Thank goodness these ARE NOT my boys!

Looks like something they'd do though!

More cards

Here are my make and take's from the hostess appreciation/silent stamp auction on Saturday, I managed to pick up 3 stamp sets for about $40 which is a really good deal.
Today was Joseph's first day at summer camp and according to his aide it really sucked. Apparently it was little more than a 3 hour circle time where they introduced themselves, colored a picture, sang a song and tried to play a game. Boring! At least tomorrow is a trip to Butterfield Acres, if nothing else Joseph will at least get some fresh air.

What a fun night!

Here's us girls headed downtown on the train.

Kathryn and her parents

Kathryn, her parents (Liz and Billy) and Aunt Sheena and Uncle Stewart

The ladies

The bride to be and her girls (me and Nadine)

Me and my best girl!

We've ordered our bridesmaid gowns and boy do we look hot! They're very flattering I must say.  We celebrated our dress buying with dinner and drinks downtown last night which also gave me a chance to meet Nadine.  She's a very nice girl and I can easily see why Kathryn's such good friends with her -she's just so much fun to be around! She's also a licensed esthetician and gave me some good information...I can also add "dorito chip" to my list of catch phrase terms (camel toe...muffin top...)

Thanks for the fun weekend ladies!

I've really got to re-think my holiday days...

Out of my 4 dayhome kids I've only got 1 tomorrow -all of the other parents have the morning off for the Calgary Stampede Parade and have decided to take the afternoon off to have a day with their child except one family who've booked appointments for the day. Fair enough, it's not in my contact to get the parade morning off...yet...but I think I'll be re-vamping it to include that holiday for next year. My boys are old enough to enjoy the parade and I think they'd actually sit still through a good part of it. If every other working Calgarian gets it off why shouldn't I?

Calgary housing has gone insane!

This is a house that's just down the street from us. It's 300 square feet smaller than ours but has a single garage and the balcony of course. It sold in less than 48 hours for $449,000! Isn't that insane?!? We bought our house for just under $200,000 three years ago. So, if we sold now we'd be loaded...homeless...but loaded.
Is the market like this Canada wide or just in Cowtown?

Back to making cards....

Happy Engagement Card -I've been trying to duplicate a card like this for a year now and it never seems to work out as nice as my original...this is a close second though

Birthday card for Auntie Kathryn using my brand new Stipple Rose stamp, yippee!

Baby boy card for wee Makhi, I'm sure Heather is thinking that it's looking like her Christmas card from last year...picture this with light purple instead of green and snowflakes instead of handprints...it's a pretty versatile design

Canada Day weekend was a success!

Here's Auntie Arlene, Uncle Dale, Uncle Mel and Uncle Eric

Grandma, Deb, Auntie Glenda, Aaron, Auntie Brenda, Auntie Arlene and Uncle Dale

Alex, Brooklyn and Joseph

The guys hard at work...haha...

The guys doing guy stuff....

We had a lovely weekend at the cottage! Unfortunately Aaron's cousin Tara and her family couldn't join us, they were in a non-injury collision shortly after leaving their house to head up to the cottage on Friday so they ended up sticking close to home this weekend.  We were joined by Deb's siblings and mom from Spokane,Oyen and Empress to celebrate Grandma's 85th birthday.  We had a lot of time to visit and chat with one another and catch up. Alex and Joseph weren't too bashful around the relatives, although it took Alex awhile to find his voice.  Cindy and her family came up late Saturday night so we had a chance to visit with them as well and then Mom and Dad came for dinner Sunday before we headed home.  It was very relaxing!

Sunday night Mom, Dad and I were working the Cash Casino for Joseph's school. We worked from 10 -2:30 in the countroom, the time went by fairly quickly although we didn't get home and to bed until 3 o'clock so the three of us will be going to bed early tonight!