Thought you'd lost me!!

Hey there!! Been awhile...I've gotten caught up in the Facebook addiction!! Between that and moving, I've been busy. My nephew is going home tonight...he's been with me for 2 weeks, it's been relatively smooth sailing. We just got back from Family Camp this morning...we had a great time even though we didn't get to stay for the whole time. We had to get back to finish up with moving things. 5 days till moving day!! I've been busy packing up, painting the other house, transplanting plants to the new house, etc. That's it for now..

ABBY IS 4!!

It's hard to believe our baby is 4...she had her party May 19th with a few of her little friends. Her birthday was on Sunday the 20th. She's getting to be such a big girl...WE LOVE YOU, BEE!

I'M BACK!!

THE GROUP
Scott, Vanessa and Krystal

Sorry I've been gone so long...very busy...PACKING!! The packing is going well, not as much fun as I thought it would be!! We still don't have anywhere to move to...pray for the Lord's leading and provision. I've always asked the Lord for patience...I didn't really want to learn it this way!! But, He knows best. This past weekend, I went as a chaperone for the Young Adult's overnight trip to Albert Mines. There were about 13 of us, we spent a couple of hours hiking-steep hiking for part of it. Needless to say, I was very sore on Sunday! We had a good time, Smores, hide and seek in the dark, no running water...etc! I'm looking forward to a weekend home and then the weekend after, the ladies from church are headed on an overnight to Mace's Bay...we had a great time of fellowship last year in PEI and I hope it's just as great this year. We have our wonderful planner, Mrs. Fosmark looking after details- she'll pack alot into 2 days! The next weekend, we're going to St. Stephen to pick up my nephew who is staying for 2 weeks...never a dull moment, just the way I like it!

SOLD!!

Well, pending the completion of the sale of the woman's house who wants to buy my house...it's SOLD! We are thrilled and it's amazing how the Lord works. The woman who is buying it was going to look at the house of my neighbour who is listed with a realtor(we had it private sale) and happened to see our sign and called. She's from Ontario and her and her husband are moving here. She called Sunday morning on our way to SS, came to see it at 2 PM Sunday afternoon and by 11 am Monday morning, we had an accepted offer. The home inspection went very well today, just a couple of minor things to fix up. The closing is JULY 5...so if anyone is free that weekend! We have a bid on the house we've been looking at, if that doesn't work out...I don't know what we're going to do?!? BUT, God is the one in control and he's made everything go smoothly to this point.

Abby's insight!!

We were driving down the road the other day in silence...All of a sudden Abby says,"Mommy, I wish I was a birdie!" I thought this was such an adorable thing for a little 3 year old to say...it was cute that she'd been thinking about it. I said, "Oh Abby, that's soo cute, why would you want to be a birdie?" Her response....because she could fly around and poop on everybody! Not the adorable little girl response I was expecting!!

Guess what my husband came home with last night?!?!

My husband called me about 10:30 PM last night and said,"You're going to hate me!?" He went on to explain that he had been on the 4-lane on his way home when a Neon stopped in front of him and threw out 3 bundles. When he got a little closer, he saw that they were these puppies, plus one more that the truck in front of him had hit. He was crying and said that he just couldn't leave them. SO, they came home with him. You can see their little ribs, they ate at WHOLE bag of food last night they were so hungry. Anyways, now comes the dilemma of what to do with them. The dark one loves me and sits at my feet and everyone else loves the other one. Jake is even home from school today to 'look after' them. I'll let you know what becomes of them!!

Back to reality!

Well...our shopping trip is over and we're back to reality. What a wonderful time we had...we spent ALL our money (and more!) We got to eat out, Mexican and Chinese...YUM! I took the picture of my sister's orange bathroom for Sara! I found this beautiful, beautiful quilt for Abby's bed(when she gets a room and has room for a big bed!) I LOVE it...TJ Maxx, it was just what I was looking for! NOW, I need all you smart ladies' opinions on what color I will paint the room. Should it be mauve, pink or yellow...we also got dragonfly sheets to go with it! I also got an adorable,pink, 3-shelf unit with princess figures on the side for 10$ at the Christmas Tree Shop! The only downfall of my trip was that my husband called me to say that Jonathan REALLLY wanted to go with his grandparents to Jillian's graduation at Marantha. He's going to miss 6 days of school and going to be gone from me for 10 days...I wasn't home to get him ready, so I can only imagine what he packed!?! I really had to ask God for peace because I was VERY worried to let him go so far without me...I spent a wakeful night, but I'm OK today. Pray for his safety. I did get to meet him in St. George for a hug on my way back.

Girls road trip!!

I'm so excited....Ashley and I and our friends, Eva and Laura Hodder are heading to Maine bright and early Friday morning on a shopping trip!! No husbands, no housework, no little children!! We're going to spend Friday and Saturday night at my sister's in Gardiner-Saturday we're leaving my little nephew with a friend and all the girls are going to hit Freeport and Portland. We'll leave for home first thing Sunday morning...it should be a great time! Pray for safety on the roads.

FLOWERS...

These are my first flowers of the year...beautiful purple crocuses.

Well, we have someone putting new drywall on our living room ceiling. This means that my couch is in my dining room, my arm chair is in the kitchen, the piano is in the hallway...this is the second day like that....knowing my need for unclutteredness...need I say more. Our hope is, is that the Lord has finally put us in a position where we can move to a house more suited to our family's needs, therefore, we're preparing the house to be put up for sale. We will wait and see what transpires... After looking at Sara's orange walls....I think I may try orange somewhere in the new house,when I find one!!

At the church we attended before going to JLBC, we hung around with Ruth and Rudy Poirier and their 2 boys who were Jon and Jake's ages. We used to spend quite alot of time together, but don't get to see them much anymore. I stopped to see her today, they just moved into a new house a few months ago...it's really cute. Ruth and I are great friends and always seem to just pick up where we left off, even though months go in between times that we see each other. One thing I love about Ruth is that she LOVES SHOES!! Why is this good for me you may ask...well, we both wear the same size and even though I haven't seen her in a few months...she had a pair of shoes waiting for me to take home with me!! Can't have a better friend than that! She also loves to shop like I do, but she says that now that she has her new house, she can't shop anymore...I'm not quite sure if I am willing to give up one for the other. I hope I don't have to choose!!

A Future Sunday School Teacher!!

I couldn't find Abby this morning...I went in her room and found her teaching her baby a story. She always has to have the book and turn the pages like they do in Sunday School...or should I say like her hero, Mrs. Shand does!!

TULIPS,CROCUSES...

These are obviously not from my garden, but it won't be long before mine come out(if it ever warms up!). My sister in Maine said they had snow last night and now today they've had 7 inches of rain and the winds are just like a hurricane...hope we don't get that here!

SPRING CLEANING!!

Well, it's 2 pm and I've changed all the beds, washed the sheets and hung them on the clothes line. I've put away most of the winter clothes, got summer ones out, cleaned up the boys room, washed the walls in the boys room, organized their clothes, cleaned my room, the bathroom and am heading to the kitchen. I started out with making sure the upstairs was tidy as we're having realtors in tonight to assess the situation and everything spiralled after that. I'm a compulsive get rid of-er...I love to de-clutter and get rid of stuff ...so I had an enjoyable morning!!

COUSINS....

Ian Geoffrey and Abigail Monique...two favourite cousins...they are always so excited to see each other and never fight!! They came to visit from Maine 2 weekends ago so that Amy could go Frenchy's shopping for some summer clother. I made supper for them, stirfry, to which I'm told that Ian doesn't like sauce on anything. I did convince him that Auntie Angela made the sauce special for him and it was very good-he did try a little bit. I'll tell you one thing, when he comes to visit Auntie for 2 weeks this summer, he's going to learn to eat some new things:)

TEA PARTIES!!!

This is Gaelyn!


I'm going to do a couple of extra ones just for Jillian...I downloaded the Easter pictures and discovered some other things that I'd taken pictures of!! Ashley has a good friend, Katelyn who is very much like Ashley-silly, uninterested in boys(yeah!), a book worm..she comes from a family of 6 kids who live up the road from us, she's homeschooled as well. The girls have been having tea parties- an English one, a German one, and this one was an Irish one, on St.Patrick's Day. They have theme food and everything. This day, their other friend, Gaelyn, couldn't make it, so they invited Abby to join them. ....they decided after they would never invite Abby again because she was too messy and drank her tea too loudly!! (I'd rather them be having tea parties at 14 then chasing boys!!)

HAPPY EASTER!!

Happy Easter everyone...I hope that everyone is enjoying some family time on this holiday and also remembering the real reason we celebrate Easter. We were snowed in today so we didn't get to go to church...no sunrise breakfast, no Easter service, no Easter dresses....I did get 10 pages scrapbooked and finished off 2 albums I've been working on for awhile...YEAH! Stephen got to plow snow, his least favourite job... Abby and I figured we should take a picture of her in her Easter dress to show everyone even though she didn't get to wear it today. Amy got it at TJ Maxx with a matching dress for her doll! My dad teases that it's a new addition to her spring collection!?!

School Musings!!

Everyone always teased me that once Jacob went to Kindergarten that I'd get pregnant again-which I did! But, when Abby goes to school, I won't have that option, so it's going to be a VERY hard time for me. Abby and I were discussing it on the way home today and I asked her what I was going to do. She said I would be alone, so I told her that I was going to cry and cry when she goes to school. Her response was that she also was going to cry and be very sad--when I grow up and go to school! Imagine that !!

Those adorable puppies!!

Stephen, Abby and I went for what was supposed to be, a short trip to Bouctouche and ended up about 30 min north of where we were supposed to be. It turned into a little adventure...we saw these adorable golden retreivers in the back of a truck at Tim Horton's. They just about jumped out of the back of the truck when their owner came out with their treat:)

Summer is coming!!

Well, SUMMER IS COMING...and we're starting to think about all the fun things we can do!! Daddy goes to work and we hit the road!! At the end of the summer, we always have alot of adventures to talk (and scrapbook!) about. This was last summer at a family reunion in Cocagne...the kids, even Abby, all enjoyed the seadoo driven by my mom's cousin, Greg. This summer we're tenatively planning a trip to Niagara Falls. We'll see what happens! Jake enjoying a spin on the seadoo!
Abby, a bit hesitantly at first!!

Piano lessons...

This is for you, Aunt Jill...Ash and Jon started piano lessons tonight. Catherine Eagles is teaching them...she says she finds it hard to believe that you have nieces and nephews! I told Melissa that I was Jillian Brewer's sister-in-law, she said she knew a Jillian, but it couldn't be the same one...Sorry, but I had to admit it was and that we were related!! She is completely filled up, but is going to decide this week and may take me as a flute student, the kids and I would go the same night..we'll see!

Well, nothing exciting to report...I did get some much needed painting done yesterday while my husband and daughter were away. Thank the Lord for mothers who don't mind babysitting! We have wanted to move the last 2 years but God has not seen fit to allow it. We're praying this will be the year. We've got siding and new windows put in the house. We're in the process of papering and painting everything that needs done. We put a new toilet and tub surround in. The countertop and sink are sitting there waiting to be done. There are just a couple of more things to do to be ready. We'll see what this year brings!!

This is our crazy cat, Fluffy Marshmellow, this is the box I keep receipts in and he's made it his home!
Stephen and I went in to check on this little one after a difficult time getting her to sleep last night and found THIS!! What a beautiful sight!

I'm going to be a mother of 5!!

Well, I made you look!! What I mean is, I found out today that for 2 weeks in June, I'm going to be mothering all of the above bunch minus 1!! Ian Geoffrey is coming to Auntie Angela's for an extended sleepover. Abby is already thrilled(she doesn't realize how long from now it is!). This evening when we said prayers before going to bed, we finished and then she said,"we need to ask God for Ian to come for a sleepover!" It should be fun, we're looking forward to it. I always wanted 5 kids....

Today is the last official day of March Break!

Abby talking on the phone to Aunt Jillian on Monday night..quite a diva!
This is the snow fort the boys have been working on over March Break. They had to take Pastor Fosmark over and show him their handiwork(he went through one of their steps!) This is the lovely picture he took, Ashley looks dressed for the weather, doesn't she!? We didn't have much planned for March Break, but the kids managed to keep pretty busy.

Watch it....

This is an incredible movie that we watched in Prayer Meeting tonight. It's not a normal thing that we would do, but Pastor thought this was an incredible Christian movie that is about people trusting God and getting revival in their own hearts and as a result, God does wonderful, impossible things. Half the church was crying in alot of parts, me included. It's amazing to see how God changes things once we surrender our hearts to him. This is made by an actual Baptist church in Georgia using people from their church. It's great and I recommend it highly, just have some Kleenex handy. You can actually rent it at Blockbuster!?!

Someone asked me why I didn't have any other pictures of Stephen on the blog for his birthday and I really don't have any. Someone sent me this one, but I couldn't download it, I have figured it out so here it is! He was 6, this was the class picture at EBCS.

Well, March Break is in full swing...

The kids have been complaining that we're not doing anything exciting..so I told them they could clean their rooms. They didn't think it was as funny as I did. Ashley is at Mom's for the day today, she spent last night at her friend, Katelyn's house. Who knows what the rest of the week will bring?!

Happy Birthday, Bird!

Today is my darling's birthday...he's 35...he feels like he's getting old and I continue to remind him that I am not that old! Anyways, Happy Birthday, darling, I hope you have a good day!

Guess who?!?!

GUESS WHO THIS IS?!? THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE 35 ON MONDAY...ONE HINT--HE'S QUITE A HUNK NOW!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!

Today is my mother's 50 something birthday...This picture of her was taken in 1951! Happy Birthday Grammie and Mom...Hope you have a good day!

Me and my sister...

I was scrapbooking yesterday, making a scrapbook for my mom's birthday which is on Friday, and was becoming kind of nostalgic thinking about my sister, Amy who lives in Gardiner,ME. I sent her an email telling her that I missed her and wished she lived closer. I found this picture of us this morning taken July 1981....boy, that was a long time ago! (I guess these were the 'swimming pools' of long ago!! ) I was 6, just in case you're wondering! Life sure flies by...take the time to let the ones you love, know that you love them! P.S. If you visit the blog, say hi so I know you were here...thanks!

...Stephen is just going over the video and says the score was 44-27. Here's another picture of Jakey getting his medal.

THE CHAMPS!!!

I am a proud mother ...(we are proud parents!)! Jakey's team won the championship today by about 20 points. It was an awesome game and the kids were all so thrilled..as well as the parents. Jakey got an awesome basket from the corner...as well as getting rough a couple of times and getting 2 fouls!! The boys got championship t-shirts and medals for their hard work. Yeah, yellow team!!

It takes alot to impress me...but....

this impresses me! My husband is always coming home with, or taking me to a store to show me some new, impressive invention. I must say, I'm not usually as excited as he is. Saying this, my new front load washer impresses me. I've been ranting about it since I got it a couple of weeks ago. The clothes in the dryer are actually dry before the next load is done washing..and the washer is so quiet, the dryer is louder than the washer! I can fit about 5 load sizes from my old washer into 3 smaller loads in the new washer. A total time saver for me, and a space saver because I can stack them...they are a bit more money, but I would recommend them to anyone!! ( You can tell that nothing exciting happens in my life when I have to blog about my washer and dryer!!)

Something interesting I found...

I found this on a friend's blogand thought I'd give it a whirl:
A-available or single?- Married
B-best friend?-my husband, Stephen
C-cake or pie?-butterscotch w/whipped cream
D-drink of choice?- water
E-essential item I use every day?-computerF
F-favourite colour?-green and black
G-Gummy bears or gummy worms? The real gummi bears
H-Hometown-born in Newcastle, N.B., raised in Prosser Brook, N.B.(don't bother looking for it on a map!!)
I-Indulgence-scrapbook supplies and books, clothes for Abigail!
J-January or February?-February, it's closer to spring
K-kids and names? - Ashley, Jonathan, Jacob, and Abigail
L-life is incomplete without?-cuddling with my husband in the evenings
M-marriage date?-September 9,1994
N-number of siblings?-one sister, Amy, 2 brothers, Phillip and Aaron
O-oranges or apples?-clementines
P-phobias or fears?-scared of something happening to one of my loved ones
Q-favourite quotation?-"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."-Albert Einstein
R-reasons to smile?-Something the kids do, seeing their happy faces
S-season?-Spring
T-tag 3 or 4 people: Gail, Jenny, and AmyU
U-unknown fact about me?- I started out in Grade 1, but was promoted to Grade 2 halfway through the year because I already knew how to read when I went to school, so I would've graduated a year early if everything else had gone according to plan!
V-vegetable you don't like?-eggplant, lima beans
W-worst habit?-having to plan everything
X-I don't know because Ann left this out of her list
Y-your favourite food?-anything I don't have to cook
Z-zodiac?-Gemini
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Thursday, December 07, 2006

They won!!!!

The team definitely kept us on our toes last night...there was a 1-5 point difference, either way, for the whole game. We were very concerned that they weren't going to pull it off. BUT THEY DID....we were all so excited, they won by 3 points. So, this means that they will have their championship game on Saturday at 1:30. This will determine the year's winner! I'm just thrilled that they made it this far!

My verse for the week...

After asking the Lord to help me find something in his Word this morning to help me, I found this verse this morning in I Samuel 30:6b and it really helped. David has just come home to find his city burnt, his possessions gone, and his wives and family taken captive. His reaction is this verse...But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

BASKETBALL FEVER!!

Jacob has been playing on the Mini Boys Kiwanis basketball team since October. They're the number 1 team in the league. Tonight is the semi-final game-if they win, they'll be in the championship game on Saturday. If they lose, this will be it for this year. I must say that it has been very enjoyable watching the games-Jake has really improved. He's very nervous about the game tonight-anyways, will let you know how they do!

Little princess sleepover...

Well, the princess is off to a sleepover at Pastor and Mrs. Fosmark's. Faith Arsenault is also there with her. They are 'best friends'! I just talked to Mrs. Fosmark-she said that they were off to bed, but Abby wasn't that interested in going to sleep and was on the verge of being homesick. I'm attaching a picture of her sleeping...she's so good once she goes to sleep!!

Hopefully, the Fosmarks get to see this side of her tonight!!

RCMP-Here she comes!!

Ashley is fascinated with the mounties-I don't really know why!?! Our friends, Laurie and Jennifer Shand were over to visit on New Year's Eve. Laurie is a former RCMP officer, so he brought his uniform for Ashley to try on-she was thrilled, as you can see!

My first blog...

February 15,2007

Everyone else is doing it, so I thought I would as well. Sara Fosmark changed hers to a 'by invitation only' blog to protect your kids against unwanted visitors. I thought this was probably a good idea as well. I'm going to work on it a bit before I get any pictures going. Hope you enjoy!