Merry Christmas

I am not sure if I will write again until after Christmas so I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. For those that are travelling, I wish you safe travels. I pray the holiday will be fun and realxing for all and I pray that we all take a moment to remember why we celebrate Christmas. The gifts are fun and the food is great and spending time with family is wonderful...but we all need to remember Jesus and everything he did for us!!

Merry Christmas!!
Melissa

3 more sleeps

I am such a kid!! I pretend that I am counting the sleeps "with" my kids but really I am doing it for myself. I love Christmas. It used to be for the presents when I was younger. Now I get just as excited to see my kids open thier stuff. They get spoiled every year as they will again this year. But we have taught our kids the true meaning of Christmas and they really do get it. (I am not just saying that because I am their mom!)
I will tell you all about their cool stuff after Christmas...just in case they read this!!

On another note, my daughter proved her impulsiveness again last night. We went to First Choice last night to get Noah a hair cut and she asked for a trim. I said sure...a nice trim before Christmas...very nice. Now I should tell you that her hair grows very slowly...VERY SLOWLY! We have been growing her bangs out for 3 YEARS. Her hair is all one length and down just a little past her shoulders. She was looking through one of the hair salon books and finds a picture she likes. "Can I get my hair cut like this?" she says. I look...it has bangs and cut to the chin!!. I decided long ago that I would not fight battles that are not worth fighting...and this is one of those battles. So I said sure but only if she really wants to. Well she went right up to the girl and said "like this please"...sits down and off comes the hair. She looks great...I love it...she loves it...Rob, not so much, He is a long hair guy and loves her with long hair. I told him to get used to the fact that she will do the exact opposite of what we want her to do and be thankful it is not purple and in a mohawk!!

Have a great day
Melissa

We Won!!

Our Senators party was a success. There was tons of good food, lots of good friends and we beat the Leafs 8-2!!!!. NICE!

Yesturday was the children's play at the church. Both of our kids were in it. Emily was an angel with a few lines. She did great!! Noah was a shepherd and chose not to have a speaking part. He claims he is to shy...but there is nothing shy about this kid anymore. He used to be...he didn't speak to anyone (not even Rob and I) until he was 3. Well he is making up for it now...he is never quiet!!
Anyway...the play was a success and all the kids did a great job!!
We went to Lone Star after...which is my favorite restaurant. So it was a great day all around!

Oh yeah and Rob played a flugel horn solo at church in the morning...he did amazing!!


I love great weekends...but I am very exhausted today...going to bed early tonight!!
Melissa

Snow Day!!

Buses were cancelled this morning and even though my kids are walkers I decided that they should get a snow day too!! We had a lot of fun. They played in the snow for almost 2 hours this morning. They came in covered in snow!! But they had loads of fun. We did Christmas crafts after that...Christmas trees and ornaments covered in stickers, markers and other fun things.

Now I am cleaning my house for my "Senators will beat the Leafs potluck party" tomorrow night. There are about 25 people coming. The Sens better beat the Leafs!!!! There are a couple Leaf fans coming and I don't want them to gloat!!

Have a great weekend!

Melissa

Amazing Race

I am so glad that the Linz family won!! They were my favorite team! They played the game well and I was always impressed with how the brothers treated thier sister. She may have been slower then them and not as strong but they always waited for her and carried her bag when they needed to help her. Nice!!
The Weavers on the other hand I didn't like so much. I am glad that they are Christians and I feel bad for them that they lost thier Dad BUT that does not make them better then everyone else!! They always complained they were not being treated well and would then turn around and talk down about others...not cool!
I am glad in February that it will be back to teams of 2 and that they willb e travelling farther again. The Amazign Race is a great show!!
What is your favorite show right now? Mine is LOST!!
Melissa

Survivor

My favorite survivor made it to the final 2 but did not won. I really liked Stephanie...I liked her last year too. Danni played well and deserved to win but I was still disappointed. This was a really good season ...well casted. The previews for next season look good too. Some new twists. I cannot help but still be a fan of the show. I will continue to watch!!
I was really annoyed that it started 22 min late!! I was really tired but could not make myself go to bed...oh well. As long as I don't fall asleep with the kids here.
Hope you all have a good day
Melissa

Survivor

My favorite survivor made it to the final 2 but did not won. I really liked Stephanie...I liked her last year too. Danni played well and deserved to win but I was still disappointed. This was a really good season ...well casted. The previews for next season look good too. Some new twists. I cannot help but still be a fan of the show. I will continue to watch!!
I was really annoyed that it started 22 min late!! I was really tired but could not make myself go to bed...oh well. As long as I don't fall asleep with the kids here.
Hope you all have a good day
Melissa

Christmas Traditions

Our tree is up and the house is decorated. I LOVE this season. Everything is pretty. I really enjoy putting up decorations in the house. It always makes me think of past Christmas'. We have a few traditions that we do every year. The kids get to open one gift every Christams Eve and it is always jammies to wear to bed that night. Rob and I get new jammies too!! On Christams Day we always have birthday cake for Jesus as our dessert after turkey. Those are just a couple of ours. I was wondering what traditions you ahve woth your families? Let me know.
Melissa

Back home

Loretta is back home...without a baby. She wasn't progressing well and they decided to let her wait it out at home. They are very tired and she is still contracting so hopefully she can get some rest. Hopefully things will progress at home so she can go back and have a baby!!
Melissa

Another update on Michael

Michael is doing really well. He was even up walking yesterday...he needed alot of help but his brain knew how to move his feet...good sign!!
He is still having some memory trouble and his personality is still a little altered. He still tells jokes but now he doesn't understand why they are laughing. They are going to do another scan this week to see more of his brain and any damage that was done. He is even out of the NOAH unit not and into a regular room.
This man is amazing!!
Melissa

MIGHT be labor

For those of you that know Peter and Loretta...they are at the hospital right now in possible labor. She went in last night around midnight and is still there. Steve Noseworthy just dropped Taylor off and that is all he knew. I will keep you posted.
This is Taylor...the big sister!!

WE WON!!

The game was awesome!! The final score was 5-1...very exciting. We almost got a free slice of pizza but we could not get one more goal!!
It was a very violent game as well. 3 of our players were sent to the dressing room for fighting. One was even suspended for a game. Our coach was fined $10,000 too. But all this made for a great game to watch!! We had fun!!
Melissa

Game Night

We are going to see the Senators play tonight! I am very excitited. Hopefully they play better then they did last night!!!

LOST

ok...this has to be the best show on tv. Rob and I LOVE this show. We don't even answer the phone during 9-10 on Wednesday night!! What I like best is you never know what will happen. You think you have it figured out and then they totally go in a different direction. They leave you with your mouth hanging open every epoiside too. Like last night, making us think that Walt is talking to Michael on the ancient computer. Is is really Walt?? What do you think?
If you have never watched this show...I highly recommend it. you should watch season 1 on DVD. It was great!
Melissa