Just a Glimpse...

...5 months later

2011-12-02T10:20:00.009-04:00

So i knew it had been a while since I last posted, but 5 months! So A LOT has happened in 5 months. We now have a little boy who will be 3 months old tomorrow. Sophie had her 1st birthday. And we bought a house and are all moved in.

This is his birth story...

Finn Anderson Quist was born on Sept 3 at 8:14pm. He was 3 weeks early! My water broke on the 1st, but I didn't realize that's what it was. I was having contractions and leaking fluid for 2 days before going to the hospital. I just thought it was false labor because we were so far from his due date. My 1st contraction happened when Sophie and I were at Hatfield Farms petting zoo with Mom and Amy. We did some shopping after that. The contractions were pretty irregular. I was able to sleep though the night. Then the next day I relaxed, but that evening Chad and I went to get groceries and went out to eat. The contractions were getting more intense during dinner so when we got home i called the IWK and they told me if I wanted to be checked I could come in but they might end up sending me home. After that the contractions kind of subsided so I decided to wait. That night I couldn't sleep and at 3am the contractions were more regular and intense. At 6am I decided to wake up Chad and go to the hospital. At this point was was wondering if my water had broken so I wanted to make sure that the baby was ok. We got to the hospital and got assessed. It took a long time becau

se they were over flowing with pregnant woman! They confirmed that my water broke, but after checking out the baby, they were sending me home to wait. They had zero empty beds and said I could wait there but it might be a few hours so I could wait at home and they would call me when they had space. So just as we were leaving the hospital Chad (who was on call that weekend) got called into work. He called around to see if someone else would be able to fill in for him. No one could help. He is an electrician so it wasn't like he was called in for a shift, someone just needed something fixed. So i called Mom and Dad, because they were going to come stay with Sophie, and they headed to our place while Chad went to work. The hospital called just as Mom and Dad got to our place. mom stayed with Sophie, and Dad drove me to the hospital. I called Chad on the way and he was just finishing up and was going to meet us at the hospital.

Dad stayed with me until Chad got there. When Chad showed up it was around 4pm. Since my water broke more than 24 hrs before they started me on the oxytocin, i was having contractions but they wanted it to move faster. I didn't an epidural right away because with Sophie I got one early on and her labor lasted 17 hours. I didn't want that to happen again. So I waited as long as I could. Finally I asked for one. So the nurse checked me and I was 8 cm dilated. She said she could ask them to come give me one or she could break my water and it would progress really fast after that. (My water had been leaking the past 2 days but Finn's head was blocking the hole so it didn't burst or drain quickly.) I decided to get the epidural. The doctor came to check me before they went into an emergency c section. She said that she had never seen someone's water that big! And that as soon as they broke it the baby would be here within minutes. So they were going to wait until after they did the c section. So Chad and I just waited. I had gotten the epidural but it only worked on one side. So I was still feeling most of the pain. It wasn't long until during a contraction my water broke on it's own. Oh man, this may be gross to some people but it filled the bed. I had to change my clothes and the sheets etc. Just after my water broke, the doctors came in and said it was perfect timing because they just finished with the c section. Then I had the urge to push...it was intense. I never had that with Sophie. 7 minutes of pushing and Finn was here. He was 3 weeks early and he weighted 9 lbs 7 oz. I cant imagine how big he would have been 3 weeks later. I knew he was going to be big! Poor guy didn't have a name for basically 2 days. I had been wanting to use Finn for a while but we hadn't committed to it for a few reasons. Finally I couldn't think of any other name that even came close, so Finn it was. I also LOVE his middle name. I would use it as a 1st name if the only nickname to come out of it wasn't Andy. So Finn was released even though he had a bit of jaundice. We were told to get him checked by our family doctor within 2 days. We did that and his jaundice level was still not coming down so we were readmitted to the hospital so he could be under the uv lights for 24 hours. After that he started to turn a normal color.

Finn is perfect. He is so calm and happy. He just started giggling a few days ago and his laugh sounds the same as Sophie's did.

So we bought a house...This summer we decided we were in a good position to buy a house and wanted to move before Finn was born. We contacted a Mortgage broker and real estate agent and the whole process was really quick. We started looking the end of july and had put in an offer with in 2 weeks. We wanted it to be a quick closing and asked the closing date to be Sept 7th so we would have a few weeks before the baby came t

o move in and get settled. Well, Finn had his own plans... he came on the 3rd, our final walk through for the house was on the 5th. We were still in the hospital on the 5th so Chad had to go alone. It was all a bit stressful. Then after they released us, Finn had to go back in to the hospital for a 24 hours period. We weren't released the 2nd time until Friday at 6pm and we were moving the next morning. Mom and Dad were staying wi

th Sophie and did some last minute packing for us which was a huge help!! Seriously stressful! But we moved in and everything is settled now.

So, Sophie and Finn are the same age for 10 days of the year. Sophie turned 1 on Sept 13th. We had a party for her that weekend. Actually we had 2 parties. We may have a house now but we have so many family members are friends that there was no way we would be able to fit everyone in our place. So on Saturday we had all our family over to celebrate. And then sunday night we invited friends over to eat some cake and ice cream.

At 1 year old Sophie is a very smart little girl. She talks ALL the time. Her only real words i can make out are Mamma, Dadda and Hi. She is close to saying a few other words. She love patti cake and the itsy bitsy spider. She likes to spin around and clap and dance. She can blow bubbles with her spit...i know it sounds gross, but it's really funny to see. She loves books, and she loves Finn. She also likes when i put her socks on. She is a very funny, sweet and ridiculously cute little girl and we are lucky to have her in our little family of four!

It's been a busy 5 months, but I have 2 very calm babies which makes life a little easier. They have dealt with all the changes very well.

Think Blue...

2011-06-04T11:58:00.003-03:00

On this past Tuesday we went to 3d Miracles to find out if baby number 2 is a boy or girl. To my amazement we are having a BOY! I really didn't have any feelings as to whether this baby was a boy or a girl but I think I just assumed it was going to be a girl. On Chad's side of the family, by the end of Sept there will be 8 grandchildren, and including our little guy there will be 2 boys. Quist's mostly have girls so I am a little shocked. But excited. I cant wait to dress him. I generally like boy baby clothes over girl stuff. It just think it is cuter!

I dont have any pictures yet because other than baby boy letting us know his gender he was not very cooperative. They couldn't get any good pictures of his face. We are going back in a few weeks to get pictures so hopefully he is workin the camera that day!

We aren't really sure on names yet so if you have some suggestions, let me hear'em!

Word search

2011-05-21T19:45:00.004-03:00

I just found this online and thought it was fun. It's a physiological word search. The 1st 3 words you see are supposed to describe you. I am not putting any real faith in this especially after finding my words, but it's fun to try!

The 3 words i saw first were...

1) Crush

2)Past

3)Peep

I dont think there were any crushes in my past that i ever peeped on, but still fun!!

What are your 3 words?

Eating Habits

2011-04-19T12:05:00.002-03:00

We have been in New Glasgow for the last 6 and a half weeks, and we have about a week left. Chad has been taking a course for work and after this and one more big exam on the 30th he will be a full Electrician. We are pretty excited for him to finish! Anyway, we have been staying at my parents place and it has been great. Sophie's has been growing so much while we were here and it was good that my family could she her progress. She is a funny little baby. She is a talker, and a starer. I think she could take anyone in a staring contest. However, I have a pretty hard time feeding her. She tried cereal first, and seemed to like it, then I gave her peas... I have a video of her first experience with peas which i will try to post later but oh man it's funny. She gaged like 3 times. Carrots are the same, she is not a big fan. And now I think that whenever I put a spoon to her mouth she thinks i am giving her peas or carrots and keeps her mouth shut pretty tight, even if it is just cereal. I hope she gets over it pretty quick.

Not much else is going on... we are hanging out here until after the easter weekend because we cant miss out on the easter egg hunt. Yep... my dad still hides candy for us big kids. I am sure it is pretty funny to watch, 5 or 6 adults between the ages of 24 and 28 running around the house or yard looking for eggs. I think the tradition might change in the next few years so that the hunt will be for the grandchildren.

Well tonight it is my plan to try Sophie with Sweet Potato's, wish me luck!

We weren't expecting....

2011-03-28T09:44:00.006-03:00

So I am probably the worst blogger, but I have had a little secret and I find it hard to blog when you have one big thing on your mind that you just can't tell yet! Everything else just seems so

unimportant.

We really weren't expecting it, but we are EXPECTING! Yep, baby number 2 is on the way! I am 14 weeks along now and feeling ok. I feel MUCH better than the last time, but still pretty gross.

I have been having quite a hard time wrapping my mind around it. Our plan was to maybe start trying for baby number 2 when Sophie turned 1, instead baby number 2 will arrive right after Sophie turns 1. It still blows me away to think about it!

So that is our news! I dont have any pictures of baby number 2 yet, so I will post one of Sophie. I have been really lacking in taking pictures of her lately. She is getting so big so fast! She had her 6 month check up and she weighed 20 pounds 8 oz. she is 27 inches long. She is a healthy baby!

I love this dress.

This is how she likes to watch TV.

LOVE this kid!!

christmas

2011-01-24T19:11:00.004-04:00

I guess i should post about Sophie's 1st Christmas since i forgot to before...

It was perfect. It was a green Christmas...my favorite kind! We were at my parents place for Christmas Eve until boxing day. Christmas morning Sophie slept in until after breakfast. We woke her up to open presents. She got quite a few things for being only a 3 month old. We bought her a really cute little Dragon stuffed animal. His name is Scorch, I might just force it to be her favorite stuffed animal! We got some family pictures taken and had fun relaxing and spending time with family.

I took this picture of Sophie, i took about 30 pictures trying to get her to smile but it just didn't happen..all 30 pictures basically look like this one...but she is cute none the less...

so for christmas i made my sister Amy a necklace...that is kind of literal, it was made out of lace.

I think she likes it...she said she did and she wore it in public so i think she does. I saw it online and I thought it looked easy...turns out it was pretty easy, i think I might make a few more.

Also this month I turned 27! This is the age that has pushed me over the edge, I didn't mind turning 25 or ever 26...but 27, i am now in my late 20's...hard to believe! I had a prefect birthday, relaxing and spent time with Nathan, Caverly and my new friend Cameron! Cute family!!

2011

2011-01-16T20:07:00.004-04:00

So, i wasn't going to post this, but I thought that if I dont write it down or tell someone i might not follow through. I have a goal to lose 45 pounds by Aug 6, 2011. My friend Sarah from high school is getting married so that is the date I picked as my end date, and this tuesday is my start date. I think it can be done, and should be done, so there it is folks. I dont think I will post my weight cause i am just too embarressed but maybe along the way when i am feeling more conifdent I will let you in on it. That might not happen till the end, but we will see.

In other news...I have no other news. i lead a very uneventful life, somehow I thought that adding a baby to the mix would live'n things up a bit, but she is pretty perfect and mellow and fits right into our comfortable little life. I am sure that will change when she starts being a little more independant and crawling.
I have to say though she is growing up way too fast.

Here she is standing up by next to the ottoman...she's quite strong!

Halloween and Blessing Day

2010-11-09T11:54:00.010-04:00

I am not much for Halloween, even as a kid I hated it. But I will try not to pass on my opinions on stuff like that to Sophie...she can decide for herself if she likes halloween. Anyway, my sister Laura just happened to have given me some baby clothes, which included a little frog costume. I tried it on her and she looked so cute/funny that we just had to use it. Here she is all dressed up like a frog...

Another big day for Sophie was Sunday Nov 7th. She was blessed at Church. We had lots of family come and it turned out to be a great day dispite the rain. My Mom made her dress, Chad's Mom bought her a gorgeous little bracelet and my Grandfather found her some cute little white shoes. She looked so pretty on her special day...

This picture is of all those who participated in Sophie's blessing.

Back- Jake (Brother in Law) Chad's Dad, My Dad, my Grandfather.

Front- Logan (Brother in Law) Brant (Brother in Law) Chad with Sophie and Alec (my Brother)

Now we are trying to decide what we want to give Sophie for her 1st Christmas. Time is flying by, it will be Christmas before we know it. She is already 8 weeks old and will be getting her 2 month needles at the end of the week! Crazy!

One Month

2010-10-13T18:44:00.007-03:00

Sophie is one month old today...I can hardly believe it. She is getting so big. She has her 1 month appointment tomorrow so we will see how much she has grown in the past 2 weeks.

It's amazing how much I love this little girl!

Sophie in the Bumbo chair Mimi gave her!

Sophie Kinnon Quist

2010-09-23T11:11:00.009-03:00

Well, I am a little behind on posting this. But our little girl arrived on Monday Sept 13, 2010 at 5:40am. After 17 hours of active labor :( She weighed 8 lbs and 11 oz. That was a little bigger than I was expecting but not too far off. I am glad she was 5 days early though because she would have only gotten bigger!

She is doing great and she loves to wake her mommy up a couple times a night. We are adjusting to the lack of sleep but it makes it a little hard when I find it impossible to sleep during the day. I have always had a hard time napping in the day and I still find it hard even with a lack of sleep at night. I am sure it will catch up to me soon.

So my labor story isn't too exciting. I didn't have anything crazy happen, just that it was long. My water broke Sunday morning at 8:30, right after Chad said " you know, if your water broke this morning I wouldn't have to teach priesthood"...10 minutes later he got his wish. I thought she would make an appearance that day but she held on till Monday morning.

I got an epidural, which when I asked for one, I got one in about 5 minutes. So labor was hard but not brutal. I have to say I would give birth again no problem, but being pregnant is the worst thing I have ever experienced!

Anyway we are loving having a baby in our home. Chad and I keep saying to each other that we cant believe she is ours. We think she is cute! She looks a little like both of us so it should be interesting to watch her features change over time.

Here are some pictures of Sophie.

38 weeks

2010-09-09T13:44:00.005-03:00

My sister took a few belly pictures. Other than the fact that I look huge, they turned out pretty good! They were taken at 38 weeks and 2 days. I am now 9 days away from my due date! I am freaking out a little bit. I am excited to meet our little girl but soon I will be a Mom and that
seems crazy!

5 Years

2010-08-26T07:12:00.002-03:00

It is crazy that 5 years ago today Chad and I got married!! It seems like we just got married, but it also seems like we have been a family forever! I am so happy he is my husband! He is the perfect guy for me. He is sweet and caring, protective, honest, easy going, crazy, and I swear he gets better looking everyday!! I am glad he is mine forever! Love you babe!! Happy Anniversary!

30 Days

2010-08-19T09:22:00.002-03:00

I have 30 days left till the due date! I am kinda freaking out a little! I cant wait to meet this little girl but I am worried I wont recognize the signs of labor in time and end up having her at home! I know this sounds a little crazy, but hey I am pregnant and somewhat irrational!
I think we are pretty much equiped with all of baby's necessaties but I have a question for the masses.....

What are some important things to bring with me to the hospital that I might not have thought of? For both me and baby?

30 weeks!

2010-07-10T20:23:00.005-03:00

Today I hit the 30 week mark. 10 weeks left, or 70 days! Of course this is till my due date and I am anticipating going late, but I will still be counting down! So what did I do on this overcast, muggy, hot saturday to celebrate my 30 weeks... I mopped the kitchen floor!! Let me tell you, it was not easy, but it needed to be done!

Up until this point I have not posted any pregnancy pictures and this is because I hate pictures of myself. I have taken a few along the way so I remember what I looked like but I think tomorrow I will get Chad to take a few and probably post some.

We haven`t been up to much so far this summer, just spending time with friends and family. Chad has been working a lot, sometimes on Saturday`s, like today... which brings in a little extra money. I am so lucky to have a husband like him!

Life is good, a little uneventful, but I am enjoying it because I know that in about 10 weeks everything is going to change! We are excited to meet our little girl...who we still haven`t settled on a name for yet....So bring on the suggestions...

It's a...

2010-05-25T20:30:00.004-03:00

...so I was totally wrong. I thought for sure Baby Q was a boy, but they proved me wrong at 3D Miracles! We are having a very cute little girl! Well, I think she is cute!! Now I can start shopping and making decisions!

Boy or Girl?

2010-05-12T10:20:00.002-03:00

I have a little poll on the side of my blog now. It will be there until May 25 at 4pm. Chad and I are going to find out if Baby Q is a boy or a girl on the 25th at 4:45pm!! I am so excited to know.
So get your guesses in and I will post a picture and the gender when we get back from the appointment.

I love this baby!!

Repairs...

2010-04-28T10:51:00.003-03:00

Our life has been a little hectic lately! On April 7th I was at home around lunch time when the fire alarm went off in our building. It was not a plaaned on so I evcauated. Me and another lady were out side wondering what was going on. We found the Super and he told us that there was no fire and we could go back to our apartments. We had been outside for maybe 10 minutes. I walk back into my apartment and there is a waterfall of water coming from our ceiling in the dining area. I ran an told the super. It turns out that the guy upstairs broke one of the sprinkler heads and set off the system. His apartment was flooding and so ours was flooding too.

The super got it all under control pretty quickly. Not without a lot of damage doe to the ceiling and floor of our apartment. We stayed at Chad's brother's place for the rest of that week. We were waiting to hear when they would be starting to fix the place. Well, last thursday they started the repairs. It was the 22nd! It took them so long to figure out what insurance company was responsible blah blah...so we are the ones suffering! The repairs should be done by the end of this week! We have had fun hanging out with Calla, Reese and Bjorn. They are pretty funny kids! It will be nice to have our own space again, but we happy we have such welcoming family that let us stay with them!

Our baby is doing well I believe. I have heard the heart beat 2 times so far and my doctor says the heart beat is very good. She said it is slow and I am carrying quite low. She thinks it's a boy, which I have thought it was a boy for a while now. We will have to wait and see. We are going to make an appointment with 3D miracles for the end of May.
Last night I felt the baby move for the first time! It was a weird fluttering feeling. I have felt it a few times this morning as well. It's pretty awesome! I just love this kid so much already!!

I might take a belly picture soon. I am just barely showing now, I will probably post one soon.

Bye for now!

Baby Dreams

2010-04-07T09:31:00.002-03:00

I have a question for all of the Mother's out there.
While you were pregnant, did you dream about your baby? If so, were you accurate when it came to the gender of the baby?

Cake

2010-03-26T14:37:00.004-03:00

I had a request to post a picture of the cake I just did for the Relief Society birthday. Here it is:

And, just to add a little bit of what is going on with life... Tomorrow I will be 15 weeks. I am pretty excited! Everything seems to be going well. It has taken us a long time and some complications to get here but we are happy to have made it to this stage. I get to hear the heart beat next week which I am really excited about.

Um....Can we say Finally!!

2010-03-18T09:32:00.005-03:00

Due Date September 18,2010!

The Holiday's

2010-01-06T08:36:00.005-04:00

It has been a very busy couple of weeks. First there was Christmas, which was a lot of fun. We were in Halifax for Christmas day. Chad and I woke up relatively early. We opened presents from each other and I made waffles for breakfast. That is one tradition I wanted to start this year. They were only ok because it was my first attempt. I will have to perfect that skill by next christmas. That afternoon we went and visited Chad's family. We had a great dinner at Chad's brothers place and stayed there until midnight watching movies and playing with the kids.

This is my tree...I say "my" because Chad hates it. I have to say that this year it looks better with the normal white lights, verus last year with the dang rope light!

Then boxing day, bright and early we left to go to my parents place. We exchanged gifts there and since we were all together my older sister inisted we do a family picture. She is the photographer in the family and dispite her love of taking pictures....she hates taking our family picture cause we like to complain through the whole process. It turned out nice though.

New Years came quickly after that and my sisters were planning a party. They asked me to make a cake for it. So I did and we spent new years with my family and friends. It was a fun night.

Then 3 days later it was my birthday (I told you it was busy).
I am now 26 years old. It is hard to believe! I am not really sure what happened to the last 5 years to make them go by so quickly! Chad had invited family over to have cake and ice cream on my birthday. Just before he brought the cake out he asked me for candles...i said we didn't have any. That didn't discourage Chad...he is quite creative! I had match candles. Thanks babe! You are the best!

Now it is January 6th and I have offically given my notice at work and my last day will be Jan 22nd. This has been coming for a long time and I am so happy to have finally done it!

I have been told by Caverly that "this is our year"...I am hoping that 2010 is a great year!

Chirstmas is coming!

2009-12-03T12:45:00.005-04:00

It is hard to believe that it is already december. I have most of my shopping done, but I still feel rushed! I decided this year i would make an advent wreath...I saw one in a magazine i have and thought it looked cute. This is how mine turned out...

This is what is inside! I love Lindor chocolates!

I also wanted to mention that I am pretty excited for my brother. Since I can remember Alec's life has been basketball. This year he started school at UNB Saint John and he made the basketball team. I am pretty proud, so any game he has that is near the city Chad and I go to. We were lucky with his first game, it was at Mount Saint Vincent.

This is Alec (number 4) taking some foul shots at that first game.

Last weekend we went to Truro to see him play. I used to go to every game he played in high school. It is good to see him out there again. He is a pretty amazing player, even though he might argue that with me...he's just modest!

Laura's Home!!

2009-12-01T12:45:00.003-04:00

I am late with this post, but on the 18th my Sister got home from her mission. The 18 months went by so fast! It is good to have her around again though. Chad and I went to the airport to meet here. My Mom got us to make posters and everything. Chad and I got there a little early, her flight was supposed to get in at 10:50pm. We got there around 10:30, and as we were walking in the door Chad said "wouldn't it be funny if she was already here..." Then we looked ahead at the benches by the door and there was Laura sitting all alone. Her plane got in a hour early. So the posters and the video camera were all wasted! My parents showed up like 10 minutes later. It would have been fun to have us all gathered around waiting for her when she got off the plane, but I think this makes a better story!

Anyway...it is good to have you home La!

A Few Faves

2009-10-08T10:35:00.016-03:00

Here are a few things I love! Some of them I have experienced, some I just want!

I am just lovin the song Beggin' by Madcon! I like the original version by the Four Seasons but the newer version just makes me want to dance!

Stewart Black Cherry pop. I LOVE black cherry pop! I told Chad the other day that when we buy a house I want to install a "water"fountain that supplies me with black cherry pop 24/7. I was half kidding!

This is a recent purchase I made from ebay...120 eye shadow pallet from Coastal Scents. I have been having fun playing with this the last 2 weeks. I love the rainbow eye that I do...I feel like Rainbow Bright! (not that i would wear it in public, but it is fun to play)

This watch is something that I dont have, but want! How cool is it? It is called the Nooka Mirrored Zot V2. It is a little more than I can afford for a watch, but I am keeping my eye out for it on ebay. Just to demonstrate how it works... in this picture the time is 8:25pm and 55 seconds.

Now, I love online shopping...it is so much better than going to the store. As you probably all know I love ebay! But I also love www.stupid.com, where else would you be able to find Sushi packing tape and mouth spray that lets you instantly look and feel canadian? Obviously this site is for gag gifts, but i like to give those every once in a while...this is your place to find it!

I love croissants! Almost every time i go home for a visit my Mom has croissants waiting for me!

Lastly, I love these 2 magazines! They have such fun easy ideas! I am not creative, i need these magazines to copy from! Great ideas!

Chad is 27!!

2009-09-28T09:54:00.007-03:00

This was a busy weekend, but the most important part was Chad's birthday! On the 27th, Chad turned 27! His "champagne" or golden birthday! So I decided it called for a little sparkling apple juice!

We invited Chad's family over for some cake sunday evening. It is always fun having everyone get together. I especially love seeing our niece's and nephew. Eva and Bjorn are getting so big!

This is Chad blowing out the candles...with a little help from Calla. I was at a bad angle for picture taking.

I am pretty sure Chad has a good day. One of the presents I gave him was a 3D puzzle of a globe that came with a stand. He put it together last night...it looks pretty awesome, I forgot to take a picture though.

I think Chad is amazing in so many ways! He really does have strength in areas that I lack and I think we make a good team! I love you Chad and I hope you had a fun birthday!

Also this weekend we had a youth activity where every ward was required to build a type of go cart to have races with. This is Halifax's version of a go cart...it turned out really well. We didn't win the over all racing part, but we were given an award for the most intimidating!

Now that I wrote down what we did this weekend it doesn't seem like a whole lot but it seemed really busy! I am looking forward to a little relaxing this week!

There was a wedding and then we went on a trip!!

2009-09-17T09:32:00.001-03:00

Well, to start out...on Aug 29th my big sister got married. Amy and Steve decided to have there wedding in my parents back yard. It was set up a nice in the yard but they were calling for rain. Luckily my parents house in across the street from the church so at 11am the morning of the wedding, we moved everything over to the church to avoid the rain. It was a busy morning. The wedding started at 2pm and me and Amy started getting ready at 1:20.
But all went smoothly after that, the rain held out until after the pictures and i think everyone had some fun. Oh yeah...I made her wedding cake. It was very simple, but it was exactly what she wanted.

Here are some pictures that the photographers took.

Then Chad and I had taken a week off of work and went with Amy and Steve to Ontairo... just what every newly married couple dreams of...chaperones on their honeymoon. ;) We hung out for the week and then they went to Niagra Falls for their real honeymoon so dont feel too bad for them!
We had a lot of fun though. We went to Canada's wonderland twice where we went on all but 1 or 2 rollarcoasters! We didn't bring a camera cause we didn't want to carry it around all day. SO no pictures, however, they have this insane rollarcoaster call the Behemoth, it is brand new this year and it is insane. The first drop is 70 meters (230 feet) at 125km/h and a 75 degree angle. It's crazy! You can check it out here: http://behemoth.canadaswonderland.com/public/ride/

We also went to the zoo. Chad loved it! He really should have went into zoology or something!
I love that the Rhino's were kissing!

We did some shopping. We bought new dressers from Ikea. We are buling a new bed frame that will match.

And we did a quick stop by the temple at night. Chad and I wanted to do a session but our recommends expired while we were away and we realized too late to do anything about it before we left.

This is us outside the temple, little self portriate!

I also had my first Krispy Kreme experience. It was heavenly!

And my first Denny's experience...this was taken at Denny's.

Also, one of my favorite foods is Jerked Pork! I love it!! And I cant find it around here. They have a Mr. Jerk in Brampton (where we were staying) and we got some the first night we were there! I love it! If anyone knows where to get it around here let me know!!

We had a lot of fun! It was the fist real trip Chad and I had ever taken together.
We will have to do it more often!
Also, a big thanks to my uncle and aunt who let us stay with them while we were there! You are fabulous!!

4 years!!

2009-08-26T09:33:00.001-03:00

4 years ago today Chad and I got married! It is hard to believe it has been that long. To me it feels like maybe a year. I asked Chad if it had felt like 4 years...he said "yes" (which of course I took the wrong way), but he said.... "it is just hard to remember a time when we weren't together." I thought that was a pretty good answer.
Chad is the best husband! He is sensitive and sweet and does the dishes for me cause I hate it.
He's hansom and funny and he keeps me on the right path! He is smart and inspiring and will do anything for me! He is the perfect guy for me and I am so lucky to be with him forever!!

Natal Day

2009-08-06T14:01:00.012-03:00

I started this post about a week ago... so before Natal day comes around again I should post it.

I so enjoyed Natal Day, mostly because it gave me an extra day off work, but we had a lot of fun.
Chad and I took our niece's Calla and Reese to Taylor's Head beach. We met up with Chad's Dad and family. It was a long drive for the girls, but it is a nice spot. It is just past Spry Bay. The water was cold but the beach wasn't rocky or full of seaweed so that was nice.
Chad of course dug a big hole. And then did a hand stand in it. He is just too funny!

This is Everyone hanging out. Chad digging a hole.

Chad getting out of the hole.

Chad and Calla hanging out in the hole.

Reese...i love this kid, she is just too cute!!

Oh, and there was some sand castles built. I didn't get a picture of the finished product, but it was awesome!

It was a good day!

I made a cake!

2009-07-21T08:02:00.004-03:00

Lately I have been a little obsessed with Ace of Cakes and the Food Challenge with all the crazy cakes. They just look so fun. My sister is getting married at the end of the summer, so I offered to make her cake. Granted I have never actually made a wedding cake, but I figure that since I had watched all these shows and how to video's on youtube that it would be fun. This weekend I decided to do a practice cake, I think it turned out ok for my first try. It is obviously not a wedding cake, but I needed to try working with fondant. It's really not that hard. I took the cake to young woman's on sunday to share, it went along with my lesson on Temple Marriage. I wasn't a huge fan of the pound cake recipe that I tried though so if any one has a good chocolate pound cake recipe let me know!!

I also wanted to post a picture of the father's day cards that I made this year, I thought they were really cute. I have more pictures of cards on facebook.

Dreams

2009-07-13T10:12:00.003-03:00

I dream all the time....every night in fact. I usually remember them in the morning and they are typically strange and crazy. I am not a fan of dreaming, i never feel like I get enough sleep. I heard that if you can remember your dream in the morning you didn't get enough sleep.

I am known to talk in my sleep and also beat up Chad on occasion (only a little), but last night my dream was intense. The details are all a little fuzzy now, but I was at the beach and laying in the water. Someone came along, i dont know who it was, but they grabbed my hand and pulled me out and held me under the water. I couldn't get out. The next thing I knew I was startled awake because I couldn't breathe. I woke up trying to breathe. It was insane. I dont know if i couldn't breathe because of my dream or if my dream formed around the fact that i couldn't breathe.
(You know how that happens sometimes, how your alarm turns into some sort of car alarm or something in your dream and then you realize it is your clock)

Anyway, I had a hard time getting back to sleep after that and i am quite tired now, it was a long night.

Hopefully no one else has such real dreams!!

She's Cute!

2009-05-28T10:48:00.004-03:00

This is a picture I just had to share....

My Mom sent it to me yesterday asking if I recognized who it was. I knew who it was as soon as I looked at it....my Dad however thought it was either me or my little sister.

Nope....it is my Mom! How cute is she! It's funny to think of your parents once being this small!

Food Storage

2009-05-07T15:38:00.003-03:00

We have been told so many times how we need a food storage, and how we need to be prepared. I have always thought this was a great idea and my Mom is a great example in this area, you should see the food storage she has! Chad and I have a little bit of a food storage, but it needs some work. I am a little over whelmed with it all when I try to plan out what I am going to need for a 3 month storage let alone a year supply. I have been feeling lately that it is a real necessity for me to put some effort into it though.

So, the point for this post... maybe this is old news to most of you, but I found this website dedicated to food storage. I think it is going to really help keep me organized and not so over whelmed. It is foodstoragemadeeasy.net It has spreadsheet and videos to walk you though the process. I have found it quite helpful. I just thought I would share this with you.

A Nephew!

2009-03-04T07:31:00.006-04:00

There is finally a boy! Up until this point all my in laws were having girls. But on Thursday Feb 26, 2009 at about 10:20pm I got a nephew, Bjorn Matthew Quist! Congratulations Brant and Melissa. He was 10lb 2 when he was born. He is so cute! His big sisters are doing well with him.

This is Bjorn 2 days old.

Eva ( 9 days old) and Bjorn ( 4 days old) cute cousins!

Also, Bjorn was almost sharing a birthday with his big sister Reese who turned 2 on the 27th. We had a little party for her on Monday. I cant believe she is 2 already! She is growing up so fast!

I am a proud Aunt! Happy Birthday Reese and Bjorn and Eva!

Valentines and a new baby!!

2009-02-23T08:40:00.011-04:00

So I will start off with the more exciting news. Logan and Katrina (my bro and sis in law) welcomed a baby girl on Saturday. Eva Morgan Quist was born at 10:53 pm Feb 21, 2009. She was 7lb 15". She has a ton of hair and looks just like her mommy!! We went to visit them after church yesterday and other than being very tired they are all doing great! Eva is already a daddy's girl! I am excited to be an aunt to 3 beautiful girls! Hopefully Melissa, another one of my in laws (who was due yesterday) will have a little boy so I can have a nephew to spoil too!

Congratulations Logan and Katrina! The pictures are dark cause i didn't want to use a flash! But look at all the dark hair!

So Valentines day was nice and relaxing...I know it was like a week ago but I thought I would post since I have some pictures.

Chad and I just spent the day at home together. Well, actually Chad went and played squash in the morning, which gave me time to finish making him a card. But the afternoon and evening we ordered some food, watched movies and had a little chocolate fondue. It was fun!

So yesterday we had Chad's Brother Brant and his family over for dinner. They have 2 girls, Calla and Reese who are very helpful in showing me how not child proof my apartment is!

It was great to have them over though!

We made some cookies after dinner for dessert...Reese really enjoyed herself!

We haven't been up to a whole lot, Chad is back to work today. He just finished a block of school for his apprenticeship. It will be nice to have some money again. He goes back again in May.

I am really quite jealous of people in school! I miss it a lot! If only it didn't cost so much I would be back there in a second!

Well, I hope you all have a great week.

Valentines Day

2009-02-11T12:11:00.003-04:00

it's almost here! I have never been big into valentines day...but this year for some reason I am buying into it. I want to do something fun with Chad but I am lacking ideas!

What is something fun/romantic but cheap to do on Valentines day?? Any suggestion would be helpful!

6 Things....

2009-01-30T13:20:00.002-04:00

So Julia Tagged me, and I enjoy doing these little things to past the time at work so here we go!

Rules: Write 6 random things about myself, link the person who tagged you & post the rules. Tag six people. Let them know they have been tagged.

1) I cut myself on anything...and on a daily bases. Yesterday I cut myself on my seatbelt! It doesn't even have to have a sharp edge, i'll find a way!

2) I hate the toy jack in a box...even though I know it is about to pop out, it still freaks me out.

3) I change my clothes one item at a time so that if the house catches on fire while I am changing I dont have to run outside half dressed. I am always afraid my house is going to burn down.

4) I can say the alphabet backwards...pretty fast, about as fast as saying it forwards. I use to ALWAYS have the alphabet song stuck in my head...for like years, and still to this day i randomly find myself singing it.

5) I dream every night and I hate it! I never get a good sleep! And my dreams are always crazy!
If anyone knows how to not dream at night...let me know!

6) I am not an overly ambitious person, but whenever i hear that something is impossible i have to try it...for instance... i heard you cant sneeze with your eyes open, so I have tried it...I cant!
However, I heard it was impossible to lick your elbow...i tried it and guess what...NOT IMPOSSIBLE!! I can lick my elbow! So dont let anyone tell you something is impossible!

Now I tag...

Caverly S
Robyn W
Nikki N
Keah O
Renae C
Amy M (even though she probably wont do it!)

Have fun!

Let me explain...

2009-01-27T10:20:00.008-04:00

Ok, I am the worst blogger ever lately!!! But it has been a busy 2 months! I honestly cant believe it is going to be Feburary next week! Anyway Things have been busy... in December, lets be honest, everyone is busy so I have no real excuse except I thought I was doing good with my Christmas shopping as I started in Oct, but then it was all of a sudden 2 weeks before christmas and I was still not finished!

We had a nice christmas, we went to my parents place and I got to talk to my little sister on Christmas day for a few minutes. She is in Italy on her mission (which is like half over already! I cant believe how time flies!) So that was a lot of fun!

New Years was fun, we spent out night with Shane and Jessica and Nathan and Caverly. It was a lot of fun, playing games, good food and fun non alcoholic drinks!

Then I had my birthday, which Chad threw me a surprise party! I am not one for surprises, but it wasn't too bad! I honestly had no idea!! Chad really is the best husband ever! He went all out for that party! And he bought me a photo printer which works great!! I cant believe I am 25! Scary!

Also, for the past month and a half we have had Chad's sister Mallory and her husband Jake staying with us. It is sometimes hard sharing your space with other people like that, but last night they decided they were going to stay with Chad's Mom and try to get an apartment in her building...it was almost sad having them leave. They were living in bridgewater, so having them in Dartmouth will be nice, we will be able to hang out a lot more often!

And on top of it all Chad started school at the begining of January. He has to take four 6 week blocks of school, one each year. He hasn't be able to get in until now, so he wil be doing 2 block for school this year, but he has had to adjust to the homework and tests and projects. He is doing very well though! I miss the paychecks though!

So, like I said...we have been busy...nothing too exciting, but lots to do!

I am going to end this post with a few pictures! (that's another reason I am slack! I dont like to post with out pictures, so I will have to try to take more pictures!)

This is my parents house all decorated for Christmas that my sister did...Chad said it's not real decorating unless you use a ladder! I think it looks nice!

On Christmas eve in new glasgow they have Santa travel all around the town on a fire truck, he goes up and down all of the streets...it takes all night, anyway we heard the sirens so we went out to see him coming, I got bored waiting so I built a mini snow man on the front step.

Unfortunately he had melted the next morning! RIP

I almost forgot....Today is my little sister Laura's 22nd Birthday! Like I said, she is in Italy, but I want to say happy birthday anyway! This is a picture of my siblings ( it is like a year or so old) Laura, Alec and Amy!

Well, now that I have caught up the last 2 months I will update more often!

Tagged again!

2008-11-13T12:14:00.003-04:00

It seems lately that the only time I blog is when I am tagged! So thanks Nikki!
I do have a blog in the making so stayed tuned!
So here goes....

Favorite Person (outside of family)? Oh there are so many! Elysa, Julia, Caverly, Jessica and Heather. They are all great for so many reasons!!

Favorite Food? well...i love pasta. But lately I have been craving jerked chicken from Mr. Jerk! There are none around here, and I tried making it at home and it is just not the same!!

Quirks about you? There are too many weird things about me... I can only whisle if I suck the air in, also, I have no actual proof other than the way my pants fit, but I am pretty sure one leg is shorter than the other.

Any regrets in life? Um...not really regrets, there may be a few things I would have done differently, like university... I might have chosen a different career path, but I dont regret my education. Does that make sense??

Favorite Charity/Cause? I really like the make a wish foundation, also anything to do with alzheimer research.

Favorite Blog recently? I liked Julia's post about Lyla Ladybug....I just love that kid those pictures are so cute!!

Something you can't get enough of? Time with Chad....we get to spend a lot of time together and I love it! But I would take more if I could! Also...reading is a new obsession of mine!

Worst Job you've ever had? I'm pretty sure my current job as Office Manager at a placement agency is my worst job yet!!

What job would you pay not to have? any position in a fast food resturaunt. I couldn't do that!

Guilty Pleasure? online shopping and chick flicks!

Got any confessions? I cant think of anything...

If you had $1000 dollars to spend on yourself how would you spend it? I would need to travel!

Favorite thing about your house? It has a hallway! our old place was a big box! oh and 2 bathrooms!

Least favorite thing about your house? It's a rental!

One thing you are bad at? keeping in touch with people!

One thing you are good at? Listening... I really dont mind when people need to vent! Bring it on!

If you could change one thing about your circumstances, what would it be? I would have a different job!

Who would you like to meet someday? um...Brandon Boyd maybe.

What makes you feel sexy? I dont know...it's been a while!

Who is your real life hero? Well... my parents! They are amazing! They are both so strong in the gospel, they are smart, they have a great relationship. Mom has a very calming nature and Dad is crazy and funny! They are both great!

What is the hardest part of your job? dealing with riff raff!

When are you most relaxed? When my apartment is clean and I have nothing to do!

What can you not live without? family and good friends.

Why do you blog? to keep family and friends up to date with whats going on in our lives, to keep in touch, to keep a record...it's like my journal!

Who are you tagging? Julia and Caverly!

Birthday Weekend Getaway

2008-10-02T08:24:00.007-03:00

Last saturday was Chad's 26th birthday!! He's growing up so quickly! ;)

So I decided that we should get out of town and have some fun. We have been telling Josh and Julia that we would come visit them in the valley, so I thought it might be good to put the 2 idea's together. I was looking for a few weeks for a place to stay and didn't find anything really fantastic. I am not a fan of the B&B scene...i just rather not stay at someone's house that I dont know. So I was looking for an inn or maybe a hotel. I wanted something with a little character. So I looked and looked...and it seemed like I was going to have to book a boring hotel room. So the tuesday before we were supposed to leave I showed Chad a few of the places I was thinking. None of them were overly exciting, so I searched one more time for other accomodations and I found it! It's called By the Dock of the Bay Cottages. It was perfect and luckly they had a suite avaiable. Pictures are to follow.

I must start at the begining...

I decided to take Friday off of work so we left as soon as Chad was finished work around 3. So we called Josh and Julia and told them we would see them soon. Then Josh told us that he had this secret to getting there faster. Julia and I thought it was going to be some back road shortcut kind of thing...but it turned out that Josh just speeds...that's his secret! Chad is a little bit of a speeder himself so the following incident we do not blame Josh for, but it was just kind of funny that he suggested it. We were driving just outside Windsor and Chad got pulled over...he was indeed speeding. So to start off his birthday weekend Chad got his first speeding ticket! We talked about how it was a crappy thing to happen but we weren't going to let it spoil the weekend. Poor Chad...the cop should have seen that it was his Bday and given him a warning! Oh well...she was just doing her job!

Anyway...we got to the valley and checked into our suite...it was perfect!!It was in a beach house right on the water with a perfect view of the Bay of Fundy! I would recommend this place to anyone who is looking for a place to get away. And it is not that expensive either!!

Here is the website: h ttp://www.cottagesnovascotia.com/

So after we got settled we met Josh and Julia for some dinner. They live about 10 feet away from a cute resturaunt...it was pretty tasty. Then we had some birthday cake that I made for Chad earlier in the day. We hung out there for a bit and then called it a night.

The next morning...too early for people on vacation, we got up and cooked some breakfast and headed back to Josh and Julia's. Chad and Josh were going golfing, so Chad wanted an early start so they could avoid the rain. Julia and I went to Walmart and I got to hang out with little Lyla all day! It was great! The Venoit family made an apperance as well before they went to a wedding. It was good to see them.

The boys returned and we hung out for a bit more and Chad and I ventured home. There was no speeding ticket involved on the way home thankfully!

We really enjoyed our weekend...a big thanks to J&J for the quality time!

Tagged..."EIGHT"

2008-09-12T09:57:00.004-03:00

Tagged by Nikki

8 Things I'm Passionate About....

1. Chad

2. church, faith and morals

3. music

4. chocolate

5. ebay

6. reading

7. learning new things

8. astronomy

8 Words Or Phrases I Say Often...

1. true story

2. that's unfortunate

3. ah crap

4. i enjoy that

5. i love you

6. eh

7. i can find it on ebay

8. word (i know i am a loser for saying this but i say it to my boss all the time cause he doesn't get it and I think it is funny!)

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die...

1. have some babies...or adopt some....or both!

2. travel....to Turkey! and other places

3. start a home based business...still working this one out!

4. go to the Hawaii temple

5. serve a mission with chad

6. get another degree

7. go on a hotair balloon ride

8. skydive

8 Things I Pray For...

1. happiness

2. guidence

3. safety

4. family

5. Chad

6. understanding

7. opportunities to share the gospel

8. forgiveness

8 Things I Have Learned...

1. the best things in life are free!

2. the church is true

3. science and religion go hand in hand

4. it is hard to lose weight and SO easy to gain it!

5. chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

6. in Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license (this is what I've read)

7. a hug from Chad can cure almost anything

8. do anything you can to avoid debt!

...and now i tag...Jessica, Keah and Robyn

3 Years!

2008-08-27T09:01:00.003-03:00

Yesterday was our 3rd anniversary! This is the only picture I have on my computer at the moment...classy!! It has been a great 3 years and I am so lucky to have Chad as my husband! He is the best! I could not have found anyone better!

Our night was going to start with going out for dinner and then just spending some time together, but when we got home from work Chad noticed that his leg had swelled up and turned a purple/red color just in one day. So instead for dinner we went to a walk in clinic. That's just as romantic right? ;)

Anyway, he got it checked out and it was just a little infection. It is much better today. It was a little scary yesterday though. I was sitting in the waiting room while Chad was getting checked out and I heard one of the nurse/receptionist people say that they were having a medical emergency...I then thought....oh no, it's Chad...what if they have to amputate? I know that seems a little extreme, but Chad doesn't have the best luck! Anyway, a few minutes later he came out and everything was fine! The rest of the night we spent buying Chad new work boots and some hubcaps for the old car (so it looks better to sell).

I think we will end up going out for dinner some time this weekend for a little celebrating! It doesn't matter though, all I really wanted was to spend some time together and that's what we did!

3 years...I can hardly believe it! Time goes so fast!

A+C Forever!

New Car!

2008-08-08T11:28:00.004-03:00

So I have been MIA for a while but things have been crazy busy! Anyway, I am still busy and I have a few things I want to post about like our recent family reunion (that I actually have pictures for) but that will have to wait just a little bit longer!

I just wanted to post quickly about our recent purchase! For a while now Chad and I have been floating the idea of a new car...but about a month ago it became a serious topic of disscussion so we decided it was time. So last night that final paper work was signed and we brought home our "new to us" car! It is a 2004 Mazda Tribute. We like it!

Here is a picture from the dealership....

It looks really long in this picture, but it is actually a pretty small SUV.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend and I will post again soon!

This and that...

2008-07-14T09:51:00.005-03:00

It is July 14th already....where does the time go?
Since it is July 14th, I want to say Happy Anniversary to Brant and Melissa Quist. Today is there 7th wedding anniversary! Also on July 4th my parents celebrated there 27th wedding anniversary! The summer is always full of weddings which I love!!

So, the summer has been good so far. Last weekend we went to my parents place for the weekend which was very relaxing! I love going there it is like an escape! The pool wasn't ready yet, they are having some work done on it, but maybe next time we will get some pool time in!

This past weekend was pretty uneventful except for our blender incident! On friday Chad decided he wanted to make a smoothy, so he got out the blender and fruit, but turns out our blender doesn't work anymore. So on saturday we were out shopping around and decided to get a new blender. I didn't want to spend like $80 on a blender but also didn't want a cheap one. So we decided to by a middle of the road one for like $50 so if it broke a year or 2 down the road no big deal. So we got home and Chad decided to test it out and make a smoothy. He put all the stuff in and then turned it on. I started to smell something burning, then there was smoke coming from the bottom of the blender. So Chad turned it off and you could hear that it was on fire.
So needless to say we will be returning that blender!! Our whole apartment smelled! And I was worried that the sprinkler system would turn on. I know that the sprinklers are activated by a tempature monitor, but I am still worried it is going to turn on if the smoke detectot goes off and gets all of our stuff wet!

Anyway...my question for you is what blender is best? We need a new one, what brand should we get?

Also, I have discovered that I HATE napping! I never used to do it because I always felt it was a waste of time. But lately Chad and I have had sunday naps and I hate them!! I feel useless and more tired when I get up! NO MORE NAPS!!

Oh one other thing.... I got a new calling!! I am excited! I am now the 2nd counslor in YW's. Up until last week I was an advisor in YW's, i've moved up a little, which wont change a whole lot, we have some great advisors who are treated more like counselors anyway but I am excited, and I am excited to have Caverly Smith as the new president! She is a lot of fun and she will do a great job!

OK, back to work...I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Tagged by Nikki

2008-06-23T08:00:00.002-03:00

Joys

1- Chad
2- Music (listening and playing)
3- Family and Friends

Fears

1-Thunder and Lightining
2- a fire in my house
3- snakes

Goals

1- Quit my job!
2- Buy a house in the next year
3- brush up on my guitar playing skills (I am stealing this one Nikki)

Current Obsessions

1- ebay....i just cant stop!
2- M&M Truffle Cake (thanks Jess)
3- Muse...love that band!

Random Facts

1- My right leg is shorter than my left. I have no actual proof of this, just the way my pants fit.
2- My fist name is Sarah.
3- I was a band geek in high school!

Now I tag...Jessica and Keah

Mallory and Jake got married!!

2008-06-17T10:56:00.006-03:00

On Friday the 13th Mallory and Jake got married! It was a very nice wedding. I am glad we were able to be there. However, it didn't go as smoothly as hoped. On thursday night Mallory stayed at our apartment so she didn't have to have to drive from bridgewater in the morning. So we were up late...too late talking and getting ready for the morning. It wasn't until 3am that we went to bed. Then we were up at 7am to get ready. So by about 8:30 Mallory was ready to go and Jake was supposed to pick her up around then to head over to Cole Harbour. So we waited for Jake to show up... which didn't happen. So by 9:20ish we decided to just head over. We got there around 9:45 and everyone was waiting. They had thought the bride had skipped town.

As it turns out Jake thought they were meeting in Cole Harbour and Mallory thought he was picking her up. I think in the near future they will be laughing about this. I think it will be a good story! Anyway, since we were in such a rush to get out the door I forgot to bring my video camera and batteries for my regular camera so I have nothing that documented the occation but I did steal some pictures from Melissa's facebook.

Mallory's shoes were so cute! Shoes are such a great way to accessorize! Jake had some nice shoes too!

I am hoping to get some pictures this coming weekend at their reception in Bridgewater. Mallory's grandparents had a very nice family reception at their house after the sealing, so it was fun to sit around and chat. Melissa made the cake, check it out...it looked great!

I think Mallory and Jake are a really great couple and I am very happy to see them so happy!!

So other than that not too much is going on. Last night I got to hang out with Jessica which I haven't done in forever! So that was fun, and I saw her new house which is awesome! We have to hang out more often Jessica!!

Oh, I also have to put a plug in for the young women....we are fundraising and we need to sell all 200 of the reciepe books that we had made, so if you are interested in buying one let me know and I will get it to you for the low low price of $10!! What a bargin!

Now....go enjoy the sun while it is out!

Slacker

2008-06-05T13:42:00.002-03:00

So I am a huge slacker when it comes to posts, also, I am lacking in pictures lately, however, this blog does not involve any so I will have to try better next time.

Nothing too exciting is going on in the Quist home. We are still trying to get settled in. I am loving the new place! It is bigger, nicer and smells better. Our old neighbors were into the drugs so we smelled pot everytime we walked out into the hallway! It is so great not to have to smell that anymore! I also feel alot safer!!

So my little sister Laura is doing good in the MTC, she is halfway through that, since she has to learn Italian she's in there for 9 weeks, I write to her at least once a week, and she writes to us once a week. She is getting having some awesome experiences!

Here is a little history on my family...I have a point, bare with me!...There are 4 kids in my family my oldest sister Amy is 25, I am 24, my brother Alec is 22 and Laura is 21. So we have all left home at one time or another, but my parents have never been without at least 1 child since they were 21. Until now that is...when Laura left for her mission there were 3 of the 4 kids living at home. So Laura left and Alec left the same day to go tree planting in Northern Ontario for the summer. Then about 2 weeks later Amy went to visit some friends in Alberta (and is still there). So my parents have been at home alone, then my Mom had tickets to the Time Out for Women in Toronto this past weekend so she left my Dad at home all alone.
So point of my story....Chad and I went home this past weekend to hang out with my Dad since he was all alone. We had a good time, relaxing and Dad is always good for some entertaining! We had a great Science/Religion conversation....my Dad is one of the smartest people in the world! I think he is anyway! He always amazes me...he has such a good grasp of the gospel, it really seems like he knows everything! And he joined the church when he was 19!

Um...what else is new?? Well, Chad's sister Mallory is getting married next friday. That is pretty exciting! She is going through the temple tomorrow so that will be a fun experience to share with her. And Chad's Dad and his wife will be visiting again from Calgary, they are house hunting, so I think they will be moving here by the end of the summer. That will be fun!

Ok, so I dont want to make this post too long since there are no pictures but I have one last story...

This past Monday I was at work and I got a phone call from my neice Calla, she said that it was her doll Sarah's birthday and they were having a party for her that night with balloons and cupcakes. She invited Chad and I to come over to celebrate. It was the cutest thing! So we went over to their house after work and attended a party for a doll! I know Melissa took some pictures so I will see if I can get my hands on some.

Anyway that is all for now....it is almost the weekend and that is always exciting!!
I hope you all have a great one!

Busy Busy...

2008-05-05T10:22:00.004-03:00

Well, since it has been almost a month since I last wrote a lot has happened!

We are all moved in to our new place. We aren't quite totally unpacked yet but it is coming. Most of the rooms are done so we are almost there. It will be great when it is all done. I dont have pictures yet but I will try to get some as soon as I have everything put away! However, something is wrong with our phones and Aliant has to come into the apartment to fix it so I need to make an appointment, but since April 28th we have had no phone or internet. I mean, we have our cell phones so it is not that bad! Just a little inconvenient.

So on April 30th, my little sister Laura reported to the MTC. We got a letter from her yesterday and she sounds like she is doing great! She is learning Italian which she said is a little hard, but I think she will pick it up pretty quickly. She will be a great missionary. Before she left we had an open house for her and another soon to be missionary from my branch in New Glasgow. The branch there is pretty small, like 60 people or less and there were 3 people leaving for missions and giving their farwell talks on Sunday the 20th. It was a proud moment for my branch! They all gave great talks and should do very well. It is just such a weird feeling not be able to call her up whenever I want...i have to write to her. Very weird! I do have pictures from the airport and farwell but my camera is at home...I will post them!

I have decided to take up tennis. I bought a racquet and some balls and Chad and I are going to start playing. I want to do it like 3 nigts a week, but I dont know if our schedule will allow it. I am tired of being out of shape so I need to do more active things. Now I just have to learn the rules!

Ok, so Mother's Day is coming up in a few days and I want to get my Mom something great...does anyone have and great ideas? I have thought of a few but they just dont seem good enough.

Ok, quick side note....YARD SALE!! On saturday May 10, the YW are having a yard sale in the church parking lot. Tell all your friends and come your self. We need to raise a lot of money!!

I guess not a lot has happened in the last month (oh yeah I got my hair done, highlights and all which I haven't had in like 4 years, i like it!) but a few big things which made it seem really busy!

I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the nice weather lately...i know I am!!

Baby Shower

2008-04-11T07:49:00.004-03:00

Last night was Julia and Jolynne's open house baby shower. It was a lot of fun! It is always a good time when a bunch of girls get together. But I must tell you that it was not fun putting Julia's present together! I made her a diaper cake. I have made round ones before, so I thought I would try a square one...they looked easier to make, you dont have to spend all the time rolling the diapers. Well let me tell you....the square ones are not easier! Not even close! It took me like 3 hours and it still didn't turn out exctally the way I wanted. It did look cute though.

There were a lot of nice gifts last night. Those little babies will be cute in all their new clothes!

I wish I had taken some pictures!

This one I took at home the night before, after my back breaking work! Seriously my back hurt for like 2 days after I made this.

So, other than that, we haven't been up to too much. Trying to get packed. Our place is a total mess which can get frustrating, but it will be really nice to get into the new place and hopefully everything will have a place. It is coming too fast!

Anyway hopefully you all have a good weekend! I'll try to do something exciting so I can post about it on Monday!

We're Moving!

2008-04-01T11:12:00.004-03:00

Yay...I am so excited! In my life right now the 2 things that are torns in my side are: my apartment and my job. We live in a small apartment where are neighbors scream and yell all day long and I dont feel very safe so I have had enough! Chad and I found a very nice 2 bedroom apartment with 1 and a half bathrooms, a huge kitchen and lots of space. It is on Farnham gate Rd. I am just so happy. We get to move in for May 1st. It is happening really fast. We just started looking like a week ago and now we have to move in a month! We are going to sign the lease tonight, so if she lets me take some pictures I might post some but if not we will have to wait a month. Krisiti...how good did it feel to move out of 200 willett? I cant wait!! So now all i have to do is find a different job!

This is the Layout. There are a few differences like....we dont have a deck and livingroom is a little bigger. Also the laundry room is just the hookups we will use it as a storage space for now.

So this month is turning out to be pretty stressful! Moving, my little sister is leaving for her mission so we are trying to see her as much as we can, and I am helping with the Stake Adult dance on the 26th (which is going to be awesome so everyone has to come!). Plus other little things like last night i drove to bridgewater to scope out the place Mallory and Jake are getting married to help Mallory get some ideas.

I would tell you about my weekend, but I can for the life of me remember what I did...how bad is that! It is only tuesday! Oh...i do remember on Sunday I needed to print off something and my stupid printer is out of ink, so I imposed on Amber Palmer...I just love her! Chad and I ended up hanging out there for about 2 hours. They are a fun couple!

Oh, and I had my neices' Calla and Reese come over for a few hours on Saturday and realized how not child proof my place is! It's a good thing we aren't expecting kids soon...i need to work on that! Other than that my weekend is unknown! I'm sure I had fun though! I can almost be guarenteed that if i am not at work I am having fun! (I guess there are exceptions...like packing)

Bye for now....hopefully pictures later!

Eventful weekend!

2008-03-24T09:23:00.009-03:00

I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! We had a pretty busy few days, but lots of fun.

We started out on Friday with a little bit of much needed sleeping in! It was great after the brutal week i had at work! Then we got up and cleaned up and made our contribution to the pot luck dinner we were going to at Chad's Grandparents that night. Then we headed to Dartmouth. Dinner was nice. It was an Easter get together as well as a welcome home to Ben Fielden, Chad's Cousin who just got home from his mission in New Zealand. It was good to see him. Then, during dinner Mallory (Chad's sister) made a big announcement...her and Jake Langley are engaged! Very exciting. They are planning on getting married on June 13th. So us girls got to hear all the plans so far, everything sounds great. It is going to happen fast so they are keeping it pretty simple, which is a good idea! I think it will turn out really great! Congratulations you guys! And Jake will be a nice addition to the family!

Here is the happy couple...i stole this picture from facebook.

So after that excitement we went to the temple to do sealings with the family. It was nice since I haven't been there in way too long. It was pretty busy that day. They did over 3000 ordinances just that day. That is like 1/6 (i think) of all of last year, just in one day! I really need to start going more regularly again. When we were first married we went every Thursday for the 1st year.

Then on Saturday we headed back to the temple in the morning, only this time it was for my sister. Laura went through for the 1st time. It was a fun experience. I still think of Laura as my "little" sister, which she is but she still seems so young to me. She is leaving for her mission in about a month...crazy! We will be trying to get to my parents place as much as we can between now and then.

After the temple we went to my parents place in new glasgow for the rest of the weekend. Every time we go home it seems like my older sister Amy wants to do a family picture. She is taking a photography course so she like to practice with us. I think some of them turned out pretty nice.

We had a good time though, we went out for dinner, played games both board and video and of course had out annual easter egg hunt. It is pretty funny that the youngest of us is 21 and we still hunt for eggs. Dad just cant get enough!

Well, I hope you all had a good weekend full of fun and treats!

1 year....almost!

2008-03-14T11:38:00.002-03:00

I just wanted to post that tomorrow it will be 1 year since I made my first blogger post! Crazy! Time is just flying by! Anyway...Happy Anniversary to me! :)

A little of this....a little of that!

2008-03-13T13:01:00.002-03:00

I dont know why, but I am having a hard time adjusting to the date! In my mind it is still Feburary. Random thought I know!

So last week was pretty uneventful, which is always nice! Except poor Chad... on Tuesday he called me at work in the afternoon asking me what his Mom's number was. (shouldn't he know that?) Anyway I thought it was a little weird but didn't think much of it afterwards. Then he came to pick me up and he told me that he had locked the keys in the car. His Mom has a key just in case this happens so that is why he needed her number. So no big deal...
Then on Wednesday morning Chad dropped me off at work at 7:30 as normal and he headed to work. At about 8am my office door swung open and there is Chad and he is not happy! I asked him what happened and he said that he got locked his keys in the car again at the Tim Hortons and the car was still on. I dont know why he left the car on but he was pretty ticked. So Chad now thinks that we need a new car because he wouldn't lock the keys in the car if we have the keyless lock on it. I'm sure he would find a way. He has locked the keys in the car probably 5 times in the last year. That's gotta be some sort of record!

So our weekend was pretty quiet, just hanging out with family, oh and a wicked migrain(what a crappy way to spend a saturday night!) Then sunday came and my head ache was gone and I felt pretty good. Got all ready for church and got there at what I thought was 10 minutes early. We pulled in and there looked like an awful lot of cars for 9:50am. But that didn't tip me off. So we walk up, open the door and everyone is sitting so reverently, sit dont think anything of it. Then I hear Nancy sitting on the chair in the hall say..."forgot about the time change?"
Boy did we ever! So we missed pretty much all of sacrament meeting. It's been a while since we skipped church...i guess it was about time!

Then on sunday for supper we invited Chad's family over. We had Brant, Melissa, Calla, Reese, Logan, Katrina and Luana over. It was nice to finally use our new dinning table for more than just Chad and I. It also reminded me how much I love our table! It was fun, and I think we all enjoyed ourselves. However, if you have Melissa on facebook you might have already heard the happenings of that night. Calla was playing with a glow stick and bit into it. Only a 3 year old eh? She didn't swallow any of it, but Melissa thought it was important to call poision control just in case. But it is not toxic so she will be fine, just a little irritation. Then Reese decided to throw her socks into the toilet...after i tried so hard to keep the bathroom door closed all night! Chad was brave a fished them out for her! It was a fun night...what would a family dinner be without a little bit of crazy?

This week has gone by pretty fast and I hope that continues. Chad is off on a boys camp with the young men until saturday! I hate sleeping alone and this will be the longest we have been apart since we've known each other (3 and 1/2 years)...it is not fun! But I have a YW's sleepover tomorrow night and hopefully the girls will keep me company and cheer me up!

I better get back to it...I hope you all have a great day!

Reese is 1!

2008-03-05T09:07:00.007-04:00

So, I am a little late posting this but I was visiting my parents on the weekend and didn't get around it it, but my little niece Reese turned 1 on Feb 27th. She is getting so big so fast! Melissa and Brant had everyone over for cake and presents and some games. It was a good time.

Here are a few pictures I stole from Melissa's facebook.

Melissa did a good job on the butterfly cake!

It was pretty funny, Calla enjoyed "helping"...however her idea of helping included opening all the presents before Reese even got a chance.

So I forgot to post the pictures of the flowers that I got for my birthday...(I know I am like 2 months late!) But I just saw them on my camera yesterday. I got the lilies from Chad and the Tulips from Luana (mother in law). It was great. I love having flowers around the house.

So this past weekend Chad and I went to my parents place for a visit. It was good to get away and relax. We are going to have to try to get there as much as possible in the next 2 months before my little sister leaves. She is still so excited about her mission call. I was talking to her before we got there and she was excited to just show me the actually letter that she got. She is too funny!

Anyway it was nice to relax and hang out with my family. They just bought a Wii and rented guitar hero for xbox so we spent a bit of time playing games which was fun. Those are the kind of games I like.

Also, my older sister Amy and I decided to do a craft. She is totally Martha Stewart and I thought it would be fun. Amy found the idea on the internet somewhere and we copied it. We made some throw pillows. Well, we bought the pillow and just added to it. I think it turned out pretty nice. Amy's is nicer than mine of course! But I dont have a picture of hers to compare so you will just have to trust me.

Over all it was a good weekend. We got stuck there on Sunday night because of the snow so we had to leave extra early on Monday morning to make it into work, but it all worked out.

Last night was out YW's new beginings. It went really well. The girls sang a new song that goes along with the theme this year and it sounded so great! We had a dinner and little presentation. I think everyone enjoyed themselves. I am pretty excited that it is already Thursday. This week has gone by so fast! I love weekends!

Anyway, My boss is actually in the office today (not something that happens very often!) so I should do some work!

Enjoy your weekend!

Valentine's Day

2008-02-19T14:31:00.002-04:00

So...Mine came a little late but it is ok. On Wednesday we had decided that V day was kind of pointless and neither Chad or I cared if we celebrated it. So we agreed that we had already spent too much money on the car so we weren't going to spend any money on the 14th. So we spent the eveining in watching movies, and the Office of couse. (Chad is addicted to that show!) Anyway before we had decided not to get each other anything, I had ordered Chad some cufflinks from Ebay (my addiction). So I gave him those and a card and Chad gave me nothing...which I was fine with! But Yesterday after work Chad picked me up and when I got in the car he said Happy Valentines day and handed me a bag. It had a chocolate gift basket with a little teddy bear in it. He was planning on getting it for me I guess but it was from a specialty store down town and he hadn't been down there in time. It was a nice surprise yesterday though. I think he felt bad. He asked the woman who owns the shop put the basket together for me. She had already taken apart all of the baskets. Anyway...i took a picture of it, i just forgot my camera so I can post it later.

Other than that we had a fun a relaxing weekend. We hung out with Logan and Katrina on Saturday. On Sunday Chad's Grandfather was being set apart as the new stake patriarch. We were invited to that and then a little lunch. It is pretty cool though. He is 84 and that is a huge calling. He will do a great job though. Chad's grandfather and my grandfather are very similar. They have a lot of the same qualities and have held a lot of the same callings. My grandfather actually gave me my patriarcial blessing and he sealed Chad and I in the temple. They are both great men!

Anyway, work has been very slow today...I have been putting together a bunch of recipe's for the YW's fundrasier. Which we are accepting any recipe's for...so if you have a good one let me know and I can add it to the list!

Anyway...That all for now.Have a good day!

STRESS!!!

2008-02-11T08:13:00.000-04:00

So I am stressed!! Friday was not a good day! Actually last week in general was pretty awful!
So as I said before we were getting our car fixed and it was supposed to be done on Wednesday, but it didn't end up being ready until Friday...so ok that's fine. Chad went and picked up the car on Friday afternoon. Everything sounded good. Then on his way to pick me up he got in an accident! Like he had the car for like less than an hour after spending a pretty huge amount to fix it and this happens. Chad is ok, it wasn't the worst accident, but I have a feeling it is going to cost us quite a bit to fix it. We dont have collision on our car and Chad wasn't the one with right of way in the accident so we have to pay for it ourselves. It wasn't Chad's fault, but it wasn't the other guys fault either. It is getting looked at today! So we will see!

I have had a twitch in my eye like all weekend and I cant get rid of it! I think it is because I am stressed! If you have any remedies for twitches...let me know! Everything seems to go bad all at once! It's quite unfortunate!

The rest of the weekend wasn't too bad. We hung out with Brant and Melissa on Saturday. Reese is walking now, she has been taking a few steps here and there but last week she started to really move! She will be 1 on the 27th. I cant believe how fast time goes by!

Yesterday we went to Bridgewater for church. Chad had to go for Stake meetings and he had to speak. He did a good job. Then later were invited to Chad's grandparents for dinner. Today is Chad's Grandfather's 84th birthday so we had dinner and cake together yesterday. It was a good time.

Now, today I am back to work after a lousy sleep and I cant wait for the day to be over.
Bring on 5 o'clock!

Obsessed!

2008-02-07T13:43:00.000-04:00

So I am just loving the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I have only read the first book and I am totally obsessed with it. I have been dying to get my hands on the next one. I bought the 1st book last Friday and finished it on Monday. It was my plan to go after work on Tuesday to go to Chapters and pick up the next one however our car needed to be saftey inspected and did not pass so it was getting fixed and I was with out transportation. I could have taken the bus, but it was snowing....no thanks. So our car is still getting fixed...(hopefully we get it back today) and then I will be able to get to Chapters. There are 3 books in the series out now and the 4th one comes out in August...I dont know if I can wait that long!

So...without a car we have also been putting off grocery shopping...we are getting pretty low. It's sad. We have our food storage and everything but we go shopping every week for the next week's food. I think that needs to change!

So, another thing I have discovered lately is Good Reads. If you are not signed up and are interested in sharing your reading likes and dislikes go here: http://www.goodreads.com/

It's a lot of fun. And it really helps with ideas in what to read next.

So the whole house thing has been put on hold for right now...I am totally bummed. I need to get out of that apartment. We ran into a few problems so we need to figure that all out first. I really would like to at least move to a bigger apartment but I dont want to sign a year lease. The one and only good thing about our apartment now is that is has always been month to month.

I am excited that it is almost the weekend. Today totally feels like Friday though. Which means tomorrow is going to be brutal! Chad has to go to Bridgewater for Stake Meetings this sunday. Hopefully I can with him. He is speaking...i love to hear him speak.

Oh my, back to work i guess....have a good day!

ROME!!

2008-02-01T08:41:00.000-04:00

So my little sister Laura got her Mission call yesterday! She called me at about 12 noon and said it came in the mail. She was soooo excited and wanted to open it right then but Mom wouldn't let her open it until everyone was home from work. They arranged a conference call for 6 pm. I dont dont even know everyone who was on the phone...My parents and siblings, me and Chad, both sets of grandparents, my cousin Clara, my Aunt Leslie and Uncle Owen, I think I am forgetting someone...but it was pretty fun. Laura opened it with all of us listening intently. She will be serving in Rome Italy!! She will be going to the MTC in Provo for 9 weeks and will be learning Italian! She leaves April 30th!

So, I was way off with my guess of Texas! But that's ok...Italy is much cooler! Laura will be an amazing missionary! Everyone she meets likes her within seconds. She will do great! And she will be buying me some shoes and purses...right La?

Anyway, that is so exciting that I cant follow it with anything else...

Wii

2008-01-29T13:02:00.001-04:00

So this past weekend I had my first experience with a Wii. On Saturday night Chad and I got together with Josh and Julia for some dinner and then played some games on the Wii. I am still unsure how to refer to it...is it a Wii, the Wii or just Wii...I'm so behind! Anyway dispite the fact that I dont know what to call it... I am awsome at it! Well, ok lets not get carried away...I suck at bowling, tennis and baseball, but I can hold my own when it comes to boxing! I beat Chad and Josh with out too much difficulty. I'm sure Julia would have beaten me but she wasn't feeling well. But holy work out! It had my heart rate up for sure! Fun times for sure though!

Sunday was full of Birthday fun. It was my little Sister Laura's 21st Birthday and Chad's Grandmother's 77th ( i am pretty sure) Birthday! I didn't get to see Laura or give her a present yet, but soon. But we did mange to get Chad's family together for some cake on Sunday night. It was fun to have everyone together.

So now that Laura is 21 she can go on a mission. She has her papers all filled out and sent in. Now we just have to wait to find out! We all have our guesses as to where she will be sent... I am thinking Texas. She will be the 1st girl and 2nd person in our family to go. My uncle Mark is the only other person to go. So this is exciting. I will post it as soon as I know.

One last thing...I know this is sad...but I just took my Christmas tree down last night! Can you believe it? I've been wanting to take it down for a while now and every time I mentioned it Chad said he wanted to wait...the first Christmas while we were dating Chad left his tree up until March. He wants to break that record. He's crazy! But I had to take it down...it is going to be February in a few days!

Well...That's all for now...Have a good day!

Bittersweet!

2008-01-28T16:05:00.000-04:00

I was totally shocked this morning when I was invited to a Group on facebook titled In Memory of Gordon B Hinkley. I didn't believe it at first. But he lived a long full life and it was his time to go. I am a little sad because he was an amazing man and having him on the earth made it a better place. But I am also so excited for him! He gets to be with his wife again and he will be a great missionary and example to those he is with now.

I will miss his talks, his humor, his kindness for everyone, his spirit and many other things. Even thought I never met him in person, I feel like he was a close friend. He will be missed!

Bored!

2008-01-23T10:03:00.000-04:00

So work has slowed right down since Christmas...so I am trying to come up with things to do to occupy my time. Any ideas would be great...they have to be things I can do in the office though. Yesterday was nice though because I actually got to go out for Lunch! I never do that!. But my Dad and Brother and Grandparents were in the city and they came and took me out. It was a good break in the day! It was great to see my grandparents, it has been so long! They live in Cape Brenton which is only 5 hours away but it is hard to do with a busy schedule. Chad and I are really going to try to get down there soon though to visit. Before yesterday it had been like 2 years since I have seen them...I am such a bad grandchild!

This is a picture of my brother with my Grandparents. It was not taken yesterday because they kind of surprised me at work and I didn't bring my camera, but they were looking just as good yesterday!

So nothing else exciting is going on. I am excited for the weekend! I dont have anything planned but it will be great to be able to relax and spend time with Chad. Last weekend was full of fun! From games to suppers to haircuts (Melissa's not mine...it looks GREAT too!) Lots of family fun. Chad and I also took a drive out to Enfield to see if we could find this property for sale. We are thinking about building a house. We aren't sure yet if we will build or buy so we are just looking around right now, but hopefully soon we will come to a conclusion. But we couldn't find the property so we will have to try again some other day. I cant wait to not live in this apartment any more!

Tonight is a regional youth activity. Chad has to go to Windsor for it. I hope the roads are better by then. I hate winter driving! Actually I hate winter in general! I need to live somewhere that is always warm and never snows! But it should be fun tonight. It's not the same with out you Chantelle! Hope you are enjoying your warm weather!

Anyway...back to "work"...seriously ideas to kill time would be helpful!

Is it the Weekend yet?

2008-01-10T10:07:00.000-04:00

Well, this week has been going by too slow for my liking! It is hard getting back into the swing of things after Christmas. Also our office slows down a lot after Christmas so we are pretty bored.

Well, nothing new is really going on. Last night Chad had a doctor's appointment. For a while now he has been getting headaches that last for a couple of hours and after they are over if you touch his face he gets a pretty sharp pain. So I finally convinced him to get it checked out. He has to get some x-ray's and blood work done tomorrow and we should know what is going on soon. His doctor doesn't think it is anything too serious which is a relief, but it will be nice to know for sure and see if they can make the headaches stop. So that has been our adventure for the week.

No big plans for the weekend which is nice. Chad is doing some electrial stuff on Saturday. I cant remember the last time Chad and I spent a Saturday together. He has about 3 side jobs on the go right now. Which is great moneywise, I dont want him to burn himself out!

I started my New Years Resolution yeaterday. I know I was late but it is better than nothing. I typically dont make resolutions but this year I am pretty determined. I am basically going to try to be healthy. So wish me luck!

I just wanted to say Congradulations to Julia, Jolynne and Kelly, I ment to mention it before but I am excited for all of you...there are going to be lots of babies around this summer! I cant wait...and I am sure you cant either!

Bye for now!

I'm 24!

2008-01-04T10:24:00.000-04:00

So Yesterday was my 24th birthday! I can hardly believe I am 24! But I had a great birthday! I kind of started on Monday...I had to work half a day on Monday and Chad had the day off, so he went shopping for my present. At about 10am Chad showed up at my office again asking if he could give me my present early? As much as I like getting presents on my actual birthday, i couldn't wait to find out what it was, so I agreed. Chad did good...(with Josh's help i hear).

He bought me an 8 gb ipod nano. Green! It is very cool. The sad part is that I have bearly any music on my new computer...so that's what I have been working on the past few nights. It is coming along nicely....any suggestions of good songs is always welcome!

This is my ipod, same color and everything. Josh gave me a case for it too...dont want any dents!

Then last night Chad and I went out to East Side Mario's for dinner. We got there and had a little bit of a wait...while we were waiting Josh and Julia walked in, Chad had asked them to come but didn't tell me. I was pleasently surprised! The food was pretty good, Chad nearly lost his lips from his hot wings....that weren't even that hot! He's too cute! However, I unfortunatley forgot my camera so no pictures. But it was fun. Then we went back to Josh and Julia's to play a new game they just got. It was called Would You Rather...?. It was pretty fun, by the end of the night Chad had kept a spoon in his mouth for about 15 minutes, I was wearing Chad's socks and I had touched everyone's face. It was pretty halirious...but I won so it was all good!

Julia and Josh were nice enough to get me a cake and an Orchid...very exciting! I've wanted one for a while! I'll have to take a picture of the flowers I got later. Chad also gave me some flowers...lilies...my favorite.

This weekend we are heading to my parents place if it doesn't start to snow in the next few hours. That should be fun too! Anyway, I better get back to work...

Seriously let me know your favorite songs...not only would it help me with ideas i might learn a little something about you!

Christmas Came...

2007-12-27T12:46:00.000-04:00

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Unfortunatley the fun is all over I am now back to work. But it was fun while it lasted. Our Christmas began a little early when we went to my Parents' place for the weekend. I had to work on Monday so we figured we would have an early christmas there and then be with Chad's family for Christmas Day. The weekend was fun. My sisters and I went to Walmart on Friday night at 1:30am. We were there for like an hour. It was actually pretty fun. Not too many people shopping which is always a bonus this time of year.

This is my parents's tree...it was huge!! This picture doesn't do it justice!

So my parents bought me and Chad a Video Camera. I am totally stoked! It's the only thing I really asked for this year! I have been playing with it a bit, but I need to figure it out a little better still.

My New Toy!!

Then we had Christmas with Chad's family on Christmas day. It was fun to see the girls open their presents. They are too cute. I am glad i have my video camera now to capture some of their funny moments.

Christmas was fun...I have the best Husband and a great family!

This is mine and Chad's tree...Chad hates it because it isn't a kiddie tree and I love it because it isn't a kiddie tree! I say..." No Kids no kiddie tree"

Now on to New Year's! And my 24th birthday! Scary!!

This is just a random picture, but I thought it was funny! This is my sister's dog, she was sitting like this for a few minutes.

Christmas is Coming...

2007-12-07T10:07:00.000-04:00

So Christmas is coming so I though....i should post some pictures of Halloween!!
Well, I forgot to post pictures of Halloween, so now is the time.

We had a good time, Chad and I went over to Brant and Melissa's place to see the girls. They were too cute! We handed out candy and carved pumpkins. It was a full house...Brant and Melissa of course, plus Mallory and Jake, Logan and Katrina, Chad and I and Luana were all there to have fun...

Logan Carving the Pumkin...Jake helped with this as well.

The Finished Product!

This is my pumpkin....Strong Bad!

My Little Chicken....too cute!!!

Calla was Super Calla....like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. If you asked her what she was dressed as she would say the whole thing in one breath...cute! Melissa is a super hero all on her own, she made the whole costume including the boots!

So on to Christmas...I have not yet put up my tree, i keep meaning to but i have not found the time yet. But I did buy some very cute foam tree's from Michael's that Chad and I had fun decorating the other night. I think they look great!

I did the one on the left and the one in the back and Chad did the one on the right. They are pretty awesome i think!

We also decided it was time to get a little festive at work. Me and my coworker Lisa put up the little Christmas tree last week. It's a little "Charlie Brown" but it helps set the mood.

It looks much better in person I have to say!

Well, back to work....the head honcho from Head office are coming today, I have to at least look busy! Tonight is our Chirstmas party...nothing big just dinner, but honestly I cant wait till it is over! Ok...time to look busy!

Have a good weekend!

New Furniture

2007-12-04T10:37:00.000-04:00

So, i am so bad at this! I'll try to do better. It has been a crazy busy month! Almost every weekend Chad and I have gone to my parents place in New Glasgow. Chad is working on a house down there and weekends are the only time we have to get there. It is almost over and that will be nice. I love going home to visit, but the weather is starting to get bad and it will be nice not to have to travel as much.

So other than that not too much is going on with us. We bought some new furinture. Like i said before, we bought a new Dinning room table and then we bought a new Couch and Love seat. Then this past week I decided we needed an ottoman. So I was looking on Kijiji and I found a big armless chair and ottoman for $80! I love Kijiji. Except, i hate Kijiji.

I will explain... I love the deals, but I hate calling and going to other people's house to look at stuff. It kind of stresses me out. That is why I need to stop looking at Kijiji.

But the chair and ottoman are in great shape, but they are not the right color, so I am hoping that I will be able to cover them. I have never done anything like that before, but they are both pretty square so I dont think it will be too hard.

I dont have any pictures of the furniture in our place yet, but here are the pictures for the websites:

This is the table and chair set. I love it. It is really high!

This is the Couch, the love seat looks the same only a little smaller.

I am going to cover it in a light/medium green if I can find the right color. For now the Chair is in our bedroom and the ottoman is in the living room by the couch.

So really that is all that is new. We are getting ready for Christmas, I cant believe it is December already! I am proud though that other than a few things for Chad I am totally done my christmas shopping! I bought alot of stuff from Ebay...i get like 2 packages a week! I am totally obsessed with Ebay, I am on it everyday! It could be devoloping into a problem!

Well, I hope you all have a great day! I have to get back to work...I will update again soon!

There's nothing like a good trip home...

2007-10-23T14:11:00.000-03:00

This weekend, Chad and I went home for a little visit. We weren't able to make it down for Thanksgiving so this was our first opportunity. We left right after work on Friday. I hate how dark it is now by like 7 pm. Oh the winter...how I hate it! But this weekend certianly didn't feel like winter! Friday night we just relaxed. Then on Saturday it was raining in the morning but by the afternoon it had cleared up and was quite warm. We did some shopping and running around...I am quite proud...I got some christmas shopping done! I have been saying for like 3 weeks now that I wanted to start shopping for Chirstmas because it come so quickly! I only got a few things but you have to start somewhere.

I love it when we go home to visit ... my Mom always makes fun meals. On saturday we had a cheese fondue. It was quite enjoyable! We had like lots of vegtables, 2 kinds of meat and bread. I just love to dip!

Sunday was went to church and then did some more relaxing. Also we had a little photo shoot. Amy (my older sister) is taking a photography course and has a good camera so we has some fun.

Here are a few pictures from that shoot...

Also, we decided to play with make up... I enjoyed that! * a little background note... for the past few years I have wanted to take a make up artist course...I even looked into the one that the HDC puts on. I dont have the money for it now, but I would like to do it in the future.

So Amy and I each took an side of my little sister's (Laura) face and did what we wanted. Amy went a more traditional route with the smokey eye, which turned out really nice!

I went for magazine ad makeup...

here is a picture of what I came up with. Now I am obviously not a professional, but not bad ( i thought) It looked much brighter in person!

We had lots of fun. Then we had to leave...I hate leaving. We got home and went to bed...just in time for a new work week.

I should have lots to talk about for my next entry, Big night tonight...we bought a new table that is getting delivered to our apartment tonight (pictures soon) and best of all...Visiting teachers came over last night! And I think Chad and I will be buying a couch set some time this week too. I will update again soon!

Boring!

2007-10-11T19:34:00.000-03:00

So, I have been a little slack. But that main reason for that is because I am boring! I dont do anything fun! I go to work, eat, sleep, callings, and watch a little TV...that is it. I am totally boring. Are there any idea's how I could make life a little more exciting? Something that is fun but doesn't require a whole lot of time!

One thing that is new...I got a new computer...totally excited about that. I bought it on Kijiji. I totally love Kijiji.... There are some great finds on Kijij! I would put a picture up, but i dont have the right software on the computer yet.

Right now Chad and I are in the market for a new table and a new couch. I really want both, but I started paying back my student loan as of this month! I think we are going to try to swing it anyway, they are badly needed! It is more of a need than a want, so i can justify it!

This weekend we dont have much planned...the young woman in the halifax ward are doing there annual fundrasier tomorrow...we are going to be making over 300 pizza's...should be lots of fun! If you ordered any pizza...pick up time is between 1 and 3 tomorrow!

Well, since I am at work, I better do something productive...hope you all have a good weekend!
And I will try to do something fun this week so I can post about it!

Celebrity Gossip

2007-09-20T19:54:00.000-03:00

So as I said before, there was some celebrity action going on in Metro a few week ends ago. A little bit of background...My office decided to have a little summer party, so we went on the Harbour Queen dinner cruise around the halifax harbour. It was so much fun! Good food! Anyway...we were going around the north west arm and there was a huge yacht ...take a look...

Now, I dont think you can really apprreaciate the size of this thing unless you were there, but just to get an idea...take a look, there is a helicopter on the back. How crazy. Anyway there were rumors going around our cruise that it was...Sean Connery! As cool as that would be, i also heard that it was Tom Selleck. Also very cool and alot more believable. But it is still up in the air, I never got a concrete answer out of anyone...but the boat is cool! I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for more celebrity encounters!

Also, I need a better Camera because this picture would have turned out better but it is still cool. This is Halifax at night.

Also, Just wanted to put some pictures up of my neices'. This is at Calla's 3rd birthday party. I cant believe how big they are getting.

Brant and His Girls

Reese...too cute! Love those eyes!

Oh, one more thing....I need to post about Julia...because she told me to! ;)

Julia. have a good flight and a good trip and bring me back a present! Say hi to Aubrey and Sharee for me!

Almost a Month!...

2007-09-19T13:43:00.000-03:00

Well, I dont have any pictures because I am at work, but I couldn't let it hit a month with out posting...i know i am cutting it close! Also after a few friendly reminders from Beckey and Julia it's about time! If Kristi can post right after having a baby, i should be able to since I did not just have a baby. By the way, Congadulations Kristi and Matt, Isaiah is so cute! You look like very proud parents!

Um I cant even think what happened with in the last month, it's been to long. Well Chad and I had our 2nd Anniversary. It was on a Sunday so we made dinner together and relaxed for the eveing. We bought each other gifts, I got Chad some Golf Clubs...he has taken a new interest in golf, i hear he is getting better! And Chad bought me a Digital Picture frame that i totally wanted! I am pretty excited about it. I will have to take some pictures of the gifts to show.

So on Saturday Julia called me and asked if I wanted to go get my hair cut with her. This kind of decision for me takes about a month! There is a point I get to that i need to change my hair and then it takes me about a month to decide what I want to do with it, so when I had to decide with in a few minutes it caused a little bit of stress. In the end I decided it was a good idea to get a trim...and I must say I am glad i went though with it because I really like it! Julia also took a step into the unknown and got bangs...she is lookin good!~

so my dream job is to be a celebrity blogger, because that would be awesome!! But we live in Halifax...nothing exciting, famous wise, happens here at all, so I have a slim to none chance of making that work, but stay tuned for what could be close to a celebrity incounter...i will post later tonight with pictures. (Are you excited??)

Excited...

2007-08-24T08:02:00.000-03:00

I am excited, Sunday is mine and Chad's 2nd Wedding Anniversary. I cant believe how fast the time has gone by. Chad was supposed to be camping this weekend (but got cancelled because of rain) so we dont have anything planned really. Hopefully we can do dinner or something on Saturday now.
However, the real reason I wanted to post today is because of last night...Chad and I were sitting at home watching TV and he said lets go get a treat. So he came up with the idea that we should go get cookies and milk and come home and watch Shrek 2. Now this might not seem very special, but that is what we did on our first date. He is so cute. However, that would have been a cute way to spend our anniversary. We will have to come up with something else for that. We had a good time together last night though.

So another thing I should update on is work, I know I posted about trying to quit my job etc. Well my boss convinced me to stay by changing my job around a bit and giving me more money. So I am still at the same place but I am now the Office Manager, and I am on salary instead of hourly. It is going ok, my stress levels have decreased , so I am taking it one day at a time.

I am very excited that it is almost the weekend! Saturday sleep in...here i come!

Weekend Fun and Good-bye's

2007-08-20T08:18:00.000-03:00

I know you must all be shocked...another post so soon, I am a little surprised myself.

I am sad to say that my old Roomate Kate, is moving to Denver. I am very happy for her, and I know she is going to do great at her new job, but I am sad to see her go so far away. Kate and I had our last dinner date on thursday. It was very nice. We went to Jack Astor's in Bayers Lake. We caught up on everything going on with one another. She leaves this Friday, she will be missed!

Here is a picture after our date. She just got her hair cut that day, it looks great!

Then on Friday, we were supposed to go camping with Chad's Family in the valley. I am now so glad we cancelled it. I think I would have froze to death in the cold and the rain. We decided on Friday afternoon that we should reschedule. So then Chad and i had to come up with new plans. Chad wanted to get out of the house, so we went bowling. We played 2 strings, I won the first and Chad won the 2nd. I have this weird thing with bowling, and anyone who has played with me can attest to it, but I do really well, ususally winning the first string, but always do miserable the 2nd time around. However, on Saturday, my last turn to bowl, I got a strike! That almost never happens!

Gotta love bowling shoes...they are so hot right now! Also, Chad has the best bowling technique. it's like Ballet Bowling...He's Cute.

This is Our Score Card...we should have had a tie breaker.

On Saturday Chad and I got to sleep in, and sleep in we did! It was almost 10 when i got up! I was so excited! We did some much needed laundry and then decided we both needed Jeans so we went to the mall. After a few purchases there we went home to set up our new DVD rack. We couldn't decide between a rack that held 160 DVD or one that held 300. We bought the 160. We got home and set it up, we filled it. We should have went for the bigger one. Oh well. We buy too many movies! We then watched Night at the Museum. It was pretty good.

Sunday was pretty relaxing, after Church of course. And now it is Monday, at work. Work is not fun! I wish I was rich and didn't have to work. Even just a couple hundred thousand would be nice! I could invest!

Anyway, I am off to dream of a richer time...have a good day!

Behind....I know

2007-08-14T14:43:00.000-03:00

It takes me so long to post, mainly because I never have pictures at work, but I will try to do better!

Where to start...ok let start with the most exciting event of the last 2 weeks...Karen and Brandon got married on Aug 4th! It was a very beautiful reception! The wedding party looked great and of course Karen looked amazing. I must say that Karen thinks of everything. Congradulations to the new Mr and Mrs Bing.

Their First Dance as "the Bing's". So fun! They picked a great song to dance to!

Karen's dress was amazing. ( I took these pictures from facebook, because my camera was acting up that night! I was bummed about that, but I am glad so many other people took pictures!)

That same night Chad and I left the reception and went to new glasgow to visit my family.
Some good times were had. Sunday was a relaxing day, as always. Then on Monday Chad and Dad went to play tennis, so Amy and Laura and I decided to go shopping. We looked around for a bit and then decided to go to the Arcade. It was alot of fun. We spent about $5, but we got a ton of tickets. They had this Deal or no Deal game, I won 120 tickets with one try. I love that game! And they had a roller coaster simulation game, which isn't even close to the same as a real one, but still fun. We were going to go back later that night with Chad, but we ran out of time. We went home and everyone jumped into the pool for some fun.

We finshed the night off with some dinner with my gandparents and chocolate fondue! My mom has a chocolate fountian so we used that. So yummy! She just emailed me yesterday saying that she bought a new foundue set and wants Chad and I to come back soon to test it out. i think we will do cheese next time!
I love going home. I wished we lived closer.

Also exciting last week, was that I got to see Sarah! Sarah Mclean is one of my best friends from high school. We lived together durning a couple of years of university and she has since moved to Ottawa to work on parliment hill, she's going to be prime minister one day! :)

Anyway, I haven't seen her ince before she moved to Ottawa, she was home for a visit, so I was able to go to dinner with her and her sisters while they were in the city shopping. It was so great to see her, and catch up!

This is Me, Sarah, Emily, and Rachael at east side Mario's

Chad and I have been keeping busy, life is good. However, our 2 year anniversary is coming up next weekend and I am still not sure what to get him. Any creative ideas are very welcome!!
Have a good day! I'll have more sooner rather than later (I promise Kristi)

Post #3: Our weekend away!

2007-07-22T22:21:00.000-03:00

So this past weekend, Chad and I, and Josh and Julia went on an adventure! Well, kind of. For Josh's Birthday Julia wanted to do something special so she arranged for a weekend at a cottage on the subinacide river with some Tidal bore rafting. She invited Chad and I to come along, I think the invite was mainly to split the cost...just kidding!! Anyway everything was planned and we were getting excited, then Julia called one day just to confirm, and they had lost our resvervation! So after calming Julia down...;) We started to look for somewhere else to go.

We found a place in Annapolis Royal at a cabin and then planned to do some golfing on Saturday. So we were all luck enough to get off work on friday a little early and head out. We arrived at the cabin at about 7:30sih. It wasn't too bad, a little rough around the edges, but it served it's purpose. We had a bon fire, roasted marshmallows, and the boys played in the fire. Then we went inside to enjoy a little satilite tv and some board games. Then we headed off to bed...I think I am still feeling the effects of that bed, it was pretty hard. Josh and Julia were on the pull out couch which wasn't any better than the bed. But we lived to tell about it.

In the morning we got up, watched some more TV, the boys went for a dip in the pool, and then we were on our way. We drove to Upper Clements park and went to the wildlife park. It was quick but we got some good pictures. Then we got some food and hung around the town before or tee off time at 4pm. We went looking for some new pants for Julia, I should have taken a picture of the only place around that sold anything remotely close to wearable clothing...it was kinda sad.

Anyway we had fun walking around the town and Fort Anne. Then we went golfing. Well that was an experience. I have golfed once before, so it was pretty new to me still. We only golfed the first 9 holes which I was a little grateful for. It was perfect weather though. It was warm but not too warm and a little overcast so that the sun wasn't in our eyes but no rain. I heard it rained in the city, so we were lucky!

Then we headed home, stopped for some food on the way and then into the city for about 10pm. It was a great weekend though, lots of laughs and fun! Thanks for inviting us along Julia!

Now for the good stuff...pictures:

This is the outside of our cabin...#7

Thia is the bedroom...where Chad and I slept

This is the couch, where Josh and Julia slept

Bath room and Kitchen ( I think the bath room was the nicest part of the whole thing)

This is the little playground fully equipt with buoy and all...the boys had fun

This is the sign by the pool...the boys took the risk...it seemed pretty good though.

Apparently they have problems with glow sticks...who would have thought.

Our awesome Fire...with a tree right in the middle

A couple in love and a couple of bloggers

Julia takin' a canon for a ride and above this there are 2 pictures tha for some reaseon I cant label, so...one is a cougar and the other is a rea bird...he was putting on a pretty good show for us!

I love this picture of Chad golfing!

That was about it, hope you all had a great weekend too!

Post 2: Birthdays and Showers

2007-07-22T21:00:00.000-03:00

First this month we had Josh's birthday. That was fun, Julia made him a transformer ice cream cake, and by "made" I mean called Dariy Queen and arranged a pick up, but it was a soild effort! Good Job Julia! The cake was awesome and there were a few people there to celebrate.

Josh blowing out all 24 candles!

Then on the 17th it was my Mom's birthday... She turned 46 years young. (I hope she doesn't mind me wrting that, but I wouldn't think that it would matter since she is still so young!) I sent her a card but I'll have to bring a present home next time we go.

On the 13th Sister Hartling had a very nice baby shower for Aleisha and Elena. Elena is so cute. She got a ton of presents and we all had a great time. I must say, I enjoyed making my presest for her. I am not creative at all so this was a triumph for me. I think it looked good. I made a diaper cake. I had found one on the internet as a gift idea and though I could make one too. We played a few games and had some treats. It was a good time.

Here is the new grandmother and grandaughter

The new Mom, open gifts..looking great!

This is my diaper cake..i think it is cute. It is made of Diapers and then had little gifts hidden in the layers.

And finally, I went to Karen's Bridal Shower. Sonja did a great job planning it. We played a few games and had some great food, and Karen got alot of helpful gifts! Karen and I were talking the week before about how she loves to be the centre of attention and this was her perfect venue! just kidding. Karen is not a fan of the attention and turned red a couple of times, but all in all i think we all had a great time! Also...Karen is so on top of things...this shower was on the 14th and I got a thank you card from her today at church (the 22nd) Very organized!!! You'll have to teach me some of your skills Karen!

This was one of the games: toilet paper wedding dresses. Our group did the 2 young girls Jessica and Sarah...great Models!And Karen who's face is the same color as her new outfit! Matches her kitchen appliences!

Post 1 Canada Day Weekend

2007-07-22T19:27:00.000-03:00

I cant believe how far beind I am on my posts! But I am going to copy Julia's idea and do a couple of quick posts with pictures to get caught up.

Post number 1 Canada Day

So that firday began with an awesome bithday dinner for Katrina. A bunch of us girls got together and went out to eat at Pizza Delight. It was a lot of fun.

Katrina Opening Presents

Meaghan and Mallory doing mazes and coloring the back of their placemats...they were very good at staying in the lines!

Then right after dinner, Chad and I left to go to my parents for the weekend. We spent out time relaxing, swimming and watching fire works. I saw fireworks 3 times that weekend! Fireworks and probably my favorite thing ever! Also, my Dad was on his annual camping trip tp PEI and I wanted to spend some time with him so we went over to see him on sunday and camped with him till monday. It was good we got to see everyone. It was also our first camping trip of the summer. Here are some pictures:

This is my parents pool, my 2 sisters enjoying the cold water!

This is Chad, Steve and Amy on the ferry over to PEI. I have no idea what they were looking at

We were trying to guess...how many adults they have in here? What do you think?

I cant decide!

2007-07-19T15:46:00.000-03:00

Grrr....I cant find a format for my blog that I actually like, so I am probably going to be changing it all the time. I am going with Green right now but I am still not in love with it!
More later..i have lots of picture I wantto post but they are all on my home computer!

They wont let me quit with ease!!

2007-07-11T08:26:00.000-03:00

So, I haven't updated in a while, and I still want to post about my july 1st weekend, but the pictures are on my computer at home and haven't had a lot of time. But...i thought I would post anyway since I am alone here at work.
So Monday I was determined to give my final notice for my job. I couldn't get an opportuinty to be alone in the office with my boss, and then he took off early, so I was a little discouraged. I decided to write him an email so that at least he knew and i could talk to him about it more in person the next day. So I told him I was leaving and that my last day was going to be the 20th.
He wrote me and email back asking me to stay and offering me more money and a different job. Here are som highlites from the email...

"I really don't want (and can't) lose you and your skills in my office"
"I want you to be the right hand person/man"

I was really hoping for a clean break and now it is awkward. Seriously, after i read the email it seemed like I had just broken up with him, too weird.
Now I have to do it again! I'll be talking to him today about it, I am not staying. Even though it is more money...it is a job i dont want to do and i would still hate going to work.
Anyone have a new baby that I could borrow so I could claim I need maternity leave? That would be easier.

Anyway...I also got a new calling at church, I dont know why but I can never have less than 3 callings at one time, it's like impossible! I am now the new Mia Maids Advisor in Young Womans. It should be fun. I'm a little nervous about it, but should be fine once I get to know the girls.

Anyway I better get back to work, I will post some pictures later tonight hopefully.
Have a good day!

I finally did it...free at last, kinda

2007-06-24T15:36:00.000-03:00

So, after a few friendly reminders from Kristi and Julia today that I have been slack on my blog...here I am again.

The past week has been fun. First thing monday morning, after disscussing it with Chad of course, I quit my job!!!! I am so happy about it too. However I wish it could have went a little differently. I told my boss that I had applied for another job with the Dept of Natural Resources as an HR assistant (that I totally want by the way!) I told him it pays way more money and that I just wanted to give him advanced notice in case I get the job. I thought it was all pretty clear that I wanted to leave, but he asked me to reconsider...if i dont get the other job. So if i dont get the other job I am going to have to quit all over again. But I did it once so I can do it again. However, this past week has been pretty great! Since they dont want me to leave they have been doing my work for me, trying to suck up i guess. It was awesome. But I am leaving anyway.

Then on Monday night...a buch of us went to the movies. I dont know why but I love going as a big group, it's so much fun! Lets see..there was me and Chad, Julia and Josh, Meaghan and Jason, Whitney and Dan, and Katrina. We went to see Oceans 13 which I would recommend to everyone. I enjoyed myself. After the movie we chatted a bit at second cup, then all went our seperate ways. It was a good family home evening.

The rest of the week was...kinda uneventful but I did buy some roses that I found at superstore. I had to buy them for myself cause Chad never does stuff like that, but they were too cool...here is a picture.

Saturday I saw Kristi. Tanya and Karlee put on a good baby shower for her. She got a ton of stuff. It will be very exciting to see what their little man looks like. Krisit you will have to come visit again after he is born.

Here is Kristi opening presents.

It was a good time to soialize as well. And time for Julia to soak up all the babies.

Julia has to be next to have a baby...she has the magic touch. Morgan falls asleep everytime she is with Julia...she is so cute.

Not a whole lot else happened this week...but i did take a cute picture of Chad before bed one night. He looks so cozy!

Just one more thing....I just wanted to say to Elysa...you need to start a blog or at least facebook, I know you are a busy mother of 2, but I need to see more Eva and Emily pictures, and where else is better than on a blog!

Have a good week every one!

BBQ weekend

2007-06-10T17:36:00.000-03:00

Hello All...I hope eveyone is enjoying their sunny (with cloudy periods) sunday. Well, that's what it is like in Halifax anyway. This weekend was pretty good. Chad and I got to move some funiture for Brant and Melissa this wekend. They got a bunch of awesome stuff from some people in their ward who are moving. Kinda jealous of the leather couch and love seat. I'll get over it soon i'm sure. Then later that night Julia and I finally got to spend some long awaited time together catching up. There is nothing like some good girl talk over a frozen hot chocolate at second cup.

Then on Saturday I had to go into work for a little in the morning, but was finished up at about 12. Chad and I were hoping to head out to Peggy's cove, but we decided to wait and go another day that is a little sunnier and warmer. We had a nice relaxing afternoon. Then we had a bbq with the Binghams. We had tonnes of food. Chicken, Ribs, pasta Salad, Watermelon, and Cherries. It was soo good. I got to hang out with little Rebekah. She is too cute. I have a few pictures of our time together.

Rebekah's before dinner snack.

The Boys out cooking the meat

And of course....the meat. Look at those honkin ribs! Superstore had some good sales!

So it was a good evening, watched movies with the kids and ate too much. Chad and I are babysitting Eric, Jared and Rebekah on Thursday this week. Should be some more fun had, and more pictures I hope. I finally bought a memory card for my camera, 2gb so I have lots of room for pictures!

I am not looking forward to tomorrow...that is the one thing i dont like about sundays...the next day is monday and I have to go back to work. I'll be glad when that is not the case...hope you all had a good weekend!! Bye for now.

Feast or Famine

2007-05-30T14:22:00.000-03:00

Ok, I know I already posted once today, but my boss is out of the office and I have a bit of time and I was thinking about something I thought was funny.
So I am at work, and I dont know the people I find jobs for very well. I mean, I get to know them a bit but we aren't like good buddies or anything. Anyway, my point...I just got off the phone with this one guy, and he isn't the only one who does it, but he called me Ash. I think that is just too weird. Most of my close friends and family dont even call me that, only a select few. I get a kick out of it.

Also, another funny thing happened today at work. The building manager was in this morning giving us a memo that said the bathrooms and hallways were being painted, and it could take up to about a week, so if we needed to go to the bathroom we had to use the port a potties (I dont know how you spell that) that they would be putting in the parking lot. I was a little set back by this, I was thinking to myself...there is no way I am using a the bathroom outside. Anyway he had me going for pretty much the whole morning, but by noon he came in again and I asked him if he was kidding. He was....THANK GOODNESS! I would have had to go to one of the other buildings. Anyway it is all sorted out! Anyway that has been my day so far!
Hope you are all enjoying your days!

Sorry, it's been a while

2007-05-30T07:52:00.000-03:00

So, I realize that it has been like 3 weeks, but nothing too exciting has happened and I have been busy. But Last week something exciting happened. I am very happy because my best friend from high school Heather has moved to the city! She moved up here at the begining of May, but last sunday I finally saw her, so it feels like she is really here now! I am so excited! We are planning on hanging out this saturday...maybe going shopping.

I couldn't find any new pictures of Heather and I so I am posting one of us from my wedding.

Speaking of the wedding, after Sonja's blog about her 2 year anniversary, I realized it is mine and Chad's 2 year anniversary this August. I cant believe how fast the time goes! It feels like it was just last week that we got married. I'll have to think of something fun for us to do that weekend.

Last weekend, there was a youth dance, and since Chad is the Stake YM's pres, he had to help decorate. The night he was decorating, I went shopping with his Mom. Then when i came to pick up Chad, I saw my grandparents coming out of the temple. It was fun, it seems like I haven't seen them in forever. They seemed to be doing good. They are so cute. They are one of the cutest couples I know.

So I am at work and must go, I am hoping something more exciting happens soon!

Weekend in review...sorry no pics

2007-05-08T07:35:00.000-03:00

So...now after looking through everyone elses blogs, i dont like my set up, but I dont want to change it because then I am like everyone else. (I will probably do it later :) ).

Not too much is going on in the Quist house. Our fish had 15 baby fish. That's a lot! So we went to walmart to get a new fish bowl to keep the little ones in (because the big fish will eat them if they are hungry...how gross is that!) So we got a bowl at walmart on friday. When we were coming out of walmart I saw a guy going into the store with a very weird shaped face. When I got closer to him i realized he had THE MUMPS! I was so ticked, and if i wasn't totally afraid of getting the mumps I would have said something to him. For those of you who dont know...there have been over 200 confirmed cases of the mumps in halifax alone since feb this year. That's huge! A normal amount for ALL of canada in a year is like 60 or something. Also, they are saying that alot of the people getting it already had the immunization. Anyway, I was mad that this guy was out in public with the mumps...it's just soooo selfish!

the weekend was pretty good, friday was spent relaxing (i think). Then on saturday Chad had to work in the morning so I got up and cleaned the whole apartment. Then we went out to Zellers and got some new bed stuff. I am trying to put together my own bedding. I have everything now except for a duvet cover. If anyone know a really good place to get a duvet cover please let me know. I am thinking I will just have to make it because I already have a specific one in my head and that is always hard to find. But any suggestions are welcome. I have checked zellers, superstore, linen n things, ebay and walmart. Anyway I am excited to put it all together.

Then Chad and I imposed on Josh and Julia and got them to join us for dinner on friday night. We went to Lonestar. It was ok food, not the best trip there though.

Sunday was good, we went to stake conference which was packed! then hung out with Chd's family. It's always good to see everyone especially since everyone is taking some vacations and it might be a while until the next time.
Then sunday night we went to josh and Julia's to play buzz word. It was a good game. It was boys against girls. Us girls did awesome on the first round, but the 2nd and 3rd not so much. It was fun anyway though.

Well this morning Chad had to work at 7, so I was dropped off at work at 6:50am when i dont start work till 8am. That's how I was able to do a little blogging. But it is now 8 and I must get to it. If anyone has any work from home business that works, suggestions on that would also be helpful! Have a good day all!

oh...i just heard on the radio that yesterday evening there was a serious domestic dispute where a guy beat up his g/f or wife, then when he let her go, he took another woman in his apartment with her baby. I guess there was a stand off for 5 hours...why I am telling you this...it was on mandaville court, where chad and I used to be the superintendants. I'm glad we weren't there for that! ok now I am done.

Pretty good weekend...

2007-05-01T07:47:00.000-03:00

So I haven't posted because life the past week has been boring. I guess boring is good since it involves no drama, but suck because well....it's borning. Anyway, there were a few cool things this weekend. Oh first, on wednesday Chad and Josh had a YM activity, so Julia and I decided to go see a movie. We went to see In the Land of Women. I think we both agreed that we left unsatisfied. I just thought it was going to be different than it turn out to be. I wouldn't recommend it, however there are some people who enjoyed it that I know so I dont know. Then thursday was work (blah) and Friday, also work. Then on Firday night Katrina has a bunch of us family over to celebrate Logan's 23rd birthday (which was on thrusday). It was fun, Katrina made a cool cake. It was a battle scene complete with little army men. It looked great, however I think 3 out of 4 of us had no batteries for our camera's, so I am still trying to get a hold of the picture of the cake. It was a fun night though.

Then on Saturday was relaxing and fun. the morning/afternoon relaxed, then we went to the church at 4 for the baptism of Michael Glatze. He is very cool, he seems so excited to have found the gospel, it is very inspiring. Then we had a ward activity full of food, games and socializing. It was fun, near the end a few of the guys had a pie eating contest (see pictures below) It was disgusting as most eating contests are. It was a close race between Chad and Kent Wentzel. They called it a tie, however Julia and I both agreed that Chad won cause he didn't use his hands at all (kent used the pie plate to help a little). But it was very close.

Kevin Mudrow, Kent Wentzel, Chad Quist ans Chris Cartrell. This is about part way through.

Kent and Chad near the very end. Chad looks like he is going to throw up!

Then Saturday night we went to the movies with Josh and Julia. It was good. We went to see Fracture. I really liked it. I love Anthony Hopkins, he is such a good actor. I really enjoyed this movie and would recommend seeing it.

Sunday was jam packed as always. Brant and Melissa's baby Reese was blessed on sunday so Chad and I went to the dartmouth ward for church. Reese is so cute. It was a very nice blessing. The rest of church was pertty good too. Then we went to Chad's grandparents for a big pancake feast. Good times. Chad and I had to leave around 6 though to go home teaching. I got to go with him because his companion was sick. His families are great. It was a fun night.

That brings us to last night...Chad and I watched Deja Vu. I loved it. I thought it was really good. Right after we finished it I had to call my Mom for a recepie, my sister answered and I asked her what she was doing, she said they were all just starting to watch Deja Vu. I thought that was cool. Anyway, now it is tuesday and I am at work, and I should probably get some things started. Hope you all have a good day!

A week or two in review

2007-04-15T14:19:00.000-03:00

Oh goodness, it has been a long time coming. I ment to post a while ago but life has been hectic. So first I must say on April 5th 2007, Adam Smith and Jen Burford became Adam and Jen Smith. It was a very nice wedding. They both looked great and Jen's wedding dress was beautiful. I have a few pictures, but not many because my camera ran out of batteries during the reception. I was not impressed. Congrdulations Adam and Jen. I ran into them on the weekend, they looked great, married life is treating them well.

This picture is their first dance as husband and wife.

Julia and Karen were there also to join in the festivities.

So after the reception Chad and I went out to Dairy Queen for ice cream with Josh and Julia. The after wedding double date has kinda truned into a tradition. I think we have done that with almost everyone's wedding since just after Chad and I got married (excluding theirs of course).

The next day was good friday and Chad and I made our way up to New Glasgow for the easter weekend. My whole family was there, it was a great time. Friday we didn't do a whole lot, just relax and got caught up with everyone, and had a big dinner at my grandparents place. Then saturday the guys played hockey at the church as per normal. Road hockey every saturday at the new glasgow chapel rain or shine. They had fun though. Then saturday night My 2 sisters, my brother, my sister's boyfriend, Chad and I went to see Blades of Glory. Too funny. I really liked it. There were a few people in the theater, but I think that our group of people had a completely different sense of humor. There were times when we would be the only ones laughing out lound in the whole place. It was funny though. What else could you expect though from Will Farrell and John Heder together as Ice skaters.

So, I believe I mentioned before about my Parents new house and how awesome it is. However the Kitchen was SOOOO awful! It was old and gross and ugly. So my parents had the whole thing redone. I took a few pictures. It looks much better now. It also looks better in person than in these pictures.

This is the counter top where everything ends up

So, then on sunday we woke up to a huge pile of snow. I was not impressed, I hate snow and it is time for Spring! I was hoping I could get another day at home out of it, but the roads were pretty good by sunday evening so we ventured home. I wish I could have skipped work. But on Sunday after church we did the traditional Easter Egg hunt. It is so funny. All of us Kids are between 20 and 24, but Dad just loves to hide those eggs. So we went a huntin'. Chad of course found the most. Chad has won every year he has been involved (which I am thinking was only 2 or 3 years now). But we had fun.

Then Monday it was back to work for the busiest week of my life. I dont think I have ever been so stressed out! Today isn't so bad, but I have a feeling since we are getting a little busier in general it wont be the last time i have a week like that. Yuck! I wish I was in school again!

This weekend was pretty mellow. Just the way I like it. Sunday, we had a big mexican pot luck at Chad's grandparents house. It was fun, we all got to meet Mallory's new boy. He seems very nice, and he is quite good looking.

So now that is almost it...I have sad news...dont stress out too much, it's just about backetball. So my office pool is over and I didn't come in first, but I did come in second! I beat my Boss which was really the whole point, so really I did win!

In conclusion....I wanted to say congradulations to Tanya and Colin. They have a brand new baby boy! I cant wait to see him. I already know he is cute, how could he not be? Tayna and Colin are 2 very good looking people, and I'm confident they will be great parents.

Ok, that's all for now...I hope everyone has a great day!

Finally...a post

2007-04-05T07:44:00.000-03:00

So, I have recovered from all of Julia's Birthday Fun, and I have Pictures so I am ready to post.

Well on saturday all the girls got together and went to dinner at Jack Astor's for a little birthday fun for Julia. It was pretty good. I am not good at waiting for a table, and we had to wait what felt like forever, but was really only like 45 minutes. But once we sat down it was quite enjoyable. There were quite a few of us, so I didn't get to talk a whole lot to the girls at the other end of the table like Kellie L, Chantelle, Adele and Jesica which was too bad, but we were having some fun at the other end. It was very fun to hang out with the girls. So durning some of the conversation going on, we decided we needed to start running together. So, Katrina and Meaghan suckered me into running with them that same night when we got home at like 9pm. It was a good run (even though i couldn't really keep pace with them) i am in bad shape. But hopefully I can keep up the routine.

I love this picture...look at Julia's face....priceless!

Some fun at our end of the table Love that bow Julia!

Then on sunday it was general conference, inbetween the sessions we were invited to Chad's grandparents house for dinner. It was good to see all the family. I got some pictures of Calla and Reese. They are the cutest little girls. We had a good time.

This is Reese...she is about 1 month and 1 week old in these pictures.

Calla Being Silly...she's so cute.

Then on Monday it was back to work as usual. After work Julia and I decided to go for a run at 7. It was good, I did a little better than Saturday. After our run, we went up to see Kellie Lambert. We ended up having another little party for Julia, with cake and Ice cream (good thing we went for that run)

Tuesday was Julia's REAL birthday, and Chad and I went out to dinner with Josh and Julia. We went to Swiss Chalet. It was pretty good. There was no singing or free stuff for Julia, which was too bad, but i think that had a lot to do with our waiter...he wasn't very cool.

Wednesday came and Julia and I went all out... I have been thinking about getting my hair cut for about 2 months, and last night I did it. Julia also got her's cut, and it looks AWESOME!! I kind of like mine, but I will like it better when it grows back a little more. I'll have to post those pictures a little later.

Today is thursday...Adam and Jen's wedding is today! I am so excited to see all the decorations and what everyone is going to be wearing. I will be taking pictures and posting them soon. Also Chad and I are going to my parents place for Easter weekend, we are leaving tomorrow morning. There will be more pictures to come after that!

Now that we are all caught up, I hope I can stay on top of my posts! Have a good day everyone! and a good easter weekend!

Introducing...

2007-03-26T09:01:00.000-03:00

On Feb 27 2007 at about 5pm Brant and Melissa Quist welcomed a new member into the Quist family. They had a baby girl who weighed 9lbs 13. And after about a week, she was finally given a name. Reese Megan Quist is my new little neice. I cant believe she will be a moth old tomorrow. Time flies. She is so cute, and she is getting strong very quickly. Calla who is going to be 3 in August, is a very good big sister. There doesn't seem to be much rivalry...yet. I always try to give Calla alot of attention when we are over there so she doesn't feel left out.
I just tried to post a picture of the girls but i didn't work, I will try again later.

The weekend was pretty good. Chad and I went to Bridgewater on friday because he had a church meeting. That was the first time I had been there. It's a nice little town. I like the chapel there, it is very different from the others. Then on saturday I had stake meetings in Dartmouth where I had to give a half hour presentation. I was glad when that was over. Saturday night we watched The Prestige with Brant and Melissa. It was a pretty good movie. Parts of it were kinda slow. I couldn't believe how different David Bowie looked.

Then on sunday morning Chad decides it is time for a hair cut. I was tried to convince him that we didn't have time before church. Mainly because I dont like when he cuts his hair. He thinks it is too long and shaggy and I think it is too short(even before he cuts it). Has anyone ever seen Chad's hair shaggy?? So he did it anyway. He uses his clipper set, but yesterday by accident he used a 4 instead of a 6...it is so short. He doesn't like it either, he thinks it is too short. I was going to take a picture and post it, but I thought that would just be a little cruel seeing as how he dosen't like it that much either. Hopefully it will grow faster than it usually does. I also made a cake on sunday. I made boiled icing that turned out pretty good even though I blew the motor on the hand mixer.

Oh yes, how could I forget? There was NCAA basketball this weekend! It is almost over, I think we have 2 more days of it this next coming weekend. However, I am still in the running. One guy is a head of me and the other guy I am tied with. He is a little ticked that he is tied with a girl. It is so close I am at 41 points and the guy in the lead is at 42. I really want to win. There is no money involved, just the sastifactory of winnig!

Ok, time to do some work...is it 5 O'clock yet?

Elder Peters' Return

2007-03-20T16:04:00.000-03:00

Well, it has been 2 years. Bobby Peters has arrived home from Mexico. He was serving a mission for the Church for the past 2 years. It was a great reunion for us all at the Halifax International Airport. Bobby's family (of course),Dean and Jen Durant (travelled from Alberta), Friends that travelled from Cape Breton (Scott, Justin and Robyn), and lots of the YSA. It was a fun night. Bobby looked great, it was good to see him after so long. Here are some pictures that i have "borrowed" from Laura and Tara.

So, an update on my basketball pool...I'm sure no one cares but me, but I an enjoying this competition. However, I am in last place...BUT...I am at 32 points and the other 2 guys in my office are tied at 33. I have plenty of time to catch up, and I will win!

It's a short one today, but I am at work and it is almost 5 Oclock (my favorite time of the day) and I get to go home soon. Woohoo!!

A Begining

2007-03-15T15:56:00.000-03:00

So I have decided to try this blog thing.
To start I thought I would talk about where life has taken me up to this point.
I have graduated from St Mary's University with a commerce degree majoring in Human Resource Management. I am working at a job placement agency as a recruiter. It's not really fun but it's a job. I am married to a wonderful guy, Chad, who is so cute and perfect. He is working as an Electrician Apprentice and after 4 years hopefully he will get his trade ticket. We live in Clayton Park and cant wait to move into a house.

Now for the good stuff...I should say why we are so eager to move into a house. Mainly because crazy stuff happens to us in apartments. Our latest experience happened about 3 weeks or a month ago. We were pleasenty sleeping in our bed when I heard 2 guys fighting out in the hall. I was ticked that they woke me up and went to see what was going on (through the peep hole of course). So there were 2 guys yelling at each other in the hallway, then they started to fight. All of a sudden the 2 guys came barreling through our door. They broke the door frame and there was blood and stuff all over the place. Anyway it turned out one of the guys lived in the building...he got evicted, we got our door fixed, and now we await the next crazy adventure. Good times at 200 Willett St!

We are doing a NCAA (basketball) pool here in my office. So far I am 2 for 3. I think I will win!
I really dont know much about University basketball, but I am confident in my picks! I just really want to beat out the guys in my office!

Anyway seeing as I am at work I should probably get back to it, I will post again soon. Maybe add some pictures with the next one! (baby steps!)