Happy Easter

Libby tells us about the creepy spiders

Libby (3 years old) is using her word very well lately... as well as her imagination!




We made an awesome snowman today thanks to the heaps of wet and heavy snow. Snowman building included a few crying episodes of "he hit me in the head with a snowball!" Here is some pics.




Alas, the life span of Mr. Snowman was a few short minutes before he became the snowball target.

Good Travellers, Bad Houseguests

Went to Lloydminster last week to help Jarem and his family move into the house they bought there. I took Slade and Piper with me, to help me stay awake on the long drive, to help watch the younger kids, and so they could visit with cousins. They were so good in the car in both directions. Unfortunately Slade brought extra friends (germs) with him, and painted the new floor (hamburger soup and rootbeer puke). Piper wouldn't eat anything that was made for supper and my brother's family got to see what her temper tantrums are like. Now piper and I are sick, and Jarem's kids are puking. Best housewarming present ever, you are welcome!

certain words are color-coded to match the color of the carpet post-vomit.

In order to make you and I feel better, check out the video for the new REM song. It will make you want to dance around for the rest of the day!

These rockers rock

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Stamp from Saddle Creek on Vimeo.

missing talk

I gave a talk today in sacrament meeting about family home evening. Page 1 went well, page 2 went well, page 3... was page 4. Page 3 wasn't there. Slade wanted to read the talk before church and somewhere between me giving it to him and me needing it on the stand, it went missing. I think I did okay at remembering what I wanted to share, and when we got home I found it in the middle of the living room floor. Let this be a lesson to us all- 10 year-old boys do not make good secretaries!
I was hoping to be the youth speaker (because it was my birthday yesterday) but alas, I spoke last. Losing a page of thoughts was good for me though, since I finished right on time!

Check out this link for awesome info on Home Evening from the LDS website

Go there tomorrow and click the facebook/twitter button to change your status to 'we're having Family Home Evening'!

The end of my early thirties

Turned 33 today, which means next year I will be in my mid-thirties. In order to get myself in the mood (not that mood) I made myself a playlist to pump myself up for the coming year, and to celebrate the past.

a frog croaks

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our tree frog 'Frog'. It died sometime in January, but was found dead and shriveled under his favorite hidey-hole this past week. Dano faithfully bought home crickets for Frog (some of whom outlasted the very stomach they were destined for) but alas amphibians need water on a regular basis, and the desert that is the top of Slade's dresser proved too much for a tropical tree frog.

Condolences are welcome as comments to this blog, but we ask that flowers and/or donations be saved for your own current and future hapless pets.