Tuesday night Tire Troubles

Well my night started of pleasant enough. On Tuesdays Carl comes over to hang out with me. Tonight we had a special project we put together a wooden fighter jet. No easy task let me tell you but we both liked it and I am sure anyone would agree that the final product looks pretty impressive!

As I was getting ready to leave the Days home Sharon and I were talking by the back of the car, when Sharon asked what was sticking out of my tire. What a surprise there was a long metal nail (I think) sticking out of the sidewall of the tire. Sharon started to pull it out and then decided that it may go in a little too deep so we should get Paul to have a look. I am so glad we did! Paul pulled it in and I think it must have gone 1 to 2 inches into the tire, and when it came out you could hear a loud hissing. Any of you that do not know Paul, he has a business that supplies tire repair products and machines. I couldn't have had this happen a better place. Paul quickly went and got some stuff to fill the hole. unfortunately because the hole was in the side wall it didn't work soooo.... Paul needed to take the tire off my car. It just so happens that recently Paul had bought a machine that can take tires of rims and balance them and a whole lot more I'm sure. Anyway after some time he was able to fix my car and send me on my way. I am so thankful to have such great friends that can really help you out of a tight spot. I can only imaging me getting stuck on Deerfoot with a flat! Not a pretty picture.

Confession of a procrastinator

Okay, so I am a terrible blogger. It seems like a simple enough idea to sit down once a week and write a little something and attach a photo, but somehow life always seems to get in the way! Anyway I thought I would put up a funny video of Georgia and Mika in their pool. It has been a little warm lately, and they will not play in the backyard unless they have the pool set up! Carl and his cousin were over for a visit on the day we filmed this. Sorry about all the naration I don't seem to be a ble to help my self!

Update Number 1

I think this may take me a few sittings to get up to date with what we have been doing for the last month. Well as my last post stated my wonderful Mom has been and gone. We had such a great visit with her that I seriously thought about keeping her here against her will. If I didn't think that Dad, David and Ally would have been upset she would still be here. She really earned her keep, as I had to work five days while she was here, she reorganized my kitchen, my Tupperware cupboard ( that was a really job alone) and my linen closet. Not only did she do all that but she also came to work with me and did a days worth of work for me, cutting and re cutting pages to go into a communication book for us to demo to classes. Mom that book has been out twice already, Eleanor and I still talk about how great it was that you did that. We had a nice long weekend at the end of her visit and I took an extra personal day to spend with her. I think we really tried out the saying shop till you drop as we hit the church bookstore, the distribution center, Crave (my favorite cupcake place) and IKEA twice! On Mom's last day here we thought it would be fun to take her to the zoo, we thought it would tire her out and make it easy for her to sleep on the plane. Boy were we wrong, sure she was tired but all that walking made her legs jumpy for the flight. Sorry Mom! Well all in all it was so great to have her visit, I wish we could see each other every weekend... wouldn't that be fun!

Mom Hard at work at the office, she got to go to a business lunch that day too!

Yummy cupcakes

This baby gorilla is only one year old! so cute!

Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to be a Joey?

6 MORE SLEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For anyone who hasn't heard, My Mom is coming to visit on Saturday. I just can't wait. The last time my mom was out here was 5 years ago. This is a much needed visit too, it's amazing that no matter how old you get you will always need your Mom (and Dad too! :-D). I think it will be the first time in 8 years that I will see my Mom on Mother's Day.

All Dressed up

As most of you have heard me complain the weather here has been a bit chili lately. Anyway Georgia and Mika just don't have enough fur to keep them warm on trips to the park. I just couldn't get over how cute they looked on our last trip to the park! Mika's shirt is one that Kay bought for Georgia a few years ago and it just cracks me up every time I see it!

A little note about the humans in the family!

As most of you know I have done some interpreting out here at church over the past nine years (with a few breaks in there). Anyway it looks like I will be doing some more interpreting again. For the next four months I will be interpreting at the single adult ward in our stake. Unfortunately the single ward and our ward meet at the same time. As I explained to my primary kids "I can't be at two places at the same time". I am going to miss my primary class very much they are such great kids, but I think interpreting again will be lots of fun too! Hopefully it will be okay for Chad to come with me too, so he doesn't have to go to church alone!

Winter is here again!!!!!

Just when we think it's safe to put away the shovel! This was the scene in my backyard this morning. Can you believe it. I felt like I had slept through 7 months and it was time to break out the Christmas decorations. My poor little flowers are no more, but I'm happy to say that the snow is starting to go away again!

Cards, Cards and Plane Tickets

Another fun and busy week here at the Jewers'.This week I am going to my first card swap and had a blast making all these cards! I can't wait to see what everyone else has made. I also bought my plane ticket for this summer!!!! I am going home!!!! I fly into Halifax on the 7th of August. This will be the first time all 7 kids in my family have all been home together in six years, and best of all nobody's getting married!

Busy weekend

It's not often that Chad and I get a weekend together when there is nothing planned, outside of the two of us. So we thought we would take this weekend to do something out of the ordinary, a little trip up to Banff. We took an eight minute ride up the banff gondola to the top of Sulphur mountain. On the observation deck they tell you how far away you are from different cities and in what direction you would need to go. I found Halifax and was ready to start walking.. but I don't think I would make it to the Easter brunch on time... oh well. chad and I enjoyed the walk over to the cosmic ray station that has been there for nearly 100 years and enjoyed the beautiful view. I still can't believe that Suzie did this walk at about 6 month pregnant last year... what a trooper! The weather was so wonderful we decided to grab an ice cream from cows!!! We almost felt like we were home! That night we joined Tracy and Becca for Dinner and a movie. You would think that Sunday we would have decided to take it easy, but not us we had Tracy and Becca over for a Turkey dinner. What a weekend! We hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

First Signs of Spring!

At Last, a little ray of hope in my garden! It's seems like years ago since I have seen anything green. I'm sure anyone who lives in Calgary would agree that this winter has lasted an eternity. We are usually blessed with little breaks from the snow through out winter, but this year the snow came and never left! I found these flowers blooming in my garden last Friday and did a little dance. There's a little story about these particular flowers too. You see two years ago I got a bunch of bulbs, planted them and waited....and waited... and waited- nothing! So it's a bit of a shock almost two years later to finally see something. I hope you all are seeing little signs of spring too.

Our Family Has Grown

For any one I haven't spoken to in the last week and a half, we have added to our family. No... no babies yet but we have a new dog. Her name is Mika and she is 2 1/2 years old! Her old owner had to move back in with her parents, and give her away. I found the posting on a Tuesday night and by Thursday she was home with us. It's been a little bit of an adjustment for all, but I think we have finally got everyone in a good groove now. She's not as high energy as Georgia, as she has had puppies recently, but she loves to try to keep up with her in the park!