZY! I can tell you that I'm sure getting tired of booking time off work to be spent driving between Taber and the Crowsnest Pass. It doesn't feel like a break at all. But enough of my complaining. We had a wonderful Christmas together this year, we spent Christmas Eve at home together, got up in the middle of the night to play Santa, and spent Christmas morning opening our gifts together, at home. Ahh... that was the nice relaxing part. :) Then we both went off to work TOGETHER from 3-11 on Christmas Day. Hurray for time and a half!

We then drove of towards Taber to spend the weekend with Jordy's family (or some of it at least) and had a yummy Christmas dinner on Saturday. Had a lot of fun watching our nephew open his first Christmas gifts, enjoyed opening our own gifts from family, and giving our gifts to family. (Pictures of August will be on Facebook.) Then we headed off to the Crowsnest Pass after picking my brother up from the Calgary Airport. (I said there was lots of driving!) We spent New Years in the Pass with my family and then headed home on Saturday evening. It felt super busy.

Anyways. Now that we have spent some time in 2010 more fun things have happened. Jordy started his last semester of school at the U of L and decided he should spend more time focusing on that and so today he put in his two weeks notice at work. Boy am I JEALOUS! I would love to not work for Quest anymore. But that's another story. So he'll not be working for the majority of the semester which hopefully will help raise his GPA a bit. Another fun thing about our work schedules... We are looking into the possibility of selling alarm systems this summer. Jordy's friend is coming down this Saturday to talk to us about it and he told us they were looking at selling in either Halifax, Ontario, or somewhere in BC. I'm personally hoping for Halifax. I would love to go there for the summer and take in the ocean and the sites and maybe look for a job for Jordy there... haha. Yes, I still want to move to the East coast. All the pictures look beautiful, and Jordy spent a day there and said he liked it. AND I'm soo tired of Southern Alberta. :) So I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

Other than that we're just hoping Jordy will do well in all his classes this semester so he can be done (he may have to take an extra class) and so he will be DONE! :) I'm almost more excited for that than he is. Anyways, here are some pictures from over the last few weeks, till next time.

Making cookies.

The CUTE stockings I found at Walmart!

Our pretty tree.

Jordy on Christmas Eve.

Me on Christmas Eve.

Santa was good to us this year.

The box is always more fun than the toy inside.

August looking so cute.

New Years Eve in the Pass. (New Year's Toast)

Let it snow...

Let it snow...

Let it snow!

Wow. Friday morning I looked out the window and what did I see? Brown grass, brown trees, plus degree temperature and not a flake of snow in sight.

This morning I look out the window and what do I see? About a foot or more of snow, - 26 degrees celsius. FREEZING! I have to go out and clean off my van, warm it up for like 30 mins, and drive super slow because the roads are awful.

BUT...

What does all this mean?

Christmas,
Snowboarding,
New Years,
Cuddling under a blanket with some hot chocolate,
and fun in the snow!

We've got all our Christmas decorations up and it feels like the count down is on. The stockings are hung above the TV with care and a wonderful Christmas season atmosphere has taken hold. Christmas parties have started and gift buying.

We weren't sure what or where we were going to be doing for Christmas this year, but due to work, we'll be having a small Christmas at home, and visiting family the week after. (Sorry, only our southern Alberta family... :(

Hopefully pictures to come, and...

Happy Holidays to All!

Ol' Hallow's Eve ie... HALLOWEEN!!!

Alright, so this year for Halloween Jordy and I were invited to a costume party and we decided (after many disagreements) that we would be pirates. It was very exciting. We found both of our costumes at Value Village and at first we were not so sure they would turn out great. And well after much time and care here is the result.

I didn't really have a model for how my costume was supposed to look... but it turned out ok.

We were pretty impressed with how Jordy's costume turned out. Very Johnny Depp. And together we thought we looked pretty good. Sorry this one is all blurry. My sister took it and didn't let it focus I guess.

The party was tons of fun, towards the end though Jordy started to not feel very good and by the time we got home he really wasn't feeling good. He had chills and a temp of over 38 degrees celsius. He's still ill but hopefully with lots of bed rest and relaxation he will get better. Hopefully this isn't H1N1. Other than that though we had a good weekend.

Till next time.

Another step out of the way...

A new season requires a new background! I am especially fond of this one because I love fall colors. I'm excited to see the leaves change color and to see the thermometer drop from the high 20s (which hasn't happened yet, but the weather man promises I will be able to wear all my sweaters by next week). Don't get me wrong, I do love summer, but by the end of any season I'm glad to welcome in the next one. So come on Autumn and bring all your fun and craziness with you, we're ready for it!


Now that I got all my fall excitedness (is that a word?) out of me I'm proud to say that Jordy has finally put in all of his applications for work next year. He had been putting this off for over a month now and I was seriously starting to get worried. All we need is for him to be done school... and unemployed due to procrastination! But as always my hubby pulled through and got it done. He says that the wait was necessary so that he could make an informed decision on where to apply. I'm just glad it's done. We decided to apply to a few different firms hoping to get a few choices back. He applied to a number of different areas as well (much to my liking), such as Red Deer, Edmonton, Airdrie, and... (drum roll)... HALIFAX! That's right, I am hoping that we will escape SOAB (as Mardy puts it) and get to see more of the world. I mean it's no Bournemouth, but I'm proud to be Canadian. (haha, and just less adventurous.) So secretly I have my fingers crossed about the two firms we applied to in Halifax. I think it would be great to live on the coast, and experience the other half of life in Canada. I was never one who hoped to live in Southern Alberta my whole life, and well, this would be a change that I would be comfortable with. So fingers crossed.

Other than that we are going through life quite nicely. Jordy's back to school now and in his last year! I'm working full time and loving my work. I've decided to pull out my trumpet again to get back in shape and hopefully scrounge up a few students to add some extra cash to my wallet. So if you know any young aspiring trumpeters, send them my way! Brittany has finally moved into the basement (haha, that sounds kinda funny) and we have the joy of driving her to work every morning at 6:00 AM... that's right AM. Ok so Jordy has that joy... (I do it when he's had a late night). Our One Year Anniversary is coming up in a few months. :) Other than that there isn't much to report on. Hopefully we'll find out about the applications Jordy's made.

Till next time!

10 things I love about summer

Summer is so great for so many reasons...

1) Sunshine! I for one always miss it during the Canadian winters.
2) Shorts and Tees. The freedom from winter wear is exhilarating!
3) Fruit Salads. Ok fruit in general is soo yummy, and much cheaper in the summer.
4) Swimming. Yes, there are indoor pools, but lakes are fun.
5) Warm nights with friends. So fun to play outside till 10:00pm and it still be light out.
6) Ice cream. Who can resist when its plus 20 out there?
7) Clear starry nights. Love it.
8) Family Trips and Reunions! Vacation time.
9) Camping. The great outdoors.
10) Playing in the rain. No snow. Enough said.


What are your 10 favourite things about summer? Have I missed any good ones?

Going GREEN!

I'm not one of those people who is going to go crazy with trying to save the environment, but I have come a little way by doing a few simple things that make me feel like I'm not destroying the Earth. Jordy and I have a beautiful front lawn this summer and so we needed to purchase a lawn mower so it doesn't turn into a forest. We don't have a ton of money to spend on a gas or electric mower so we went to Canadian Tire and found a good old Reel Mower.

Haha, alright, so its a little more modern than this one, but this is essentially the idea. No motor. Just the power of your legs. Pure GREEN energy!

Another way we've tried to save the Earth is converting to the Green Shopping bags.

So you don't have to start wearing clothes made of burlap, or live life with the heat and lights off. Just start small and be practical. We have a small lawn, so the Reel Mower works for us, we also had been given a few of those bags so we didn't have to pay much for them.

Just keeping up and being a little more Earth Friendly.

Summer has arrived and nothing starts it better than a PARADE!

So the season of sun has arrived in Southern Alberta and have we ever been enjoying it! We went out to Taber for a Saturday to help my Mother-In-Law work on her yard. It also happened to be the weekend of Taber Days. So around 10:00am we took a break and headed down to the parade. It was a blast. Raven (our neice) was cute as always, and everyone had fun gathering candy and looking at the floats.

The Pipers were a big hit.
The cute little Police Chihuahua got a few laughs.
Everyone having a good time, I don't remember what they were looking at for this one.

August's first parade! :D

Family fun!

Good ol' trampoline!

Summer is going to bring lots of fun memories for us and I'm so excited for the great weather that has decided to grace us with its presence in Lethbridge. Love the heat, love the fun, love the time with family!