tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81687652059923899462012-02-07T07:00:37.311-08:00Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-23849230099004681862012-01-23T20:30:00.001-08:002012-01-23T21:00:42.205-08:00

Today, Ryleigh rode her bike to school. I didn't think it would be that big of deal or an emotional thing for me, but it turned out to be a huge deal and yes, a few tears were shed. I felt kind of like the first day of Kindergarten, a little paranoid, a little sad...and very much in shock that my little girl was taking another giant leap toward being a big girl. But mostly, I was so extremely

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Avery: "Mommy, we made curties at school today."Me: "You made cookies at school today?"Avery: "No, we ade curkies at school toady."Me: "You ate cookies at school today?"Avery: "NO!...... woka, woka, woka, woka...."Me:"........ OH!....You made TURKEYS at school today!"Avery: "Yes. Turkeys."

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Today is Saturday and we have now officially been home for 6 days from our Disney vacation. Not that I've really noticed since I spent the first 24 hours home taking care of a sick husband, the next four days trying to get caught up at work and the last 24 hours taking care of a sick little Avery and my own fever. Somewhere in there I managed to unpack all but one suitcase and to do most all the

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Math Homework tonight: Mom: "Very good Ryleigh, 8+9=17 is correct. Now, show your work so the teacher will know how you figured out the answer." Ryleigh: "But I figured out the answer in my head." Mom: "Well, just show how you did that." Ryleigh: "What, you want me to draw of picture of me figuring it out in my head?" Mom: "..........whatever you think you can explain to your teacher."

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While helping Ryleigh with her homework tonight Jeramy came barging into the kitchen to bring up the topic of homosexuality. Well, that's not exactly what he planned, but it sort of happened anyways...Jeramy: "I just saw on tv that they're going to show a documentary tonight about two women, a couple, that each had twins through in vitro".Ryleigh: "They're gonna, wait, what...two women?"Jenn: "

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Me: Hey Ryleigh, did you know that there is a Justin Bieber movie that just came out?Ryleigh: Yes, all the kids at school were talking about it.Me: Well, do you know who Justin Bieber is dating?Ryleigh: Yes mom, Selena Gomez, duh.Attempt to connect with my 1st grader, squashed. She is officially smarter than the internet.

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This afternoon after school some friends and I conducted one of our twice monthly Eco Club meetings. Today's topic, the school garden. The kiddos got to help us select a location for the garden and then we sat them down and talked about what kind of vegetables we want to plant in our garden. One of my fellow Eco Moms taped pictures of veggies up on the wall and let the kids put sticky notes up

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Jeramy was the Watch Dog at Ryleigh's school today and he came home with a great story...He was helping shelve books in the library when a kid came up to him and asked for his assistance in finding a book about Sponge Bob. Jeramy said sure, no problem, just point me to the card catalog. The kid looked at him with a look of confusion. Jeramy explained that the card catalog would be the large bank

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The girls and I arrived in Monahans on December 18th for a two week trip. That trip ends in just 3 more days. On Saturday, Jan. 1st, the girls and I will make the long trip back home. Jeramy didn't come with us, not because he didn't want to, but because he is currently on a rig off the coast of Cairo, Egypt. We've missed him so much, I think everyone has missed him. He has gotten to Skype

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-36199086047243173372010-10-30T21:11:00.000-07:002010-10-30T21:12:56.370-07:00

I submitted the following essay to a contest for the 250 first timers in the triathlon I did on October 17th. My First TriathlonBy Jennifer Montgomery, #579For about 10 years I’ve been saying “I want to do a triathlon.” Ten years ago, that was during college. That was before marriage, before kids, before careers, volunteer work, multiple moves, multiple pets, multiple countries and multiple

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-88755685914488948392010-08-25T08:22:00.001-07:002010-08-25T08:49:35.529-07:00

Anyone that follows me on Facebook knows just how much I have been anticipating the start of school. I love my eldest child, but dear God, I can't take another full day of her attitude. My mom says it's normal...or at least it's normal in our family. I called my mom on Sunday after we made our SECOND attempt to buy Ryleigh new shoes for school. The second attempt, like the first, ended in me

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Last April my mother, in a moment of weakness, told me that she would be willing to watch my kids for three nights during the summer if Jeramy and I wanted to go somewhere alone. I immediately took to the Internet and booked two non-refundable plane tickets to Playa del Carmen, Mexico. This way, when she sobered up, she couldn't take it back. While my mother is a fantastic grandmother in so many

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I don't recall smoking crack but it must have happened because a few weeks ago I signed up and even paid $100 to take part in a sprint triathlon. A sprint triathlon is not a full triathlon but it is indeed going to kick my ass. Any race that involves 300m of swimming, 10 miles of biking and 3 miles of running really does not deserve to have the term "sprint" placed in front of it.Why would I be

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Since I get really bothered with those people that start the first post to their blog in months with the obvious, "Wow, Geeeze, I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted!"...I won't do that. Not at all, because it's obvious. You can see the dates and it's very plain, it's been several months, several busy months, since I've logged a post.We are three weeks and a few days away from

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For some reason, or because Sara Z. made me think it would be a good idea last October, we decided it would be a great idea to do a 17 day driving trip around the United States....with the children. So we told our friends in Chicago, Sara and Kalman, that we wanted to come up for a visit. They told us to come on and even said we could bring little tornado #1 and little tornado #2! AND, in an

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I just saw this story on CNN.com. It's so sad, so tragic, soooo pointless. Some of the abuse situations that we learned about in CASA training were just unbelievable. It is just amazing what some people of capable of doing to their own precious, defenseless and very fagile children. And really, for what? I don't understand the payoff that comes from beating a child. I am so very happy that I

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Avery had a pretty late nap today which, as always, led into a rough time getting her to go to bed tonight. So, here I am with Ryleigh in bed wanting her good night song, and a drink of water, and some allergy medicine, and whatever else she can think of to procrastinate....and then there is Avery in her bed just crying away for Mama. So after I get Ryleigh all that she needs, or at least can

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Once again, I found myself bored, sitting around, eating bon-bons, watching Oprah and wondering what I could do to pass my time. So I got myself involved in a new project, I am now heading up the Environmental club for Ryleigh's elementary school next year. And seriously, I am so excited about this. It is going to be my number one project next school year. I graduated from college in 2002 with my

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Last night at about 10pm one of Transocean's rigs in the Gulf of Mexico had an explosion. Right now, 24 1/2 hours later, the rig is still burning and eleven are missing.When I first found out about this at 6am this morning I immediately felt the same way I did when the Cougar helicopter went down in Canada a little over a year ago. Jeramy is home today, not out on the rig like he was when the

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Okay, Spring Break. So what if it was a month ago, here is how it went down for us. We decided to head on over to San Antonio to hang out by the hotel pool, ride some roller coasters and see beautiful sea creatures being held captive in clean tanks free of any predators. It was a really great time!Lots of work went into preparing for our trip. Getting four people ready for a three night trip

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-71855119240750480992010-03-20T19:21:00.001-07:002010-03-20T19:34:17.617-07:00

We just got back from a really awesome little family get-a-way to San Antonio! When Ryleigh was two we took her to Sea World for the very first time and so to start off this blog post I thought I would post what I blogged from that trip on our old blog. Apparently I did not blog about that trip, but the synopsis is that Ryleigh threw up in the hotel lobby after the day at Sea World because we

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Ryleigh got invited to a boy's birthday party this weekend. It's a boy from her class. I RSVP'd and said that we would be coming. The mother replied back and thanked me for my RSVP then went on to say that Ryleigh is the only girl that her son had invited to her party. When the mother asked why only Ryleigh he replied with "she is way more fun than the other girls". Hmmmmmm. Really. Define fun.

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Ryleigh will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart next week. If you would like to help her reach her goal of $100 please visit her website below. Yeah, the kids have their own fundraising websites now. It's officially a crazy world.Thank you in advance for your support.Ryleigh's Jump Rope for Heart Page

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Did you see the opening ceremony? I let the girls stay up an hour later than normal so they could see as much as they could. My favorite part was where Ryleigh went and got her globe and made me point out where each country was as they marched into the arena. My second favorite part is where they paid tribute to Newfoundland! If you missed that part, they did a pretty cool fiddle and tap

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Um, wow, that was three weeks? Really?? It just went by so darn fast! Jeramy left yesterday for another three weeks out on the rig. The big reason that these last three weeks went by so fast was the 30 hours of CASA training that I went through. And now, 5 full days of class later, I am certified to be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. In a nutshell, what I'll be doing is this. When a

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-88430357671172074522010-01-29T06:43:00.001-08:002010-01-29T06:44:45.037-08:00

It's Rodeo Time!!!!

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Okay, just a quickie because I have 4 hours of 24 waiting for me on the DVR an it's already 11pm. Jack Bauer should NEVER have to sit unwatched on the DVR, shame - on - me!Today was Ryleigh's first Girl Scout meeting. Of course I forgot to fill out all the medical release forms until I was sitting in a Quck Books class this afternoon. I raced home and got them all filled out digitally and then

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Dear Girls,I just wanted to take a moment and write to tell you how incredibly special you two are. Each in your own unique way, you light up my every moment of every day. You are not only the most beautiful little girls, but your boundless energy and cleverness lifts me up and makes me feel whole in this world. I made you, with daddy's help of course, but I carried you, I delivered you and

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-22404923184188078602010-01-02T07:45:00.001-08:002010-01-02T07:55:43.827-08:00

Yesterday I had a run-in with the pregnancy bug. I had a few friends over for a playdate, aka Operation Destroy Jennifer's House. One of my friends is 39 weeks preggers and showed up wearing one of my maternity shirts I had loaned her. I wasn't expecting what happened next. She is lots more pregnant than the last time I saw her and it was one of my favorite maternity shirts. That combined

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Jeramy leaves for the rig tomorrow...already...*sigh*. I wish he had about another week before he had to leave. I have some light bulbs I would like changed...and it would be good to have a few more evening to hang out on the couch together. This hitch home Jeramy spent the first week in the office covering for a coworker and the second week and then some out in West Texas for the holidays. This

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The children, even 33 year old ones, were all nestled and snug in their beds when 8am rolled around and Grandpa started banging on the door. What five year old isn't up at the crack of dawn to open presents? Our five year old of course....she was tired. We invited my grandparents over to watch the kids open presents and I figured that Ryleigh would definitely be up by 7:30 or 8 at the latest,

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Friday Ryleigh got out of school at noon since it was the last day of the 3rd six weeks. We are now officially halfway through Kindergarten. Yeah, I'm totally stunned. I can not believe how fast it's all going. First grade, here we come!So on Friday since Ryleigh got out of school early we loaded up and headed to Austin to see our friends Karen and Jeremy and their adorable little 12 month

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-23047101769252681942009-12-01T19:56:00.000-08:002009-12-01T20:00:17.354-08:00

Some pictures from our time with Papa Dale and Nana Wood...we love you guys and miss you soooo much!

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Jeramy is offshore again and has been for almost a week now. That's one down, two more to go. The only thing that is harder than having Jeramy leave to go offshore for weeks at a time is having Jeramy leave to go offshore after three fabulous weeks home. It is definitely much easier to deal with him being gone when I am racing to get him to the airport because he is annoying the shit out of me.

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Because my life has been way too blissfully simple, unstressful and non-scheduled I have taken on a part-time job. It's something I can do at home and I'm basically the personal assistant for some friends of ours in Canada trying to expand their business into Texas. One of the things I have been doing is posting job descriptions on various websites in the hopes of finding them some employees.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-88339424092456925182009-11-09T11:15:00.000-08:002009-11-09T11:18:58.676-08:00

My sister-in-law's sister wrote this on Facebook and I thought it was so funny I just had to repost here for my friends to read. Enjoy.*Note: Dear Grandma, I did not write the F word, my friend did. I am praying for her as I repost this and laughing my ass of.Ok, so here in Austin there is ample opportunity to be annoyed by bumper stickers, so you basically have to turn off your analytical mind

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Have you seen this?The best part of the whole thing is where she walks her child down the aisle of artificially colored, sugar filled drinks and puts her arm around him as to say, someday son, maybe the economy will turn around and we won't have to drink water anymore. When I was a kid we rarely had "extra" stuff in our fridge and pantry like popular soft drinks and snacks. I can remember going

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I had to to go the doctor last week for back pain, something that I have never had an issue with in my entire life. Apparently I have been lifting and heaving too many boxes and large pieces of furniture over the past few weeks. Lack of a husband will cause one to do such things when one has barely moved into a new house. So now I have back pain pills which is cool, but the side affects (or

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And this year's Halloween costumes are...

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This morning I had my MOPS meeting and at the last minute I decided to go. MOPS is a group of stay at home moms that meet at a church in Houston and basically provide support to each other and a break from the kiddos every other week as childcare is provided by the church free of charge. The speaker today was supposed to be the church's pastor and he was to talk about marriage. I'm not a big

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I just got back from having lunch with Ryleigh up at her school. It was fun, hanging out with all those little kids. They're all so cute and sweet and....JUST KIDDING!! God bless our teachers, those kids are crazy! They make you take your kid and go sit over at a table by yourself and what an excellent idea that is. I still could barely hear my kids over all the chatter though. After we were

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Tonight was a sort of orientation at Ryleigh's school for the parents. I got to sit in Ryleigh's classroom and hear from her teacher about what the curriculum is going to be like and what the expectations are going to be for the year. Basically, she needs to be able to read "See Spot run." by the end of the year. See how easy that was? And I didn't use up a valuable hour of your life like her

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-54295709615447914702009-09-28T11:22:00.000-07:002009-09-28T11:35:18.984-07:00

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The day that the mover's showed up to deliver our household goods I found a little something waiting for me on the front porch. It was what appeared to be an animal turd of some sort. It was large enough for me to notice, but not large enough to be from a cat or a dog, even a small one. The turd was about an inch long and of course Avery stepped right in it because the laws of physics clearly

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-18376462377933584252009-09-08T18:59:00.000-07:002009-09-08T19:35:21.162-07:00

Today is the 44th day in this apartment. That is 44 days of sleeping in the most uncomfortable bed I've ever slept in. Well, I take that back, the hotel we stayed in at Trey Brown's wedding had a worse bed. Not only was it uncomfortable, it also had some sort of red stain on the side of the mattress and I refused to be anywhere near the comforter, which meant I spent the whole night shivering.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-44574066901407623872009-08-26T19:03:00.001-07:002009-09-05T06:15:38.015-07:00

Kindergarten. It has begun. Ryleigh's first day in Kindergarten was two weeks ago. She was so nervous the weekend before, and so was mama. Sunday night we were both basket cases trying to get ready for bed and get ready for the day ahead. Ryleigh went to bed the first time at 8, but it was well past 10 before she finally got to sleep.Monday morning we all popped out of bed and got ready in record

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-35414448492710183672009-08-17T19:04:00.000-07:002009-08-17T19:26:36.026-07:00

Yay for me...I updated our blog! We are now officially in Texas, my blog says so.We had a great visit with my sister this weekend. She and Blake came in on Saturday and headed for home this morning. Unfortunately I was sick the whole time with a middle ear infection, but we all know they were here to see the girls anyway. Not sure how I got a middle ear infection, but I think it might have had

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-87598786923674145852009-08-09T20:17:00.000-07:002009-08-09T21:24:19.874-07:00

Oh geeze, where to start. So much in the last two weeks...too much it seems. But it's all good, things are all starting to come together and slowly I'm starting to feel home. Okay, I'll start with today.Ryleigh and I have been planning a mommy/Ryleigh day for a few weeks now and with Kindergarten just around the corner, I decided that we would spend the day shopping for clothes and supplies.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-55173211259274175442009-07-27T19:48:00.000-07:002009-07-28T20:46:10.968-07:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that we're back in the Lone Star State for good. We had a pretty easy travel day. Both of the girls were just fabulous on both flights and there were no major passport incidences. We got into Houston around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Texas time, and made it to our temporary apartment by about 6. We sat down to a nice dinner at Jason's Deli, yum yum...missed it, and

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-3212816998099708852009-07-21T09:31:00.000-07:002009-07-21T10:10:33.872-07:00

The last few weeks have just passed by like a dream. My mind has been racing in a hundred different directions making lists and pondering the logistics of this move. There are just so many details involved in a venture such as this that you feel like you're adrift in a sea of priorities and you really wonder how it's all going to get done, but I have faith that it will all get done...it has

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I just dumped a ton of pics off my camera. I'm sort of busy these days, you know, just moving from one country to the other. Enjoy some of the best ones!Grandma Terri and the girls road trippin'! Yet, they still love her so much! Trouble. Our little athlete. Sisters Forever.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-25406023468509128042009-07-03T17:19:00.000-07:002009-07-05T18:57:55.509-07:00

It's official, we are moving back to Texas! Jeramy's company has transferred him back and he is being moved to a new position. It's a lateral move, but it's a move into an area that he has wanted to be in since he started back with the company over three years ago. Really it's the job that he wanted when he quit roughnecking 11 years ago and went back to college. So, I'm really happy and excited

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-32125318571493969492009-06-22T06:36:00.000-07:002009-06-23T19:38:15.013-07:00

I just finished reading an amazing book. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.This book has completely changed every idea I've ever had about volunteerism, service to others and giving back to my community in a very real and wonderful way. Greg Mortenson started out his life growing up in Tanzania as the son of missionary parents. At a very young age he became addicted to

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We've been hanging out at my sister's house all week and it's been a real blast making her home look like mine. It's so much fun to see her come home from work and look around in disgust then spend the next hour cleaning up after my kids. It kind of reminds me of when we used to share a room as children and she would get pissed at me for leaving my clothes on the floor and I would just leave them

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-5121762654238243202009-06-14T04:17:00.000-07:002009-06-14T12:13:32.135-07:00

When I was preparing for my trip to Texas the thing I was most concerned about was getting through customs in Newark with two children, a stroller, a car seat on my back and all our luggage in tow. In actuality, this part of our trip went surprisingly well. I'm sure I looked like a freak show, but hey, we made it through. Things really started getting interesting when we went to board our plane

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-66876041251319595732009-06-10T18:18:00.000-07:002009-06-10T18:25:38.703-07:00

ya blah da blah ah la la yaaaa.blah da ah la ya ya ya daaaaa.ba dah la ya blah blah blaaaah.Mama!....Mama!....blah da la la Mama!....bla da la la MAMA!............Poo poo.....blah da la poo ppo.....MAMA! poo poo.Yes, she did indeed have poo poo. The incredible part is that she didn't just sit there and cry like she always has in the past when #2 comes after bedtime. She communicated with me

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-37226606297981583792009-06-10T09:20:00.001-07:002009-06-10T09:28:51.718-07:00

This morning the girls and I came down stairs and sat at the table for breakfast as we always do after Jeramy leaves for work. I got them set up with their normal bowls of organic koala chocolate rice crispies for Ryleigh and oatmeal from Avery and I. Then I turned on the television for our morning cartoons.It started out on Ryleigh's cartoon channel, but I was kind of bored with that so I

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-85547130789469392462009-06-07T18:54:00.000-07:002009-06-07T19:08:06.291-07:00

This morning I ate a new energy bar which turned out to be the most disgusting thing I've ever put in my mouth. I was on my way to see my trainer and I hadn't had any breakfast, so I pretty much didn't have a choice but to choke it down. The upside, an amazing amount of energy all day long! So much so, that I decided to clean my kitchen from top to bottom after dinner. I wanted to make it

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-45490655398019385112009-06-06T18:19:00.000-07:002009-06-06T19:10:29.527-07:00

Doesn't it just roll off the tongue? Say it with me...La Manche!La Manche is a an abandoned settlement about an hour south of St. John's. It's been abandoned for many decades. Now there is a Provincial (State) Park, some good hiking trails, a pedestrian suspension bridge and some ruins to see in the area. And of course, some great views of the ocean! Last week I received a hiking backpack in the

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Why did Avery have to get a bath at 4pm today?Was it:A. she spilled a whole drinkable yogurt down her pants and into her diaperB. she found a tube of mommy's lipstick and decided to do her own makeupC. while at the park she decided to go walking in the muddy streamD. she got to give finger paints a try for the first time todayE. she decided to pour out a brand new bottle of bubbles onto her

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-15603098466478222132009-06-03T17:05:00.000-07:002009-06-03T17:08:15.028-07:00

Today Ryleigh told me that she "knows how to log-off the computer". Really, could you teach mama? Because if I knew how to do that better, I might be able to start taking steps toward freeing myself from Facebook. Oh, the addiction.

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And here is Ryleigh's update.Ryleigh is just a few weeks away from turning 5. Five, FIVE...Oh. My. God. She's going to be FIVE. Yeah, 5 going on 17.Sassy doesn't even begin to cover it. I could say I don't know where she gets it, but that would be a lie....she is sooooo my mother; okay and maybe a little bit of me. She is the center of her world. She is theatrical in every way (hmmm, wonder where

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-78202202899807892282009-05-29T08:08:00.000-07:002009-05-29T08:39:05.727-07:00

Here's a little update on Avery's progress as a human being.We now have 9 teeth in that little mouth of hers. This last one has been a doozy, it's a molar on the upper right side and it has disrupted her sleep and has severely interferred with mine. Her teeth enable her to eat pretty much whatever she wants. She loves strawberries, blueberries, bananas and Junior Mints. She's also partial to

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-27446338195751828482009-05-27T17:01:00.000-07:002009-05-27T18:07:42.922-07:00

Last week we had an awesome set of guests from The States. Cindy and Rob came up last Tuesday and stayed in Casa de Montgomery for a week. It was totally awesome to have a piece of Texas here with us...they brought me Rotels, I love them. It's so much fun to have visitors and to show them our little life here. Thanks guys for coming, it was awesome for us and we hope you had a great time as well!

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-11476025613896626132009-05-17T17:35:00.000-07:002009-05-17T18:17:06.503-07:00

This weekend is THE reason I love living here. Holy cow, has it been nice! The sun has been shining, not a cloud in sight and all of us have been soaking up the vitamin D outside. Jeramy took Ryleigh on a 2 hour hike yesterday on the East Coast trail about an hour from here and she LOVED it, just complained a little bit about her legs hurting. It was so cute to see her pack up her little

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-57319816009417508082009-05-10T17:02:00.000-07:002009-05-10T18:25:14.727-07:00

So, Happy Mother's Day to everyone! I hope everyone had a great one, I sure did! Avery woke up at 6am and I didn't move a muscle. Jeramy swept her away (she was in our bed by the morning) and let me sleep away. At about 8am Jeramy and both of the girls showed up with breakfast; scrambled eggs, strawberries, yogurt and for dessert a cheesestick. Ryleigh was particularly excited about the

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-31384468517766794332009-05-06T17:13:00.000-07:002009-05-06T18:29:17.962-07:00

The weather today turned out to be just unbelievable. The girls and I spent a lot of time outdoors. First over at a friend's house Avery and I had coffee, breakfast and some great playtime outside. At this morning's gathering we celebrated the recent birth of one of our fellow expat mum's baby boy. We also found out that one of our fellow expat families will be moving back to Texas. Like most of

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-63564289798484949052009-04-27T09:17:00.001-07:002009-04-27T10:32:01.210-07:00

It was an absolutely GORGEOUS weekend here in Newfoundland. The Montgomery family took full advantage of all the weather had to offer and got out and on the go the whole weekend. Saturday morning we got up and did a few things around the house and outside the house. It's still not quite time for flowers (slow down there Staci), but the hanging baskets are out and ready to go! At noon on Saturday

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-29281655914753373172009-04-25T05:36:00.000-07:002009-04-25T05:39:58.764-07:00

You're not funny Joe...and you're an idiot.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-30849741764678205422009-04-25T05:09:00.000-07:002009-04-25T05:15:54.675-07:00

Last night was our weekly family movie night. And the movie of the week was......High School Musical 2! Nothing like watching a 25 year old looking Zack Efron portraying a 17 year old getting ready for his senior year...that is until next week when we get to watch a 27 year old looking Zack Efron portray an 18 year old living out his senior year in High School Musical 3! In the movie Zack Efron

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-15074888289516529912009-04-24T03:31:00.000-07:002009-04-24T08:53:34.711-07:00

Yesterday my dear friends in Sugar Land, Michelle and Dave, found out that their precious little 20 week old unborn baby has a 99% chance of having trisomy 18. You can read more here on this condition. Several of the developmental issues associated with trisomy 18 have already been identified via ultrasound in baby Rhyder. My heart is so heavy with love and concern for this family. Michelle

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Just a little FYI to all you Montgomery family fans out there, we'll be in Texas in June and we'll be making a grand tour, so you're bound to catch us in whatever city you are in. Our schedule is as follows:June 13th: Jenn and girls arrive in Ft. Worth where we will stay with Jenn's sister in Arlington while spenidng a few days visiting various friends and relativesJune 16th: Jenn and girls will

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-16423754322394569522009-04-16T16:18:00.000-07:002009-04-16T16:25:44.555-07:00

I just added a link over to the right under my list of favorite websites. It's a link to a blog started by someone that I am related to, though have yet to meet. It's an amazing website filled with pieces of information about my heritage. My mother's maiden name is Wood and the website details the lineage of the Wood and Newman family back to where they join together. The Newman part of my

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-11570569788635479762009-04-12T17:37:00.000-07:002009-04-12T17:47:01.730-07:00

I finally got all the pictures from our week in Puerto Vallarta up on a Shutterfly. The link is over to the right in my family pictures section...there are A LOT...enjoy!

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-81440692930065156672009-04-11T18:12:00.000-07:002009-04-12T08:37:44.057-07:00

My mom and little brother got here late Wednesday night, or I guess I should say the wee hours of the morning on Thursday. Screw a bunch of Continental in Newark. Once we all rested up we began having a really great visit. Thursday I took Curtis up to Signal Hill and out to Cape Spear for some spectacular views which included an iceberg or two. So much fun to watch my little brother from West

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-36305646297112991692009-04-08T16:55:00.001-07:002009-04-08T17:19:21.731-07:00

I thought I would comment on a few things I've read this year. It is so nice to have reading back in my life. Small children make it so difficult to read anything but now that they can play together relatively unsupervised it's a lot easier to find time to lock myself in my bedroom and pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist. Yeah, I'm just begging for CPS to make a visit.My family will

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-57570403150388788632009-04-06T09:10:00.000-07:002009-04-06T09:32:26.545-07:00

*take sip of coffee*I woke up this morning at about 6:30 to a baby still asleep in her crib, a four year old asleep in my bed and a husband walking out the door to work. Hello Mommy time. I got up and started to get myself dressed and when I heard Avery stirring in her room I was able to walk in with a smile on my face and sweep her out of bed and into my snuggling arms. We had some good snuggle

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-83332477616994337792009-04-01T09:46:00.000-07:002009-04-01T09:49:13.762-07:00

Here are my last two Mexico videos. Photos will be posted soon, almost done uploading and sorting.

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As many of you know, I have become a work-out-a-holic since we moved to Canada. For one reason, the size of my ass, and for the second reason, I ain't got shit to do but hang out at the gym (worst housekeeper ever, right here!), and for the third reason, they have childcare so for four dollars I get up to an hour and half break from Avery. Since September I have gone from a size 12 to a size 8.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-42775208003331431462009-03-29T16:40:00.001-07:002009-03-29T16:55:39.091-07:00

We got word this morning that the drift ice was visible from Signal Hill, so we set out to take our "We're Not From Here" pictures. There were soo many people out, and rightly so, the sun hasn't been seen for months!! Or so it seems...Here are the best pics that I got. Thank goodness for my fancy schmancy zoom lens!

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-57195600560289255982009-03-29T16:36:00.000-07:002009-03-29T16:41:54.968-07:00

The snow started to melt...again...a few days ago, so Jeramy and Ryleigh got out the sleds and thought they would get at least one more sliding session in. (That's sledding for those of you down south)

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-65136082409581561892009-03-29T08:07:00.000-07:002009-03-29T08:11:57.458-07:00

When parents escape, they do stupid things. My neck STILL hurts from this.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-82605946445393622052009-03-28T10:25:00.001-07:002009-03-28T10:27:39.535-07:00

Nothing like watching your breadwinner go up into the air, suspended by a Mexican parachute.

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Jeramy made it back home from the rig in plenty of time to make our Mexico trip. We flew out at 7am on the 17th. After our brief layover in Toronto we were on our way to Puerto Vallarta. With the 3 1/2 hour time difference we were at the resort by about 3pm local time. The first order of business, put on bathing suit, order strawberry daquiri. Ahhhh, warmness, how very nice.It was a very fun

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-79303127733683899432009-03-14T09:20:00.000-07:002009-03-14T09:23:20.989-07:00

I woke up to an email from Jeramy yesterday morning. He sent it at 5:30am and was about to jump on a boat and head in. He estimated that he would be here this morning. However, I received another message from him this morning saying that they're having to survey some icebergs and that he didn't think he would make it in by midnight. He really wants to cut it close making our Mexico trip I

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-25817015990384263442009-03-12T16:22:00.000-07:002009-03-12T16:42:12.855-07:00

Night is falling in Newfoundland and there have still not been any more survivors found from today's crash. It's such a tragedy and one that will really take it's toll on this island that we've come to love so much. Just about everyone that lives here has some connection to the oil industry either through their employment or their family. It's a close knit community with only about 500,000 on

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-41322949792177091682009-03-12T10:46:00.000-07:002009-03-12T10:54:55.951-07:00

For those who have and have not heard, there was a helicopter crash this morning off the coast of St. John's. It was a Cougar Helicopter, the same helicopter company that flies everyone out to the rigs here. Jeramy was not on it and he is fine, however he is now stuck on the rig until we don't know when. The helicopters will not be flying for at least a few days. He had planned on coming back

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-42727488266083097352009-03-11T10:46:00.000-07:002009-03-11T11:09:10.817-07:00

One of my favorite thing about being a parent is when I get to show Ryleigh that I can do something that she never thought was possible. This afternoon she dug up a set of playing cards from somewhere. After I tidied up the kitchen from lunch I found her sitting in the living room floor with a stack of cards in front of her, a stack in front of Elmo and a stack waiting for me. We've tried

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-85419009739390887462009-03-08T15:25:00.001-07:002009-03-08T15:38:35.299-07:00

On this day six years ago Jeramy and I said our "I do's" and kicked off this crazy life our ours. Unfortunately we spent our anniversary today apart, Jeramy out on the rig, I at home with two kids that have been ganging up on me all day. And now, I get to try and put them to bed an hour earlier than normal...this should go over like a cowboy hat on George Street. Six years ago my cousin Brandi

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-66725304901440141472009-03-07T15:59:00.000-08:002009-03-07T16:32:21.038-08:00

This morning started out with a kiss from my hubby as he was about to walk out the door to catch a three hour helicopter ride over the northern Atlantic in the snow to his rig. I still get butterflies in my stomach when he has to ride a helicopter and it doesn't help that we can hear and see them shortly after take off from our house. Something about watching a helicopter carrying the father of

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She is definitely the child with the stronger maternal instincts.

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-58855604749793573252009-02-27T16:32:00.000-08:002009-02-27T16:59:24.202-08:00

Today we took a nice walk around the neighborhood a bit. Tonight was movie night in our house. Enjoy!SkiDoo Tracks at the ParkOur HouseMe and My Very Big GirlOur Little Eater

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Jeramy: "Hey, what are you girls up to?"Me: "We're just hanging out in the princess tent. Ryleigh brought her Barbie dolls and is pretending that they're corn. Avery brought her baby doll and is laying it down carefully on the blanket. What does that tell you about the children that we're raising?"Jeramy: "That one likes to eat children and the other likes to mother them?"I was thinking that

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We had a second storm roll in this morning around 4am. This one dropped just as much snow as Wednesday, maybe more. There wasn't any wind and some rain was mixed in so it all just plopped right down on the ground and was really heavy. I know because I shoveled it this afternoon and it wasn't easy. I did manage to get my stoop clear and some of the driveway. The good thing was that it warmed

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The girls and I have been riding out a big storm all day long. School was canceled and Ryleigh declared that she would be spending the entire day in her pajamas..and so it was so. It's a long day when you can't leave the house and those cookies on the counter just get more and more tempting by the second. Somehow, we managed to survive. The wind is so bad tonight though, that Avery had a hard

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This afternoon I received a phone call from my neighbor. She asked us if we were interested in taking a walk or playing outside...it's -5 C (about 22 F) with no wind, we should really take advantage of the great weather before the big storm rolls in tomorrow! So I bundled up the children and myself and we headed up Jack's Hill to do a little ice skating in their home made skating rink...which

Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109577689636202211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168765205992389946.post-90687499842688903542009-02-16T16:50:00.000-08:002009-02-16T17:15:14.034-08:00

On my way to go work out this morning I caught this little video. Here is our driveway before shoveling this afternoon:And here is after an hour of slaving away:We are supposed to get a ton of snow this weekend...so stay tuned!

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Jeramy left today for a 12 day trip to Houston. I always hate the first night that he's gone. The house makes so many strange noises and I usually have a hard time sleeping. *sigh*...it's only 12 days. Yesterday afternoon we went to a birthday party at Little Gym. Lots of fun and a great outlet for Ryleigh's energy. We did have a slight meltdown when it was time to go because the retaurant

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A few weeks ago I decided that I wanted a small pair of white gold earrings that I could wear every day, with anything I had on...my life needs to be simple and who am I dressing up for these day, the receptionist at Ryleigh's school?? So I headed down to the jewellry (Canadian spelling)store to see what they had. I picked out a pair and they offered to make a note on our account of the ones

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So, I have a new addiction. It's called Facebook and it sucks the life out of you. It definitely keeps you from posting lots of good stuff about your kids on your blog for all of the internet to read. I have comes to terms with my addiction and now that I have Facebook on my Blackberry, I expect to be able to spend more quality time online writing on my blog. So the kids did survive my time

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