Royal Alberta Museum with Jade Hudson

today we went to the Royal Alberta Museum with Jade.........the boys really liked the Alberta part were the look at all the animals in alberta and they also liked the bug room and the rock room the other ones were not there strong likes to be there,,,,,,,,,it is just so much fun to watch them growing up and learning and enjoying and being able to communicate there love and passion for things, they are changing so much and becoming amazing kids not that they weren't before but it is just fun to watch them grow into there own selfs............this summer of doing lots of different things has been great, alot of work but so great

here is the link to the pictures:
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i172/mousir_family/Royal%20Alberta%20Museum%20with%20Jade/

home

Well as nice is it is to be home, the first day is always hard to adjust and david went back to work today too, so the kids are kinda cranky as they don't understand why he can't play still but other wise we are doing good, and glad to be home too our beds :)

a time to see a new baby and a time too laugh with some friends

so finally we get to see Matthew and Christine's baby he is about 3 months old here....his name is Dominc, it was just nice to be able to get pictures with all the grand kids for my parents as it is not often all the kids are together.

A couple hours away from the kids even on holidays it is soooooooooo great, we got to go out for dessert with Barb and Glenn Kiddle, we went to the Palliser downtown Calgary and yes there desserts are great but a little pricey in my mind for what you get, but that is okay, it really was the talking that was the important part of this time, just to have adult time with our friends and to be able to talk about the things in our lives that are causing hurt or laughing at the things that we have done that dumb, oh i miss our weekly dinner nights.......or laugh nights, laughing is so good for you, it is great form of therapy! who knows if we can't move back there maybe one day they will move closer to us :)

so here is the end of the holidays so back home we go so here is the pictures from the week :)http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16469&l=783a0&id=589445629

happy birthday Joshua

so today we got up and we ate a bit and then headed out too Okotoks so that we could go see the Kiddle's as we have not really seen them in awhile, good thing we called before we got there because they were still sleeping about 9ish silly people you would like summer up early anyways we got there and sat and talked for a bit and then Barb made breakfast for everyone what a awsome mom is she.....and my boys even ate pancakes and eggs....which they won't do at home but hey we are not at home so they are allowed to do different things right......but it was a good thing i had all our swimming stuff in the van (my van of magic) as we decided to go to the lake with them oh and the White's came to which always adds another element of fun, but i can tell you as i was leaving i left apart of me there, I so miss sitting talking and doing nothing with Barb, I don't think i have ever had a friend as great and special as she is, i am always trying to find someone just like her and i have decided i never will we just have to make more of a effort to spend time with them, and i know that the phone is just as good when distance is a issue good thing for free long distance!
Later that night we went back to grandma and grandpa mousir's to have cake for joshua's birthday and Aunty Judy came over with some gifts for the kids and had fun, it is nice that the kids can see her every once in awhile, it would be nice to see all the aunts and uncles but life and life and they will see who is around and the other times we will have to make it up as we go along, we know everyone has busy lives as do we!
Then we went back to the tent to sleep for 1 more night, the kids went to sleep well after a long day

another fun day

today we decided that we were going to go camping so we went and payed for it ealier in the day and then we went out in the evening.......but first we thought we would do something cool with the kids, trying to keep up on our cool stuff wouldn't want the kids to get bored.....so we went to the Calgary Tower and oh my did the kids think this was the coolest thing you walk out the elevator and there is a full glass window where you can look down and see the ground outside and the cars driving by both boys ran out there and jumped both David and I were like boys be careful but you know that glass has to be so strong to be there and all that but it just does not seem right, anyways we walked around once and the boys sat and had a treat and then they wanted to talk around 1 more time and then we went downstairs, and then off to camping and setting up a tent and all that fun,though i will tell you not being able to have a camp fire if you wanted when camping is wrong, but supposably in Calgary you are not allowed to have fires within the city i have never heard this but this is what ths camp site said, oh well we got tooo sleep in the tent and that is have the fun right :)
and to say the lest it was pretty quiet there even though we were off the highway.....and the kids so loved it, wait they are loving almost everything we have been doing as a family this summer.............

heritage park

so today we went to Heritage Park in Calgary with Grandma and Grandpa Mousir, the kids loved it we really didn't look at much at the park but we went on the train ride and we went on the boat ride and Grandpa taught the boys about the trains in the round room and then we went on some rides, and even grandpa got on some rides with the boys, the boys laughed and had so much fun, they so love being able to spend time with there loved ones....family is a important thing too them, i know they wish they could see them all more.......

magic monday....capital ex

this was amazing day, i would tell anyone if they had a chance to go to one of these days to go for it, it was a day for special needs kids to go the Capital Ex with no extra lights and no extra music to over stimulate them as for most special needs, the lights and the music make it too much and most of these kids would never be able to do these days and also they keep the numbers down so that there not too many people there i think this year they said there was like 500 kids which is really nothing, but they let/help kids on any rides that they are able to go on and they do this from 9-11 and they had the Eskimo's(CFL) helping out to lift and ride the rides with kids really they did everything, it still brings tears to know that there are people out there who will give there all for some kids to have some fun that don't noramlly get to have some fun, i know for my boys they had the time of there life, and too see the sparkle of happiness in there eyes is priceless nothing can make life any better than that.......and after 11 they started giving out the free lunch to all the kids and family that came for this event. again amazing i will so be looking for this next year........i know we left before it ended because the boys were on overload but they did it and that is all that matters, they stayed for 1 ride and 1 smile what more could any mom ask for......they did more rides but i was happy they just did 1 and had fun!
i will add the picture link at the end of our hoildays as they are all together....as this was really the start of our week of hoildays with daddy :)

birthday party for the kids

today we had the kids birthday parties let me tell you it is alot of fun to watch them but it is alot of energy making sure everything goes okay, the boys were a little overwhellemed, okay really alot but it would have been that way at any party, and i would so rather do i day then one alomst every other weekend......it is hard to belive that my babies are growing up so much....Dallin now 4 and Joshua 3 on the 27 and Sara 1 on Aug 2nd it is so crazy....
Anyways we had over....Shelly and Tj Andrew and there kids Thomas, Maggie and Harrison and Raven Borstad came with 2 of her kids..Trian and Carter and then we also had Jared and Patricia Butler and how could we forget Tara and Nairin so lots of people, they got some awsome gifts that they love very much!After everyone left we took there new bikes outside to ride them for the first time they loved them :)

here is the pictures from that day:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15050&l=4dcf1&id=589445629

what time is it? no it can't be that time I am not finished

i was a little crazy, we went to the ledge in the morning in my hopes to make them all tired so i could finish my cakes for the birthdays tommorrow well one problem if they are tired just that mean you made yourself tired yep that is what i did...............i needed a nap too so i did not get the cakes finished till later in the evening good thing i put the kids to bed early, but they are finished! and the party can go on tommorrow

can we sit still today at all?

this morning we had Jade from 10-1 and we went to twinbrooks playground with the ward, it is nice to get out with the ward and get to know some of them a bit better, the kids really enjoy being outside and playing at the park, not sure what they are going to do once school starts because the will be inside alot more............then in the afternoon Joshua had his year check up and the dr was looking at his eyes as one is pulling and then his nose because he has been getting more and more bleeding noses, the nose she says is because it is so dry here, suprise suprise so we are suppose to spray saline to help that and then his eyes she has refered him because even she could see it pulling so we have a 3-4 month wait for that because there are only 2 ped eye dr's in edmonton.....but otherwise he is doing great he is still 90% for his weight and height.....37lbs and just over 3ft and only 3 WOW hate to see what he is going to be like as he gets older, maybe he will slow down.otherwise life is going good for us all

2 people in 1 day what a break for me

we had Jade this morning from 10-1 and we went the muttart and the kids loved it, as did jade though she was like it is not as cool as when i was younger which makes me laugh as she is only 17 but she was like as a child it always seemed bigger but that is the truth about everything.......i just love watching them explore and learn new things, joshua had problems today listening so he spent alot of his time in the stroller, i hate doing that but because saftey has no meaning to him i have too........hopefully one day he will learn and understand it all.

Came home for a nap and then Danielle came to night for our break, I am so starting to trully love my 4 hours a week that i get to spend with david, some weeks i am like grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i have other things i could be doing but once we are out it is nice and realxing espically now that Sara is staying home more and more, we are going to try and start going to the temple more on our dates, it is just hard because you never know what she is going to be like and i hate if she is screaming for hours on a sitter that is not fair to either person. but tonight we went to a movie and just relaxed!

an afternoon playing

today we went to the ledge and played Anglea came to help which was nice, grandma and grandpa took sara, so it was just the 2 boys a adult for each but the boys didn't play to much it was only about 20c so it was a little cold after the 30's for the last bit, and dallin was startin to burn out, i think we were doing to much..................later that night after we picked up daddy from work we went and played at the hotel for a bit which was fun, the summer has kept us going, but it was great to see grandma and grandpa in edmonton :)

Happy birthday Dallin

Today was Dallin's birthday and it took awhile for him to understand and get excited........but as the day went on the more and more excited he got, we didn't do much today as the big party is when we do them all together on the 21st but we still had cake and time with grandma and grandpa mousir, the boys really enjoyed themsevles as did Sara.......... Dallin's cake did not turn out as well as i wanted but it was toooo hot in our apartment....hopefully it well get better this week for me as i am going to make each one of them a cake for there party on the 21st i know i am crazy but i totally love how excited they are for the cake and too see what it is!

here are the pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14281&l=4b4e0&id=589445629

Aspen Gardens

today was again the ward play in the park group.........it was at a water park which was fun for the boys and I had Jade who helped me with Sara and the boys at times, i am learning it is just nice sometimes to have someone take Sara so that i can just run with them and they love it so much and I love getting right in there with them too, not only is the water nice to cool off it is nice to get the exersice from running around :)
here is a link tooo the pictures from this day:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14233&l=9305c&id=589445629

out too play in the water

today we had another new helper.....if you are getting confused i know it would be easy to do as i have alot going on latley, this is a young girl who is 17 and has alot of energy comes from a good family and intrested in helping with the kids to make money to pay for school....so to recap for anyone lost we have:Danielle who comes right now in th evenings 4 hrs a week to give David and I our time outAngela who comes right now Mon, Wed, Friday ish right now....but maybe giving some of her hours to Danielle because she is looking for more and not sure how long she is going to stay so we will see what happens there
and now Jade who comes Tues and Thursday mornings for 3 hours and helps us go out and play
today we went to the ledge and played in the water, you will learn this is my most fav place to go bacause 1 it is free and 1 there is 4 different pools they can go in and so it keeps them really happy and cooled off in this hot weather, Jade helped with Sara and watched Josh today because Dallin was in a running mood but it was all good and we had lots of fun and we dropped Jade off we went home and had lunch and then nap time the morning help is nice because then they will have naps and i get my much need quiet time/nap time too

a helper day

today we had our helper come and it was my house cleaning day, where she played with the kids and i cleanned as i find it soooooooo hard to clean with the kids around they just always want my attention imagin that....... anyways it was okay and i got some cleaning done, not as much as i wanted but some is better then none.......this girl is a nice girl just not sure how well she is mixing with our family so far :S

a first for Dallin

today Dallin got to be the prayer and scripture child for jr. primary, which was cool, david did the reading/prayer but Dallin stood there and was all proud you knew he really didn't want to be there but he did it and i am so proud of him that takes alot when you have social anxiety, he is gorwing up alot latley....

Thomas's birthday party

We drove out to Darwell to go to Shelly and TJ's first born childs birthday party....he was turning 4 and since we have been friends with them both kids, we make it a effort to try to get together once in awhile, though now they are a hour ish away from the city it makes for more fun....Anyways the kids enjoyed themselves so much, and David and I enjoyed sometime talking with friends mainly enjoyed adult tiime......the kids played with the water then went and saw animals as it is a farm and then went and had dinner and cake and opened presents all the good things of a birthday party.......i have added the link too the pictures so if they don't work be sure to let me know :)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14224&l=43bbb&id=589445629

I am a easy going person but this is so not cool

so today we were suppose to have our helper coming today......so at 12 i called and left a message to say what we were going to do and if she was still sick and not going to be able to come to call and let me know, so i told the boys we were wait and see but i knew if she didn't come i would have to go out by myself because i could not tell them we were going out today in a row and not do it, that i 1 not fair to them and 2 beyond the understanding of why and then we would have melt downs so i wait and wait and the slowly start getting everything ready i left about 2 and has still not heard anything, this makes me so angry and it take alot to send me into a good yelling mood, but people not doing something the say they will espically when it comes to the kids makes me soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo angry and i think i have that right, my motto is: if you say something to the kids mean it or don't say it because they remember and they get mad when you don't keep your end of the deal and then i am normally the one that pays and that is why i get so angry because it makes my life harder and that is not fair too me.................anyways, we went to the water and they stayed close never took off once, which was good and that is how they know they can go back.....but we came home and i told David what happened and we were like well what do we do because we can not have people not showing up, but she called about 9 too say she was sick and sorry she didn't make it........which i think made mad because she claimed she did not have my number well if you were sick you should have been at home and i left you a message at noon about everything with my numer, i do not llike being lied too so we will see what we do, i am soft and well probably give her another chance but she needs to grow up and take action with life.......anyways that is not what is needed in my journal :)

here is the link too some pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14230&l=8ab5a&id=589445629

play day

today we went to the ward play group at the parks....it was at the greenfield park which has a small wading/ spray park there, the boys really loved it they were so mad when it was time to go home, i promised them we would get to go back out later when our help got there, but when we got home we learned that she was not coming today because she was sick....which i do understand so i told the boys after daddy got home we would go to the water, we as this day was nothing was working and David didn't get off till almost 7:30 but we still took them to the ledge for a little bit so that there wasn't so many promises broken in one day because they don't do so well with that...........they are so loving summer though

first day of extra summer help

Well this is a intresting thing as for many this maybe not a normal thing, but the government has given us extra hours to help us through the summer, so that i am able to get out with the boys and Sara and doing things i would not normally be able to do by myself as both Dallin and Josh do very well most of the time, but if i had no one and they both decided to have melt downs or run what do ya do with sara and she is getting ti big for the infant seat so that means she goes in the suggley or in the stroller so 1 boy would have to walk not always the best option.....so we hired a girl that our Reilef Society President (from Church) suggested because she has experenice with special needs type kids......i really thought this would be okay, she was last today, the boys sort of like her but it is not the fighting for attention thing they come everyonce in awhile so we will see what happens with this.......there is always other plans.....
Danielle came tonight which was nice i am really starting to enjoy my time out every week, it is a nice well needed break.....and David and I are starting to slowly find that different not so tired spark again, just need to find him a real job where he doesn't work so many hours and is tired from that all the time, i say a real job, but to clearify Classic is a real job, if you don't have a family there is just way to many hours involvled....

canada day

well today we went to church and then we came home and i was kinda bored and decided we needed a cake for the day so i made a canada day cake, the boys thought it was great and then we went and watched the fireworks which they also thought was the most amazing thing, i love how the small things trully are the things that make my boys tick, they are trully teaching me so many things, someday i feel they teach me more than i am teaching them, it a awsome time in life
here is some pictures of the night
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13031&l=9ac42&id=589445629