FOR GRANDMA'S AND GRANDPA!!!

A Pretty Girl, in a Pretty dress, with a Pretty Ponytail

Macie just looked to adorably cute today to not take pictures and post them.

PAINT BALLING

Saturday Mark, Macie, and me took a quick trip up to Saskatoon for Russell's 30th Birthday Bash. Beth planned a day of paint balling at a place just outside of Saskatoon. Beth and Sister Butler were sweet and watched Macie for me so I could go play and have some fun. It was a blast, I haven't been paint balling in over 10 years. We played many different games and I got one sweet brooze. The only part that sucked was when a paintball exploded in my mouth, so disgusting. Mark had a blast too and got a couple of good shots to the back. After playing we headed to Russell's parents house for some delicious ribs and cake. It was such a great day and so glad we made the trek East to celebrate with Russell. I love those Butlers and so glad they live close to us and that we get to have some fun adventures with them, they are such great friends and such great examples to us.

BABY BUM'S

Why are they so cute, why are they so delightful to look at, why do you want to smack one (of course lightly) anytime you see one, and of course Macie's is extra cute and extra squishy and extra tiny making it that much harder not to love.

I also love that the second Macie hears the water running she bolts to the bathroom, stands up and looks in the tub, with so much excitment she can barely contain herself.  Bath time is definitely the favorite part of her day, and mine too cause I get to see that adorable naked baby bum.

I CAN DO IT!!!

I can already tell Macie is going to be a little girl that likes to do everything her self. As we were eating supper tonight and I would feed her the food from her spoon and she would spit it out like she didn't like it, changed very quickly when she got to hold the spoon and try and put it in her mouth herself. When she somewhat accomplished this task she would eat every bite. I know I am going to have to tell myself everyday that this is who she is and don't hold her back let her be independent, even when she is taking 10 minutes to tie up her shoes or 5 minutes to put on a coat, and making a huge big mess at supper time!!!

SHOWERING

This is what the little munchkin decided to do while I was showering today!!! I'm glad she had fun.

ANSWERS

After 5 visits to her family doctor and eye doctor it is so nice to finally have answers to Macie's eye. This morning when I woke up this is what my daughters eye looked like.

So I finally told myself this is it I am going to see Dr. Z and get this fixed. The second he saw her he said  I am sending her to see an Opthamologist, by fluke he was in town today. We went over right away to see Dr. Okeefe and after seconds of seeing her he knew it was a blocked tear duct.  So now all we can do is wait and hope it clears up on its own. If by the time she is one it is not fixed then off to a Pediatric Opthamologist we go for surgery.

PERKS!!!

There are definitely some perks about having a hubby that works with an oil company, and this whole entire week proved that. It started on Wednesday with a Shrimp Fest at Champion. They had the Shrimp brought in fresh and anybody could come and devour as much shrimp as they wanted, being a huge shrimp lover my husband got me on the band wagon and we headed to Champion's office after a quick tour at the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show to stuff our faces with some of the best shrimp I have ever had. That evening we got Jeff and Faith to watch Macie while we headed to a dinner and comedy show put on by Baker Oil. And this evening we got VIP tickets to see George Canyon at the Exhibition grounds. He was putting on a benefit concert for the Lloydminster Youth Center and Devon was a huge corporate sponsor, meaning they were given some free tickets with VIP seating. It was so much fun and Mr. Canyon put on an amazing show. However the best part of it all was that everything was free. $45 was spent this whole entire week. $20 we donated to the Youth Center and $25 to pay the babysitter for tonight.

Front Row seats

Don't tell Mark but George Canyon is a hottie, plus he has an amazing voice.

The most amazing fiddle player

George Canyon's tour bus

THE GRAND TOUR!!!

Well here it is, the house is in no way ready and all set up, but I thought if I didn't do it now I might never get around to posting pics.  The whole entire house is eventually going to be re-painted. The next painting projects will be the Orange wall in the family room/ dinning room area. I am going to paint it a deep red. Then the Master bedroom and bathroom, then hopefully the spare bedroom in the basement. We will probably take a break for a while after that and pay someone to paint the rest of the house so it looks really good and professional.

So here it is, in all it's messy disorganized glory.

without a doubt my favorite part of the house, a fenced in backyard with a huge play centre.

The Master Bathroom which will soon be painted Forest Glen

The Master Bedroom will be Forest Glen on the bottom and Chocolate Froth on the top. Love the space and having fun thinking of fun ideas for the room.

My second favorite part of my house. A WALK IN CLOSET!!!!

The view from the Master Bedroom, soon that wall will be red.

Macie's room

THE DEN!!! I love love love it and the way it turned out.  Also love the desk, got it in the mail on tuesday and it is so awesome to have for organizing life and working on the computer.

This wall will have some cute black and white decor on it and I am staining the table black as well.

The Main floor bathroom.

The stairs to the Master Bedroom

Family room. Can't wait to get the wall painted so I can start putting up pictures.

Kitchen/dinning room. I miss my huge kitchen, but love newer appliances and a DISHWASHER, YAY!!

Front Entrance

Our very messy garage. Love that it is attached.

Stairs to the basement.

awesome storage under the stairs.

Downstairs Family Room

soon to be Macie's play area and air hockey area.

Basement Bathroom

Awesome spare bedroom. Nice and big. I can't wait to paint and decorate this room I have so many fun, cute ideas.

and the awesome laundry room. I love the cupboards so nice for storage. As well there is a nice area for food storage on the opposite side of this wall.

BIRTHDAYS, BIRTHDAYS AND MORE BIRTHDAYS!!

This month is such a special one it's birthday time for me, and Hakon, and Russell, and Royall, and Rhonda, and Dani and Brock and Colton and Abbie, and Annika and Uncle Bob and Uncle Jeff and Vanessa and I am sure I have missed someone. Maybe it is because it is my birthday month that I remember more people who share this month with me, but seriously it seems like there are a lot of friends and family with September Birthdays. So For my B-Day we did a quick trip to my parents house to visit and then headed to Barrhead to celebrate Mark's Aunt Rhonda and "Uncle" Mark's 50th Birthday. It was quick but fun and full of tons of good food.  Macie was a lucky girl and got to see all of her Grandparents this weekend as Vickie made the trek up to Barrhead for the Birthday Bash. I forgot to get pics at the birthday party but will post a few we took in Ponoka.