A "Wicked"ly Good Time... Defying Gravity!

The stage was dark. A hush fell over the crowd as a green light began to glow and grow...
Our trip to the Broadway Play "Wicked" was full of ups and a few downs.
It all started with a shopping trip to find the perfect pair of shoes. After too many shoe stores to count Andrea bought a pair of witchy black shoes perfectly adorned with a silver buckle, an excellent choice for our evening festivities. Robyn chose her shoes by fashion not comfort. They were sexy GaGa-inspired black glittery high heeled beasts! (but man they were cute)
After getting cleaned up from the shopping we headed to the restaurant Chianti's in Saskatoon where Andrea, Robyn and Charles, my cousin Randal and his crazy wife,Amanda, and their two girls and I went out for supper! The food was excellent as was the two bottles of wine Andrea and I finished!

You could not imagine the amount of people we saw from Nipawin at the restaurant and at the show. Andrea got to know one even better when she tripped on a crack in the bathroom and fell into one of their arms! She was not able to defy gravity.... Even with the new witch shoes!
Finally we were off to the play! It was awesome! The costumes were amazing. The singing and dancing were choreographed creatively. And although the storyline was somewhat changed from the book the play still had great ability to capture the imagination of the audience. I wish they would have spent some more time developing Elphaba's background and childhood. Andrea was in tears at the break for intermission! The injustice that the witch had to go through was just too much!

Once the show was done and the shirts were bought we had to get back to the van for the drive to Amanda's house. This was a great adventure. Robyn's GaGa-inspired shoes wanted to see if she could defy gravity and she fell on her face when she tripped on the sidewalk. Guess she couldn't defy gravity either!!! LOL

I sure am glad I didn't buy new shoes today!!!!

Andrea and I have decided it is time to start taking our daughters to the theater! I am sure our husbands will think it is just another reason to shop! (although I think we will skip the shoe section!)

Bumps, bruises, beauty & bikes!

I love alliteration! There is nothing more engaging than a blog title using alliteration! LOL ;)
This week we said farewell to Kelsey (Or Chelsea as we like to call her), James, Cale and Reese Hayes. We had a great time while they were here. Our liver and bellies are still recovering from the daily escapades! We hope they come back to visit us again another summer!

Look at the sad face. The poor girl was stepped on by her little sister which gave her the mark under her eye. Then she fell off her bike and her face had a run in with the ground! I am afraid to take her to town in fear that she is removed from my care!

We are enjoying this time with Auntie Robyn. We are spoiled since she is spending all this time with us this summer since she is on maternity leave!
We had a spa day up at the campsite. She did pedicures, haircuts and dye jobs! We are so lucky!!! Makenna got her hair cut and dyed with black and pink streaks while Rhiannon and Jorja now sport pink streaks. Shallen got a pink streak thanks to a crayola marker! I am totally ok with my kids getting things done to their hair. It can always be redyed, or cut and it always grows back!

Shallen has been watching her big sisters ride their bikes this summer. We have an extra little bike kicking around so Mike put the training wheels on it and Shallen suckered her sisters into pushing her around.

She doesn't pedal yet but I am sure she will catch on soon. You might remember that Jorja just took those training wheels off this summer... Doesn't take those little sisters long to follow behind their older siblings!
Today I am off to Saskatoon with Andrea and Robyn to see the play "Wicked". It will be my 3rd night away from the trailer this summer! I am sure the twisted sisters will haves great time in the big city! (but that is a whole new blog!)

F is for Family...

We were raised with the belief that family is important and that the more people you share your time with makes it even a better time.

We were lucky to be raised with this philosophy. Holidays were always filled with family and friends. We never knew who would be around for Christmas dinner since mom and dad would invite whomever they heard were alone for Christmas.

This welcoming feeling did not end with the Christmas season however. During the summer there was always a steady stream of aunts, uncles and cousins heading to the cabin or camping in the driveway. This has not changed much, although a couple of the aunts and uncles now own cabins here too!

Mom and dad are in their glory when the cabin is at full capacity. It has taken a while since they added on to the cabin and moved to the lake but they have now reassembled the decks and are back entertaining at full tilt.

The Hayes' invasion is in full swing with Kerry and her two kids (Dayen and Jaden), James and Kelsey and their two kids (Cale and Reese) hanging out in the campground. It is fun for the kids to have built in friends to hang out with all day. Jim and Sandra have also been here with their trailer and boat. We just wish that wind would go away so we could get out in the lake more. Wendy is also here which is nice since she helps out with all the kids.

Our campsite is always full of kids. Sometimes we don't even know who they belong to!
Of course we have lots of toys and good snacks so we seems to attract them!

We are all very thankful for Cory who bought Andrea a Margarita maker for her birthday. Our kids are now used to doing ice runs to the store.

And auntie Robyn is here so we are being pampered! We love when she comes to town!

We love all our family, in laws and out laws! Later this week my cousin Eden is coming here from New York. We don't get to see her very often so it is a treat when she comes to visit.

So for all the above reasons I know I am lucky to have such a wonderful family. As weird and dysfunctional we all are we love each other and THAT is what is important!

BootCamp OMG!!!

I forgot to tell you about BootCamp! It also took place during my busiest week!! On Wednesday I went to a free BootCamp at the regional park. I think it was the word "free" that caught my attention.
Anyway, it was quite the experience. I only felt like puking twice and i thought that was progress. I think I will try it again but I am still stiff 3 days later.
I encourage all FatSo people out there to give it try!!

The busiest week of the summer... Thank goodness it is over!

All summer long I knew this was going to be our busiest week. I am so glad it was in the middle of the summer. This allowed me to relax and rejuvenate before it arrived and now I have the rest of the summer just to relax!

This was our last week of swimming lessons. We would get up at 7:45am, have breakfast, get ready and burn rubber to town from the lake in time for lessons at 9 am. We choose this time so that we could get back to the lake in good time.
The kids did well in lessons. Jorja passed level one, Rhiannon passed level four and Makenna has one more thing to do in level nine.

We were driving right by their house anyway so we decided to invite Zoe and Olivia over for a sleep over at the camper. Once you have a gaggle of kids what is a couple more... LOL!
The weather was not that great but they seemed to find things to with themselves.
The big girls went fishing off the rocks by the marina then they ended up at Grandma's cabin to make some fancy cards.

The other girls went for bike rides in the drizzle and also ended up at Grandma's for a hot tub! Thank goodness for grandma!!

Their is nothing better than the taste of a fresh rain off the awning!

Along with swimming lessons on Wednesday through Friday the big girls had dance camp from 10 am - 3 pm! Those were long days for the girls but they enjoyed it!! (and that's all that matters)

While the big girls were at dance camp we took the little girls to a free concert at Central Park School. It was Lee and Sandi Pasey. Mom took us to their concert when we were small kids!
Mom was all disappointed that they didn't play our favorite song "6 inch boots in a 9 inch puddle". I told mom that they can't sing it because they would have to change it to centimeters! :)

We spent some time playing dice and having drinks on Thursday night with the Hayes' and Carrie Korecki. This made hard alc. Friday a no go!!
The highlight of the evening was when Lily told her dad to go "piss in the trees"! Yep we are hillbillies!!
Now we are preparing for the Hayes' invasion!!! Cory's Siblings and their families as well as his dad and Sandra and his mom are all camping out here!!! It should be an interesting week! Thank God for booze!!! ;)

And in the most important news, our cousin Eryn, arrived today from Alberta. She is our importer! She brought Andrea and I 60 bottles of Woody's saparilla coolers! We can no longer get them in Saskatchewan! $110.00 later we are totally ready for the weekend!
I guess I have to go now... Cory's "green cooler" has arrived at our campsite which means it is going to be another crazy day at the lake!