Friday, February 7, 2014

Days 32-59 (February 1-28, 2014)

Day 32 - February 1, 2014

Savannah and Alex took their turn baking today...Savannah baked up a storm with Kim...cupcakes, chocolates and cake galore! Alex made apple crisp all by himself. Carsten baked last week and I will hopefully get a picture of him when he does it again.


Day 33 - February 2, 2014

Savannah was pretty happy to show me the chocolates they made but more importantly...she has 54 braids in her hair. Savannah has wanted 54 braids in her hair for a while and Kim worked diligently to make her wish come true. I am not sure why she wanted 54 but thanks Kim!


Day 34 - February 3, 2014

Rowan was playing shy, not wanting to take his coat and shoes off...or so I thought. I told him I'd let him keep them on and when he is ready to come play, we'd play. A few minutes later, I called for him to come play and he didn't answer. I checked on him and he was standing by the bench sleeping...must have been a rough night.


Day 35 - February 4, 2014

Carsten presenting his book report via FaceTime to Mark who was away for work in North Carolina again.


Day 36 - February 5, 2014

Savannah doing some bedtime reading with Kim...American Girl catalogue...making her wish list :)


Day 37 - February 6, 2014

After all the baking the kids have been doing, I thought I would surprise the kids and make some cupcakes for them.


Day 38 - February 7, 2014

Opening ceremonies of the Olympics today...we are all ready to cheer Canada on.


Day 39 - February 8, 2014

Carsten was happy to help out at the school's Goods and Services Auction...he was even more excited to see a red striped tie in the silent auction. He kept an eye on the bidding and was thrilled that we won the tie. Carsten was proud to put it on as soon as he could.


Day 40 - February 9, 2014

Savannah with the flower centrepiece that we bought at the auction.


Day 41 - February 10, 2014

Carsten practicing his baritone...now if only we could get him to practice the piano more often.


Day 42 - February 11, 2014

Today Kim and I made applesauce…it was some work but was great to taste the fruits of our labour. We hope to do another day next week to make some more.


Day 43 - February 12, 2014

Happy Birthday Savannah! We are so thankful that God blessed us with a spunky, silly, fun loving, studious and athletic little girl nine years ago.


Some of Savannah's Favourite Things...

Colour...Black
Toy...Dolls
Fruit...Strawberries
TV Show...Jessie
Movie...The Lego Movie
Thing to wear...Red Wing Jersey
Animal...Giraffes
Song...Everything is Awesome
Book...Rachel Yoder series
School Subject...Art
Snack...Doritos
Drink...Lemonade
Breakfast...Bacon & Eggs
Lunch...Grilled Cheese
Dinner...Roast Beef, Potatoes and Green Beans
Game...Minecraft 
Thing to play outside...Hockey
Holiday...Christmas

If you had one wish what would it be? Snowboard sometime and play in the NHL

Savannah loves to cuddle with her dad. 

Savannah loves to watch hockey with her mom. 

Savannah loves to play Minecraft with Alex. 

Savannah loves to play hockey with Carsten.

Savannah likes to draw, and play hockey, but she especially loves to play school with her friends and all their American Girl dolls.  When Savannah grows up she would like to be a hockey player. 

Day 44 - February 13, 2014

Alex was finally wanting to be the picture of the day...he wanted to show part of the decoration from their Christmas door decorating contests at school...everyone got Duck Dynasty beards. Here is Alex trying to look like his DD picture.


Day 45 - February 14, 2014

Mark and I at the Winter Wonderland Fundraising Dinner at church.


Day 46 - February 15, 2014

Today we celebrated Savannah's birthday with the girls in her class. Very fun day.


Day 47 - February 16, 2014

And one more celebration...birthday cupcakes for Savannah, Jaelyn and Ava.


Day 48 - February 17, 2014

While visiting family this weekend, we enjoyed tobogganing on Family Day. It was so cold but a lot of fun!


Day 49 - February 18, 2014

Kim and I got to work early and we made apple sauce til we ran out of jars again...49 big jars and 18 small jars and a tupperware container full of applesauce. Yum :)



Day 50 - February 19, 2014

We have finished the puzzle Savannah got for her birthday...except for one piece...that seems to have gone missing.



Day 51 - February 20, 2014

What a great game between the women of Canada and the USA...the Canadian women had an amazing comeback scoring 2 goals in the last five minute of the game to tie it up. Canada scored in overtime to win Gold!


Day 52 - February 21, 2014

I've had a lot of pain lately in my ankle/feet and then the pain started to move up my leg...let's just say that Plantar Fasciitis and Shin Splints are NOT fun!! Hoping it gets better soon!


Day 53 - February 22, 2014

I totally love this picture floating around the internet/facebook and decided to use it for my picture of the day...I don't go to Tim Hortons often but this seems to be what I see when I Roll up the Rim...


Day 54 - February 23, 2014

We enjoyed watching the Canadian Men's hockey team battle Sweden for Olympic Gold...we were thrilled when the men took gold again :D


Day 55 - February 24, 2014

Olympic Withdrawal?? Here is our message board that will get get cleared off after two weeks of Olympic drawings, results, cheers, etc. We have loved watching all sorts of sports and athletes competing in Sochi.


Day 56 - February 25, 2014

After putting out recycling and garbage last week, the recycling wasn't picked up...let's just say it was not a good thing because we always have a lot of recycling stuff. Rain and snow came without it being picked up. After six days and quite a few phone calls, we came home and saw that finally someone came back to pick up our recycling...the bad thing is that this is what we came home to...bins not emptied and stuff strewn over the front yard. It has been a good learning experience for all of us and how we need to do our jobs well. Needless to say if my kids had done this, I would have called them back til they did the job right.


Day 57 - February 26, 2014

My supper tonight...it was quite yummy...if only I could make mashed cauliflower taste like potatoes.


Day 58 - February 27, 2014

I don't think winter is over...a winter storm blew in crazy quick.


Day 59 - February 28, 2014

Alex has been wearing this hat all over lately...figure I best capture him and his hat.