Our Big Day!!

Here are some pictures from our Special Day...last Friday, November 26th. It was my husbands 37th Birthday, our Church Wedding Day and our childrens' Baptism Day. I think I explained all of this in a previous post....we have been legally married for 9 years now...just not married in the church. In order to have our children baptized we needed to say our vows in the Church....which I always wanted to do! So we planned out this beautiful day!

My Mom took pictures...well she tried! I mean the videos did not turn out...but the pictures did. At lest she brought her camera, I forgot mine. I remembered to bring the most imortant things...the kids and my husband!!!

Our Beautiful Summer girl!

My Family! And me with my eyes closed....I think they are closed in most of the shots!!

Isn't Liam so handsom...like his Daddy!

This is Liam and Summer's Godparents...Jackie and Mark. They are they best!!

And here's one of the Baptism...That water was so tempting to Liam....he was fighting the urge to put his hands into it.

And this last picture is of all of our family and friends that could attend.

Afterwards we went to Pizza Hut for dinner to celebrate!

I am off to work on my Scrapbooks...I have four to finish!!!

Have a great night!

Jodi

I am still here!

It's funny how life takes over some times. Thank you for coming back to see me. The kids are finally feeling better. they both had to do a round of antibiotics. I still have a cough and sniffle. I think it might just stay with me until spring! I guess that's what happens when you have a child in JK.

I have been busy creating...for classes and clubs. I have my annual Stamp-a-stack on Friday. There is still a couple of seats open if you are interested. Class times are 10am-2pm and 6pm-10pm. I will post the cards on Monday. We are doing 5 different cards, 4 of each for a total of 20 cards!

Today we are off to Hamilton for a CFL game! Family day! And it is snowing here in Sarnia today! Not sure about Hamilton though. I think that it is going to be a cold day!!! Jon and I went to Grey Cup in Hamilton when we were first dating...and the snow, OMGoodness!! Soooo much snow! For a football game. Crazy.

Well wish me luck that I don't freeze my tushy off!

Have a great day.....and go and get some stamping done! Stamp a card for me!

Jodi

Life...

My life keeps getting in the way of creating!! After having only 0-1 shift a week at work for awhile, now I end up Thursday night, Friday day, Saturday day, Sunday day, Monday night....Tuesday a day off then Wednesday night work...Thursday night off (yeah Grey's!!) then Friday night work! Too much! This is exactly what I did last year this time until Christmas....and I promised myself and the kids I wouldn't do it again....my poor kids cry when I tell them I've gotta work. They are at that age where they need me at home. I want to be home with them....when I 'm working then I feel like I'm missing improtant family time. That's just how I feel. I am hoping that all these hours are just because one of the girls is on vacation. November is a busy month for me with my Stampin' Events!

I have a Christmas Tags class coming up and a Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack!! So fun! I can't wait!

And poor Summer is still sick...welcome to JK!! If she's not feeling better by Monday then we'll be going to visit the doctor! And Liam and I still have a terrible cough.

I did stamp 8 images yesterday but I didn' get the chance to finish them as cards! By the time the kids are in bed at night I am so tired. Not as tired as my hubby though...poor guy...the kids keep getting him up in the night. I am a heavy sleeper and I rarely hear them. So he gets up for work at 5:30am and he get's up in the night with the kids. He is a light sleeper...he always has gotten up with them....even when they were nursing babies, I could actually sleep through the cries but he would hear them. He would get them and change them and bring them into bed and wake me to nurse them....then I'd fall back to sleep and he'd go tuck them back in to their crib. What a great Daddy! Since Summer has been sick she has been napping in the afternoons again, so she's not going to bed as early at night....Jon said tonight that soon he'll be going to bed before the kids just so that he can get some more sleep! Some night's he is actaully sleeping on the couch before they are actually asleep in their beds!

Okay enough about our sleeping habits! I'm sorry, I know you came to see some cards. I promise as soon as I make a card I'll post it. I can't wait to finish the ones I'm working on!

Have a great night! Happy Stampin'....someone should be doing some stampin'!!!

Jodi

I'm still here...

I'm sorry that you have come to visit to see some new creations and there haven't been any! This back to school this is so hard and very time consuming!
Liam has made it through two full days back to school...he got punched today...poor little guy...get to figure all that out tomorrow...he told the "staff" at recess but his teacher didn't find out until I was asking him in the hallway today if he'd been crying today because he had a streak of dirt near his eye...you know that dirty hand wiping the tears away? His teacher happen to over hear us talking. Liam didn't know the boys name and thinks this boy is in his class...so he is to point out the boy tomorrow morning. A "no hands on policy" my tush! Every beginning of school something like this happenes to him...lucky for me he still likes school.
Miss Summer has her first day tomorrow. I'm so sad! She's gonna cry, then I'll cry, then she'll cry more cause I'm crying....it's gonna be messy! You know as hard as I try I can't control the tears. She had a hugh meltdown tonight...I had to shower her while she was screaming...poor hubby had to leave the room because of her screaming...what the neighbor's must think! I put her to bed at 6:30. Poor girl. After I finally got her settled we were chatting about school tomorrow...(she has been excited so far) but when I told her that I would take her nap for her in her bed she started to cry and said that she wanted to stay home with me :(
The only reason I said it is because she has been telling me that I can play with her toys and watch her TV shows while she's at school, to give me stuff to do while I'm home alone...and it was her idea that I have a nap in her bed. This is so hard. I really don't even want to imagine what it will be like when she goes off to University or gets married and moves out...(thinking of you C.S.). Why do they have to grow up? I keep telling her to stop growing! And she says "Mommmyyy, I can't stop growing silly!". And if you know Summer then you know why I tell her to stop growing...she is 4 years old and she is the size of a 5-6 year old. Not kidding you! I just bought her some size 6 pants today...I just bought her 7 year old brother size 6 pants today too! They are both wearing size 2 shoes. They weigh the same. He is taller...Thank goodness for his sake!

Thanks for listening....and for listening I have a project for you! This is one of the projects I made for our "All Boxed Up for Christmas Event"...

It's a little scrapbook in a box! I haven't had time to scrap it, of course. It will fit wallet sized pictures...great little gift!

Thanks for stopping in!

I don't think I'll get any fun time tomorrow...I think I need to keep busy with some house work to keep my mind off my girl! And my boy!

Jodi

Back to school.... :(

First day of school always makes me sad! Today Liam goes into grade 2...where does the time go? SUmmer has her interview with her teaches at 12:45 today...then Thursday will be her first day...all day :( . I am going to miss her terribly! She has been my side kick for ahwile now...what will I do without her? I know, I know, I'll get lots of things done...and I do look forward to all the extra time I'm going to have...but I would much rather have her here with me every other day then being gone all day every day....I don't know what our government was thinking...4 year old are too young for this. The only ones that really benefit are those parents that have been paying for daycare. They are all pretty happy. We'll see how it goes.

Liam is all ready for shcool this morning...lunch bag packed, back pack packed...dressed...I'm surprized he doesn't have his shoes on and waiting in the car! Miss Summer on the other hand is actually still sleeping! I think this is the latest she has slept in all summer long! Figures! I better go and get her up.

Wish me luck today! I'm gonna need it!

P.S. Sue G. good luck on your first day at your new job today! You'll do great! I'm proud of you!

Jodi

Mr. Brown came today with a box of "Christmas" presents for me!!!

Really, he did! The box is full of Christmas stamps and ribbon and DSP and buttons and GLITTER! Yes, I am excited about glitter...I am not usually a fan of glitter at all!! But this glitter is Glass Glitter and it is supposed to be not-so-messy! I'll let you know how that works out. I'm hoping that I will get to play with my new stuff tomorrow...hoping and praying. Did I mention FABRIC? yes, Stampin' Up! is making fabric....oh, I am sooooooo excited about the fabric.

Tomorrow Summer has an appointment with the speech pathologist. She stutters. Her speech has been so good lately. But there are some problems with her phonics, for example she'll say "Gog" instead of Dog and "Yiam" instead of Liam. Things like that. So tomorrow they are going to do some therapy with her to help her with this. She needs the help so that when she is in JK in September her peers and teacher can understand her. I've had to do a lot of translating for her to others...even her grandparents. So hopefully she enjoys this visit and it helps her.

Did somebody say school? I just have to say that, as terrible as this may sound, I can't wait for the kids to go to school. I know, I'm a terrible Mom. I feel like it....but I also know that I am not the OLNY one that feels this way. The kids won't stop arguing with each other! They are driving me CRAZY!!! Really CRAZY!!! They cannot be in the same room together without arguing. I'm trying to keep them busy but one moment of inactivity....and "MOM, she's touching me!" and "MOM, he's yelling at me!" because she stuck her foot in his face and now wonders why he is yelling at her to stop! OMGoodness....I want them both to stop!!! I love my kidlets, don't get me wrong....love them to pieces...just a little stressed with the constant arguing. So we had a heart to heart tonight and a big long time out in their rooms. I think the HEARD my words. Not because I yelled them, but because I spoke them softly with tears in my eyes..."Mommy can't take anymore. You need to treat your sister with love, you need to respect what I say, you need to be the nice, sweet, loving boy that I know you are." And for Summer...well, she's four. I can't use too many words with her or I lose her. So no candy for Summer...that's her currency. "No candy until you behave and be nice to your brother and listen to what Mommy says." Gold stars for both when I catch them being nice to each other and listening to me. Gold stars that they can cash in on Friday nights, candy for Summer and $ for Liam...that's his currency...cash for toys. So pray for me that I survive another day of Summer holidays. Pray for strength and patience for me. Because I really truly need it. I'm not the only one, right?!

Thanks for letting me vent...I do feel better now. Stamping would be good for me. I need to stamp...stamping makes everything better right? That's why we do it! So tomorrow I will try to stamp...after the appointment and sometime before the day is over. I will share what I make. Thank you for stopping in and lending me your ear. I really do appreciate it.

Jodi

Can't seem to get time to make a card....

Hubby's away....kids are keeping me busy....have to work at my real job the Sunday and Monday...have to get ready for club on Tuesday....September is coming....not that I'm wishing the Summer away....I'll hopefully be less bust then. I'll post my club projects on Monday....Thanks for stopping in though!

Gotta go watch a kiddie movie...bath the kids then get them to bed...then pour a glass of wine and watch my chick flicks...Jon's away so I got to pick some really mushy chick flicks!!!! Wanna come over?

Thanks again for baring with me and coming back to see me!

Jodi

Icky Sticky!!!

Our family camp out was great! The kids were so good and we all had so much fun! These are the marshmallows I promised you a picture of...

Liam dissappointed me...I thought he'd have gotten a whole lot messier!

Summer had some issues though...you know when you roast a marshmallow the outside is toasty and brown then when you take a bite the inside pushes out the backside....well, that's what happened to her. Then it ended up on the ground, then she stepped in it and then there was this stringy marshmallowy mess! Then Liam went into the house to get washed up and left a stick mess on the door nob! Oh what fun! Thanks Mom for the Giant marshmallows! I owe you one!

We washed up and put out the campfire and went into the tent to play games...cause the kids just really want to play in the tent! So we played Candyland...Summer's favorite. Then some UNO for Liam.  Finally all tucking into bed. Liam and I shared an air mattress...we waited until Daddy and Summer went to sleep then whispered stories to each other. In the night he kept creeping onto my side of the bed...once I nudged him and he said "That's my jet pack." I wonder what kind of wonderful things he was dreaming about.

Everyone was up at 3:30am to go in for a potty break...then took awhile to get back to sleep!

If the weather clears up the kids and I will camp out again tonight...poor Jon has to work OT on

Sunday and Monday : (  I think he'll be happy to have the bed and the house all to himself!

I'm know that you come here to see a card...sorry I don't have one for you today.
Thank you for letting me go on about my kids.

 I have been in my studio all day working on some beautiful projects but I cannot share these with you yet. I'm sorry...they are marked private and confidential! I can tell you that I'm covered in glitter...and if you know me well, you'll know that I am not happy about being covered in glitter! Oh the price we pay for fame...never mind!

Have a great night! I will work on something that I can share with you!

Jodi

Backyard camp out!

So finally we have a nice night and the time to have a family backyard camp out! The tent is up! Not an easy job. It only took us an hour. And the kids were great! Very helpful.

And for this special occasion I made home made pizza...a family favorite. I make the pizza dough from scratch...but I use the bread maker to kneed the dough. Liam and Summer both helped roll out the dough.

My handsom guy! He was so happy to be able to do the rolling...I'm kinda a control freak...yes, I admit it. I don't like the extra mess that the kids can sometimes make...he did a great job and there was no extra mess.

My hands were full of flour when Summer took her turn so I missed getting the pic.

She got bored fast and went to finish watching her movie...

Liam always has this really cheesy smile when I take his picture...so I have to get him to say funny words so that he has a sort of normal expression on his face...in his pic he said "pizza, pizza"!

I had Summer said pickles and peanut butter! She thought that was very funny.

Well, they are starting to fill the tent with lots of stuff and I'm feeling like I better go take control of that situation before they have their whole rooms put into it!!

Oh and my Mom was in the USA for a few days and she brought back the BIGGEST marshmallows ever! It's like three marshmallows in one! We are going to roast those tonight and try to make smores out of them. I think the kids will need a bath before bed! Remember the Marshmallow Man from Ghostbuster? I think Liam will look like that...he gets soooooo messy from one normal sized marshmallow. I'll share that pic with you tomorrow.

Okay I'm going now...wish me luck tonight! This should be interesting!

Jodi

The Best Day!!

Yesterday I went with Liam on a class trip to the Children's Museum in London. So much fun! It is so amazing to see things through his eyes. There was so much to explore...he ran from here to there and back again! I had a group of four boys, 2 grade 1's and 2 grade 2's. Boy the sure have energy! Two of the boys in the group are brothers and their Dad was a chaperone with me as well. We were the only group to have two chaperones....and the only group with four boys!!! And boy did we need to two of us to keep up with these boys!!! Most of the pic's I took had other kiddies in the pic's and I cannot share them with out permission...but I was able to get a couple of Liam alone...I'd like to share with you...

Liam in the Space room...

Liam and the Inukshuk...

There was three floors of things to see. But way too many stairs!

I just love getting to spend the day with him alone...minus the 100 other kiddies around! I mean without Summer...no offense to her, but with two there is not alot of one on one time with him. I love to see how he interacts with his teacher and his classmates. He is very well mannered when speaking to others...I love that!

I will be back later to share a card...I just have to go and make one...or retake pic's of some. The SD card was full and I had to upload them to the main computer and deleted them off the SD card...so now I'll retake some pic's of cards to share with you.

I spent Sunday making a gift for Liam's teacher..it turned out great! I think she's going to love it! But the other day I shared my blog address with her and I don't want to ruin her surprize....so I'll take pic's of it today and share those on Friday.

I'll be back!

Jodi