my 1st scan-n-stitch!!

I have never taken the time to figure out this scanning thing to show my 12x12 pages on the internet. I finally did! It took me about an hour to follow and re-follow the instructions but I finally got It ! I'm so excited now I'm going to start showing some of my favorite pages! this one is kinda a steal from Becky's sketches 2 book. I just love this set of photos taken of my smiley girl on the deck this summer. I'm crazy! it's 1:31 am. I'm sure this little delight of a girl will get up soon... she's been awful for sleeping lately. I best be going to get what precious sleep I can.

Emerson has said it for me

well I actually have been busy... Dale and I were able to go down th Utah this past week to take a couples training at visionworks In Utah. I was AMAZING ! Dale and grew so close. hope the high stays.We left the kids with Grandma Shaw( dale's mom). So we missed them a lot . I 've just been trying to catch up on life since I'e been home. Cooking, Baking,Laundry, vaccuming , unpacking, card-making, catching up on almost 100 emails,cooking, copying all my photos onto CD's (after hearing Maurita's story I wasn't procrastinating that anymore!) reading, hanging out and wrestling with the kids and playing in the melting snow. Geneva's been sick. so she likes warm baths and clinging to me lately that's about all.
I was blog sufing and I found this quote on Rebecca sower's site.
Ralph waldo emerson said:

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you
could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as
you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a
spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

that's the advice I give to all of you and especially to myself.
I gotta go to yoga now
Peace out

Officially potty trained!!! (i hope)

It a miracle Jonah figured it out. he's decided to be a big boy.
he's so independent about it too.
yesterday I thought for sure he'd had an accident when he yelled up the stairs
"mom I peed"
I tore down the stairs to see that he was in the bathroom with his pants off trying to
pee standing up. he just missed a little.
that has been the highlight of my week. pretty cool huh?

After he pees he often says to Me,

"I'm so proud of you mom"

so funny.

the deal with the ears

so here's the deal we took her into the doctors and he said that she has minor eczeema in her ear canal. Go figure! why did'nt I think of that. He gave her some eardrops that have a minor sterroid in it and she rarely sticks things in her ears. At least I have a few photos of when she was little to prove how weird she was(is) weird, but cute

The beard is gone!

So my husband is so random! one night I politly asked for his beard that he'd been growing for the last two months to go and he said "sure" and promptly went to the bathroom. to shave it off. Of course no all at once. NOnO he has to show me all of the stages of redneck he can go through and trust me they're lovely!

mom wanted to see pictures

These are my gems. playing in the garbage cupboard. playing nicely together which is a rare occasion. Life is busy. But I can't complain.

Scott's Reply

I just had to post my bro-in-law's reply to Geneva's weird obsession. it cracked me up!

"Hey Sarah,
We still have Sasha's dog cone (the one she had to wear when she had her dew claw removed so that she wouldn't lick her scar). I think it would probably work really well on Geneva. Plus, if she's lucky enough she may just be able to pick up some XM radio broadcasts. I hear they have some good kids shows on that fancy new technology.
Let me know,
Scott"

Weird Obsession

Geneva , my 18 month old weirdo has this keen obsession with sticking things in her ears. I don’t know what to do about it. When I make a big deal about it she just starts doing it for attention, but when I ignore it that can get dangerous too! It’s kinda funny in a dangerous way. It’s usually toilet paper. But at the dinnertable she sticks any thing that is ear-sized. Green beans has been a favorite. One time when we were travelling back up the province I was handing her Wendy’s french fries. Just out of curiosity I checked her ears and sure enough! When we got Marilyn's house she had one shoved prety far up there we had to buy special tweezers to get it out! I’ve been to the doctor about it . Thankfully all that he has found is some wax build-up in one ear. His lame brain idea is to try keeping a bonnet on it so she can’t get at her ears. Yeah that lasted a whole 3o seconds, then she had a bonnet hanging around her neck. A great safety hazard! Any suggestions friends/ family???

Old Mc Dennis Had a farm EI-EI-O

After Christmas we went to Brooke Steed and Brett Clelland’s Wedding. It was great , She looked gorgeous. It was so nice to catch up with all the cousins. I wish I got some pictures. I wasn’t thinking. That night we stayed out at the ol’ Smith farm. I love Staying there it’s so noststalgic. Dennis and Joan were so hospitable! Joan was up early makin pancakes and porridge. After breakfast Uncle Dennis took Jonah for a tractor ride.We all got to ride on the quad. There is nothing sweeter than a southern Alberta landscape with mountains in the background. I hope we can go out there this summmer.

The rise and fall of the living room fort

Dale is such a fun dad! I was out one Saturday morning and came home to every blanket, and pillow we own encompassing the livingroom floor. I didn’t stay a fort for more then 10 mintutes because we all know what 2 year olds like to do…

My Blocks

I made these back in october. and I just now downloaded 283 pictures off my camera. What Can I say?I Procrastinate!
They turned out pretty cute

Has it really been four months?

oh my! No wonder nobody ever looks at my blog. It's because I never write in it! nothing and a lot has happened these past four months if that makes any sense. I still do the mom thing and Dale still is as busy as ever at work. But my oh my have our kids grown up. Geneva is walking jumping and running everywhere! Jonah now communicates in full sentances and they are both growing like weeds. Sometimes I take a moment to savor how little they are because I know it won't last long. We're going up to peace River for thanksgiving for peace River and sticking around here for christmas. we're still trying to recover financially from the summer so there will be no trip to Utah like we hed thrown out as an idea a few months ago. I might find my way down to Edmonton to visit my sisters after christmas whether they know it or not.
photos speak more than word so here's a few from this summer to tell what we did!the water ones are at slave lake the mud ones with the Purnell's are at pipestone. and the little girl is Jocelyn, a Very good friend of mine, Jackie came up with her family for a visit from Lethbridge( bless her soul... what a drive!)

ocasionally I got scrappin skills

I made these for my neighbour Allison's birthday. They turned out so cute they're fridge magnets. If I could only pump out stuff like this every day or every other day for that matter I would be done in no time!

Update on me' life

Hey It's been a while and I regret to inform you all the "Blogging" is not the high on my priority list, I just wish I was more computer savy there are some cool blogs out there. like my cousin lindsayb , and Rhonda steed.
It's Easter weekend and I'm very excited my sister Liana and her husband Larry will be her with their four children. I was so excited I couldn't sleep this morning I got up and showered and got dressed...weird that never happens.
here's some cute shot of my kiddies ..and for the record it was taken a few weeks ago so there is no more snow in our backyard!
Jonah and Geneva

What's on your shelf Today

what's on your shelf today?

I think every house in the universe that is normal has a clutter shelf. A place to put things that do not have a home or haven't made it to their home yet. I have a few of these. The two most popular places to put stuff is the ledge separating the front entryway and the living room, and in the kitchen by the phone. at this exact moment these are the things on the ledge:
Kid's tea cup,
penaten cream,
2 moist towelettes(yuo know the kinds from KFC, or something),
2 CD cases,
a tape measure,
a DVD not in it's case upside down,
a twist tie,
and 1 liter jug of bubbles.
If you have these things on your clutter shelf when you're reading it you get a prize!!!
Just joking but do give me some comments to tell me what's on yours
now I"m going to clean it off maybe I will feel like my whole house is clean if I do that

not a finisher

always in progress. That has been the excuse, the music, & the theme to my life. I am always starting new projects, & my house is eternally being cleaned. For the latter part of my life I learned to blame this "unfinisheritus" on the fact that I have ADD. But in all honesty I have never been clinically diagnosed. I just say that because in my last semester in college. I went to the college office where they help people with challenges to take a test to find out what my deal was. If they find a deficit they can give you extra time on exams. So I took the test and the lady said I was off the charts in the ADD section. That they would refer me to a shrink or whatever kind of Doctor they send you to tell you that. It was my last semester, exams were in a few weeks away and I figured ah whatever! I made It this far without any drugs or professional help... I'll be fine...and I am fine!! I'm great ! I somehow found a great husband (Dale). and we had two fine children. Jonah, almost 2 and Geneva, 6 months.
And Although I am flawwed and unfinished around the edges, I am grateful for where life has brought me. I continue to make the most out of each day whether that be all, or most of the laundry done and at the very least, a sketch started for a scrapbook page! Hopfully I'll finish the important things.