Happy Birthday!!

Today is my boy's 3RD birthday!! We are not doing much today, having a chicken and some ice cream cake. We are celebrating his birthday on the 13th. He did get to open his birthday presents from us, uncle Jeremy, and my gramma. We got him a bike and helmet, Jeremy got him the bike horn etc and a spider man slip and slide. And my gramma got him a teapot set. sounds a bit girly, but every time we go out to my gramma's - he wants to have a tea party..so it's very suitable..Paige likes it too!

Well we headed off to Dauphin Thursday..what a gong show! We were like 20 min from Dauphin (a 4 hour drive) when Jared got a call saying he would have to work Friday morning..YA RIGHT!! so we decided to head to his parents and have supper. We got talking and Jared pretty much knew it would be a one day job, so me and the kids were just going to stay,..and if he did end up having to work all weekend his mom would take us and we'd meet up in Esterhazy to go home. Well Friday afternoon Jared calls me, yep we're gonna be working..so plan to meet in Esterhazy..Then around supper time he calls me back and says ok we're not working now...like really it was the most teeter totter event ever. haha.

We had a good time, Jared didn't come back until bright and early Saturday morning. So Friday I went out with a bunch of his friends. It was nice, b/c I had sent wedding invites to a lot of these people but had never met them.

Saturday we went out quadding with Sarah and Jeff. That was a blast! We headed over to Jeff and Sarah's for supper, and I think me and Sarah started to feel the effects of the night before. She started getting a migraine, and I just couldn't keep my eyes open. So Jared and I left there around nine and went back to his parents.

We came back yesterday. Now today is going to consist of putting my pond in, staining my step, and well hopefully eating soon, cause I am famished. haha

Oh ya, remember how I got sunburnt Wednesday...happened again Saturday..I think I need to start wearing sunscreen haha.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUN!!

Happy Birthday Jared!!! He is 24 years old today! We are the same age for a a couple months! Dominic turns 3 on Monday. His party is going to be held Sunday May 13th. (hopefully outdoors). He decided on a sponge bob theme.

Today we are off to Dauphin, that is where Jared is from. We are going to spend a few days there. We are really in no rush to come back. Jared has a few days off, so might as well do something. I would like to come back when he still has a day off, so we can get my pond started..and well perhaps our bathroom door back on. HaHa!

Yesterday we headed out to an auction by Carnduff. I didn't realize how Nice (aka HAWT!) it was out! I came back SO incredibly sunburnt! I'm a walking tomato.

Asia is the next pussycat doll!!! I was rooting for her! I really didn't watch the show until Mallory (my sister) came down to visit and now I'm hooked haha. well it's over now, so I was hooked. Tonight is my favorite night of TV, Thursday night ...the best shows...and I am not sure if Jared's mom still has satellite. They were never watching it, so got rid of it.. I am crossing my fingers and hoping she has it!!! haha My Thursday night addiction!

I am going to be hosting a Stampin' Up "party"...anybody interested? I need to come up with a relative time that would work well for others. I was thinking a weekend or somethang...Let me know, if you'd be interested in coming to it!

Stress

Often we all avoid stress, do not want it a part of our daily lives. Lately, I feel ,however, that I cannot live without it. I have been taking a class by correspondence, and at the beginning they strictly say don't fall behind. I , Crystal Hawker, would not fall behind, I was sure of that!!

HAHAHAHA

I did really well for the first month, but then...guess what??? I fell behind!!! I could throw every excuse out there on why I didn't stay on top of it, but the mere truth is...I was not motivated, I was lazy and had ample oppurtunities to work on it! Needless to say, my final is today at 4..and I am not prepared what so ever. I have been studying hard the past 2 days...but I can't get through the review without looking at the solutions. I am very nervous, but that's when my first statement of this blog falls into play...

Can I really live without stress? I think I thrive on it, and function better with it! That sounds so demented. I do, like to work under pressure..I admit it! As nervous as I am that I will totally bomb this final, I have enough adrenaline running through my body that I might as well run to Carnduff to write it! haha. Let's hope the process of writing this final goes better than my midterm went.

Let me give you some history of exactly how my midterm went! I have to go to the Carnduff "education complex" (which for those of you who don't know is about a 20 minute drive from Oxbow). I do believe I also left the task of finding a babysitter until last minute, so that added to my (**needed???) stress level. Then I arrive at the school 10 minutes early. (I write all my tests in this little room at the library), so I tell the librarian I am there to write my statistics 120 exam...She has NO idea what I am talking about, and tells me to go to the office. So I head on over there, and the secretary is just as baffled , and just for my luck...the principal (who is in charge of scn courses) has already left. So she calls him and finds it, and sends me to write it. I sit down..and all I have are the formula sheets...I kinda need the questions too!! So I go back..and she has to get the principal to come down, whom still doesn't find it. So they called SIAST in Moose Jaw, and had to get my exam faxed !!! It was total mayhem. I was 1/2 hr late to write it!! and my stress level sky rocketed.

Today, I will be calling ahead of time to ensure they know I am coming and that they actually have my exam. Or maybe I shouldn't...in hopes of adding to my "needed" stress levels.. haha.

After my final I am hoping to unwind by working out at Curves (if I finish before it closes), and then going for wings and drinks with my fiancee Jared, and Kandi and Barrett in Glen Ewen.

Wow that was a long blurb on stress and my final..tee hee. Here is the actual purpose of my blog, to attach some oh pics of my beautiful children!

Dominic will be 3 on April 30th. We are going to have a small thing with just us..Then on May 13th we are having his actual party..have to pencil it in between weddings! What a busy spring! He is such a handsome little gaffer.

I honestly cannot believe how much time has passed, that he is going to be 3, and in just over a month, his sister will be a year..time sure flies!

Paige is such a little sweet heart! You can't help but love her with her beautiful blue eyes..I will have to get a picture of her in her new Columbia jacket, it brings out the blue in her eyes, and is just soo cute!

My sister Amber came down this past weekend "to help me with the kids so I could study"...well I still didn't get much studying done..Oh well thanks anyways darling!

Not a very flattering picture of me..no makeup, a few drinkskies, and outside by the fire..

Of course my lovely fiancee, Jared was out there too. It was quite the nite. He cut his thumb wide open with an exacto knife..and really should have gone for stitches, but didn't.

It was a very fun evening, and I look forward to many more nights this spring and summer of sitting out by the fire with our siblings and friends and enjoying each other's company!

Few other pics

Dominic and Paige loved being able to sit out on the quad.






For the invitations, I ordered them online. However, for family and some of the bridal party(it took a long time haha so I stopped after 8)..I thought it would be fun to scrapbook some cards.



Every card was different, and it was a lot of fun to do. These were the first cards I have ever made, and are not very extravagant, but I am quite proud of them, nonetheless!


I am actually quite happy with how the picture turned out! Not sure how I did it. Man I want my new camera SO badly! I love being able to play around with stuff like that!

Dominic had a lot of fun Easter morning, playing with his new ninja turtles, and eating chocolate. He was in heaven. Paige enjoyed crawling around to find wrappers Dom left on the floor. tee hee. It was a fun morning!Paige discovered her new love! Macaroni Salad. As you can see by her face...she couldn't get it in fast enough! My little princess!

Twiddle dee Dum

So my last post was not very descriptive, more just had wonderful pictures. Ha Ha. It was the funnest time I had in a long time. Jared's friends are just fun, witty, hilarious people to hang out with. It was the first time I had met Brad, so it was really nice to meet him, considering he is the best man in our wedding! I still have to meet his ..well I guess his fiancee now. They just got engaged, so CONGRATS to them!

We got to go out for some afternoon quadding through the hills and mud, and trees. It was so fun. I love getting muddy and just havin' a blast!

It honestly was a nut house here all weekend though. Between us, and Brad and Jeff and my sister Mallory. And then Jeremy(Jared's brother) and all his friends spent 90% of the weekend here too. So, it was fun, but also nice to have my house back! It is Thursday and I am still trying to get everything put back together. haha ok maybe it's not QUITE that bad. Needless to say, I am happy to do a little extra cleaning to have the oppurtunity to spend a weekend with those guys. Talk is about going to Brandon May long to meet up with Brad and his fiancee. We shall see if that will happen or not!

Sunday the guys left and we headed up to Indian Head to take my sister back home (seeing as she had to be back for school Monday). We stayed the night at my parent's house and then headed into Regina Monday morning. We bought the trim to finish the house, and bedroom doors, and our new jacuzzi tub! Bad part is Jared, after having the weekend off, went back to work Tuesday so nothing has gotten done. The bathroom we still need to go back and purchase a toilet and tile for the shower. Whenever my stepdad can come down to help Jared, the bathroom will be redone. By summer!

We've been having some awful winds the past couple days. Not fun, hard to take Paige outside when it's that windy. I may be a little too precautious now, but the last thing I want for her is to get pneumonia again!

Yesterday I got my first reply card in the mail, and it was a "we'd be delighted" response. It was exciting!

Today is good ol' Thursday. My TV night!! Lately I have been quite disappointed b/c everything seems to be a rerun or not on at all.

Wisdom teeth are still bugging me, almost a week now that they've been a pain! I want to make an appointment with the dentist, but I can't even open my mouth, so I'd rather NOT go there and have them pry my mouth open and me being in agony..I will just wait until this passes then go in. I need to get me , Jared and Dom in for a cleaning before the wedding.

Wedding plans are coming along. I still need to figure out what I am doing for flowers. Jared's mom, Tracy, wants me to use real ones. I was thinking more fake at first, now I am not sure...I am going to go into the florist and do some pricing and just see exactly what I will do. I am still looking for shoes. I tried on a bunch in Brandon, but nothing stuck out and said I"M THE PAIR, so I made no purchases.

Wow, can you tell I haven't blogged in awhile, this is getting too long. I apologize.

Craziness

Ok so I finally went and got my camera! So here is my much waited for blog!!!

Jared had a couple friends come down Thursday night. Brad and Jeff (both in our wedding party). Brad is the best man, and Jeff a groomsmen. So Thursday we went out to the Bow for a couple Bevy's...

Saturday I had to head to Brandon to meet up with Jared's mom. We were picking out fabric for Paige's flower girl dress for the wedding. When I got back, me and my sister, Mallory, went on a quick quad ride. This is us sporting our oh so sexy helmets!

After that, the photo shoot started. We wanted some pics of Jeff and Brad, with the kids and so on

So then , us CURVES girls decided we needed to show off our muscles (our DRUNK muscles!!).

Then came the close up shots. I started getting a close up shot of everyone, then must have forget (one too many cocktails I guess)

All I can about those two above pics is HAHAHAHA. What a night I tells ya. I haven't partied like that..well since before I had kids. It twas a good time had by all!!! Just be glad I didn't show you the mooning pic..that showed , well lets just say AWAY TOO MUCH!

Will blog more l8r

Wise Wise Wise

Wisdom teeth need a new name!!! Any suggestions??? Here are a few I came up with:

Painful Mother f'n Teeth
Good for nothing, pain in your mouth Teeth
Cost you a lot of money to remove, painful Teeth
If you haven't hated something before, now you will, Teeth
Orajel is a waste of money Teeth
Why are there no pain killers strong enough for this, Teeth
My cheek feels like a chipmunk Teeth

I could go on all day.