Funny Story...

My father LOVES to spoil! He loves to surprise, take us out for supper and send flowers. He always uses the same flower shop in the area and they have come to know him well since we've lived here (I get a lot of flowers!) My friendMichelle works there and she filled me in on a funny conversation her and the boss had.

Michelle: My friend Chantal received her Master's this past weekend.

Boss: Hmm...I'm surprised her father didn't order flowers.

Michelle: No he got her a BMW instead.

Boss: (choking) Oh I guess that's a good gift too! LOL!

Here's me and my graduation gift! Keys were inside my Congratulations on graduating card on the day of my convocation! AMAZING!! Thank you to my fabulous parents! xoxo

Mount Ste Vincent University Alumni!

DONE! I am done, done, done AND done!

Feels so wonderful to not have assignments looming over my head. When I wasn't doing school work, I was feeling guilty about NOT doing school work. It was all consuming! But now that I'm done and I can look back on it...it really wasn't so bad!
It was so nice for me that Abbey and Michael got to see me graduate. It was a beautiful day in Halifax (crazy sunny) so we were able to take pictures outside. My Masters was officially in Curriculum Studies but it was centred around Technology Integration. I graduated from a university that I had never been to. I had never even set foot on the campus until convocation day. Crazy! The internet is a wonderful thing... and doing my Masters through a cohort was the best decision for me and my family.

Here's my happy, supportive family!

It was extra special for me that my parents could be there to see me graduate as well. My father has his Masters of Education and I have always admired it in his office. Now I have a framed Masters degree too…in my slightly smaller office! :-) They cancelled their annual trip to South Carolina to be in attendance. Such amazingly supportive parents!

Here's me and my proud Daddy!

Halloween 2011

Halloween is such an exciting time for our kiddies! They just love dressing up...and of course getting all the candy!!! Michael wanted to be a storm trooper this year and Abbey a cowgirl. They looked so fantastic and the weather was great for trick-or-treating!

Check out the pink cowboy boots...and the pose!!!

Steve was away again this year and my "back-up door answerer" Donna (see previous post where she helped out on Halloween by clicking here) was busy in Fredericton becoming a first time Grammie, so my neighbour's son, Cody, came over to answer the door and give out candy while I went door-to-door with friends. Here are Abbey, Michael, Luke, Ethan and Eva all ready to head out trick-or-treating! FUN!

Here are our awesome pumpkin carving skills for 2011!

Pumpkin Launch!

One of our friends has CF and he created an awesome fundraiser in support of this awful disease. It was a Let's Squash CF Pumpkin Launch! We had such a blast launching pumpkins at targets. Here's a picture of Michael, Abbey and I getting in on the action!

SQN Family Day!

Family Day is always exciting for our family because it gives us the opportunity to fly with Steve as our pilot. Unfortunately this year the Herc they had planned on using was out of commission that day. They couldn't use one because it was reserved for the stand by crew in case of a call out and the other was reserved for Steve and his crew leaving for Russia the next day. So...we didn't get to fly with Steve but we did fly in the helicopter with Scott.

He flew us all around the province but I was most excited to fly over our house and snap a few pictures. We are the sixth house from the top on the far right side.

Not sure why the colouring is off on this one but this is the back view. Too bad so many of the leaves had been blown off the trees because you could have really appreciated how beautiful the view in our backyard really is. I love our lot and our house!

Dentist Visit!

Our family loves going to the dentist! Abbey and Michael get so excited to get their teeth ooh-ed and ahh-ed over! The dentist always says they have perfect little teeth! No cavities either! (touch wood)

Now dentist' offices have changed since I was a kid! (now that I'm so old! lol) Each room has a TV where the kids can choose what they want to watch. They get to choose fluoride flavours. They get cool glasses to wear during the procedure. AND they get stickers, toothbrushes and floss as they leave! Of course it's fun!

Michael MAX RELAX in the chair watching some cartoons!

Abbey sporting the cool shades using the fun "spit sucker"!