For those of you that read my post the other day, about River and Keilee cutting each other's hair.....

Well here are some pics......

Doesn't she just looked thrilled.....

I was finding strains of dark brown hair everywhere!

But looking at her hair it doesn't look that bad, that is because Keilee cut River's hair underneath........

At the hair dresser today, Amy ( said hairdresser) pointed out all the short ( cut) pieces underneath, by her neck....... not only was Keilee sissor happy, going right to town on River's hair, but she was sneeky (smart)!!

River's pretty new hair...

I didn't get an after shot of Keilee yet, but I do have the before.....

This is what her hair should have looked like....

And this is what River cut.....

LOL! What am I supposed to do with that? lol

Our Hairdresser Amy did a really good job fixing both girls hair....

Thanks Amy!

"We are so close, we do everything together! We even cut each other's hair!!"

Snow Day!

Today is a Snow day here on Prince Edward Island!

All the school are closed....which means no work for me!

We spent the day, relaxing and spending time together.......lol

No really, I spent the day cleaning, and getting (almost) caught up on laundry, Hubby took a (few) nap, and the kids fought, and played, fought some more, watched their fav shows, then what do ya know they fought some more!

LOL!

My house smelled like I had been baking Cinnamon Rolls all day!

This candle smells good enough to eat!

My fur baby Riya, went out for a quick pee.....she came back looking like this

Here is a video I took of outside....

I love long weekends!

Have a good Weekend!

Today was quite the day....

Things were good on the bus, ( its exams week, so there are only half as many kids on) ( and by the way for any new readers, I am a school bus driver) I am driving for a guy for 2 months! The reason that he is taking the time off is sad, and I dont feel like getting into it right now, but that added to my " Oy! What a day"

River & Keilee decided to give each other haircuts!

River and Keilee thought it would be a good idea to give each other haircuts..........I am finding pieces of dirty blonde hair and pieces of dark brown hair everywhere.......apparently Keilee was way more sissor happy than River....thus why I am finding a lot more brown hair than blonde.........

Needless to say, a proper haircut for both girls in the the very near future!

I guess I should just be happy it didn't turn out worse than it did.......

It could have looked like this

or this....

Ha!

My Nanny MacConnell died 14 years ago, Grampy MacConnell died 2 days ago. His funeral was today.

There is a picture of the two of them kissing from an an anniversary party of their's.Nanny is sitting at the head of the table, grampy in the seat next to her and he stands up, bends over and kisses her.....this is my most favorite picture of the two of them together. The were so much in love. Grampy was devistated when he lost her, she was so young, only 62.

(I couldn't find the picture, but here is a picture taken at the same time Nan is wearing the red shirt, grampy beside her hugging his mother)

When  I picture them in Heaven, I imagine them like they were in that picture, kissing like that, so very much in love.

With Etta James' "At last" playing in the background.....

and looking like they did in their wedding picture

It gives me comfort to know they are together again.......for all eternity.

We miss them both like crazy here, but we know we will see them again someday....

Nanny & Grampy, I love you and miss you both so very much!

Here are a few of my latest creations....lol The pics were taken a while ago, but I really like how the collages turned out. I just need to figure out how to print them...lol!

My baby girl Kiki Baby

My middle baby Miss River

And my biggest baby, Miss Raven

Here is one of my niece Maria

And last but defintly not least this is my baby niece Ava

When a person we love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.

Rest in Peace

"Grampy"

Charles Alexander MacConnell

Gone, but never forgotten

Today my grampy died. My Dad's Dad.

He was a strong, loving, funny dad, granddad, great granddad,and even a great great granddad.

He was a WWII vet.

Grampy and my grandmother had 10 kids, but raised 13(+),  all 10 kids names started with "B" ...lol

Barry

Beverly Jean

Benjamin

Brian

Barbara

Boyd

Brenda

Bethanne

Brady

Benita

the other 3 were Belinda, Blair ( aka Joe) and Beryl (aka Stacey) so yup that is 13 B's!!

I love you and Miss you Grampy!! xoxo

Favorite saying of the day

"I have a headache in my leg" Keilee

LOL!! This cracked me up Ha!

I am linking up with Amanda @ Serenity Now

This is the fireplace in the house we are buying....it's very ugly

The previous owners have a wine cabnet in the right corner

A few of the ideas I have floating around are

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  Painting the all the brick white
  
  
  
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  Having a mantle custom built
  
  
  
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   adding a nice fire screen
  
  
  

What do you think?

My heart hurts for Haiti. I am hugging my kids, my husband and all other loved ones a little tighter these days. I am thanking God for all the things he has provided me and my family with, instead of complaining that my house is too small, or even that it is messy. I am so thankful that I have a roof over my head and my family by my side, all safe and happy.

 I feel helpless, but I am praying for all the families and children and individuals affected by the quake.

If you feel helpless, there are ways that you can help too, you can pray for the people of Haiti, and you can donate.

There are many ways you can donate -

An easy way is to text "Haiti" to 90999 to give $10 to the Red Cross.

It will be on your next phone bill.

OR you can text "disaster" to 90999 to give $10 to Compassion's disaster relief program.

They will be working directly with the local churches who know where these families live and will be providing immediate relief to them.

 You could also visit HERE ( if you are from Canada) or HERE (if you are from the US) to donate.

Any donation made to Canadian charitable organizations between Jan. 12 and Feb. 12, 2010 will be matched by Ottawa through the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund -- which is managed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). CIDA will then allocate these funds to Canadian and international humanitarian and development organizations.

You can also check out this blogger who has set up the website : Hope for Haiti.

Also, Blogger Kelly Stamp over at Kelly's corner said this

 "for every person who leaves a comment on this post"( meaning hers)" and lets me know that you have donated (Please share where you have donated - I know there are other organizations helping besides compassion and Red Cross) - we will donate $1 to the compassion disaster relief to Haiti up to $1000."

Tutu's and Hockey skates

 Saturdays is our busiest day of the week.

We start out with Keilee's Ballet at 10am

Then it was back in the van to drive to Raven's hockey practice at 11:10am

Don't they just looked thrilled to be in the van...lol

We had just enough time to stop for coffee on our way to the rink

Ok, I have no makeup on in this picture so brace yourself....its not pretty.....LOL!

Here is a video of Raven skating, this is her first year playing hockey, and her first year on skates....for the most part she is doing well, I think she will be a fairly good skater in a few years. (She is only 8 yrs old)

She is wearing the navy blue jersey with the number 11 on the back. ( red & white socks)

After Raven's hockey we hoped back in the van, and headed home for a quick bite to eat, and then back to the rink for River & Keilee's hockey practice.

Here is a video of River & Keilee, RIver is # 79 and Keilee is #2 (with the pink laces)

This is the first year of hockey ( and skating) for both Keilee and River.

They have both come a LONG way since the beginning of hockey season.

Sorry, this video is sideways.....but it is cute and I had to post it...LOL

This is the first week of hockey practice, see how far they have come?

How do you spend your Saturdays?

SHOW US HOW YOU LIVE - New Years Resolutions/Goals!

Today I am linking up with the mr linky party over at Kelly's Korner .

Welcome!

To find my New Year's Resolutions read this post, that I wrote on Jan 1st.

Thanks for stopping by!!

My sister Billie left to go back to Yellowknife today, we said our good byes last night, as she was leaving early this morning. It was nice to have her here for almost a month.

My sister Peggy (and her 2 little girls Maria, and Ava) arrives home from Yellowknife sunday! I am so excited! I have missed Maria and Ava ( and Peggy too) so much! My girls are even more excited about their litttle cousins returning home!

Before Peggy left for Yellowknife, she took the girls to have their pictures done, to give out as Chirstmas gifts.

Are they not gorgeous!?!!

Ha~! She is too cute!!

The pictures are taken with the props and costumes, with a black background, then you pick which pretty background you want and they photoshop it in!! How cool is that?

Last night Blaine said he would watch the kids so I could have a night out with my sisters!

We went to the movies and seen the movie "The Blind Side"

It was so good!

I am a sucker for a touching true story!

If you have not seen this movie, go see it, you will not be disapointed!

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2010!

We spent New Year's at a dance in our town. It was fun, it wasn't overly packed, which made it better, then having it too crowded and having to push your way thru the crowd.

New Year's day we had a lazy day and we all stayed in our pjama's and watched movies and played our new wii, it was a very fun day! The kids had a blast, ( and so did the big kids too, ha!)

Do you know that you can download the original Super Mario Brothers from the original Nintendo Entertainment System, for the wii!!! I was so excited! We downloaded Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3!!!
3 is my fav!

Did you make new year resolutions?

I did!

I have 3, HA! (in no particular order)

My first one is to be more organized ( I make this one every year, and every year I get a bit more organized that the year before...lol)

My second one is to have more patients, with my kids, husband, and myself.

My third is (of course ) that this is the year I will lose weight! 

and my last ( but definitly not least) is to attend church every sunday, and to spend more time with Jesus.

I grew up going to church every sunday,  and I was involved with Youth Group, and the Youth ministry Music and drama group. I loved every minute I spent at church, with all my church friends. But as I grew up and life happened I got away from going to church. I did not stop talking to Jesus, or praying to him, I still had a relationship with him ( it just was no where close to what it should have been). We started going to church a few months ago, we found out that this little town ( which we have only lived here a year) has a great Baptist church, with wonderful people that attend. The pastor Howie and his wife Kelsey are a young couple, and they are both really nice, and welcoming.

Every sunday, sitting in the little church, in this little town, I feel so much emotion, I feel whole!

My kids Love church, which makes me very happy, I want them to have a relationship with Jesus, I want them to have a great relationship with him.

What New Year Resolutions did you make?