Dear Hockey

Dear Hockey,  I have decided I have a very love/hate relationship with you. At this time of year it is definitely more on the hate side of t...

Dear Santa. Love Cruz.

Dear Santa, I hear you are coming again this year very soon. I'm pretty new to this Santa thing so I didn't know I had to be good AL...

Loves!

Oh Hello Wednesday, so glad you are here. Time for my LoVeS.. Today is our LAST kid day before the holidays! Need I say more?! I love our Ch...

Follow your bliss...

Well today is a busy one so I am leaving you with some randoms wonderful quotes...enjoy and have a fabulous day. 5 days until Santa comes!! ...

Christmas came early..

Hey hey! Dear Weekend - You went by far too quickly. BUT in 3 short days I will be done until the 9th of January. This makes it all worth it...

How sweet it is...

Friday Friday FRIDAY!  We had fun at Justin's company Christmas Party last night! This year they had switched venues and it was at Hote...

Currently

currently . . . with Jenn at Perfectly Imperfect. current book(s)  STILL trying to find the time to read...and finish Mockingjay. Get to i...

Loves...

Happy Wednesday. Hope everyone is having a great one. Here are my Loves for today... It goes without saying - more than anything I love my f...

Christmas Questions..

I have seen this floating around the blogshere and I thought it would be fun to do!  1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper, unless...

Who invented Mondays?

Happy Monday... or tired, sleepy Monday but let's go with happy shall we. Sleep has not been my friend lately so I feel sorta zombie lik...

5 on Friday

Happy Friday. Who isn't glad it's Friday? Anyone? Didn't think so. I am SO ready for this weekend. 1. I am so excited to spend s...

An art gallery or two...

While we were in Vegas we happen to go through 2 fabulous art galleries. That is not something we have ever really been into before but Just...

Loves...

It's been a while since I linked up my loves with Jamie so here I am. LoVeS... ~ That our house looks like Christmas. We set our tree up...

Viva

As I mentioned yesterday - we had a fantastic trip. We are very lucky to have gone to Vegas again this year and are thankful Justin's co...

And we are back!

Well we made it home safe and sound. We were welcomed back by buckets of snow and cold air. Boo.But we were happy to sleep in our own bed an...

Vegas Bound

Hello Snow! Well they were calling for a winter storm warning - it came. This morning I thought of another thing I miss about the old house....

Alison's Thoughts :)

Happy Tuesday! Thank you to Whit for sharing this above quote with me.1. I worked on organizing the house from 4:30pm-9:30pm last night. I c...

First full weekend full of work!

Cheers to our new house! We had a very busy - house work filled weekend.But first we decided on a NO work Friday night. So we plowed through...

A guest post.

Hey there blog readers.Cruz here. Cute right?My Mom is apprearently really busy right now - no post yesterday? Slacker.So I am here to hold ...

This and that.

Well...I'm sleepy today. I love our house but I have not been sleeping great in it. Maybe it's the guy sleeping next to me that deci...

Viva

We have been so busy packing, moving and unpacking that I  *almost* forgot that we are going to Las Vegas NEXT WEEK! Holy heckers. It really...

A 2 cup of coffee kind of day...

We are in our new place at last.And it is perfect. We have many people to thank for this. BIG thank you's too. My Mom & Dad.They spe...

Christmas Day!

That's how excited I am that today is here! (Last night)Last night I did the walk through of our home with our realtor and today I am {p...

A winner, an attempt, a gift and excitement....

Hello! How's that for a title!First off, I guess you all want to know who won the incredible $30 credit to ElemenoPillows right... Well ...

Don't tell Taylor!

But I forgot to post this last week! oups!! So I am little behind the 8 ball!   But It's no secret that I love this girl. See how excite...

Pillows for me, Pillow for YOU!

Morning! Remember my beautiful pillow covers I showed you yesterday.... Well guess what I have for YOU!?! A giveaway!!! Yes. The super sweet...

The last weekend...

to enjoy our 203 house. We move in 4 sleeps. That is why our house looks like this. Yes, our island is amid these boxes. Chaos. I can't...

Thank you.

Today is Remembrance Day. Today is a day to thank and remember. Thank you to all of our past and present soldiers. And today is: So go for i...

~Three Things Thursday~

Happy Thursday everyone! Who loves a long weekend? I do I do! {1} Today some how I [sorta] got the short end of the stick at work. We were h...

Loves...

Loves of this week.. I love that our house sold. Everytime I walk Cruz I am so thankful for this as there are so many homes still for sale a...

What if...

Saw this "What If" post on a few blogs and thought why not... Have you ever thought What If? Do it. Justin helped me out on a few ...

Weekend & DIY

We had a really amazing weekend. Friday included: A trip to Costco to buy the area rug we wanted for the new house. Delicious pizza. And Lil...

TGIF

 Happy Friday! I know we have been lucky to not have snow until now...but I am still not ready for it. Thank you to Justin for putting my sn...

~Three Things Thursday~

Today I am going with Nicole's theme of Three Things Thursday. What does this mean? I will tell you 3 random things. Because I don't...

Test

Just testing...my last post wanted to post in October and isn't showing up in google reader. Hello Blog are you working...? See Loves po...

Loves...

Happy Wednesday! Half way through this week. Time for some Loves... Frozen grapes for wine. Genius. via Old team. Same guy. :) I am loving f...

November...

Hello November! How is it possible that you are here already. Whoa. Well, November means we are 18 days away from moving. Yikes. Know what e...

A weekend and recipes.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Today I am a cow girl! :) Another weekend zoomed by! Why does this happen?  As I mentioned, on Friday night we went to Th...

Bloggy Friends

 Hellllooo Friday!  I had a very nice surprise when I went to the mailbox yesterday. (and I love snail mail!) I had a package from Kae! She ...

Randoms...

I'm sorry - I feel like all I do is random posts lately? No? My brain is elsewhere - it's been a hectic few weeks. But anyways, I...

Loves...

Time for this weeks - Loves... ~ Jeff made it to Germany safe and sound. ~ That I ordered our Christmas cards! :) And they are ready for pic...

Ice cream for breakfast!!!

Now wouldn't that be a great way to start the day! I think so! So last night I was in need of a little treat.  Justin was heading out th...

Guten Tag

Hey everyone - I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We sure did. Included a lot of packing though! And a lot of talking and planning for the ...

Roll back...

Happy Friday! I was snooping on my own facebook page last night and found photos from my stagette that made me smile. It's funny how muc...

Thursday randoms

Thursday... we have had a busy week so far. Lily goes home today though. We love having her but it will be nice to have a clean(er) and quie...

Loves...

Happy Wednesday! Today my loves are all 'new house' related. One project I am so excited to work on it my photo collage wall. I have...

203 to 50

See this happy face? That's because this house.. IS OURS!!! Remember the one we LOVED but was out of our price range? We will call it HO...

Adventures!

This weekend was great. Down time plus some adventures! We had Lily and that is always an adventure - ha ha. She is great but busy as all he...

Fall's Favorite Finds Blog Swap!

I participated the "Fall's Favorite Finds" Blog Swap hosted by Caroline, Molly & Mateya. I was lucky enough to be hooked u...

#2

Happy Thursday! Gueessss what? I got the BEST text from Jeff yesterday saying that my blog post must of been good luck as he signed a contra...

Brother, brother

Today I am sending a little motivation and a lot of love over to my brother. He is wrapping up the last week in try outs for the Ontario Rei...

A weekend of thanks.

Well we had a fantastic weekend at the lake. The weather was beyond amazing. Justin went for a bike ride each day so he was a happy guy. I j...

Thankful

Picture perfect. We are still at the lake on this beautiful thanksgiving morning. Justin is out biking. Mom and Dad are out kayaking. Cruz a...

Bitter Sweet...

Well today our house (203) OFFICIALLY SOLD. When we get home there will be a SOLD sign to replace the C/S (conditionally sold). And for me t...

Thursday Randoms

Today is a very gloomy Thursday outside so I have a list of randoms for today. ~  We are enjoying the new show Terra Nova. I had no interest...

Loves...

Well hello Wednesday. So glad you are here. I am loving that Whit gave us a disc of all of our photo shoot pics. We had fun going through th...

The hunt for our Home Sweet Home

{This may bore some of you but I want to document this so we can look back at it and what better place than our blog! So bare with me.} Last...

A weekend to remember!

Happy Monday! We had a great weekend. Full of family time, friends and fun. That sounds super cliche but it's true! ha. Friday: We had a...

Can I do it?

So I have a challenge for myself for the month of October. (starting tomorrow!) A SHOPPING FREEZE. [Justin just fell off the couch] Yes 31 d...

Thoughtless Thursday!

Well Hello Thursday! And today I have a whole lot of nothing to talk about and since a post about a whole lot of nothing wouldn't be ver...

Loves...

Well I have to tell you. Justin and I took Cruz for a 'visit' to the vet during our showing last night - and it isn't only me......

31 years of greatness!

Happy 31st Anniversary Mom and Dad!!! Hope you have a fabulous day together and I am looking forward to your many retired years together to ...

A summer weather weekend

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. You all sure know how to make a girl feel loved. I had a great birthday. Very spoiled - thank you. Re...

Birfday

via Well today is my 29th birthday. 29. holy moly. I don't feel 29. I liked the sound of 27. I don't know why. But 29 I am not too s...

Always take time to laugh!

Thursday - yay! I don't know about you, but today I needed a laugh. So here's a few...   "Oh hi you're home already!" ...

Cruz wins!

For being the biggest chicken sh!t at the vet. For the love dog. Cruz had her annual check up yesterday. If you ask her: torture. She barked...

Time to get real

Happy Tuesday! Alright so it's time for a little workout post.  A little honesty. Why? Because I have been going a little soft with my w...

Monday lessons...

via My blog friend Adrian does this "What I learned this weekend" on her Monday posts and I have always loved it so I decided toda...

Ma

Happy Birthday to the world's greatest, fittest, silliest, most wonderful Mom. Enjoy your day with Gran Mom! We love you! XOXO

I got sunshine...

 Happy Friday! Are you as ready for today as me? 1. Justin gets home tonight! He has been in Winnipeg and then Montreal all week. 2.We don...

A birthday wish!

Happy Birthday to my favorite American! Senorita Jolie! Although I do wish you were Canadian so you didn't live so flippin' far away...

Loves...

On to my loves for the week... I just want to start by thanking all of you for your super sweet comments about our photos yesterday. I so ap...

My little family

So I was going to wait until tomorrow to post these but Cruz begged me to post them today. And the girl normally gets what she wants. So luc...

Emerson's 1st Shindig!

We had a fabulous weekend. On Friday night we did a ton of work around the house then we started watching Bridesmaids...it was pretty horrib...

Starbucks Dad to the rescue...

YAY for Friday. And thank goodness for Starbucks Dad. I totally forgot about this Friday perk and he literally made my day ay 8:15am when he...

Last trip of the summer...

This past weekend we headed out to Owl's Nest in Cranbrook where our friends Blake and Karen have land where they keep their trailer. Du...

Birthday wishes for my bestest...

Today I would like to say a huge Happy Birthday to YOU Whit! I am so incredibly fortunate to have a friend like you. We've gone on some ...

Pie for breakfast - ok.

I have a new breakfast favorite. So I thought I should share it. I found it here. Love this blog too and not just because she is a fellow Ca...

Loves...

Hello Wednesday!! I am so glad you are here. Time to share our loves with Jamie.  This week I am sharing my love for things that "one d...

BAKWDJ weekend!

 Take the above initials. (Blake, Alison, Karen, Whitney, Dustin, Justin) An adorable baby. Add 5 dogs. 2 fun parents. A lake.  2 days of su...

Perfection...

Mornings at the lake. I love you.   Happy Monday everyone.

Start the car!!! Start the car!!!!

 Finally Friday...well I am off to Ikea to purchase A LOT of items for my Life Skills Workroom. Hoping they deliver? yes? no? Either that or...

::: 1 Year :::

Today my sweet niece Emerson turns 1. Where has the time gone?  Our first meeting. Dear Emerson - It seems like only yesterday that we met y...

Loves...

Jeepers I am glad my work day is over. We spend the day moving one classroom to another, moving 1000's (approx!) of archieved files to a...

Babes!

Happy Tuesday! It is a beautiful day today. I missed my Cruzie girl for a walk after work today but I think I will go park my butt outside a...

I heart Taylor.

Road Trip! Well I am sad that Taylor has come and gone. I looked forward to her concert for SO long! But I was not dissapointed one bit. It ...

Happy Pretty - A Giveaway!

       Remember this super cute sign I won from Happy Pretty Etsy Shop from 5k's & Chardonnay's blog... Look at it's new...

Loves...

Happy Wednesday! I'm loving that tomorrow morning Justin and I are leaving for Edmonton for the Taylor Swift concert!!!   First stop: We...

Blog on Fire!

Amber over at Living in the Moment nominated me for this award!  Thanks Amber!  Amber has a super cute blog and is going to be a stunning br...

The campers have returned!

Today was my first day back at work. All I can say is URG! I know I can't complain since I only have to work tomorrow and Wednesday this...

{A camping we will go, a camping we will go}

That's right we are off camping for the first time this summer! We are headed out to Two Jack Lake with Crystal, Troy and Emerson. Let...

Time for some randomness...

Happy Thursday! Sorry about the late post.  I spent the day down south hanging out with Whit and Easton.  The dogs had a good play and then ...

I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand ...Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand ...

As promised... The Lake vacation. *** Disclaimer: Photo overload. Sorry...*** Our vacation started off with Regatta weekend. AKA one of the...

8,749 Squats Later...

Well I feel like I had a productive morning and now I have hit a wall.  Feeling sleepy and unmotivated even though I have a list a mile long...

We are back! And a recipe!

Good Monday morning! We are back from the lake. And I am not gonna lie. I already miss the lake, the morning coffees on the deck, the boat, ...

{Friday Love}

Ok...it's finally Friday! yippeee! I am eager to hit the road for Regatta weekend. This morning we went for a walk with Rachel, Rudy ...

Thursday Randoms

Hello! I just have to say - summer is going by WAY too quickly. Someone please hit the pause or slow-mo button for me. Well today I would sa...

Loves...

I'm loving that -  (1) Today I am spending the day with Whitney & Easton. Starbucks, lunch, hours of chatting, baby cuddles & pu...

My 7 Links

The fabulous Leigh over at All You Need Is Love tagged me in this little game so I thought I would play along. Turns out it was REALLY hard ...

I heart weekends!

 We had a great time at Kyle & Tonya's wedding. The weather was beautiful.  Blake & Karen. Loved her dress! Between the ceremony...

A Little Angel...

I received a heart breaking phone call late Friday night. One of our students passed away suddenly on Thursday evening at the tender age of ...

A late - Fun Friday!

Linking up with Jen on this fabulous Friday! Well this morning I was supposed to go to Crossfit for the first time with Lily's Mom Lynne...

Beautiful British Columbia!

Finally - a holiday post! What a slacker I am. Overall we had a fantastic trip to Kelowna & Vernon.  If you haven't been to Kelowna ...

Loves...

I'm loving this cute sign I won off 5K's & Chardonnay's from Happy Pretty.  Jessica the etsy shop owner was super sweet and ...

Dancing in the rain is what life is all about!

Happy Tuesday!  I am still not caught up from our trip. It has busy around here! This week I have been hanging out with Lily. Yesterday we m...

The perfect lake weekend!

 Before heading out to the lake we went for a visit with Dustin and Whitney and met Easton. He is so incredibly adorable. It was so great to...

The cat came back!

Hello!!!! We are home! Did you miss me? :) Well I missed you!!! We had an amazing, fabulous, wonderful trip. It flew by! But before I do a p...

Ready to go...

Happy Friday!!  Well my day yesterday started out not so great - had to drop Cruzie off and we won't see her for a week, lady at Tim Hor...

Thursday thoughts...

Happy Thursday everyone! Yay for today being my LAST day of real work until...August 15th! So my Mom decided she wanted to get Cruz a kiddie...

Loves...

Link up with Jamie to share your LOVES! {1} I'm loving that I received a very excited phone call yesterday from my girlfriend Julia.As s...

The start of Seba summer...

Well we had an amazing 4 day weekend.The weather was amazing with the exception of Sunday but we took Monday off so it was well worth it.I c...

Thursday thoughts...

Today we are going here and it will be perfect. I wish my brother was coming too though. I doubt she will do much of this. :)  This nail pol...

Loves...

Happy Wednesday! Guess what I love most today? {Before I say this, remember I LOVE my job and all our 39 students BUT} TODAY is the last kid...

28 degree C? I will take it.

Hello Tuesday. It is supposed to be 28C today! We have really been lacking the HOT weather that this body needs! Justin is going riding toni...

:::2 Years:::

Happy Monday everyone! We had a great, low key weekend. {Other than our Cruzie girl being under the weather.}The highlight of the weekend wa...

Thankful Friday

Today I am feeling very thankful so I thought I would make a list... As always I am thankful for my incredible family & friends. They ge...

The day the sun came out!

Guess what I am up to today?Going hiking! YAY!They needed an extra driver so I cleared my schedule and squealed "pick me, pick me"...

Loves...

(1) Jillian's Ripped in 30. Love. I needed a new workout and I was pleasantly surprised with this one. I have all of her other dvds so I...

Sending some lovin'

via  I would really like to send some lovin' to one of my very first 'blog friends'.Monique. She was one of the very first blogs...

A 2 dog weekend...

Happy Monday!I hope everyone had a nice weekend.What did we do?Friday night we had dinner with Leigh & Mr. D. Then Harley came home with...

Daddio

Happy Father's Day!I could go on and on about how incredible our Dad is but I don't think I could ever put into words how great he i...

Friday Odds & Ends...

Today I am jealous again as I left Justin sleeping in bed and snuck out of the house without Cruz stirring.Justin is supposed to have next F...

:::Celebrating baby Cowan:::

Here are the incredible photos the Mom-to-be took of her shower.It was such a great day. Hosted by myself, Karen & Brie.And as I have sa...

Loves

I'm loving that we surprised Mom with a little retirement party last night!!! Mom and I went to Raise the Bar class (and sweat like pigs...

Jungle Jayne has left the building...

Jungle Jayne = My Mom. My Mom is amazing.I think I have said this before but she really is. I may be biased but ask the thousands of kids th...

Monday, monday...

Well overall we had a spectacular weekend.Justin and Cruz had a great time mountain biking on Friday (totally forgot to upload these photos ...

Fun Friday!

Happy Friday! I swear May FLEW by and now each day I look at the calendar and wonder why the month of June is creeping along. I'm a litt...

The sun is out - could it be!?

Happy Thursday everyone! I am going with the randoms for today. I am feeling random. BUT to start I just have to say that I am very excited ...

Loves...

I'm loving... (1) Giveaways! Cruzie and I made a little video to draw the winner of the Addison Logan collar... don't laugh, I know ...

Motivational Tuesday

This video is THE BEST...love this guy! Happy Tuesday! via youtube

Addison Logan Collar Giveaway!

 Hey blog readers! Cruz here again. Lucky you!Remember last time I posted I told you about my new collar? This one... Well I am loving it an...

Happy Friday!

Today I am excited that: ~ I get to see Whitney and her basketball belly! Her (and baby) have been working like crazy on items for AW Design...

10,000 Swing Challenge

10,000 Swing Kettlebell Challenge June 201115lb & 20lb Kettlebell June 1 - 350 (150 2 arm swings, 150 alternating swings, 50 overhead sw...

Smiles, drool & cousin/Auntie love...

Yesterday Crystal & Troy dropped Emerson off at 4:30pm while they went to a movie.We had a fun few hours of playing and eating before be...

Loves...

Can you guys believe it's June already! Holy moly. I am SO ok with it though because that means summer holidays are almost here! 30 days...

Kettlebell Swings

A few of you are thinking of joining me with the 10,000 challenge starting tomorrow (yay!)so here are are some tutorials on the different Ke...

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

We had a nice weekend.Saturday I woke up with a very stuffed up nose and sore throat so Justin let me sleep in, took Cruzie for a walk and t...

:::2 years:::

2 years ago today something incredible happened.This beautiful little girl was born. And she could not possibly be loved any more. Love our ...

Happy Friday!

Hey Everyone!I hope you all have a great weekend! We don't have a whole lot going on which I am VERY excited about. Dinner with friends,...

Cruz signing in...

Hey Blog friends, Cruz here. Mom was feeling bad for me so she let me guest post again to fill you in on my vet appointment. I will start by...

Loves...

Happy Wednesday! I'm loving this photo I found of Emerson & then of Lily & Cruzie on my phone. Always have to photograph her in ...

Lake.Sun.Family.Fun.

This post is going to be TOTAL photo overload. You have been warned! To say Lily loved the lake would be an understatement.She would have sp...

Photo Post Friday!

Happy Friday!Bowling was awesome. Oh my goodness those students crack me up!But holy smokes it's been a hectic day! So you get a photo p...

.Random.Rainy.Thursday.

I will start you off with this awesome picture/words I found on We Heart It. Love it.  It's raining. Please Mother Nature get it out of ...

Loves...

I'm loving how well Lily is doing at our place. She isn't complaining about my gluten free/casein free cooking (only Justin is!) and...

Weekend Wrap Up

Birthday boy weekend! Saturday when we got up we took Cruzie to the park and then Justin met up with Mr. D and went for a bike ride. Only be...

Monday!!!

I was too busy yesterday to get a post ready about the weekend events so that will have to wait until tomorrow.We had a really fantastic wee...

Fun Friday & 30 handsome years!

This weekend is special because it is my incredible hubby's 30th birthday tomorrow!!! I could not ask for a better side kick. He keeps m...

The Simple Things

Happy Thursday! I am so ready and looking forward to this weekend! Today I am linking up with Jesslyn Amber with her 1st edition of:The Simp...

My Wednesday Loves...

Wednesday Loves with Jamie! (1) I'm loving this WEATHER! Finally! I have been wearing bare legs and dresses/skirts/sandals all week so f...

Tail Wagging Tuesday

Today the topic for Tail Wagging Tuesday is your pets favorite treats... Cruz is not picky when it comes to treats at all. She loves milk bo...

Monday madness!

Wowzers it has been a busy day so far. Is it Friday yet?Anways, Friday night was a great success for both my school and AW Design.Whitney an...

Mom Day

Today (and every day) I am reminded how lucky I am to have 2 incredible woman we call Mom.My Mom & my MIL Debbie.They both would do anyt...

Fun Friday!

Happy Friday everyone! I am a busy bee right now trying to get everything done for tonight! We have our 2nd annual Mother's Day Spa fund...

Thursday Randoms...

Happy Thursday! Guess who I saw last night.... JEFF!!! So what if it was only for 10 minutes! I got 2 hugs and I look forward to catching up...

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

(1) My brother will be home TONIGHT! {may not see him until tomorrow but he will be back home TONIGHT!} {gotta love the regatta outfit Jeff!...

Tail Wagging Tuesday!

Today's topic over at Live What you Love with CMae is your pets "looks"... "What you lookin' at?" "Mom I...

Manic Monday!

We had a great weekend that went by far too quickly as usual. And low and behold the sun came out!This makes for a happy Alison! Friday nigh...

Fun Friday!

Ok I am so ready for the weekend, as always right! Except for this weather. URG is all I have to say really. Yesterday it snowed like mad an...

Birthday Wishes & an Award!

Today is my sweet Mayela's birthday.How is it possible that you are 6 years old today?These pictures seem like just a few years back, no...

What I'm Loving!

(1) I'm loving that my Mom picked up this picture for me at a "moving away giveaway" for our basement gym. I love it, who work...

Tail Wagging Tuesday & Weekend Photos

Today's topic over at Live What You Love is: Where your dog sleeps... Cruzie sleeps in her kennel at night time. (unless she has a sleep...

Happy Easter!

Cruz was not happy with me doing this but she loves me so she put up with it. Isn't she the cutest?!? Yes apparently I need children so ...

The cuteness of my niece...

My SIL Crystal is running her first 1/2 marathon on the 1st in Vancouver so I decided I must make Emerson an outfit to wear while she cheers...

Thursday Thoughts & Apron Giveaway!

Happy Friday, I mean Thursday! I am thourougly looking forward to going to the lake tomorrow morning. And I'm glad my MIL Debbie is join...

WILW!

I am loving that Jolie & Jeff have been together since Friday (Jolie is on Spring Break & Jeff surprised her with a trip to Columbus...

Tail Wagging Tuesday

Link up over at Live What You Love. Today's Topic: Bling Bling  (meaning what they wear around their neck) Currently Cruz wears the top ...

2 posts in 1 day - say what!?

I just had to do a quick post on the fact that my parents are not just regular parents. Nope. Not mine.They are SUPER PARENTS. In more ways ...

Giveaway Winner AND Summer Sweets Giveaway!

First of all from the bottom of my heart (& Whitney's) THANK YOU for all your kind words about our Etsy shop. We really appreciate y...

Friday in {mostly} pictures...

And thank goodness for that. I have been ready for Friday since Wednesday. This was yesterday... yup April 14th. We sent these pictures to t...

Etsy Reveal!

AW Design Why AW Design?  Because it's Alison & Whitney! Here we are: We specialize in headbands,  hair accessories,  uniquely decor...

WILW

Sorry no Cruz posting today. You're stuck with me and what I am loving! I'm loving this picture. It seriously cracks me up. I love t...

Tail Wagging Tuesday

Today's topic is your pet's favorite toy. This one is pretty easy. Cruz LOVES her disc. This is one of her toys that she knows the n...

Manic Monday

(Link up with Ashley!) Happy Monday everyone. We had a great weekend.We went to a cool lounge on Friday night call Local 510. It was so neat...

Fun Friday!

Happy Friday! Yeah! I am very excited and ready for this weekend. Tonight we are going out to a lounge on 17th Ave. We NEVER ever go OUT li...

Autism Awareness Month

As I have talked about before, autism is a huge part of my life. The school I work at is for students ages 3-21 that are on the spectrum. An...

What Cruz is Loving!

I figured you guys are probably sick of hearing what my Mom loves so Cruz here to tell you what I am loving!  {Because let's be honest y...

Tail Wagging Tuesday!

  Today is the first Tail Wagging Tuesday over at Live What You Love and today's first theme is:  Your most treasured or favorite pictur...

What I'm loving!

I'm loving...bullet edition!Spring Break. Period. I found out today that I won a giveaway on Taylor's blog. She always has amazing g...

Weekend Bliss in mostly pictures...

Well our weekend started off by dropping Cruzie off at my Mom and Dad's for her weekend getaway which included walks in the ravine, a ru...

High fivers to Justin

We had an incredible weekend {even though the fog ruined the adventure part} which I will post about tomorrow but today I want to say a HUGE...

Winner!

First off a huge thank you again to Rebecca from Bondi Bands for hosting this giveaway! I think EVERYONE needs one of these so if you don...

Cruz's news

Hi my name is a Cruz and I am a nightmare on leash (except with my Dad). So my Mom bought me this: This is what I think of it: This is what ...

What I'm Loving...

Linking up with Jamie for WILW! :) (1) Today I am loving my giveaway for a fabulous Bondi Band. Get your favorites in to win! (2) I'm lo...

Bondi Band GIVEAWAY!

I'm so excited for you guys!You can WIN the Bondi Band headband of your choice! Hoot hoot! Here are some of my favorite prints: Alice in...

Top 2 & tidbits!

  Today over at Taylor's blog it is "Top 2 Dream Rooms" (1) Everyone gathers in the kitchen. So these beautiful spacious kitch...

Wonderful weekend!

Yes we did. Friday...It was beautiful out so Cruz and I went for a long walk and played Rowdy ball.Rowdy left all her balls and toys to Cruz...

Silent Friday

Spring Fever

I know I have said this before but I am more than ready for spring.We had a few teaser days of pretty nice weather and then it snowed last n...

WILW & 5 things...

 (1) I'm loving that Spring Break is 7 work days away.(2) I'm loving that we bought a laptop! :) (3) I'm loving that Mom and Dad...

Weekend Photos

This weekend we looked after Emerson while Crystal & Troy went out for dinner. We love having her and she was such a good little girl fo...

1 year ago!

It was one year ago yesterday that I started writing on this blog. 1 year I wrote this post.I can't decide if it feels like it was just ...

Friday Confessional

I confess...this is my first time participating in Friday Confessional but it looked fun so here I am! (1) I confess that I am more than rea...

Thursday loves...

Happy Thursday! I'm a bit of a grump today so I'm going with a post of happy!Here goes nothing.Lily had an impromptu sleepover last ...

Rowdy Girl

On Monday morning my Aunt & Uncle made the decision to say goodbye to our Rowdy. I know it was one of the hardest and easiest decisions....

Fat free, low calorie - that's how we roll...

Since I am still not organized for a weekend post (mostly because I took only maybe 3 pictures and they were of Cruz!) so I thought I would ...

Monday madness!

Monday are always BANANAS-Yo! Geesh! We had a incredible weekend. It was so much fun and totally great so more on that to come.Today (as mos...

Brother!!

On Sunday it is Jeff's birthday and since I don't usually post on weekend I thought I would take today to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him ...

One of the best sounds in the world.

 This just made my day. I got this in an email and just had to share it. I needed a 'pick me up' and this was the ticket. Love it!!!...

What I'm Loving TODAY!

I'm loving that we are headed to the lake this weekend for our annual winter weekend away with 2 of our favorite couples. This year we h...

Tuesday Random

Ok..so mother nature, let's talk....-27? Feels like -44?Really? Reaaally? I want to see some pretty blossoms and sunshine. I need it rea...

Miscellany weekend bits.

This weekend was pretty low-key. Which I love. We had a friend over for dinner on Friday night (and his girlfriend) and Justin BBQ'd rib...

6 months already!

Dear Emerson - How could you possibly be 6 months old already? Where did those 6 months go?It seems like just a few days ago that I was sitt...

Memory Lane

Today I had no inspiration on what to post about...so I was looking through some albums on my facebook and I decided to post some random old...

Wednesday Babes!

Today I am going brag about all the beautiful babes in my life! Ok, I'll go with oldest to youngest: My handsome man Dal. Just look at t...

Top 2 Tuesday!

Top 2 Things you've learned from your parents or grandparents... They have all taught Jeff and I SO much but 2 things that pop out at me...

Breaking News!

My husband is reading a BOOK! Yup you read that right, a book, not a bike magazine - a book.I bought him 'The Bro Code' book for Val...

A request. A simple one. I promise.

Justin just called me for no reason other than to say "Aren't you posting today?". Geesh.2 weeks ago I didn't post on a Fr...

Thoughts on Thursday

Outside my window..is a cold, snowy empty playground.  Today I feel..productive!   I am thinking..about how delicious the Taco Soup is going...

A picture post for Jolie!

Today my post is sending a big hug to Jolie (my brother girlfriend of course)! Her upcoming trip to go see Jeff had to be postponed (due to ...

Enjoying the Small Things...

Blog love. This blog always makes me smile with every post. Enjoying the Small Things. I can spend hours on her blog. I shouldn't admit ...

Happy Chocolate Eating Day!

Well I hope you guys are all super proud of me because I finished my wreath! Just in time. :)It was hard to get a good picture but you get t...

Happy 31st Troy!

Happy Birthday to my brother in law Troy! He is a Flames lovin' new Dad!Who shares my love for David Beckham and shopping!We have a grea...

Fun Friday!

 I'm so excited!!!Guess where I will be on August 18th at 7:00pm?At the Taylor Swift concert in Edmonton!!! That's right Justin and ...

A cute proposal!

So remember on Monday when I was excited to see Josh and meet his wife Melissa...well it was awesome.It was SO nice to see Josh - he is such...

I'm loving alright!

What I am loving! I'm loving our new oven. I love how the delivery people give you a window of what time they will arrive and then come ...

Lake, Lily & Love

This weekend at the lake we had a ton of fun.On the drive up there, Lily was super confused but was a trooper (thank goodness for her Ipad! ...

Snowy, cold, yucky Monday.

Happy Monday! We had a great weekend at the lake, I'll do a full post on that tomorrow! So today you get Miscellany Monday! (1) I am exc...

1 more day...

Outside my window..it is snowy but warmer than earlier this week. Thank you Mother Nature. Today I feel..better than yesterday. But wishing ...

Wordless Wednesday

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10 randoms on Tuesday!

(1) My brother is pure awesomeness. Did you guys know this? Well the big guy is no longer in Columbus. Why you ask? He was called UP! To Blo...

2nd winner & Dad's Birthday!

First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY-O!!! To a man who is in better shape than most 30 year olds I know. And man who works his butt off at work...

2011 Workouts

I am big on calendars, list and charts to keep myself accountable, on track, etc. So when it comes to working out I always have a calendar o...

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Thank you to everyone who entered my 1st giveaway! How exciting! And again, I want to thank Alicia from Your Vinyl Answer for sponsoring thi...

2nd Giveaway

On Tuesday night I prepped Chicken Taco Soup in the crock-pot and set it up yesterday morning to cook for Wednesday dinner. I first saw this...

What I'm loving & Award love!

(1) I'm loving this weather we are having! I wore sunglasses walking the dogs yesterday people! And made Izzy come walk with us. Pretty ...