I'm officially a hockey Mom!!

This had to be one of the most adorable things I have ever seen. Twenty seven of the cutest little hockey players falling all over the place and trying their best to learn how to skate and shoot the puck.

My little man was #55. He did great until his elbow pads started to bother him and then he just wanted to get off the ice. I did some great parenting and bribed him with a club penguin toy to get him to stay on the ice for the last 10 minutes....and it worked!!

Can't wait until next week to do it all over again!

My beautiful Niece

BEST part of the entire weekend in Portage.......getting to see my niece Claire almost everyday!

She is so funny like her dad and so sweet..(like her auntie, hehe)

We laughed so hard when she asked to wear Tara's high heeled boots because she put them on and she could walk better in them than Tara!!

I couldn't resist taking these pics....I miss her already!

My trip back home

The wonderful host and hostess

Cheers Tara!

My Uncle Blaine and I at the social.

The gals havin a good time!

Mom, J and I....now I now where I get the red cheeks from!

Forever friends.

I just got back from a quick trip to Portage. My family was putting on a social for my Uncle Blaine who has cancer to help out with all the costs associated with care. I stayed with my brother and his girlfriend Tara who were fabulous hosts! We visited, we relaxed, we drank, we laughed and we ate an entire bowl of haystack cookies ( i helped quite a bit)!!!!

My frends Robyn and Tammy who I haven't seen in soooo long came out to the social and it was really great to catch up. Robyn has the best stories.....the one about the farmhand makes me giggle!! And Tammy...seriously Tam can you be any cuter??

Happy Thursday everyone.

Fun Night!

Yesterday was the most amazing day. I won tickets on CISN to Doc Walker and a meet and greet before the concert. For those that don't know, I went to elementary school with Dave (from the band) and highschool with both Chris and Dave. Normally I buy tickets to the concerts but I thought that my husband was going to be out of town and I wouldn't be able to go so I never bought any. Things changed and he was here so I tried and tried to win the Doc Walker trivia contest on the radio....and I did!!!

I met up with an old friend from back home (Rachel) and went and had a visit with the boys on the bus before the concert. It was nice to catch up. I took my daughter with me and she had so much fun. She got a cute little tshirt and got the guys to sign it. You seriously would have thought the Jonas Brothers signed her shirt the way she pranced around in it last night and when she wore it to school today!

I also got to see Rachels son Marcus for the first time since he was a newborn. (he is 13 now) He was such a sweet and funny boy...just like his mom!

The concert was incredible, they get better every time I see them!

Happy Monday!

Happy stuff!

Happy News!

My good friend Lynnelle gave birth to a baby girl on the 15th. Baby Niyah was 7 pounds 4 ounces but came into the world 3 weeks early so her lungs weren't fully developed. After spending some time in the NIC Unit, I received a call today that she is off the oxygen!! Yeah Niyah..I am so proud of her for being such a strong baby and I am so proud of Chris and Lynnelle for being amazing parents and extremely happy that big brother Tobin will soon have his little sister at home.
Here is a pic of Niyah, she has the most amazing, beautiful skin and she is so incredibly beautiful...I can't wait to hold her!!

Next up, I get to go home to Portage on Oct 3. My favorite Uncle in the entire world has cancer and his daughter is having a benefit social to help his family deal with medical costs from having to fly to Toronto for treatments. I am excited because I get to see family but sad at the same time because its not a very happy reason to go home. Here is a picture my Uncle Blaine posted on his facebook of him in Toronto checking out the sites on his last trip.

Last night I had a hot date with my friend Carmel. Our "thing" is to go to concerts together so last night we went to Keith Urban. We always meet at Sicilian Past Kitchen for dinner and then go to the concerts stinking of garlic..its awesome!! Carmel is one of those friends that we don't see eachother a lot but when we do its like we haven't skipped a beat!

Needless to say the concert was amazing and the company even better! Can't wait until the next one! Love ya Carmel!




That's it for now!

What's up at the Gardiner house!

Busy busy busy!
I am desperately trying to get back into some sort of schedule now that school has started but I am not doing a very good job at it!
Lets start with Sarah......
She is in piano once a week (first one I forgot!) and swimming once a week. Last night we went and checked our Karate and she has decided that she wants to join as well which will be great exercise for my little tv-aholic! School is going great for Sarah, she is an amazing student and she loves learning....if only I could get her to wake up in the morning!
Max is in pre-school twice a week and will be starting skating lessons and hockey next month. He has also decided to join karate which will be good for him because he is a nintendo Ds-aholic! Normally the kids aren't allowed to join until they are 5 or 6 but when we tried it out he was so well behaved (and as big as the 5 & 6 year olds) that the teacher is allowing him to join.
Quentin has recently started his own accounting practice and it is doing extremely well. I can already tell how much happier he is being his own boss!
I, myself am busy being a chauffeur and housewife/mommy and I wouldn't have it any other way!
Life is good!

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