365 of 365 - Happy Trails To You...........

....until we meet again!

Well here it is,

my 365th photo!

I feel that I have improved some of my 

photography skills and I still have 

a lot to learn.

I appreciate all of the comments

and encouragement that

I received over the past year.

Thank-you!

I am going to take a little break from

my camera and

maybe read some "how to" books.

For now,

I will still be posting a photo

 here and there

and soon enough,

I'm sure I'll start all over at 1.

364 of 365 - The Same But Different!

Only 1 more picture left!

I took the same picture that

I took for my very first photo

364 days ago!

It is the same but we still have so 

much more snow this year!

Have a look back at #1,

today you can't even see the bottom

of my slide!!

363 of 365 - Scents

I closed another Partylite show

this evening.

It was fun,

the whole family was involved

in choosing the scents

that they were going to have

for their home!

The husband and children had my

scents all over the table -

they just couldn't decide!

When you've got $200 worth

of FREE product,

it takes a few minutes to use it all up!

362 of 365 - Congratulations Team Turner!

After an exciting game

Team Turner

won the "C" final.

The score was 6 - 2 after 6 ends.

Great finish boys!

Congratulations!

361 of 365 - Equipment Shopping

With Lacrosse season

starting next weekend

Zachary tried on his equipment

and realized that there were

a couple of things he needed to replace.

Fortunately he didn't need

a new stick

but I had to take a picture 

of all of the different heads and

shafts that there are to choose from.

We would have been there all day!

360 of 365 - Expression

Oh I am soooo excited!!!

Steve bought me 

the Cricut Expression!

All I keep thinking about is all

of the options I've got as far as

vinyl projects go now!

I can make letters and pictures up to 24"

so if there's anything that anyone would like in vinyl,

I'm sure we could make that happen!!

On another topic -

I only have 5 more photos left!!

Woohoo!!

359 of 365 - Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

I made 

GREEN waffles,

GREEN juice &

magic GREEN pudding

for lunch 

and then 

GREEN cupcakes

with

GREEN icing and

GREEN sprinkles

for snack today!!

The kids loved it!

I hope you all had a great day too!

358 of 365 - Green Preparation

I made green sugar cookies today

with green sprinkles.

Every year for St. Patrick's Day

I make green food for the kids.

Lunch, drinks and snacks are all green!

They love it!

Tomorrow is green day

and we do it up right!

357 of 365 - Jelly Beans!!!!

I 

LOVE

Jelly Beans!!

356 of 365 - Winds Of Change

With the weather having made a drastic

change today, 

I felt it necessary to have this 

for my photo today.

If it stays this nice

the snow will be gone before we

know it!

355 of 365 - Melting

It was so beautiful

today but the roads were

so very messy!

It would be wonderful if

it stayed nice now. 

354 of 365 - Spring Colors

The colors of spring

were everywhere at 

Michael's today!

Now if the weather can follow,

we'd all be happy!

353 of 365 - Racing

Zach and Ashley rented

Kinect Sports 

tonight.

It is so much fun watching them

play these games together!

They were racing each other 

in this photo.

Hilarious!!

352 of 365 - Choices, Choices and More Choices

We were downtown tonight

to buy some birthday gifts

for our niece and nephew.

Ashley had to go into

Build A Bear.

It's a conspiracy, 

I'm sure of it!

I do have to admit,

the bears do have a very nice

selection of clothes.

351 of 365 - Frosty

The frost was

beautiful 

this morning!

350 of 365 - Shrove Tuesday

Did everyone enjoy their

pancakes today?

The kids were

very happy with pancakes

for lunch!

349 of 365 - Castle

Steve and I had a short coffee

date this evening and I

actually remembered to take my 

camera!

The Bessborough was the photo

I had to have tonight.

So beautiful!

348 of 365 - Ballet Exam

Ashley had her

Grade 5 Ballet Exam today.

The girls were warming up and I took 

advantage of the situation

and caught a few great

photos.

After it was all done

the girls were very happy!

Great work girls!

347 of 365 - Practicing

Ashley had on her costume 

for her solo and decided to practice 

all of her dances this morning.

This is from her lyrical

group.

Tomorrow is her ballet exam 

and she is definitely

in the zone already!

346 of 365 - Sunshine

Didn't the sun

look awesome coming through

the back door 

this afternoon?

345 of 365 - Craft Shelf

Pretty uneventful,

very cold day again!

The shelf in my

scraproom

looked great today.

I'm trying to get the kids

books caught up so I can try to

add activities as they

happen this year!

344 of 365 - Cross

The cross on the wall caught my attention

this evening.

This one's for you, Mom!

Everything will be okay soon.

Love you!

343 of 365 - Catching Up

I decided that it was time

to get caught up

on my scrapbooking.

By the time I found and printed the

photos, found all of the

extras that go with the pictures,

and sat down to get started

I realized that all I got done

was created a 

HUGE MESS!!

Oh well!

At least it's all ready for when

I have time another day!

342 of 365 - Ice Cream?!?

My children decided that,

of all days,

today would be a great day

 to have ice cream for dessert!

I suppose that when you've had so many

days of  -35 to -49

it would get to the point where

it really doesn't matter.

The blizzard outside didn't seem to

faze them!

341 of 365 - Team Sask = Team Canada!!!!!

We were so very excited

this evening when

Team Saskatchewan

won the 

Tournament of Hearts!

We got home from Zach's curling

game to see the last 

two ends.

We are now looking forward to 

the Briar starting next week.

340 of 365 - It Figures!

It's Roll Up The Rim

time again and as per usual,

 I haven't won a darn

thing yet!

Steve's won twice,

Zach once

and my sister once.

Maybe the next time?

339 of 365 - Extra Frosty Morning

It is, 

absolutely, ridiculously

COLD

this morning!

Poor windows!

I guess this is what happens

when it's - 49!

(Yes I said MINUS 49!)

There is an extreme wind chill warning

and I am so very happy that

there isn't any school,

I don't believe that I would

have let them go if there was!

Stay warm!

338 of 365 - Couldn't Resist!

We BBQ'd pork chops

for supper tonight!

No they weren't on fire!

It was -30something

and the BBQ was

just steaming!

Yep, we may be crazy

but the chops were

delicious!!

337 of 365 - Roses

I love it when Steve brings

flowers!

These are from last Tuesday

and they are still

beautiful!

336 of 365 - Super High Snowbanks

I went out to shovel after lunch 

and realized that our snowbanks are

ridiculous!

Zach is almost 6' tall and they are

just about the same height

as you can see!

I had the boys sit on top so 

it made a better

visual.

The grass should be extra

green and the trees should be

awesome this year too!

Can't wait!

335 of 365 - Peaceful

After a wonderfully busy

weekend with family,

It was nice to light the candles,

sit back and relax.

334 of 365 - Beautification

Grace and Ashley were hard at work

this morning. 

The straightened, curled,

applied makeup

so we could go

shopping!

It's so much fun watching

pre-teen girls get themselves all

dolled up!

333 of 365 - Let Them Be Little

After swimming this evening,

Ashley and her cousins,

Grace & Ella,

were playing Barbies!

I love that they still

love to play with the Barbies.

It may not be too long before they aren't all 

that interested.

For now we will

let them be little!

332 of 365 - Gel Nails

I was so excited to be

a test patient

for my sister, Cynthia, today!

She has just learned how to apply

gel nails and I got to be her very first

"customer"!

She did really well and I suspect

I will have some pretty

awesome fingernails 

from now on!!

Thanks Cynthia!

331 of 365 - God's Hands

My sister, Belle, gave me this

a few years ago

and for whatever reason

it caught my attention today.

I love it! 

The card that came with it says,

"Life is a gift from God.

Day after day,

he showers us with His

most precious stones

Beauty, Love, Abundance

........Life!"

Maybe I am feeling extra

blessed today!

330 of 365 - More Snow?!?!?!

Holy Moly!!!

I spent 45 minutes yesterday

SCRAPING

all of the ice off of our

driveway!

Now we've had to shovel

TWICE

already today and will 

probably have to

do it again in the morning!

329 of 365 - Chocolate Heart

Just a simple photo

of a simple chocolate heart.

Looks too pretty to eat!

328 of 365 - Happy Valentine's Day!

I made heart shaped

sugar cookies for the kids today.

They always look forward to them!

I love cinnamon hearts so 

together they make

complete happiness!

Hope everyone has a fabulous 

Valentine's day

with your loved ones!

327 of 365 - What I Came Home To Today.....

Beautiful!

My sweet husband 

had these sitting on the table for me

when I got home

this afternoon!

He definitely knows how

to make my day!

I love you!

326 of 365 - That's My Boy!

Apparently Zach is ready for

Spring!

Today he was wearing

shorts and

drinking a Slurpee!!

Crazy Kid!!

325 of 365 -Train Lights

When we came home 

from swimming tonight,

there was a train

that must have been loading up.

 It was going back & forth

and blowing it's horn.

The lights looked amazing in the dark,

between the trees.

This was the view from our back door!

324 of 365 - Ski Pass

Well there it is,

Ashley's tattered and torn ski pass!

She had a blast and can't wait to

go again.

She has bruises on her legs and 

every muscle in her body

hurts from the tumbles

she apparently took

but

she made it home in one piece!

323 of 365 - Ready to Ski

We were getting Ashley

all packed up for

skiing tomorrow.

The school is headed up to

Table Mountain.

This will be her first time

and we hope she loves it!

We are also really hoping that the weather

is a lot better.

Have fun Ashley

and please 

be safe!

322 0f 365 - Bet You Didn't Know.........

That a group of 14 year old

boys can get in to see

"Jack**s" (Rated "R")

with no problem

but they needed to prove that they 

were 14 (after they already paid for the tickets!)

to go and see

"The Green Hornet"!

(Rated 14A)

No, they didn't get to see the

movie but did get

coupon for free popcorn

for the inconvenience!!

They have to show 2 pieces of ID

next time -

lesson learned.

321 of 365 - Bittersweet Birthday

This is Jacey.

She is one of the children I babysit.

Today was her birthday and

tomorrow she leaves for 

Edmonton as she is

having surgery to repair a 

leaky heart valve on Friday.

Please keep her in your prayers

this week.

Be strong, Jacey!

We'll see you when you get home!

320 of 365 - Super-bowl's of Chips

These chips were the snacks

for Superbowl tonight.

I know,

not a very good pun for the name

of this post but it worked!

Come on,

it's really all I had!

;)

319 of 365 - You're Kidding, Right?

Would you believe that this is

the inside of a 5th wheel?

We went to the RV show today

and some,

I mean MOST,

of the trailers were nicer, on the inside,

than our house!!

There is no way these could be used

by a family who enjoys

real camping!

We'll stick to our tent trailer,

thank-you very much!

318 of 365 - Trigger

Meet Trigger.

He is a 3 month old German Shepherd.

Jay(my brother) & Laura just got him a few weeks ago

but this is the first time we got to meet him.

Keelah is doing alright with him

but isn't all that thrilled

with Trigger biting her ears.

He is very cute and 

will probably be quite large!

(Look at those paws!)

317 of 365 - February Finches

I was so excited today!

I looked out the kitchen window

to see that our flock of

Finches had come back to clean

all of the berries off of the trees again.

I know I'm supposed to post one photo but I

was also able to get a close up so I am

posting that as well.

They are so beautiful and

very fat!

I'm so glad they came back!