Good ol' Calgary Weather

This morning was beautiful out. I got the kids dressed, Brielle in capri's and a t-shirt, Micah in shorts and a t-shirt. Around 11am we headed out of the house to do some shopping at Costco, and a few other errands. The sky was blue with clouds. It was bright enough out that I had to wear my sunglasses on the way into the city. After we ran a few errands we headed into Costco. It was still nice out at this point. We were just about done our shopping when Jon called me (we'd only been in Costco for 45min). He tells me to quickly finish up what I'm doing and get home. I asked him why and he said that a friend of his called him and told him that they were having nasty weather in the north end of the city and it was heading south. Jon said that it was starting to reach them already. So I got myself into the annoyingly massive Costco line-up to pay for my groceries. As I begin to walk out of the Costco building I'm greeted with a freezing cold wind. Once I get outside the cold wind is joined by a freezing down pour. Luckily I managed to snag a parking spot that was only 2 cars from the doors. I ran to my car and just as I reached the car the wind and rain were teamed up with massive balls of hail. I quickly got Brielle out of the cart and she ran to get to her side of the vehicle. Meanwhile Micah's rubbing at his neck saying "ouch, ouch, ouch" and crying. After putting Micah in the car and calming him down while my back is being pelted with ice balls I had yet to get the now soggy groceries into the trunk of my car. What an episode. As much as I love living this close to the mountains, it certainly has it's down side. Oh and in case you're wondering the sun is once again shining and the ground is no longer even wet. All I have to say about this is....."Good ol' Calgary Weather!"

Yay for babies...

My sister Jen had her baby today. She had a little girl.
Sawyer Eleanor
6 lbs 4 oz.
18" long
She was born at 2:27pm
I promise to post a few pictures as soon as I can. I haven't seen her yet. Hopefully tomorrow. :)

So long unworthy computer.......

Wow, it took me a minute to remember what my password was to get onto blogger. It's been way to long since my last post....sorry about that (if there's even anyone checking my blog anymore).
Well, here's some news for you all. First of all for those of you that don't know yet....Jon and I are expecting baby #3 to be arriving in February. It was a pregnancy planned by God, that we're now very excited about. Although we'll have to be sharing a room with the new addition because we had to back out of the house deal...so no new house for us quite yet :( It'll prove to be very interesting having a family of 5 in a 2 bedroom condo, but we'll make it work. Jon's planning on getting quite involved with the condo board here to make things happen with the stucco assessment that they threw out there a week before we listed. (This is going to end up being a long post....I'm sorry if our news puts you all to sleep...). The condo board here decided to send out a notice of assessment for the exterior stucco on the buildings. They claimed that it could cost anywhere between $5000 and $35,000 per unit. They weren't yet sure if they wanted to just repair the areas that needed repairing or replacing the entire exterior of all the buildings with siding. So they threw a few random numbers out there which obviously scared people off of buying them. The few people that were interested weren't able to get financing from the banks. The banks said that it was too much of a risk, and would not give mortgages to anyone for these particular condos. Needless to say, we were unable to sell therefore unable to proceed in buying the beautiful house that I had hoped to move into. Not exactly impressed with condo living.
Anyways, onto better news. I get to purchase a new computer. One that won't shut off on me at random points of being used. I'm quite excited about this. I've been dealing with my obnoxious computer problem for quite some time now, and am MORE than ready to have it dealt with. I plan on sparing no expense. I want the best of the best (probably won't happen, we're not exactly millionaire's). I do however plan to get a really good warranty so that other people can deal with my computer trauma's. So, I may not update for awhile again...Although, my sister is due to have her baby in 2 weeks and I don't think I'll be able to resist posting pictures of him/her. So check in again in a few more weeks. :)

I'm melting.....melting.....

It is so incredibly hot here. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather it be +35 than -35. But I'd also like to have air conditioning. You can heat your house up in the winter to escape the chill, but I can't cool my house down to escape this melting heat. I feel like hiding in the stinky basement.

Happy Birthday

It's Leanne's 25th birthday today,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leanne!!!!!!