Snow's

My Nephew's a Star on YouTube!!!

2011-04-10T20:10:00.000-07:00

My cute little nephew Brady had a shoot-out during a hockey game up in Canada!! He is the youngest one on the team and made the first goal!!! They talk about him right at the beginning and then when he scores they yell out "Turko Scored", he's #47 it's so cute to see him out there and he's only 3 1/2 years old. Watch out NHL.........

You can go to this site and watch it, it's awesome!! I'm one proud auntie!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxx1eTZ6bA

Ella Brittany Snow

2010-12-05T21:23:00.000-08:00

"Proud Daddy"

"One of her first pictures"

"Wonder what he's thinking"

"Proud Mommy"

"Such an amazing experience"

3:14 p.m.

"Excited Uncle"

"Awaiting the arrival of our Precious Baby Girl"

"Excited Grandma to be and Great-Grandma"

"Such a beauty" geez it takes the life out of ya

Our beautiful baby girl was born on Saturday, September 18th, 2010. What a blessing and miracle she is to Ryan and I and many more people.

I didn't feel very good the night before, we were over at Ryan's brother Todd's house for dinner, and i was ready to get home. I woke up around 3 in the morning and had some cramping and kinda felt like i had wet the bed, i laid there for a minute and feel back to sleep, (now i know what you are all thinking, how could she go back to sleep if she thought she wet the bed) well when your so asleep i just fell back to sleep. Anyway I woke up about 30 minutes later and thought maybe my water broke and my cramping was still there. So i went to sit up and and get off the bed and more water came, so i walked in the bathroom and it was running down my leg, i called for Ryan to come and i said to him, i think my water broke, he was shocked, and then the excitement set in and he was so happy and had the biggest smile on his face, the first i had seen in awhile. I told him i was nervous, he gave me a hug and i can't tell you how happy he was to finally meet his baby girl that he and i had waited so long for.

Well, i hadn't packed my bag yet, so i hurried and threw some stuff in a bag and off we were, i called my mom and my sister. My sister told me to hurry up and get to the hospital, i knew i had some time before i was going to have her, I remember pulling up to the hospital and saying to ry just go park the car and i'll walk, ry said no i'll park the car at the front at Valet, i remember saying something about Valet Parking, and my brother in law Taras from Canada heard me say that and said "What, you have a Valet there" what hospital has a Valet. It was so funny, i was filled with excitement, fear, the unknown, I remember checking in and just thinking to myself, relax, look around and take it all in. It was so surreal, we were finally at the hospital to have a baby. They took me back to room #5. It was probably a little after 4 a.m. i was sitting in the bed and the nurse was asking me questions, and i had this urge to push, water was coming and alot, i told the nurse and she said oh that's ok your going to be leaking water the whole time during labor, she came and checked me and said oh, you are leaking alot, so she cleaned it up.

They told me that i needed to have my I.V. first before my epidural, so they tried to find a vein and after 5 attempts, they finally got it. I was so nervous to get my epidural and thought i might as well get it now cause i'm going to want it sooner then later and my contractions were every few minutes apart and i just wanted to get it over with, so i got it a little after 6. Then i thought i was dilating pretty quickly, i was dilated to a 10 by around noon, i thought geez this is going great, then they had me start pushing and i didn't think it would take very long, but boy was i wrong, i pushed for 3 hours and 14 minutes. The doctor came in and said that they usually let you go about 3 hours and then they would take other action if necessary, i didn't want a c-section, since i had just pushed that long, if i could i wanted to still try and do it the way i was. He let me cause i was doing fine and ella's heart rate didn't drop once which we were very blessed. I've said that it was Grandma Carolyn and Auntie Brittany holding onto her for just another minute.

It was such an amazing experience and we are so truly blessed to have a beautiful healthy baby girl. She was born at 3:14 p.m. and weighed 7.8 and 20 3/4 in. long

One Special Lady

2010-12-05T20:37:00.000-08:00

My Mother-in-Law Carolyn passed away on September 14, 2010. She had been struggling with many different complications since May 6, 2010, in and out of ICU. She is one of the most strongest, courageous people that I know. She was a very special person to me. She was always so caring and truly cared and loved people like no other. She loved her family so so much, and if i can be half the woman she was i will be alright.

She was so very excited to welcome another granddaughter. We were so excited for her to meet little ella, i remember going over to Fetal Fotos on July 1, 2010 to get a 4d imaging of our precious little girl and to show grandma carolyn her and hopefully lift her spirits while she was in ICU battling so hard to overcome her illnesses she had. I think we accomplished that. Her face lit up when she saw the video of her granddaughter. She truly loved her so much. It's amazing to me how much dates always seem to coinside with each other, Ry's birthday was the day before his mom passed away and ella wasn't due until October 4th, 2010 but came on September 18th, 2010. When we were mourning the loss of such a special person who's life ended so soon, we welcomed 4 days later a miracle, a beautiful baby girl. Talk about going through a whirlwind of emotions, ry was grieving the loss of his mom and welcomed a daughter all within a 72 hour period.

I will never forget, it was the Sunday before she passed away, and i thought i'm going to go see her myself, i remember just sitting there and i was telling her how much i loved her, and how much i appreciated her raising such a strong great son, Ryan. I told her that i would take good care of him, and that ella will know who she is, and she looked over at me and mouth to me, that she had missed out on so much, it was so hard for her, my heart just sank for her, she hadn't been able to go to any baby showers, she even had made a list together when she was doing so well, of what and who was going to be invited on her side of the family for the baby shower.

I love you Mom so much!

"7 years later"

2010-06-10T20:07:00.000-07:00

It seems like time has gone by so slow, but yet time has flown by. Seven years ago today i lost a piece of my heart. My sister brittany was taken from us in a car accident. Words can't describe that day. It was a day full of heartache, anger, loniness, not fair, fear and the unknown.

I was always the one that thought it would happen to anyone or anybody else, but not my family or someone i knew. My world came crashing down. How do you deal with something so tragic and horrible? Their has been so many things since then that has happened. Some good, bad and ugly. It's always easier to look at the negative and not find the good in any of this. I want to focus on the good and some of the things i'm grateful for since this loss.

My Husband, best friend!

Having great friends and family!

My Faith and the comfort i've felt through this difficult time!

Really taking a step back to re-evaluate my life and what really matters most!

Support, it's truly amazing the friends and family that i have!

Love unconditionally

Life, it's so fragile

My 2 most beautiful nephews!! They have given me so much! It's truly amazing to have this opportunity to be an auntie!! They fill my life with so much love, happiness!! It's been one of the best things yet since this horrible tragedy happened along with something else that has been a miracle in my life!!!

My precious unborn baby girl on the way!! I can't wait for this journey to start with her!!

Britt always would tell me how much she wanted to be an auntie!! Oh how i wish she was still here, to be apart of her nephews and niece's lives!!! She would of been an amazing aunt!! Hands down!!! That's one of the saddest things with this whole thing, is our kids will never be able to know her here on this earth. I guess that's why pictures are so so important and making memories with the ones that are still here and telling them every minute we get a chance how much they mean to us and how much we love them because you never know when that day will come to a complete halt and there gone from your life forever!! Give your loved ones hugs and kisses!! Life is so fragile!!

Britters, I love you so much and miss you like crazy!! Til we meet again!!

xoxo

Brady turns "2"

2009-11-10T21:35:00.000-08:00

09.12.2009

I flew up to be in canada for brady's 2nd birthday!! My Mom, aunt, cousin, and granny were already up there, it was a ton of fun just having all of the girls there. We did so much while we were up there. It's always so fun to be up in the country and relax!!

Brady, i can't believe how big you are!! It was so much fun to be up in Canada with you on your birthday!! Auntie can't believe how fast it's gone by, you are such a big boy now and i am so very proud to be your Auntie, I love you so much!! When i look back at all the pictures we've taken of you, it's amazing to me to see how big you are. I love to call and just sit on the phone and listen to you talk, it makes my day!! I want you to know how much i love you and how proud i am of you!!

A few things i want to remember from the last 2 years!

-I've loved listening to you learn how to talk, i remember in such high hopes wanting you to say

"Auntie Shauna" so bad only thinking that my name is hard to pronounce, i was so proud when you finally said it

-You don't realize now, but hopefully when you are older, you will know how much you would make my day to call and just listen to you talk, whether to me or to your mommy, easten or daddy

-i so loved watching and listening to your little anecdotes, when you wanted your milk, you
would point to your mouth with one finger and make a sipping sound

-when you would call your tractors "dumm"

- when you would say "go away auntie" when i wanted to talk to you, i thought that was so funny

-when i have been able to be up in canada with you and the family, you would yell out "auntie", "auntie" i would say "ya brady", you would want my help with something or you would want to show me one of your toys, you made me feel like the most loved and luckiest auntie in the whole world.

-when i call now and hear you say "Hi, Auntie Shauna" you don't realize how much i love hearing you say that or when you say "bye, Auntie Shauna, I wove you!" it simply melts my heart!!

I haven't had the chance to experience the love that one has for there very own child, but i have experienced the true feeling of love i've felt for you and easten! You and easten are Uncle Ryan and Auntie Shauna's pride and joy in life!! We love you little boys so so much!!

You and your little brother have brought so much joy to our family!!

While i was up in Canada again for Brady's Birthday, Taras (my brother in law) birthday is a day before Brady's birthday, so we celebrated alot while we were up there, here are a few pics from the birthday bash!

Grandpa Turko and Little Easten

Dad and his Boys

How Cute, Kisses!!!

So, the boys and Mandee got Dad a new tool box and Brady was in Heaven!!

This is my favorite picture because of the story behind it:

I was telling Brady to look at Auntie so I could take a picture of him

and he tells me with his eyes shut,

"Brady, gone driving Choo Choo Train"

I loved it, he is so darn cute, where do they come up with the things they say, so funny!

Brady putting all his tools in the new Tool Box

Singing happy birthday to Daddy!!

Helping dad open presents

Daddy and Easten, so cute!!

Brady playing with his Tractors

This picture is so funny, he climbed into the chair, buckled himself in and starting throwing all the confetti that was on the table on the floor, it was funny. Brady had a good time.

Bridal Shower

2009-10-25T21:15:00.001-07:00

Ryan's brother Paul is finally getting married to a great girl!! The Snow family is very excited about this! I had a bridal shower at my house for Steph, it was fun and exciting to see friends and family that came.

I wanted to do a Candy Buffet for the Shower, her colors were watermelon,white,black - if you couldn't tell, it was so fun to put this together and try to come up with candy that would match her color scheme. Thanks to my other sister in law Tracy and my Mother in law Carolyn for all there hard work as well for the shower!! It was fun and we all had a great time!! I am so happy to have another great and cute sister in law!! Thanks Steph for letting me throw you this shower!! I loved doing it for you!

Birthday!!

2009-10-25T20:42:00.000-07:00

Mine and my brother's birthday was back in August, i'm that far behind. But i'm back and trying to catch up!!

If anyone knows me, they know i love my birthday! One of the reason's i love it is because i get to share it with someone else, my twin brother! It's been so fun to have a twin brother.

My cute hubby surprised me with tickets to go see Saltimbanco- a cirque du solie show with great friends and Saturday Night surprised me again with dinner with my brother and a surprise little get together back at our house after dinner!! Ok, i said i love my birthday but I don't like to be surprised as much, i hate all the attention on me when you first walk into a room, but needless to say it was very sweet of Ryan to do this!!

I love watching the Food Network channel and love love to see all the fun cakes they make, I have always wanted one of those fancy cakes for my birthday!! Well, you guessed it Ryan got me one, I was so excited, the girl that made the cake did an amazing job!! And it tasted so good!!!

Thanks baby for an awesome birthday!! I really appreciated it and thanks to my amazing friends and family for sharing it with me!! If you want the blog to the awesome cake that i got it's: www.cakestudioonline.blogspot.com

CANADA Part II

2009-09-21T21:17:00.000-07:00

This post is long too, that's why i wanted to do a II part of Canada!! We have the best times up there in good 'ol Canada!! There is something to say about being out in the middle of a small farm town, you don't have all the hustle and bustle going on around you like you do in the city, don't get me wrong, i think i would have a hard time living out in a small town, with no shops around, but that's what i've grown to appreciate more every time i go up there, it's nice to take a break.

There are a couple of things that i want to remember from this trip,

My sister and I sitting on the couch once the boys were in bed, eating burritos and watching the bachelorette, it was so fun, just me and my sis!!
When brady wants his milk, he points his finger towards his mouth and makes this sipping sound, he's letting you know he needs a drink and i think it is the cutest thing ever!
Going to there New Property where they are going to build there house and sitting in the car under a big tree in the shade, having lunch and talking!!
When Brady says "Go Away Auntie" for example, he will just randomly say that about something, it sounds so cute, i never want him to lose his cute little Lengo.

Uncle Leo, Daddy and Brady at the

"Turko Fertilizer" BBQ in Ste. Rose

I think this is so cute of Ryan and Baby Easten

Precious, these are the moments i love as an Auntie!!

Daddy & Brady playin Volleyball with Uncle Ryan

Beautiful Mommy and Baby E!

So Cute!

Brady sharing his toys with the kids

Me, Uncle Leo and Mandee at the Shed in Glenella,

at the Fertilizer BBQ

Brady loves his Uncle Ryan!!

Love this pic too. We were just hangin out on the couch and

we were talkin about "Horton hears a Who"

Playin in the yard!!

So, i love this pic too. Brady will go get this Cat and put it on his tractor, he loves to have the cat ride around with him, but that darn Cat always jumps off way to soon before Brady even gets a chance to take him for a ride!!

Auntie gave Brady a Fruit by the Foot,

he loved it!!

This picture tells a 1,000 words- so i told Brady to stand

by Easten so I could get there picture together,

all the sudden Brady leaves, so i thought ok, he doesn't want

his picture taken, well no sooner do i look and he is dragging his chair in the kitchen to put right next to Easten, I thought that was so cute, it's priceless!! I love these two boys so much!

Handsome Boy!! I love him so much!!

Cute Baby E!!

Up at Clear Lake on Canada Day, July 1st

I love this pic, thank goodness for Cameras!!

Brady & Uncle just enjoying the hot summer days

"Hang on" Brady loves loves this kind of stuff

Thanks sister, big t for always such great hospitality!! You guys are the best and we appreciate all that you do for us!!

We love you guys!!

XoXo

2009-09-20T20:18:00.000-07:00

C a N a D a
6.27.09

Ryan and I went to Canada for 2 weeks!! We had so much fun, we always have such a great time up there with the family, i especially loved being able to see my cutest nephews ever! This was the 1st time i got to meet my newest nephew Easten!! It was so great to finally meet him. We did so many fun things while we were there, we went to a 40th wedding anniversay of some friends, went into Winnipeg and got to see the zOo, we went to a Go-cArT PaRk and had a blast!! Brady got a new SaNd BoX!!

This is such a huge post that i'm going to do two parts for this trip to CANADA....
Sorry there are so many pics, but i wanted to put all the pics in that i thought were cute, there were so many of them, it's so hard to decide which to put in and which ones not to.

Grandpa Turko and Brady

"he loves grandpa turko"

Brady, Dad and Uncle Ryan at the 40th wedding anniversay!

Such a cute pic of Easten and my sis!!

Auntie and Easten

Auntie and Brady on the dance floor

We made a "HUT" for brady and he climbed up onto the air matress,

Uncle & Dad took him for a ride!!

He LOVED it!!

Brady on his very own new chair that Auntie & Uncle gave him!!

Sweet baby Easten!!

So my sister has a ton of Cats around on the farm, i personally don't care for the cats,

but they are great for keeping the mice away,

they always have a ton of new baby kittens, they are cute...

This litter was a calico one, the mom had a bunch of different colored kittens!!

Brady after his very first time at swim lesson!

He did so good, being his 1st time!!

It was so fun to be able to be up there and see him!

We had fireworks for the 4th of July! I know, we were in a whole other country

that doesn't celebrate the 4th, but hey, we were there so we had to show some patriotism!!

Brady by the cake I made for him

Since i had taken a cake decorating class, i decided to make Brady

an ElMo CAke,

These are the huge steaks that we get to eat while up there on the farm, they are the freshiest

steaks ever, they raise there own beef cattle!!

Here we are on the water boats, I'll i have to say is "SO MUCH FUN"

Brady and Mommy on the GO-CARTS

So, this pic is hilarious, we had to wear those helmets, and i was not about to put my head in

those dirty helmets, so they gave us caps to put on, i know there beautiful right?

Mommy and Easten

Uncle, Dad & Brady getting ready to race, brady was so cute, he would say,

"Go CaRtS, Go"

At the zoo!

Brady loved this pony, once he was done riding it, he didn't want to get off!

Brady wanted Auntie to be the 1st in the SaNd BoX, i was so proud

Unhaulin the "hUgE SaNd BoX"

"BITTER" and "SWEET"

2009-07-28T22:18:00.000-07:00

I'll start with the "bitter" and end on a "sweeter" note: Today is my Cute Mom's and Cute Sister's Birthday. My youngest Sister Brittany was killed 6 years ago this past June in a car accident. It is so hard not to have her here anymore. I just try to get through June and July because they are very difficult months to get through, alot of emotion and alot of heart ache and loneliness not having my sister here anymore. She was born on my Mom's birthday so it's a hard day as well as a day that you want to celebrate and be happy for my Mom's sake!! If i take a look back on this day it really is neat to have her born on my mom's birthday. She would of been "26", we miss you so much britt and wish that you were still here to wish you a "Happy Birthday" and give you a great big HUG!!! Life hasn't been the same since you passed away, but i try to hold onto the great memories I have of you and with you!! I love you and miss you tonz!!! Mom, i hope you had a great birthday, we always still try to make it the best birthday we can, you are a great mom and we love you so much!!

Welcoming Baby Easten

2009-06-07T21:46:00.001-07:00

I feel horrible that i haven't posted sooner of my cute, sweet new little nephew! I have been

a procrastinator. I haven't seen him yet, except on the web cam, but were going up to Canada

the end of this month!!! I'm so excited to see both nephews!! I Love them so much!!!

"Easten Taras"

8 lbs 14 oz 22 1/2 in.

Born 3-09

Proud Grandma, my mom went up there to be

with my sister for about a month, it was nice to have my

mom there to help her out

Very proud Mom!

Brady so intrigued with Easten's eye

You wonder what he's thinking about

Precious!

Heaven Sent

So Sweet!!

He was very long when he was born:

he was 22 1/2 in. long

So Cute, always wanting to give

brother a love

loves to give kisses!

CaKe DeCoRaTiNg

2009-06-07T21:21:00.000-07:00

I took a "Wilton Cake Decorating Class" with my cousin Emily. We took Course 1 which we learned about making roses and buttercream frosting and many other things!! It was a ton of fun, i love baking so this was way fun to learn a bunch of different things that has to do with baking!! I had to make a cake each week and make buttercream icing with 3 different consistencies. I love chocolate so you can very well guess what my cake was every week. The first week i put a bavarian cream filling in the middle of my chocolate cake which was delicious!! I had bought this bavarian cream filling some time back and was going to use it for cupcakes, so it came in handy for me for this class.

This is my 3 different consistencies of frosting

i had to make a thin, medium and stiff consistency
for cake decorating

This was my 1st cake, a little shabby but this rainbow cake was

very hard to make, i had to switch out the same tip for all the different

colors of the rainbow, which you can see i only got to 2 colors, it took me to long

and i ran out of time, so this is how i had to leave it, not looking to good.

I could not figure out how they get the frosting to look so smooth and not drag pieces of cake with your frosting, i learned i should of used a huge tip for frosting the cake first, instead

of using a spatula to smear the frosting onto the cake. I learned alot of valuable things to be a better baker!!

This is what i had to buy for "Course 1"

I had a ton of fun doing this, thanks Em for asking me to take it with you!!

SO EXCITED!!!

2009-05-03T21:03:00.000-07:00

I am so happy to annouce that i have a "NEW SISTER IN LAW" in the Snow family!! Ryan's brother Paul just proposed to his girlfriend Stephani!! They are perfect for each other!! We are so happy to have Steph part of the Snow Family!!! We are very excited for you guys!! It's funny, Ryan said this morning to me that he had a feeling that his brother would marry Steph!!

Boy was he right on!!

Congratulations!!!

We love you both!!!

Happy Birthday Sister!!!

2009-05-03T19:49:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my cute Sister!! Mandee is 27 today!! I just wanted to tell her how much i love her and how much i look up to her!! I hope you had a great day sister!! Sorry i wasn't up there to celebrate with you. I promise you one of these birthdays i will be there to celebrate with you!! You are a great sister, Britt and I are so lucky to have you as our sister!!! I love you very much and wish we could live closer to each other to go play all the time!!

Happy Birthday Sister!!

"look at those gorgeous eyes"

Mandee & Brady at her birthday last year

This was at one of her birthdays a few years ago

Love ya Sister!!

Grandpa and Mandee

This was at Christmas one year, we laughed so hard when she pulled out this sign, we all got emergency car kits from our grandparents for christmas

Me, Bubba & Mandee Boating

Cute pic of Mandee holding our cousin Stephanie

A pic of grandpa and Mandee, she had these beautiful curls when she was little

I love this picture!! Mandee & Brittany

Cute Sisters i have!! I'm very lucky!!

Baby Easten has arrived!!!

2009-03-16T21:54:00.000-07:00

Easten Taras Turko is here!!! He was born on March 9th at 8:48 p.m. weighing 8 lbs. 14 oz. 22.25 in. long!!! I have seen him on the web cam and he is beautiful!!! The first time i saw Easten, his little profile reminded me so much of my younger sister brittany who we lost almost six years ago in a tragic car accident. I couldn't believe it, my mom told me the same thing. I want to get a picture of when brittany was a baby and get Easten's picture and post it!! It's amazing how the lord works in mysterious ways!! I know that both Brady and Easten were kissed by angel before they came to this earth.. We are so blessed to have an angel watching over us at all times!!!

I am so happy for my Sister, Taras and Brady!! When i call and talk to my sister, i can hear brady talking and cooing at baby easten, it's so darn cute!!! When brady see's his baby brother, he makes like this wimpering sound until he gives him a kiss. It just melts my heart!! I think it's his own way of communicating to his baby brother!!! I'm so glad that everything went well and he is here safe!! We love you Easten (and Brady) welcome, welcome!! Your auntie loves you very much and i haven't even met you yet!!! I can't imagine how i'll feel once i see you for the first time.

I don't have any pictures yet, but once i get them i will post them!! I am trying to be "patient" waiting to get pics!! i know, i know sister you've been busy!!

Waiting patiently for baby #2

2009-02-25T23:17:00.000-08:00

Any day now my sister is due with there 2nd little baby boy!! We are all so excited for them and for Brady!!! He will be the best big brother!! I am so blessed to be Auntie!! I love my little nephews so much!!! Good luck Sister!! I know you will do great!!! I am a big worrier!! You know me, i can't wait til you have him and everything is fine with you and the baby. I love you sister and i am always thinking about you. It sucks so bad that i can't just get in the car and drive over somewhere close to see you.

UFC

2009-02-24T22:37:00.000-08:00

Ryan had some friends over for the "UFC" fight. I had asked him what he was having for food, and he told me that this was his deal and to not worry about it!! So, i had to let it go (which is hard for me since it was at our house, wanting to make sure there was plenty of food, etc) but I just let him do his thing and he did a great job!! He ordered some appetizers from Chili's and I was very impressed!! Anyway, they had a great night watching the big fight!!!

Viva Las Vegas!!

2009-02-24T21:54:00.000-08:00

We went to Vegas in january for ryan's brother's 40th birthday!

I know what your all thinking, ryan is 12 years younger than his oldest brother and 10 years younger from his other brother!! His parents weren't planning on having any more kids and 10 years later here comes Ryan!!

I am glad ryan was a mistake, for my sake!!! We had a ball in Vegas!! Who doesn't when they go to viva las vegas, right?!!! His girlfriend Stephani surprised him with alot of friends and family that came into town for the big 40th!! We hung out all weekend, shopping, eating at in-n-out burger which was fabulous!! Eating at some great restaurants and more!! It was so fun to be there with family and friends!! Great job Steph!! It was such a fun weekend!!

Birthday Boy!!

Me and Steph

Girls just wanna have fun!!!

My father in law, Steph and her dad

Ryan's cute parents!!

Steph and the birthday boy!!

Brothers!!

Paul (aka B-day Boy), Ryan, Todd

This cake was to die for!! Half the cake was white and the other half was Chocolate with this cream in the middle!! I WAS IN HEAVEN!!!

Mom, Paul and Dad

My Cute Nephew "Brady"

2009-02-08T21:03:00.001-08:00

I wanted to post these adorable pictures of my cute nephew Brady!!! My sister had these done and I think they are precious!! I am so blessed to be an Auntie!! I love him so much!! He is so sweet and cute in every way!! I don't get to see him alot cause he lives up in Canada, but when I do I love to just sit and watch all of his mannerisms! It is amazing to look at things in life through a child's eyes and i am so lucky to be an Auntie again here soon!! My sister is pregnant and due in a couple of weeks with another precious little boy!!! Brady, your auntie loves you so much!!

"Blowing Kisses"

Barney & Betty Rubble

2009-02-08T20:28:00.001-08:00

I told you i'm behind... I wanted to post this from halloween last year, ryan and i went to a halloween party and dressed up as Barney & Betty Rubble!! We had a great time. Years past we have dressed up as "Tacky Tourists", "Dr. Feel Good" and his "Naughty Nurse" we have had some great past halloween parties!!! I say every year we should have our own halloween party and we don't do it!!!

Barney & Betty

Yabba, Dabba, Do!!!!

"Barney", "Capt. Jack Sparro" "Vampire"

"Scarecrow" & "Elder"

"Betty" & "Jose"

"Scarecrow & Dorothy"

"Elder" & "Barney"

"Elder & Sister"

BIG "30"

2009-02-08T19:29:00.000-08:00

So, I know this post is way past due, but I've wanted to post some of these pics but just haven't yet, so better late than never.

My hubby turned "30" in September 2008 (I know, i'm late) I surprised him with a surprise birthday party at our house!! It was so much fun!! I found numbers to old hockey buddies, i even surprised ryan and found his buddy that he had lost contact with who lives back in Maine that he played hockey with!! It was great talking and meeting up with old friends!! His brother and his girlfriend was also able to come up from Vegas, thanks guys it meant alot to us!! So, my husband is so hard to surprise so i completely hid everything and acted like nothing was going on. There is something that i will never forget, ryan went out to get the mail one day and some of the invitations had come back due to lack of enough stamps (don't ask) it was a joke, anyway the post office had stacked them all together and wrapped an elastic around them, ryan didn't even look through them, so he came in the house and handed them to me and i could of died, i quickly played it off and said are you kidding me, they got returned, they were for my clients??! he didn't say anything and i was so glad!
So i set up this whole thing to have two of his hockey buddies call him and ask him if he wanted to go play golf in the morning and then two of them were going to ref a hockey camp, so it was perfect!! So the day came and the guys came to get ryan and i acted like i was going to work and when they left i got everything put together!! I rented a big blow up waterslide for all of the kids, since all of our friends have kids. We put it over on Lance and Heather's lawn (thanks guys) and when they brought ryan home he saw all the cars and thought, "Oh, i guess lance and heather must be having a party cause he could see the waterslide before they turned onto our street, so he was totally surprised!! I was quite proud of myself because i can never surprise the kid!! To make a long story short, we all had a great time and he was surprised. I love you baby!!!

What have you done????

2009-02-08T19:08:00.001-08:00

Copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie/commercial
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one-(sister)
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Christmas 2008

2009-01-25T17:49:00.001-08:00

We did Christmas with my family before we went to Canada for Christmas!! We had a great christmas and are very grateful for all that we got!!

My Granny opening up her Christmas present that we got her!!

My Mom and Bruiser!! He loves to give kisses!!

Ryan and I got some pictures of Bubba's boat blown up from when we went to Powell!!

This is his Baby!! So proud of it!! He loves to Boat!!

Waiting patiently to open his present!!
We love you brother!!!

Hockey in Canada

2009-01-25T17:09:00.001-08:00

So my sister and taras have what's called a dug out behind there house where the cows drink out of in the summer!! We'll taras and Ryan went out there and shoveled the snow off this ice so we could go out and play some hockey and that's exactly what we did!!! It was so much fun to be out in the country and be able to play hockey on a frozen over sheet of ice!! What a fun great experience it was!! Thanks Taras and Sister!!!

Brady is getting all geared up to go out in the frigid weather!! It was so cold there!!
Here he is for the very first time trying out his new hockey skates with daddy!

Auntie Shauna and Uncle Ryan out playing some hockey!!

We played two on one, taras and I were on a team and ryan was by himself! (Sorry babe!!) But we kicked butt!!

This pic is hilarious!! Here i am trying to look like i know how to play hockey!

Brady loved, loved, loved being out there!! He is holding onto daddy's hockey stick!!

Daddy and Brady!! When he had to go back to the tahoe he cried, he didn't want to go back yet, he wanted to still be out there skating!!

Auntie and Uncle!!

He cried when mom came and got him, you can tell in this picture that he is wanting to go with daddy!! Poor kid, all he wanted to do was be out there with us, but it was so cold that he couldn't be out there long!! Your probably wandering how cold, like -20 celcius.

Such a cute pic!! Daddy's dream i'm sure to have his boy on hockey skates!! Such a proud papa!

This is looking at the back of my sister's house!! I wanted to take a picture from where we were skating to where there house is!!

Proud daddy with his little boy skating out there on the ice!!!

He was so cute, he was just taking it all in, everytime taras would pick him up to carry him, he wanted to be down there skating on that ice!! Hockey star is born!!!

This kid has no fear!! He absolutely loved this!!

Love this picture of Brady!!!

He did not want to be held, he wanted to be on that ice!!

Uncle Ryan getting the ice ready so we could get our game on!!!

Proud uncle and daddy with Brady!! Look at those cute little hockey skates!!

Here's dad holding up Brady's new hockey skates on Christmas!!! Cute, Cute!!

Hockey Dream.....

Christmas In Canada

2009-01-24T23:29:00.001-08:00

I am such a slacker at this blogging thing!! I need to try to be better about updating it more.

We had a great Christmas!! Ryan and I at the last minute decided to go to Canada and Surprise my Sister!! It was a surprise because we didn't get there until Christmas Eve, She thought for sure we weren't coming since it was Christmas Eve and when she saw us she was so surprised and she cried (pregnancy hormones) she was so happy that we were there. It was so much fun being able to be there with my adorable little nephew Brady!! I miss him so much, he is at such a fun age!! It took him a bit to warm up to his auntie, which is hard for me, he can point us all out in a picture, but it took him a minute when he saw us, it makes it so hard since we live so far away from each other.

I am very grateful to my hunny that he realizes how important it is to me to be able to go up to Canada every other year for Christmas (We had decided this when my sister got married) and luckily we have been able to do it. We had so much fun and it was freezing up there too!!!

Brady loved his farm house he got at Grandma and Grandpa Turko's house.

All of us at my Brother in laws parents house Christmas morning.

Proud Grandmas!!!

All of us got our parents a camera for Christmas,

so here my mom is discovering what it was!!

Brady playing at Grandma Turko's house Christmas Eve, I love this picture of his cute little outfit!! Also pay attention in most of the pictures of

(where's waldo??) It's more like where's Brady tractors, he loves them!

Grandma and Brady, christmas eve!! Where's the Tractors?
My mom got these little New Holland Tractors for him. These are the one's daddy drives out int he field!

Cute Mommy and her baby boy!! See the tractors?

Auntie loves her handsome nephew so much!!
Tractor?

Had to stop and refuel with his milk!!

Daddy and Brady!!

So when we got there, Brady found my boots and wanted to put them on!!

Brady loves his hockey sticks!!

Brady got a race car track for Christmas, so we were all betting on who's car would win!!
Where's the Tractor?

Tractor anyone?

Brady got a mini vaccum from grandma and grandpa, he loves to vaccum and help mommy out all the time!! He is such a big boy!!

helping some more, vaccuming for mommy!!

So brady got these cool little tub markers that you can write with while you take a bath, they were calling for me to come up stairs and see what brady did for me, this is what i found!!! I loved it!! Brady, auntie loves you too so much!!! Thanks Buddy!!

Brady is such a big helper, taras got his drill out to put together one of Brady's toys and brady thought that he was a big boy and wanted to put it together himself or at least help dad!!

It's amazing how independent he already is, wanting to do it on his own, he got a little drill for christmas, but he didn't want anything to do with that one, he wanted the real one. So smart!!

So Ryan and I got brady "Handy Manny" for Christmas!! He loves it, but here he decided he wanted to sit in it instead of fix the truck!! We were laughing so hard!!

"Handy Manning"

Brady got this huge CAT Truck!! He loves it!!

Christmas Morning!! Brady checking out all his stuff from Santa!!

Where's the tractor?

My Brother in law and sister got Brady the cutest "Cars" table along with a bunch of other things!! Tractor???

Tractor?? It is so funny!!

Here he is checking out his Black and Decker tool set!!! Tractor???

Brady with Santa on Christmas Eve!! He LOVES Santa Claus!! When he saw him, he walked right up to him and was looking at him, then Santa asked if he could carry him into the family room and brady was so excited to see that Santa pulled out a present for him!!

Sack Lunches

2008-11-12T20:52:00.000-08:00

I heard this on the country station while I was driving the other day and wanted to share it with you: I wanted to post it yesterday since it was Veterans Day, better late then never. Right?!

I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. I'm glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap, I thought. Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me . I decided to start a conversation. "Where are you headed?" I asked the soldier seated nearest to me. Chicago - to Great Lakes Base. We'll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we're being deployed to Irag. After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached Chicago, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time. As I reached for my wallet, I overheard a soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. 'No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch. Probably wouldn't be worth five bucks. I'll wait till we get to Chicago. His friend agreed.

I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill. 'Take a lunch to all those soldiers.' She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. 'My son was a soldier in Iraq: it's almost like you are doing it for him.' Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, 'Which do you like best - beef or chicken?' I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to the front of the plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first class. 'This is yours, thanks.' After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest room. A man stopped me. 'I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here take this.' He handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, and said, 'I want to shake your hand.' Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain's hand. With a booming voice he said, 'I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness i never forgot.' I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm. When we landed in Chicago I gathered my belongings and started to deplane. Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. Another twenty-five dollars! Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. 'It will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for a sandwich. God Bless you.' Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals.

As I listened to this on the radio station, I thought how grateful I am to live in a country where there is freedom. That as a woman, I can live free!! Since we are coming upon Thanksgiving, I want to say that I am so grateful for what I have. I safe place to live and a roof over my head, food and clothing and our health. I am so grateful for a wonderful husband who works so hard to support us and give us the things we have. For such great family and friends!! I am truly blessed!!

Like Father, Like Son

2008-11-09T21:35:00.001-08:00

This picture I think is so cute. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON!! Brady is a dipper, he loves to dip anything he has into something!! He takes after his Auntie! This picture is of brady and his dad, just having a pow wow, taking chips and dipping it before he eats it.

Look at this face, priceless!!

Halloween up In Canada

2008-11-09T21:13:00.000-08:00

I have a nephew that lives up in Canada and I don't get to see him alot, only through the web cam, blogs or if i'm talking on the phone to my sister, then I can hear him and it just makes my day. (Thank goodness for modern technology) My grandma says, she can't believe how I can pick up the phone and call my sister anytime I want! She said that she would go for weeks waiting to talk to her family or even my grandpa, she would have to wait for a telegram, which even then was so short due to the cost for each letter they would write. I would die, there is no way I could go that long in between! We are so fortunate.

I wanted to post some pictures of Brady on Halloween! He was a Lion, which I think he is the cutest lion i have ever seen!! He looked adorable! I love him so much, i wish we could live closer to each other. Some of the other pics are of him and the family carving pumpkins!! He had so much fun, (so I hear) He just dove right in there and was pulling out the insides, trying to eat it. There is a picture of him trying to eat the top of the pumpkin!! He is so stinking cute!! Then after they were done they put candles in the pumpkins and he would take the lid off and try to get as close as possible to look inside, he thought that was so cool! It's amazing to see this through a child's eyes!! It makes Halloween that much more fun when you have little ones to celebrate it with!

Wish I could of been there, but maybe next year!! I love you Brady!!

Getting Closer and Closer

2008-10-20T21:59:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of the Salon getting closer to being done!! I got my Christmas early!!! It is the new T.V. in my salon, I love it!!! (Thanks Baby!) We just hung up the scissors and put my hooded dryer in. I can't believe it's almost done!! I just sat in there today for a bit and thought to myself, i can't believe i am here in my salon, as i watched t.v.!! It has been a long journey!!!

I gave my cute granny a perm in there today!! She was the first one to have a perm in my new salon!! (Thanks granny for coming out and bringing me lunch so we could use the new salon!! I love ya!!

There are a few little things I've still got to do, But I am very happy with how the outcome is!!! Thanks again Baby for all of your hard work and support!! I wouldn't be able to do it without you!!

Salon almost done, so excited!!

2008-10-17T22:35:00.000-07:00

We are almost done with my salon in our basement!! I can't even believe it's so close!! My sink just got put in and the electrician just finished the electrical work, and my floor is finally in!! So basically i'm up and running finally! My poor clients, no more having to lean over the kitchen sink to get there hair washed. I want to personally thank all of my clients for hanging in there and supporting me while we finished this salon!! I am so happy to have it almost done!! (I will post pictures soon!)

I want to also say I am so grateful to have such a great husband!! He has worked so hard to put a salon in for me and knows how important this is to me!! Thanks baby for understanding even though it tends to always be more expensive!! I love you tons!!!

I want to send out a thank you to all of those who have helped to get me started!!

Last, but not least, i have to say thank you to my great brother (bubba) and my great brother in law (taras) for offering to help us get started on the salon in late June while taras and my sister and my cute little nephew was here visiting. When the guys were even talking about starting the sheet rock and they all agreed that they would start it, Taras was so funny, he got on the Internet that night to input the dimensions of the room at Home Depot to tell them exactly what they would need to get started. He was so excited to help out, which i am truly grateful for. I am so blessed to have such a great family!!

Finally Blogging with the rest of the world

2008-10-16T16:32:00.000-07:00

Finally, after everyone telling me to start a blog, here i am, BLOGGING!! Who would of ever thought I would have a blog. I just didn't think I could blog because we don't have kids and I said what ever am I going to blog about!! I'm sure i'll come up with something!!! I'm talking to my sister (who lives in Canada) and I was looking at her Cute Blog and I clicked on our Blog and said, Look at that, NO INQUIRES!! So my sister said lets start it now, so here I am!! Hope I can keep up with all of you BLOGGERS!!! Happy Blogging!!!!!!!

Thanks to Brooke for helping me get started!! She helped me set up our blog! Thanks again!!