Friday, March 27, 2009

Dinner Time......


Our friendly backyard friend, opossum comes for a visit looking for food. This particular evening, Bob had put chicken in the cat's food bowl (I keep telling him not to do this, as Sally does not eat the stuff) and the opossum sniffed it out a mile away!
He is enjoying a little feast for sure.

Tampa Finalists....


Hayden and I visited Tampa, Fla. for a hockey tournament in February. It was a great weekend, and although we did not win we made it to the final and got beat by a very good team... the Florida Everblades. It was a great game to watch and I am sure be a part of. Both teams played excellent, and if I say so myself, the best team won!! Congrat's on 2nd place boys.
In case you do't recognize Hayden, he is to the left - back row - next to the Coach.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

50 YEARS & STILL GOING STRONG!!!!

WOW!!! What can I say??? Mum and Dad will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, March 7th. What an amazing milestone!
Mum and Dad have gone through so much together, ups, downs, more ups and more downs, but through thick and thin they have stuck together and worked through sooooooo much.
CONGRATULATIONS to both of you, I know you will have many, many more GOOD years ahead of you!
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Pony Club

Here's Sara and Badger after they had completed their testing! He was such a good boy, he earned himself a few treats back at the barn. Also, the girls in the picture below are the peers of the girls taking the tests. I think it's wonderful to teach these kids how to administer test, complete them and help the "newbies" feel more comfortable.
Sara will be heading out this coming Sunday for "OPENING DAY" for the foxhunt season. She will not however be wearing a red jacket, as they have to earn those (kind of like earning your stripes in the army)

Certificate Time


Here's Sara after being awarded her D1 and D2 certificates for the Pony Club Ratings. D1 is the first level when you are a new member. Because that was the first level, they went ahead and completed the second level also. They now want Sara to go and try for her D3 Rating, which is much more involved. This one will take place around December 27. We will have to see if she has managed to soak up the amount of book knowledge that she will need to take it then. We will certainly keep you all posted.

"Catfish Bob"

As you can see, Bob is having a wonderful time with having a pond behind our house! In his spare time, he throws out a line to see what the catch of the day will bring him. Yesterday, he pulled in several huge Catfish. He looked like a little kid pulling in his first ever fish. Anyway, after taking the bait and hook out of the mouth, he gave all of the Catfish to the Mexican workers who were working on a house next door. They were thrilled with their "fresh catch" for dinner.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

New Job

Well, for those of you who don't know, I started a new job! Yes, I gave up working with the little kids at the pre-school and moved on to bigger and better things. I am now working at the Citadel! I work in the HESS Building (across the road from Bob) ~ I work with the club sports, with one lady, and also with the classes, schedules, fitness tests, etc. with another lady.
For the most part, the day goes by very quickly and I for sure enjoy my job. The ladies thank me everyday for what I do!!! Not used to that up here, but they are all so very nice.
Bob comes home and deals with the kids when they get home from school, so the logistics were pretty easy to take care of.
I know I will be finishing for the Christmas Holidays somewhere between the 10th and 15th of December, so that will allow me a little trip to Florida to see Mum and Dad (hopefully if the gas prices aren't too high) and both of us will get our "fix"
Until then, have a great weekend and stay out of trouble (if that's possible) :0)