I want to be a Palaeontologist

I ventured with the kids to Courtenay to go to the Palaeontology Museum and signed us up for a fossil hunt/tour along the Rutledge River, where 2 fully intact Elasamasaurus's have been found!

Not so much in love with my face however Rylie's are priceless!

Ty showing my what an ammonite looks like

Olivia was soooo excited to dig for fossils as you can see! Ya not so much, but she did collect lots of nice pebbles.

Oliver throwing rocks right before he fell in :)

Are you for real? Did Dad and I just find an 83 million yr old clam fossil?

Sure Did!

and then.... he found a gorgeous ammonite! and on the other side was a fossilized clam! a double whammy

Safety First

Oh look theres my foot right in the line of the hammer n chisle!

Ty signing a petition to make the Elasmosaur the official fossil of British Columbia

Noni and myself treking back up the HUGE hill

Oh so cool!
Palaeontology: prefix from Greek palaios, ancient. noun. the branch of geology that deals with prehistoric forms of life through the study of plant and animal fossils.

I coordinated them, easier to locate :), Thanks Missy, Mum and Auntie Carol for the adorable pillow case dress's

Future Palaeontologist

Whitespot for lunch and pretending to play Keno :)

Oh the faces these two make

CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS

C- Chelsea is really burnt out and wishes she had more time for blogging!

H- Healthy are my children, we've had some ups and downs, a couple catheters for Oliver but hes much better now.

R- Rylie is my star I love her so very much, especially the mysterious stain that was not there on her armpit when I sent her into her school pictures.

I- I love my husband even though he watches football all day long on Sunday!

S- Sundays used to be the day I went to church and now they are the day I write essays and catch up with my kids, I am looking forward to going to church again.

T- Ty is my munchkin, my straight A spelling bee, and the son who challenges everything I say! I love him.

M- Multiples are what they call my youngest two! They pee and poop twice as much as well as laugh, giggle, love and hug! I love that Oliver wants a stinky garbage truck for Christmas and Olivia wants a TV!

A- All together we make for a busy bunch of people, who love each other dearly and are grateful for this time of year where our schedules kind of slow down.

S- Santa will be here soon and I do hope he hears my plea for sanity wrapped in a bow of calm.

Square ROOT of my happiness part II

The ROOT of my happiness

Ty Rylie Oli and Ole

have been quite busy this past year

(the pictures are out of order... not surprising my brain is hanging on by a receptor)

Ty turned 6 and requested a ' Blue Whales being sucked into the East Australian Current cake'

He got a scooter and zoomed all day long!

He of course loved my pathetic cake

His dinner of choice wieners... hold the bun and ketchup and noodles with minimal butter!

He also enjoyed his new Leapster

Rylie.... I love you

Oh dear Livie is a ham and Rylie is her partner in crime dressed to kill in their Easter dresses

Me sleep deprived and looking sleep drunk with noni

Ty sporting his mohawk hat, thanks auntie brooke

Ty winning best Halloween costume! GO Ty and Ty's mum for making him splendid green dragon with fire under his armpits!

Ty with his girlfriend Taylor G who is now one of Rylies friends too!

Rylie turned 5 I love her more now 5 years later then ever imagined!

I also love that my kids thought my cake was the bomb digity even though the green layer broke and the icing looks horrific!

This pic was taken last Feb and I love it cause its the whole gang:)



I love my fam, and am very happy they put up with my ever changing moods and tempers...

The Square ROOT of My Happiness Part 1

The square ROOT of my happiness has for sometime been wrapped up in what other people felt or perceived me to be. Silly I know but I have been riding that boat for a long time. I have at this point four 'things' that sum up my happiness and make me smile daily....

R- Rylie

O- Oliver

O- Olivia

T- Ty

I have always known I love my kiddos and they are my source of all things wonderful, but I guess I have been so wrapped up in survival that I haven't stopped to smell their toes as much as I should have. I am wondering as I type and tears hit the key board if I am too emotional to write, but what the heck eh? I look at Ty turning 6 this month and cant help but reminisce when I first touched him. Rylie, wow, there is not one sentence to describe this girl or even one word, she is everything I am too chicken to be, brave, genuine, carefree, and she seems to know of strengths which at 4 turning 5 is pretty delish considering I just turned 28 and am trying to find mine. Oliver, how I wish I could bottle you up and share you with people who are sad, just the thought of you makes me smile and want to pinch something. Olivia, if you are not a makeup artist I will be shocked, with the amount of times you have applied mascara to yourself and painted your own toes at the age of two .... and when you let Rylie hug you and you give me that mischievous, I'm too cute for words look... I melt like a Popsicle as katy perry would say.

I love how Rylie sings off beat and tune and doesn't care, I love how Ty and Oliver tell me how to drive, except when I'm driving, only when I'm crying on my bed blogging! I love how Olivia blames poopin on Noni and how she calls Oliver Noni! I love how we all call him Noni. When I am having a particular off day, which has been every day this week, Ty looks at me and says, please no maniac mum today and Rylie says, I'll help with laundry.

Thank you for being my Square ROOT kids, thank you for making this world a happier place, thank you for putting up with my 'maniac' behavior and bad driving skills, thank you for not giving up on me. I love you four and I cant wait to see you grow into stellar big people!

love mum