Family Pictures!

Hope you enjoy the new family pictures we got taken at Christmas time!

David Copperfield

Tonight is going to be a VERY fun night! James and I are going out for dinner (I hope) and then we are going to David Copperfield, the illusionist! How fun is that? I have been looking forward to this performance for sometime now, as I bought the tickets back in November! My mom was a little worried that I was going to an "illusionist" because she thought he was evil. I told her not to worry because he is not evil, he admits that he is only playing "eye tricks" and there is no majic involved. It is kind of scary when you think about how your eyes can play tricks on you. Did you know that he made the Effiel Tower "disappear"? How cool is that??

Speaking of "cool", today is FREEZING cold! Without the windchill -29 C and with the windchill -41 C! Needless to say James is not working today... but that is okay, he can catch up in some paperwork and do his GST remittance, and probably play with Lexis. I want a snow day!!!

I write my Real Estate Course 1 exam next Monday evening so I have been studying hard with that all week. I hope that I do okay, I am sure I will. But I should get back to studying here... later!

New Year's Resolution

My New Year's Resolution is to cook/bake more often! For those of you who know me well know that I hardly ever cook. It is not that I hate cooking, infact I quite enjoy eating great meals. I just am REALLY lazy! So I have been doing really well on my New Year's Resolution! James and I have decided that we are going to bake something most nights. And it just dawned on me that I am going to gain so much weight if we actually do that! So far we have ventured into making home-made cinnimon buns and this frozen creamcheese/coolwhip cake. Tonight we will be eating that lovely cake with some great fresh berries! Tonight I think we will bake cookies, I am definetly craving some chocolate chip/oatmeal cookies.

Here is the EASY recipe for the frozen cake:

Mix 2 cups of chocolate cookie crumbs with 1/4 cup of melted butter and press into the bottom of a 9" square cake pan.

In a bowl (or Kitchenaid :) ) whip 2 - 250 g cream cheese squares until creamy
Add 1 tub of coolwhip
Add 1 can of thawed concentrated fruit juice
Mix together till it is not clumpy or lumpy
Spoon over cookie crumb base
Freeze for a couple hours
Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving
Serve with fresh berries and chocolate sauce

ENJOY!

House Trinkets!

I could not decide what to put on my display ledge... than we were shopping at Ross Dress For Less (My FAVORITE American Store) and we found this African Wicker Vase for $9.00! When we brought it home it turned out awesome on the ledge. I am still deciding if I should put up my other 2 items or if the vase is fine on it's own....

This is a picture of the new area rug that I bought for Christmas. You can not really tell but it has the burgandy that matches the wall and green that matches the curtains... Once again, I think it looks just dandy!

My Sister and I

Kristi and I decided that we needed to take some practise pictures before our family picture... I think we looked okay!

Back to work...

I am back!!! Today is my first day back at work after 2 weeks of glorious holidays! We had a great time in the states with my family. We did plenty of relaxing, sleeping in, 2 NBA games, plus much more. The drive was long, 20 hours! But we made it back safe and sound.

Yesterday James and I both did not go to work. We bought some fun stuff with our Christmas money: Central Vac system, garborator, an area rug and other small things. The rug looks so good! I will take a picture and post it soon. We also cleaned the house. It is so hard to believe the amount of junk you bring home with you from a trip. We had so much garbage and stuff that it took a couple of hours to put the house back in order.

Not much else is new right now. January is always a slow month but that is okay because we definetly need some time to relax and sit back. That is one of our New Years resolutions, to take some time to relax and do nothing! Another New Years resolution of mine is to enjoy cooking more and cook more often. Tonight James and I are making cinnimon buns....

Well I better get back to work here since I have not been here for 2 weeks. It seems like the got by with me gone and the office didn't fall apart but it was sure messy when I came in this morning.

Christmas Update

Merry Christmas (Yesterday) and Happy Boxing Day today! Hard to believe that Christmas is over. What a good day it was yesterday. We had my uncle, cousins, aunt, grandma and grandpa come over in the morning for breakfast. The house was packed since there was 5 dogs (luckily 3 got left at home or else there would have been 8!) but we had a great time together playing games, eating and just hanging out.

Our family opened up our presents at 2:00 pm. Some presents that I received were a footspa, spa treatment items, books, kitchen stuff, clothes, and money. James got a really cool gift, he got the 20 question game. He played that game all afternoon and tried to stump it, but the game own most of the time. That little thing is smart!

Lexis is starting to warm up to Maddy and Bailey. The first couple of days she wanted to go in the car and every chance she got she ran out to the car. Now she is trying to play with Maddy, taunting her with toys and the getting mad when Maddy decides to take the toy away. The new puppy is just the cutest thing I have ever seen. She sleeps a lot of the time, but when she is awake she loves to snuggle and play with the big dogs.

Tomorrow we get our family picture taken at 5:00 pm. Every single time we are together we get our picture taken and then someone doesn't like the picture so we don't order it. But we have now decided that we are going to a place that you can see the proofs before you walk away. So hopefully we don't have to take too many pictures to make everyone happy!

I should go and get ready for the day... I have some clothes to return to the wonderful store of Taget! Hope everyone has a great boxing day and the rest of the holidays! Happy New Year!

Made it here to Washington safe and sound... 19 hours of driving!

The puppy is so cute.... her name is Bailey not Kenzie.

Anyway. James said that I shouldn't be updating this right now... so I will have to write again another time!

Merry Christmas!

My Christmas Present!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!!! James and I exchanged Christmas presents last night! This is what he bought me, a Kitchen Aid Mixer! Isn't that just great! I was so excited to use it that I baked a cake at 9:00 pm, just to prove to him that I would be using it. It came with a bonus set too, spatula, whisk, baster, measuring cups, and spoons! Then we also splurged on each other because we went out and bought these really modern dish set.... James picked them out. What did I get James for Christmas you ask? Well, he got sweatpants, socks, underwear, a t-shirt and a new Christmas Eve shirt, and I subscribed him to the Leader-Post Newspaper. How boring!

Another Pic!

Here is a pic of my sister (Kristi), Maddy (bigger pup), and the new addition (name might be McKenzie "Kenzie"). I will let you know when they get a name that they keep. Aren't they just adorable!!