10 Random Tuesdays....

Here are 10 Random Things I could not live without as a stay at home mom....

1. Nap time! What a blessing those words are!

2. Thomas the Train and My Little Pony - these two things can keep my kids amused and not fighting for at least some part of the day! Thank God for toys!

3. TV - it is the ultimate babysitter when the kids are tired of playing or coloring, and it is great background noise in my house all day!

4. My dishwasher - it runs 2 loads a day and without it I would be in dishwater all day!

5. Vinegar - my favorite cleaning product of all time - cleans the fingerprints off walls and windows - you may not even realize kids habitate my house....sometimes!

6. An assortment of childrens medicine. Advil, tylenol, motrin, cough medicine, you name it I have it - I can cure what ails them!

7. Snacks! Oh snacks - always something to tie them over until the next meal!

8. My vacuum! I love vacuuming - instant gratification to see those vacuum marks in the carpet!

9. My camera - to catch life's wonderful moments every day. I may have more pictures than I can scrapbook but they one day will tell others the story of my life with my kids.

10. And most importantly : PATIENCE!!! Without a lot of this the profession would be obsolete! I love staying home with my kids and not missing out on them growing up in someone else's home everyday.

Dad's Birthday!

No my husband is not a fugitive however I seemed to have portrayed him as one when you look at his birthday cake!! The kids wanted a cake for him with his face on it - and Jacks' request was to make sure it has "wik-ars" ( whiskers )!

So yes he is follicle-ly challenged on the top of his head but still has the "5 o'clock shadow" problem! Any who he found this picture hilarious - as did I! The kids thought it was perfect and that is all that matters. You know we celebrate these birthdays only because of our kids! He had a great night of celebrating with them and that is all that matters!!!

Happy St. Paddys' Day!

Well it is Green Day today! And once again Mardi wore the same green leather jacket as last year~ she received it for a baby gift from one of my bosses! This is the only time the jacket seems to appear out of the closet!

So here are my 10 Random Tuesdays!

Here are 10 things I hope to get accomplished this week!

1. Start organizing clothes and toys for the Okotoks Mom 2 Mom sale coming in April.

2. Add a layout or two to my camping album I started on Saturday.

3. Submit a layout to Canadian Scrapbooker ~ mostly to satisfy Kim!

4. Wrap JD's birthday presents.

5. Plan a meal for all the Kitchen family to come and celebrate the 3 birthdays in the family this week.

6. Make a cake for my hubby - only because that is what the kids want - and they want it to look like him!! Bald with wiskers!

7. Clean the house, and wash some windows.

8. Call about a photo sitting for my kids.

9. Give blood tomorrow.

10. Clean the fish tanks - been trying to get to that for days now!

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone - now go have a green beer!

Scrap day!

So yesterday was the Okotoks Scrapbook Convention and what a great time we had! I am definitely attending again next year! Those ladies sure know how to throw a crop!

I managed to only get 6 layouts done - which was so pathetic on my part, but in my defense I had a lot of visiting to do and mix that in with constant laughter and you end up underachieving!

Here are 2 of the layouts I accomplished and a picture of the prize I won for "Best Photography Layout"! The layout I won for was "Splash"! Funny thing is that I never took this picture - so I will have to give my Mom's friend a pat on the back for allowing me to win in that category! Hilarious!

10 Random...Tuesday?!

So I think I should change these updates to my 10 Random ~ Tuesdays! I can't seem to get organized enough on Sunday to post! Any who here are 10 things that I learned this weekend:

1. My kids LOVE going to my Mom and Dad's - more than anywhere else! They know they get to do chores, name the new calves, play in the barn and get spoiled beyond belief!

2. I was even more excited than I knew to go to the Brier on Saturday morning! Loved watching the Hot Shot competition - LOVED it!

3. Realized that Kim can talk to any stranger and somehow get them to laugh - every time!

4. I saw first hand how a TV camera really adds 10 pounds (or more). There were a lot of skinny curlers and TV personalities we saw!

5. I really appreciate my driving skills after the horrible drive home on Saturday night!

6. I realized how much I want to go to the Roar of the Rings in December ~ I am SO sure that I will probably book a hotel room this week!

7. I miss spending time with my hubby. We have SO much fun together and had a wonderful time together at the Brier. We need more date nights!

8. As much as I love cooking it was sure nice not to have to worry about feeding people 6 times a day!

9. My parents are amazing - they are so wonderful with my kids and my kids adore them so much that I never had a single worry about them all weekend. I knew my kids were in the best hands.

10. Finally, as much as I loved being kid-less for 3 days I missed them tremendously!

One More Sleep!

So one more sleep until the Brier! I am taking my kids to my parents place tonight and dropping them off until Monday night! I asked for tickets for my birthday last year for this weekend - and it is finally here! I am so excited! I am going Saturday and Sunday with Kim and Monday I am spending the day with my hubby there! YAY! Then I plan on spending the rest of the week glued to the TV watching the rest! Gotta love mens curling!

10 Randoms Again!

Ok so once again I am late with my 10 randoms! Sunday was a long day of moving cattle, followed by a long evening of watching Brothers and Sisters ~ love that show!!

Then last night I was glued to the TV once again watching the Bachelor! Love it! A lot of people seem mad at the whole thing ~ I however find it more than amusing!!!

It has also been brought to my attention that some anonymous blogger is pissed at the winners of the contests for the Ladies Night Out at the Sheepriver Scrapbook Store on Saturday. So in honor of this wonderful coward I am posting my 11 layouts that I got accomplished that night in place of my 10 Randoms! These layouts allowed me to win the prize for "the most layouts done" ~ however I have no idea what the prize is!! Anyways all I have to say to this lady is don't hate the player hate the game....proof is in the layouts! I can't image that this person is so pissy after we had such a wonderful night! Haley sure knows how to throw a party! Thanks again Haley! Sheepriver Scrapbook Store ROCKS!!!