DAY 4: Budding Fashion Designer

Madison offered to show me today how to design clothing.
She made this outfit for Nadiya to put on the bunny.
I thought it was pretty neat. :)

DAY 3: Lego

Ethan playing with the new lego he got for Christmas.

DAY 2

The kids have been wearing their boots in the basement because Byron is doing some renovating. I don't want them tracking the drywall dust all over the house, so they leave them behind when they get bored of watching daddy.  :P

Project 365: One A Day

So, I decided in the fall of last year that I was going to attempt to do this. I am going to do my best to take one picture a day and post them here as I go. From past experience I will say that you shouldn't expect too much. I tend to forget about my blog and have large gaps between posts. :) But I will give it a go and try my best. At the end of it, I'm hoping to put them all in a printed photo book. I think it'll be kind of neat, kind of like a photo journal. I don't blog on sundays, so monday will have pictures from both sunday and monday.

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DAY 1:

Flowers from my wonderful husband! Aren't they pretty? :)

I will post today's picture later this afternoon.

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We had a wonderful Christmas holidays. Byron took off the week between Christmas and New Years. We got some things done around the house, and the rest of the time was spent hanging around home or visiting family and friends. We celebrated Kaelynn's 4th birthday on New Year's Eve. She felt pretty special. :)

And I know this is a little late, but I thought I'd post a picture of my wreath I had on my door all December. I had planned to put it on here a few weeks ago already, but as usual time got away from me. :)

It took me hours, so I was very relieved that I was happy with it in the end. It would have been really disappointing if I'd hated it after all that work. :)


Wishing everyone a belated Happy New Years!

Baking Cookies with Dad

The lady whose house Byron is working on right now gave him a bucket of cookie dough and told him he had to make cookies with his kids. The kids of course were super excited about that idea and after asking Byron everyday for the last few days he had the time to do it last night after he got home.

The kids had a blast and I think even Byron enjoyed it. 

(We put Nadiya to bed early so she missed out.)

Introducing: Maddy & Co.

So I just thought I'd share some exciting news!

This is something that has been in the planning for a few months now. My sister, Leanne and I have decided to open up an etsy shop. We've named it Maddy & Co. (as I'm sure you could have guessed from the title of this post). We will be selling jewelry and accessories. Come and take a look! The first items just went up for sale today!

Here's the link:

Maddy & Co.

And a sneak peek just so I can add a picture.

I'm slightly embarrassed that it's been 4 months since my last post. I hadn't realized that it was that long ago already. Summer has flown by and we are seeing way too many signs of fall. Not that I mind fall, it's what comes after that I am really not looking forward too. :(

Anyways, my dear mother and sister have been nicely hinting that I have been seriously behind in putting pictures up so this is just going to be a post of pictures. It's not like I've been actually getting any sewing or crafting done these last few months anyways. Hopefully now that the kids are back in school I'll find some time for that again.

 We spent the beginning of summer in BC, where we enjoyed some very nice weather!

Madison had a kitten for a few weeks, but had to give it away because Kaelynn is allergic. The third picture is of her on the drive to her cousins to bring it away. Poor girl.

Pic #4: Ethan, Caden, and Alexa tried out the bus during the summer.

#5: There you go mom, A picture of one finished chair. No more complaining. :)

#6.: At swimming lessons, Ethan attempting to jump off the diving board

#7: Ethan hurt his cheek this summer and now has a dimple. It's a lot bigger when he smiles.

#8: Madison finally was able to get rid of her training wheels. She is super excited about that.

#9: Kaelynn being her usual fruity self and posing for the camera.

And that's all for now. Hopefully I can be a little more consistent with how and when I post so I don't end up with any more 4 month long gaps! :)