Day 7

Day 7 - Something You Wore

Wednesdays are one of the busier days in our house.  We have a few different uniforms to wear today.

Chase has Cubs.  Here he is in his Cub uniform.  He absolutely loves cubs!  It is his goal (and mine) to get his whole sash full of badges.  Hes doing pretty good so far.

On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Kadie and Chase both have swim club.  Its amazing how much they improve in such a short time.  They are way better swimmers than I am already!  Here's Kadie in her swim club attire, minus the swim cap.

This year Kadie also decided to play in the grade 6 spring basketball league.  Matt is the coach, and its fun for them to do this together.  Kadie has sure learned a lot about basketball during the past couple weeks. 

 I was a bit nervous about this basketball.  When the guy in charge called with Matt's team list, he said, "Now this is just for fun, but remember it is Raymond!"  Yikes, that is pressure!

Day 6

Day 6 - "5 pm"

5pm is usually the craziest time of day.  Today it wasn't too bad.

I'm watching 2 of Tracie's kids while her and Steve went to Vegas.  The kids have gotten along so well!  I love just standing around where they are playing and listening to them talk to each other.  Kash and Nixon are so funny!

So here is what 3 of the kids were doing at 5.

Nixon had just woken up from his nap, and he usually wakes up like this:

I'm trying to make supper.

All in all, a pretty uneventful 5 o'clock.

Day 5

Day 5 - "Smile"

Heres Kadie working on her homework after school.

The pictures a bit blurry, because my camera died, so I have to use my phone.

Day 4

Day 4-  "Bedside"

Well heres my bedside table in all its glory!  Don't judge.

Day 3

Day 3  "Your Neighbourhood"

In December we bought a house in Raymond.  Here it is. 

Photo Challenge

So obviously I have not blogged in quite a while!  I need a little motivation, so thanks to my sister Leslie, I now have a reason to blog again.

Last month she did a blogging photo challenge.  I think it was to help her blog more, and it also gave her a reason to take more pictures.  I need help in both areas, so Ive decided to copy her.

Here's how it works.  I'm given a list of things I need to take a picture of, and each day I take a picture, and blog about one thing on the list.  Easy right? 

So here it goes. 

Day 1  "Up"

Matt has challenged our kids to do push-ups, chin-ups, and sit-ups everyday.  Nixon thinks its really fun!

Day 2  "Fruit"

Yesterday we took the kids skiing.  Heres Spencer and Marlie eating some lunch.  I know that this isnt fruit, but it is what I had.

Alice organized a ski trip for some of her homeschooling friends, so we decided to tag along.  The kids had a blast.  I was only going to let Chase and Spencer ski, but Ali had an extra pass, so Marlie went as well. 

The kids had so much fun skiing, and they all did so great!

Kadie went on a ski trip yesterday with her school class.  She had to wake up early and be to the bus by 6am.  Matt and I both got up, to help her get ready, and before she left, I said we should just say a prayer.  This is something that I don't do as faithfully as I should.  So I said a quick prayer of safety, and asked that she would have a great day.

That evening I got a phone call from my friend Carrie, who Kadie was driving home with, and she said that they got into an accident.  The roads were icy, and the car in front of them started spinning, Carrie wasn't able to stop, and she T-boned the other car.  Both cars went into the ditch, and because there was so much snow in the ditches, they didn't roll.  Everyone was fine, nobody got hurt.

 When we talked about it after she got home, I told Kadie how greatful I was that we had said a prayer together that morning, and asked that she would be watched over and protected.  I was happy when she told me, that that was one of the first things she thought of after they crashed.

I am so greatful to know that Heavenly Father does watch over us, and Im greatful that both mine and Kadies testimonys of prayer were strengthened yesterday.

A Month of Stealing

For those of you who don't know, we have just moved to Raymond.  I have been so excited to move back to Southern Ab, where the grass is greener, the air is sweeter, the people are nicer... 

Well I have been excited, but I'm starting to think that we are not wanted in this little Mormon town.

It all started two weeks ago, when we woke up to discover our van missing.  We drive a beautiful 2002 Pontiac Montana minivan.  Apparently exactly what small town thief's are looking for.

We found our van a few days later, parked in church parking lot.  I guess someone just needed a ride to the church in the middle of the night!?  Doesn't look like they caused any damage, but that was the first sign that maybe we should keep our eyes open, or at least keep our eyes on our stuff!

That same week, Chase brought his football to school.  Sure enough when he went to play with it at recess, it was gone.  He told the teacher, but she didn't do anything about it!  No announcement over the intercom, no posters were made - nothing!

Chase found the ball the next day, back on his shelf.  That was our second warning to get out!

Then just last night, the thieves followed me to HillSpring.  I went to my cousins baby shower, and had a great time.  We were the last to leave, and I went to put on my brown Old Navy Boots, only to discover them missing too!!!!  Someone stole my shoes!!!  In the middle of winter!!! 

In their place was a nice pair of brown UGGS.  We all know that the UGGS are a better boot, I'm sure that they cost a LOT more than my Old Navys.  What else could I do, than put them on and go home? 

 Some people might say that things are starting to look up for the Evans family.  But I think my dad said it best when he said, "Sure hope there's not Foot Rot in those boots..."

We should probably pack our bags right now, and move back to Blackfalds.