Monthly Blogger That's me!

Guess if I just do this monthly I'm doing good now :) We just got back from vacation that we spent out in BC. It was great!  We did some visiting with my hubby's dad and did some camping. Though I have to admit while spending some time with my father in law was great, I really really enjoyed sharing the experience of camping with my kids. This is the first time that we've ever taken them. We went and bought a camper and all that jazz and I look forward to repeating our camping year after year. Next year the plan is to go for a week with some friends, back to BC of course! I miss the mountains and was very very sad to leave them. They are just to beautiful and the fresh air is devine!
This is a couple pictures from our trip to Fort Steele. Camping pictures to follow in a future post :)

Lost my groove

Well I was doing good and then seemed to have lost my groove for blogging. I go in spurts I suppose, but then i guess some once in a while is better than nothing at all.

It's summertime here and boy you wouldn't know it much by the weather we've been having. Lots of rain means lots of days inside for us which is driving us all batty. I don't mind so much since i'm an indoor kinda gal, but the kids are deffinately fighting more than usual. I do let them go outside when it's cloudy and rainy but most times they are back inside after ten minutes. These are the days when I wish we still lived in the city and had access to more things to do. Hopefully August has more sun in store for us than what we've gotten so far. Especially since we are planning a vacation for the middle of it.

I will leave off with a couple pics of the kids:

The Month of May

This month has gone fast. Lots has gone on this month and I'm hoping that June proves to be a bit of a slower month. This month has brought the wrap up of Sophia's playschool, birthday parties, trips to the city, new shingles on our house and garage and it all seems to have passed in a whirlwind. Any-o a small part of our month in pics:

Rainy days

Picnic at the Park

A little photoshoot with Sophia

 

Should be in bed.

It's late and I should be in bed, but nah I decided I must blog instead. Putting it off I guess, which is silly of me since Someone is coming by at 10am and it's already almost 1am. What can I say I'm a night owl!

So the other week or so I decided I needed a new lens for my camera. I have a Canon Rebel xti with the kit lens and it's just not cutting it, especially for inside. It does pretty good outside however and will made do for now for that. I did what seemed like endless research over probably close to a week before I finally settled on Canon's EF 50mm f1.4 USM lens. The price was right and was reviewed as the photographers must have by a many people (well the 50mm size, not just this lens in specifics). So I ordered away and after it arrived I had to try on right away, and can I say ...oh...my...gosh!! I'm in LOVE! This is a wicked wicked wicked lens! It does exactly what I want it to and the pictures are sooo clear! My dream of becoming a pro photographer seems just that much closer to becoming real!

A few pictures of course:

Playing with the depth of field

My boy monkeying around

Evan's slipper obssession 

Sophia being my lil model

My coloring girl

Don't you just love how it seems to just freeze moments in time? I love it! I deffinately find myself taking even more pictures which is great, and it gives me plenty of chances to practice practice practice! and who better to practice on my own kids!!

And finally to share some favorite moments with my kids today include the kids playing on the deck today and in the sandbox. Sophia's creativity and imagination, I think she was a horse, faerie, unicorn and many other things today. Seth took a nap today in the car on the way home so was up later than the others, and while he was up he was just facinated watching his daddy play his war game on the computer. Evans cutest moment had to be when he was playing fetch with his his sucky! He gets so excited and is soo cute!

I love my kids!

My see don't work

Literally, my see on my keyboard is kaput. It will randomly work when it wants to but for now till i figure out how to get the keyboard that my brother in law gave me (i know I know it's not hard, I'm just being lazy) I've been either using k or s instead or cutting and pasting it when necessary. Thankfully blogger has spellcheck so I can use that for on here ;)

OK Evan is getting in trouble, and he's just to dang cute. He just smiles at me and I have to try soooo hard no to smile back.

So sad, my puppy is now in dog heaven

My parents had to put down their (mine too) puppy today. Zorro was about 13 years I think. He wasn't doing so hot and it was the best decision for him, but I still miss him. He was a good dog, eager, happy to see you and super duper friendly. I remember going out to get him with mom thinking that we wouldn't come home with a dog since we'd already been to see many and hadn't come home with one, and there we went and fell in love with him. He was so cute and little. Fast forward to a couple days ago and the poor guy wasn't eating or drinking right and had advanced kidney disease :( It's so sad. I loved that dog a whole lot. When I moved out I wanted to take him with me but knew that I couldn't do that to mom and dad. He was a great dog and will be missed by many

I Love you Zo, and I hope you're happy where are now and no longer suffering! Say Hi to Kit for me!

A slow day

Today is making up for yesterday. The only thing calling me today is backed up Laundry, and possibly making some meals for the kids ;)  I'm sitting here in comfy pants and enjoying my day of sitting!!

I did start the Sims 3 Challenge last night... I feel a bit dorky though writing it out so we'll see if I continue that part, though I will still do the challenge just maybe without the blog?? lol! Though if you want to check out my geekiness it can be found here.

Sims 3

I'm a geek. I know it. and I'm debating on doing the Sims 3 Legacy challenge that has been posted. If I do I'll create a separate blog to document it there (part of the challenge I believe is to document it). There's lots of rules and it's supposed to go on for 10 generations. I'm currently playing my 5th generation on my current saved game, but I've used cheats and such so it won't be allowed to count, plus I haven't documented it at all. If you're into Sims 3 you can find the challenge here.

On to matters of today. We have been BUSY! I have barely had a chance to sit down today since about noon. Made lunch for the kids, took Sophia to playschool, went and got catfood from the vet and 20min drive one way, came back and tried to get Evan to nap for a little bit before we had to go pick Sophia up, but he decided to poop instead, picked Sophia up, went and got milk, and decided to go visit their Daddy at work since he was working nearby for once and only up the road. The kids loved it! Seth the most though, Sophia thought it was loud and only wanted to stay in the doghouse with me and Evan. So afterwards I put them in the car and snapped a couple pics. It was pretty neat getting to see what my hubby does a little closer. Believe it or not for  the past 7 years that hubby has been at this work I've only visited him maybe 2 times?? I think this was my 3rd time visiting.

The Rig

You can see my hubby peaking out and smiling :)

Hubby in his sexy, but dirty coveralls.

City Time

Went to the city today to get the usual round of family needs, rent movies and have lunch...not all in that order. We had to pick up a new crib mattress for Evan since our old ones seem to be falling to pieces... 25year warranty (I think that is what it was) my butt, and we bought them so long ago that we have no receipt, and we didn't register them either (I don't think they did that at the time anyways that I know of). Anyways so we bought him a new one and it seems ok, but it seems to be a bit wider. I'm not so sure about this since it was a tough fit to get into the crib and then to bring up the side of the crib was pretty tough as well. We'll see how it goes later on tonight, but I just might take it back if I can't work the crib properly.


We enjoyed a nice lunch at Smitty's since that was what the kids requested, so they could sit by the fish tank they have there. Sophia started the meal with giving us quite the disrespectful attitude, but after two very stern talking toos she seemed to come around and behaved much better after that for the rest of the day :)

I'm very excited, my new cloth diapers came in and I got to pick them up! I got 4 new applecheeks and 2 AMP's! I look forwards to having them to use! They are both similar looking diapers so I’m excited to see what the difference is if any. So far I just see small cosmetic changes. Tomorrow I get to try them out and see!! :)

Outside Fun...or not so fun..

We got back from dropping Sophia off at playschool and the deck was clear enough of snow that I thought Evan might actually want to play outside too. I put him outside and nope, nada. Didn't move an inch. I dont' think he knew what to make of the cleared off deck. The most he moved was when he fell down and cried. I took pity on him then and brought him inside. Perhaps i'll find some rubber soled shoes and see if that helps him walk outside better. Good thing we are making a trip to walmart tomorrow :) I'm so happy it's getting nicer outside :)

(uhhhh, I aint' moving for no one)

What doing Mom??

Busy Busy Weekend!!

I have had a busy weekend. Friday was a trip to the city to see a great friend to do a photoshoot for her little boy, who is 3 months old now! Hard to believe! Saturday was Seths 3rd birthday and that day was chock full of cleaning and a duel family party for Seth and my Nephew who turned 14! My parents came up for the weekend so there was lots of visiting too. Today we've been able to relax just a bit more which has been nice. The house is now back to it's former destroyed status. Thanks kidlets! ;) Pictures below!

Birthday:

Photoshoot Pictures:

   

   

   

Play Dates!

I've arranged a play date tomorrow for my little girl with a friend from her playschool. That means my house needs to be cleaned ASAP! My house is normally trashed with toys and I've given up a long time ago trying to keep up with it minus when company is coming. Easy enough to do with the older two, well mostly anyways, but with a cranky baby this could be interesting.

This will be transformed later on to something a little more tidy (believe it or not this is actually cleaner than it was a half hour before the pic was taken)

Here's Monster cracking a smile pretending he's not miserable while stuffing his face with crackers.

Edited: here's the clean basement to be destroyed

I think to much!

So I've been thinking...besides that I think to much. .. That I need a better name for my blog. You paste up above it looks like Tammy stakes, blech! I don't like it! I loved it at first, but now not so much.

I've also become aware my blog is very plain, I need to post more pics. So be it! I will ...in a bit.

I'm having troubles with my ipod touch and getting it to connect to my wireless connection...sooo annoying!! It was connected and now it's not...What's going on?

Here is a pic from yesterday, It was nice out so I sent the kids out to play while Evan napped, They had a blast! I think they were out there for a good 45mins :)

And lets not forget mess faced Evan

Well I'm off to go think of more interesting names for my blog...though knowing me I won't bother changing it lol! I may just go watch the Informant instead since I have it rented and need to return it, oh wait it was due today! :)

posting ideas

I alway find that my best blogging topics come right before I'm going to go to sleep. As I lay in bed my brain gets going and i starting writing whole blog topics in my head and then by morning they are gone. Doesn't make for a very interesting blog though that way :( I really need a paper and pen right beside by bed so i can just jot down the idea...might help me sleep faster too if I do that :)

Growing up!!

So much has happened in such little time.

Sophia is now 5! I can't believe it! We had a birthday party for her and invited some of her friends. Only 2 could make it but that was ok and it was all nice and relaxed. The kids played while the adults chatted :)

Seth now has glasses and has been wearing them all day for the past couple days except for lil breaks here and there. He's also doing much better about being dry in his pants and finally is wearing underwear! YAY! We found some that were just like daddie's and he does awesome in them! Next month he'll be turning 3! OI!

Evan is now Walking! Yes walking at 13 months old! He's so cute as he toddles about learning and getting better everyday and going further each day too! He's starting to play more with the other kids too which is cute...or should I say he attacks them! lol!

More Creativity with a touch of Cleanliness

I've slowed down on making things but haven't stopped which is nice. I've since my last entry made another dolly blanket for my daughter but bigger of course since she wanted it big enough to cover her barbies...Though I have since been informed that it isn't big enough either...*sigh* just can't keep her happy lol! I've also finally started the baby quilt that bought to make for my youngest. It's all put together, I just have to do the quilting(?) part of it. It's very cute and has clothes on a clothesline and puppy dogs, ducks and bugs. I'll have to take a picture of it and post when I am done.

Otherwise I've been working on cleaning and decluttering and also keeping my kitchen fairly cleaner than usual the past couple days. I have to say that it's been working and I've had a cleaner kitchen and it feels great! I just need to keep it up and not get lazy. It's actually easier to keep it up than I thought and I just need to remember that on the days I just don't want to clean. It's deffinitely easier to put 2 or 3 dishes in the dishwasher rather than 15 or more because they've built up, and so on and so on. I have to admit I am a clutter bug. It's not that I don't like things all neat and tidy, but I get lazy and don't want to do it and piles of stuff build up. I don't really have people over a whole lot because of this and if i do, i normally clean the whole day before. We'll see how long this lasts though...I think last time i made it about 3 weeks. Here's hoping it sticks!!

Btw My oldest baby is 5 today! I can't believe it!

Crafty/Artsy/Creative feeling

I've been feeling extra creative lately and have taken a renewed interest in old hobbys and new. I love being creative and doing interesting things but I mostly don't have time. I once upon a time used to know how to crochet many years ago but forgot how until recently i bought a kids book that gave me pictures and basics to reteach myself how. So I made a blanket for my daughters lil dollys' tonight. It took me about an hour to do the whole thing from start to end and was prob only about 4inches square, but it was a nice starting piece to remember with. I'm sure it will be a pleasent surprise for my daughter in the morning as well.

I've been doing other creative things too besides that. I've taken to trying to complete the plastic canvas barbie furniture that i started way back when for my daughter, and when i'm not doing that i'm making siggies for others on the computer. Something is very satisfying about making things and I certainly do miss it. I remember the zone that I used to get when I used to draw/paint and I miss that too. I can't wait till I have more time to take those back up. For now I'll stick to thinks that are a bit easier to put down and stop for a couple hours if need be. Young ones do take up lots of time after all.

Photoshoot!

After a sleepy morning I managed to finally get my butt up and out the door so I could do a photoshoot. My first that hasn't starred my own kids actually. A wonderful friend of mine had a baby and allowed me to experiment by taking some family photos of them and some photos of the baby too :) He's so cute but sure wasn't happy with me. I got a couple good ones and once done editing managed to make some of the others better. Man I love editing! Hopefully I'll be able to grow as a photographer and won't need to do as much editing later on. Here are a couple samples of the pics I took today:

Hubby Likes!

Good news! Hubby likes the furniture! Which is great! I'm starting to think i can redo the whole living room for about $2000 which i think is pretty good. That includes new hardwood, an area rug, the furniture. Everything else I already have which makes things easier too! Now I just need to find me some time to be able to head up to direct buy to order it all up.

Tomorrow I'm going up to see a friend and her new baby finally. I'm very excited. She's blessed me with the ok to experiment my photography skills on her and her family! I sure hope things go the way I want them to! Hopefully tomorrow night I'll be sharing some excellent shots!

Start of a new blog!

I'm starting a new blog! One just for me and my thoughts, opinions and ideas and whatever creative outlet that I feel like sharing with everyone!

My thoughts are centering around new furniture lately. How we need some and yet continuously ignore this fact. Upstairs is full of toys, downstairs is full of toys and i just want a grown up area to relax in. I've decided to redo the living room. That is my goal to have completed by the end of the summer. New hardwood floor and new furniture. Almost everything is already painted and i've got things to decorate with now I just need to put it all together.

I've even found a couch set that I've fallen in love with, nice neutral, just needs accent pillows. I'm thinking maybe a baby blue, but we'll see. What do you think? I will not do red like in the picture, I'm very over red!