I am a lot more than excited that June is here and almost over. I need a break from the preschool, and I have so much I want to do this summer. We are going camping in Shoal Lake, Manitoba for a week... I'm trying to be positive about it. I have to strip, sand, stain, seal and install some cupboards in our kitchen too (Spencer's kind Aunt and Uncle gave us their old ones). I hope they look awesome when when we're done. I hope it only takes a week or so, I have a great friend in my ward who offered help me. I'm also excited to hang out with my friends who I rarely get to see because I work too much. Summer, summer here I come!!
We took Kali to Drumheller this weekend instead of having a party and presents. We left Friday afternoon and heard "Are we there yet" about 50 times. We camped, visited with some friends who live in Drumheller, visited 2 museums, fished, played at the spraypark, climbed the world's tallest Dinosaur, ate the worst Pizza ever, and illegally climbed the Hoodoos (we found out after the crime). Kali told us that it was her best birthday ever, but I think she might be a bit of a charmer, she also only has five other to compare it to.
We had a hard time keeping her hands off things, she is very curious, we definitely should have had her on a leash the whole weekend. My suggestion to anyone with busy kids is to stay away from the gift shops, and the Tyrell Museum. Go to the spraypark - it's free, Fossil World - you can touch everything, the Worlds largest Dinosaur - it should tucker them out climbing all the stairs, it did a number on me too. I'm so glad we got to go to Drumheller, I hope Kali can have some new interests other than wanting to be a teenager.
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Camping weekend
We took our tent trailer out last weekend. We went to Spencer's parents farm with some friends, it was fun. Friday night there were 3 families with us. We ate lots of junk, my favorite part was the taco in a bag. The kids did pretty good, except that Kali stayed up til 11 pm, they played, fought, ate, and explored. I like camping in a trailer, it's like a little home. My favorite part is organizing and buying special stuff only for the trailer.
We slept well, were warm enough and had great food... mainly Sunday. After church we were invited to lunch at the Woodruffs where we had TURKEY and the Torries, where we had ROAST BEEF. The food was amazing. This was the best camping trip ever!!! Those families are soooo GOOD to us.
Camping is a lot of work, I don't like packing up and putting everything away when we get home. Mind you, Spencer packs excessively. For example, if we have a tent trailer we don't need 3 tents, air mattresses, foamies, pads, and every blanket in the house. We have a trip planned for a week in July in Shoal Lake Manitoba, I hope we can simplify.
We slept well, were warm enough and had great food... mainly Sunday. After church we were invited to lunch at the Woodruffs where we had TURKEY and the Torries, where we had ROAST BEEF. The food was amazing. This was the best camping trip ever!!! Those families are soooo GOOD to us.
Camping is a lot of work, I don't like packing up and putting everything away when we get home. Mind you, Spencer packs excessively. For example, if we have a tent trailer we don't need 3 tents, air mattresses, foamies, pads, and every blanket in the house. We have a trip planned for a week in July in Shoal Lake Manitoba, I hope we can simplify.
Monday, 11 May 2009
It's the Merry Merry month of May.
Mother's day was perfect. Spencer and our friend Denver made lunch for Adrienne and I, plus 4 kids. We had a great visit, we missed them, they were vacationing in Mesquite for a month. The kids played really well, and we had fun. Spence and Kali bought me a new phone for my bedroom, 4 packages of Icebreakers sour mints, and a bunch of pink daisies (my favorite). Kali made me a butterfly at preschool along with one of those "I know Mom the best" questionaires, here's some of the funny things she wrote.
How old is your Mom? she used to be 7 but now she's 8.
What is her favorite food? Chips and Salsa and Guacamole.
What do you have to do to be a Mom? Work
What is your Mom's favorite thing to do? Go to the mall and see the dragon blow out fire.
Where would she like to go for a holiday? To the movie Camp Rock, where we're going camping
She cracks me up, it's funny the way her brain works. Honestly, I hate the movie Camp Rock, but we are going camping this weekend, and now that we have a trailer, it might be more like a holiday.
I went to the Hannah Montana movie last weekend, and I loved it. It feels like Miley and I are best friends now.
I can't remember if I wrote last about Kali running in the Rattler Run, she did the 3 km down the College/Kin coulee hill and back up. She's a good running partner, she actually ran the whole way. She got a little bored so I let her use my ipod, that really helped. I'm excited to run with her in the future, I'll be chasing her a lot more.
I've been going to the Y with some friends at work. I find that 5:30 am is a good time to go, I get home at 6:30 ish and go back to bed for an hour. I really need to get a program made for me though, but I feel proud that my legs are still strong, I did sets of 300 lbs on the leg press for my quads and calves.
Kali and I built some boxes to do a square foot garden, I hammered my thumb pretty hard, I handled it really well. Later Spencer asked her what I did when I hit my thumb, she said I said "Ouch". Our garden plot is actually pretty big right now but, this year we want to try something different so we are going to add some ease and organization to our attempt at gardening. Last year was pretty successful, I hope we can diversify with some herbs this year.
Well, only 33 more school days till summer, I can't wait for the break.
p.s. We were coming home from Wal-mart today and Spence said he was so hungry he could eat a horse. Kali said "That's gross Dad, it's not even made of chicken!"
How old is your Mom? she used to be 7 but now she's 8.
What is her favorite food? Chips and Salsa and Guacamole.
What do you have to do to be a Mom? Work
What is your Mom's favorite thing to do? Go to the mall and see the dragon blow out fire.
Where would she like to go for a holiday? To the movie Camp Rock, where we're going camping
She cracks me up, it's funny the way her brain works. Honestly, I hate the movie Camp Rock, but we are going camping this weekend, and now that we have a trailer, it might be more like a holiday.
I went to the Hannah Montana movie last weekend, and I loved it. It feels like Miley and I are best friends now.
I can't remember if I wrote last about Kali running in the Rattler Run, she did the 3 km down the College/Kin coulee hill and back up. She's a good running partner, she actually ran the whole way. She got a little bored so I let her use my ipod, that really helped. I'm excited to run with her in the future, I'll be chasing her a lot more.
I've been going to the Y with some friends at work. I find that 5:30 am is a good time to go, I get home at 6:30 ish and go back to bed for an hour. I really need to get a program made for me though, but I feel proud that my legs are still strong, I did sets of 300 lbs on the leg press for my quads and calves.
Kali and I built some boxes to do a square foot garden, I hammered my thumb pretty hard, I handled it really well. Later Spencer asked her what I did when I hit my thumb, she said I said "Ouch". Our garden plot is actually pretty big right now but, this year we want to try something different so we are going to add some ease and organization to our attempt at gardening. Last year was pretty successful, I hope we can diversify with some herbs this year.
Well, only 33 more school days till summer, I can't wait for the break.
p.s. We were coming home from Wal-mart today and Spence said he was so hungry he could eat a horse. Kali said "That's gross Dad, it's not even made of chicken!"
Friday, 20 March 2009
Kali's first peer pressure experience
Kali has a little friend at school named Trevor, they had a play date this past week. Trevor's older sister and her friend told Trevor to kiss Kali, and he chased her around their yard. She got away, luckily.
This is her first experience like this... that I know of. What I really love is that she told me in the car right away, that means so much to me. I hope we can always have a good relationship where she trusts me. She told me a while a go that when she is a teenager she is going to be really nice to me. I'm going to hold her to that.
I hope we can teach our children that family and trust are very important, and also that it's okay not to do what other people tell us to do. I want to raise a child with a backbone who knows what is right and wrong. How scary that this September she is going to be in all day everyday kindergarten without me.
This is her first experience like this... that I know of. What I really love is that she told me in the car right away, that means so much to me. I hope we can always have a good relationship where she trusts me. She told me a while a go that when she is a teenager she is going to be really nice to me. I'm going to hold her to that.
I hope we can teach our children that family and trust are very important, and also that it's okay not to do what other people tell us to do. I want to raise a child with a backbone who knows what is right and wrong. How scary that this September she is going to be in all day everyday kindergarten without me.
Monday, 2 February 2009
25 Random Things about Jenn Torrie
I got this challenge from some friends on facebook. I thought, since I've put so much work into this I might as well add it here too.
Here are 25 Random Things about me:
1. I kinda like doing these things where I get to write all about me!
2. I am slight obsessive compulsive. For example, when I receive one of those emails where I have to answer questions about myself and they have all the those little things like this: ">" at the beginning of each line, I take the time to erase all of those characters and fix the paragraph format before I email it. I do lots of crazy things.
3. I like to fix things and build stuff. I have a little 50 cc scooter in our shed that I have been working on, I hope to ride it this summer.
4. I have my motorcycle license.
5. I may be ruining this but I am not planning to tag 25 people in this note.
6. I like treats, I think I may be addicted. I need to join some kind of support group that meets a couple times per day.
7. I've only been able to burp for the past 12 years or so. When I was younger I tried so hard but no sound came out, just gas... now I have a hard time controlling it. It's usually a surprise when it happens, and my new goal is to try not to burp in public.
8. I am writing this note with Adrienne Wigg in mind. I know she is proofing it.
9. When I was 5 years old I had an allergic reaction to some penicillin and almost died. It was called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. My body had blisters all over and I was in the hospital for 2 weeks. I still remember so much about it, I remember when my mom had to leave and take care of our family and how lonely I was. I remember being poked and prodded and very scared.
10. I'm turning 30 next year, I want to go to Disneyland.
11. I remember when Spence and I started dating, he showed me all his mission pictures. I tried to sound interested, but it was so boring. He had taken lots of pictures, it was almost painful.
12. Spence and I started dating April 6, got engaged July 6, got married August 22, got pregnant the first month and had Kali June 23 the next year.
13. Spence and I have pictures of each other on our bedside table. Kali constantly switches them so that my picture is on my side.... I hate it when she does that.
14. We are getting fish this week, I have to make my tank ready for my Mother-in-laws fish. My in-laws are going on a mission for 18 months and she wants me to tend the fish.
15. My mother-in-law loves her fish, she's had the same ones for years. She's going to cry when I kill them.
16. I like to do housework and organize my house, I just don't have as much time anymore. I also like that Kali is getting older and can clean the bathroom.
17. I have a membership at the Y but only go twice a month. I want to go more but I can't get out of bed in the morning, my bed is too comfortable and warm.
18. I just started watching LOST, we've never had cable. I can't wait to see what happens and what the scary creature is.
19. My favorite cereals are: Lucky Charms, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Reese Peanut Butter Puffs, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
20. I need to eat more fibre.
21. I wrote and performed a song before I got married. It was inspired by an Avril Lavigne song. I sang it at both of our wedding receptions.
22. I love hot, humid weather, I'd love to live somewhere in the Caribbean. Instead I live in the dry, southern Alberta prairie desert.
23. I love working at a preschool. I really like the little toilets, learning songs, playing with play-doh and having snack time. I'm a 4 year old stuck in a 28 year old body.
24. I'm going to learn to love to wake up early so I can go to the gym, I'm getting fat and out of shape. I don't mind being fat, I just hate the idea that I won't be able to catch Kali when she 's on the run.
25. I really am a shy person, I hate the idea of being rejected. I might be the only one who sees that.
Here are 25 Random Things about me:
1. I kinda like doing these things where I get to write all about me!
2. I am slight obsessive compulsive. For example, when I receive one of those emails where I have to answer questions about myself and they have all the those little things like this: ">" at the beginning of each line, I take the time to erase all of those characters and fix the paragraph format before I email it. I do lots of crazy things.
3. I like to fix things and build stuff. I have a little 50 cc scooter in our shed that I have been working on, I hope to ride it this summer.
4. I have my motorcycle license.
5. I may be ruining this but I am not planning to tag 25 people in this note.
6. I like treats, I think I may be addicted. I need to join some kind of support group that meets a couple times per day.
7. I've only been able to burp for the past 12 years or so. When I was younger I tried so hard but no sound came out, just gas... now I have a hard time controlling it. It's usually a surprise when it happens, and my new goal is to try not to burp in public.
8. I am writing this note with Adrienne Wigg in mind. I know she is proofing it.
9. When I was 5 years old I had an allergic reaction to some penicillin and almost died. It was called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. My body had blisters all over and I was in the hospital for 2 weeks. I still remember so much about it, I remember when my mom had to leave and take care of our family and how lonely I was. I remember being poked and prodded and very scared.
10. I'm turning 30 next year, I want to go to Disneyland.
11. I remember when Spence and I started dating, he showed me all his mission pictures. I tried to sound interested, but it was so boring. He had taken lots of pictures, it was almost painful.
12. Spence and I started dating April 6, got engaged July 6, got married August 22, got pregnant the first month and had Kali June 23 the next year.
13. Spence and I have pictures of each other on our bedside table. Kali constantly switches them so that my picture is on my side.... I hate it when she does that.
14. We are getting fish this week, I have to make my tank ready for my Mother-in-laws fish. My in-laws are going on a mission for 18 months and she wants me to tend the fish.
15. My mother-in-law loves her fish, she's had the same ones for years. She's going to cry when I kill them.
16. I like to do housework and organize my house, I just don't have as much time anymore. I also like that Kali is getting older and can clean the bathroom.
17. I have a membership at the Y but only go twice a month. I want to go more but I can't get out of bed in the morning, my bed is too comfortable and warm.
18. I just started watching LOST, we've never had cable. I can't wait to see what happens and what the scary creature is.
19. My favorite cereals are: Lucky Charms, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Reese Peanut Butter Puffs, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
20. I need to eat more fibre.
21. I wrote and performed a song before I got married. It was inspired by an Avril Lavigne song. I sang it at both of our wedding receptions.
22. I love hot, humid weather, I'd love to live somewhere in the Caribbean. Instead I live in the dry, southern Alberta prairie desert.
23. I love working at a preschool. I really like the little toilets, learning songs, playing with play-doh and having snack time. I'm a 4 year old stuck in a 28 year old body.
24. I'm going to learn to love to wake up early so I can go to the gym, I'm getting fat and out of shape. I don't mind being fat, I just hate the idea that I won't be able to catch Kali when she 's on the run.
25. I really am a shy person, I hate the idea of being rejected. I might be the only one who sees that.
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
It's Almost Christmas.
Wow, I should have updated earlier. Not that I'm going to backtrack that would take too long. December is quite a busy month for me, I have a couple Christmas concerts to go to, both for Busy Bees, & 4 Christmas Parties. Working at Busy Bees has kept me pretty busy, but it's a good busy. I love playing with the kids and having adult interaction with some really cool girls. I don't have much Christmas shopping to do, so that's good.
Kali is doing good, she loves school, she loves singing and memorizing the rhymes we do. She says the "3 little kittens who lost their mittens ", she has a great memory. I've gotten to know her better by being at school too. She is quite the perfectionist, maybe a little OCD, and she eats snack like me, eats everything in order and saves the best for last. She also has a hard time saying sorry and she's very sensitive.
Spence is still at Sunwise Engineering, he's keeping busy which is good. The Economic crisis worries me a little, but all we can do is be prepared. Too bad we wasted so much money on the cruise.
Kali is doing good, she loves school, she loves singing and memorizing the rhymes we do. She says the "3 little kittens who lost their mittens ", she has a great memory. I've gotten to know her better by being at school too. She is quite the perfectionist, maybe a little OCD, and she eats snack like me, eats everything in order and saves the best for last. She also has a hard time saying sorry and she's very sensitive.
Spence is still at Sunwise Engineering, he's keeping busy which is good. The Economic crisis worries me a little, but all we can do is be prepared. Too bad we wasted so much money on the cruise.
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
September is a time for change.
Well, Kali started school this month, it's actually her second year in preschool. She loves it, she's so good at making friends, she loves to have routine and learning too. She finally figured out how to write a "K" on her own today I've been trying to teach her different ways for the past year, I am so proud of her. Her teachers are awesome and the school is great, I am biased though because I just started working there. Kali's teachers liked me so much last year that they hired me this summer. It's a great job, I play with kids the whole time and they pay me pretty well for not having any real experience besides sunbeams teacher. It'll be a great experience.
The girls at the preschool invited me to their Yoga class and the first class was tonight, it was so relaxing, I had lots of fun.
Kali and I went to Logan UT to help our sister-in-law organize her move. We had lots of fun with family and we got to eat at my favorite restaurants, Costa Vida and the Golden Coral. I got to go to my favorite store, Deseret Industries, I only spent $30 and bought a pair of shorts, 2 skirts, 2 shirts and a jean jacket, I love that store. We drove, it took 11 hours to get down and 13 hours to get home, I did okay staying awake, we arrived home safely even though it rained the whole way home. I love Utah and the mountians, if Logan were in Canada, I'd move there in a second.
We are also planning on going on a cruise in November. It's a Royal Caribbean cruise from Puerto Rico stopping in some exotic island and down to Barbados, it's a 7 dayer. It'll be hard to be away from Kali for that long, although she'll be with my Mom here so that should reassure me. All the Torries and their spouses will be going too, so in total there will be 21 people, wish me luck.
My little brother, Clinton, is getting married this weekend in Leduc, we are driving up for the weekend and we get to MC his reception. I'm going to start on it tonight, I hope. I've never done this before so I hope it goes okay, we bought a wedding joke book, it should be fun.
Life is good, knock on wood, I'm looking forward to life with my little family, it's neat to see how our circumstances change and how we adjust to it. The Lord is definately watching over us, I'm so grateful for that.
The girls at the preschool invited me to their Yoga class and the first class was tonight, it was so relaxing, I had lots of fun.
Kali and I went to Logan UT to help our sister-in-law organize her move. We had lots of fun with family and we got to eat at my favorite restaurants, Costa Vida and the Golden Coral. I got to go to my favorite store, Deseret Industries, I only spent $30 and bought a pair of shorts, 2 skirts, 2 shirts and a jean jacket, I love that store. We drove, it took 11 hours to get down and 13 hours to get home, I did okay staying awake, we arrived home safely even though it rained the whole way home. I love Utah and the mountians, if Logan were in Canada, I'd move there in a second.
We are also planning on going on a cruise in November. It's a Royal Caribbean cruise from Puerto Rico stopping in some exotic island and down to Barbados, it's a 7 dayer. It'll be hard to be away from Kali for that long, although she'll be with my Mom here so that should reassure me. All the Torries and their spouses will be going too, so in total there will be 21 people, wish me luck.
My little brother, Clinton, is getting married this weekend in Leduc, we are driving up for the weekend and we get to MC his reception. I'm going to start on it tonight, I hope. I've never done this before so I hope it goes okay, we bought a wedding joke book, it should be fun.
Life is good, knock on wood, I'm looking forward to life with my little family, it's neat to see how our circumstances change and how we adjust to it. The Lord is definately watching over us, I'm so grateful for that.
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