24 hours...just ain't enough!

Hi all, well, this whole blogging thing has kinda took a back seat but not b/c its not important or fun its just i have been insanely busy!!!! I don't even know the last time we have been in Saskatoon for a whole week!!! Life is great. We are in the process of getting everyting together so we can put Chem-Dry up for sale and reno's on the house so we can sell it. I can't believe we are moving this year! We are really excited i have wanted to go for years so i'm beyond stoked! I know we have friends here and it will truly be bitter sweet but i gotta say the fact that i will be home when Natalie has her baby is so exciting for me. Everything is such a set up no one could ever say it wasnt God. i sure wish some things could have happend different but at the end of the day the truth always sets you free and God is on my side! we are leaving happy , and more in love with God, my husband and my kids then i ever have been. People may treat us "weird" b/c they don't understand what happened and they are trainned to never ask questions but to all of those that ignore us and talk behind our backs know that we don't hold any hard feelings and we hope that one day you'll see its more important to act and look like JESUS not to have a status, or be a favorite or even act like a person in leadership. Jesus loves everyone and the best thing is even if they don't do what he wants he still loves them. i know that i never want to let myself think i am better or more spiritual then someone else. i knwo that i never want to expect my leaders to hear God for me b/c i have that awesome gift to be able to hear God for myself. I'm Not saying to not get counsil just so you know. Joel and I have been seeking counsil from people for YEARS on how to do this right and in the right time. Trust me if it was up to just me i would have been gone years ago! but now looking at it i see this is God's perfect timing! I know people have so much to say about the church all i can say is NEVER bite the hand that fed you...and never burn your bridges! you never know where life will take you so you may as well go with a high head so if down the road you bump into eachother there is nothing you need to hide or be ashamed of. i know Joel and I will be able to come back anytime and not care about a thing. No, we won't get the official send out and i know that there is alot of stuff people have said. although i'm not sure where they are getting this info however, Joel and I can stand before God with a clean and pure heart. I'm so excited to be back at Koinonia. I have missed my Pastor and all the people (more like family) that i have there. Joel fits in like a glove and we already know all the things we want to do when we get there. Joel is a little nervous about his job but its such a great opportunity and he is gonna learn so much. My family is beyond extatic to have the boys around and i can't wait to be close to everyone.
As for what else is going on Tamara and Jeff got married on the 23rd of June it was AWESOME! she looked amazing and it was a super fun day.
they opened their gifts this weekend and i laughed my head off at all the tea pots they got! we went for a super short tube ride but it was fun to see them. Jeff fits in perfect and Tyson and JJ love their uncle jeff!! in other news...my garden rocks! its huge and we have strawberries growing! i love this whole green thumb thing. work has been really busy so thats a good and bad thing ...good cause we make money but bad b/c joel is busy! i sure wish i had more hours in the day! Anyways, on that note i should go wake up Tyson from his nap!
have a great day and rememer....
Smile and the world smiles with you...fart and you're on your own!
Cheers

p.s click on the title to see pics from the wedding and the boys!

Green Thumb

Hey all,
Well summer is officially here i think. The weather is awesome the boys are happy to be outside and my garden is growing...yeah baby! Joel did a great job building it up and keeping it weeded...(its his job b/c i pull out the veggies! i'm still learning) Work isnt as busy as we would like but its still steady. We are getting down to the wire for Tamara's wedding so that will be a ton of fun. Still not sure how Tyson will do as the ring bearer but he will look cute if nothing else! We are still in the potty trainning stage and man, will I be glad when its over! JJ is doing awesome! he is as chubby as ever and super mobile! he is crawling and chasing Tyson every chance he gets. its fun but its sure alot easier when they stay in one spot. Its sad you know...its been weeks since i have written and yet not that much is going on. i'm trying to think but it may just be that i can't think well due to the lack of sleep. JJ is still not going a whole night and with all the craziness of life sometimes it robs me of my sleep.
Anyways. i have a bunch of pics to post i think i'll just attatch them to the title again...its easier that way. well this is boring and its 12:25 so i'm off to bed!
cheers

The LONG weekend

Hello all, well, its been just about a month since my last post. its so crazy around here. First i just have to say something. I have practiced and even wrote up a blog before hand to make sure it was perfect but I decided against posting it since I have decided that I will be the bigger person in all this but for anone that may be wondering i just have to say I AM NOT A SPY! I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG. NEVER SHOULD YOU HAVE TO BE DISLOYAL TO SOMEONE IN ORDER TO PROVE LOYALTY TO SOMEONE ELSE. WHAT WENT ON WAS WRONG, WRONG WRONG!!! and THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WILL BE JUGDED BY GOD AND GOD ALONE! to all you who have no idea what I'm talking about...be happy...trust me is messy and worse its COMPLETE LIES!!! for all of you who do. that is the end of this and if you call yourself "friend" do us a favor and talk to us instead of everyone else...it always comes back to bite you in the butt! and for those of you that check on here to report it to anyone else GET A FREAKIN' LIFE!
okay now that i got that outta my system, man if my brother and sister in law thought this was called my B*&^% before this has just made everything else look like love notes!

Onto a much better topic....life is busy work is picking up and we just signed a HUGE contract with Home Depot. we are getting new equipment for the company and this is all great b/c if we decide to sell when we move it makes the business look even better! we planted our garden...well some of it its just hard when Tyson wants to drive his truck through all the dirt. He is doing well getting funnier every day. Today infact i went through the Timmy HO's drive through and when i pulled up to the window to get my coffee he said to the lady..."um hi, i would like a honey cruiller" she laughed her head off!
JJ is doing good to. you knwo if he slept through the nights he would officially be the perfect child! he started to crawl this week. and he has 2 teeth on the bottom. He is still so happy and loves to be in where the action is. Joel bought me a sweet bike today..i picked it out b/c its lime green but turns out its a really good bike! i have big plans of shedding some pounds this summer! Its kinda weird now that Joel's parents are officially outta the city so we will be at the farm alot more.Tamara's wedding is just around the corner and then we are off to BC for about a week or so for another wedding. I'm not sure when i'll make it home but I know i'll be there to see my little sister and brotehr in law's baby! i have big plans for being the favorite auntie! so, besides the blurb at the top life is good...not perfect but God is still on the throne and thats all that matters! i have a awesome husband 2 amazing kids and i know that the truth will always set you free!
If you want to see more pics check out the link..just click on the title of this "post" or topic and it should take you right there...its not in the dropshots thing b/c i put them on facebook. they are pics of the boys and some of the weekend at the farm.
cheers!

Sprin Has Sprung!!

Well, its been a while but I think thats to be expected with me. Life is great, Spring is on its way and i have the 2 best kids on earth! not perfect but they are awesome! Tyson has gotten so funny and he is the best big brother. He loves JJ and is always making him laugh. JJ is doing great too. he just started clapping and that is one of my most favorite baby things. He has thrush right now so we are both in a bit of pain so that kinda sucks. As for his teeth he is just about to push a bottom one through.
In other news wedding plans for Tamara and Jeff are in full swing. We found our dresses and are having them made by a friend of mine.
Joel turned 29 this past week. Its kinda weird that we are getting older and that I have known him for almost 10 years! time flies when your in love i guess! I had a party for him on Friday and we broke out the fire pit so that was awesome. He got a pretty good haul so he was happy. can't go wrong with gift cards and money!
On the business side of things its busy so thats nice to be out of the slow season. We are about to sign on with Home Depot its a huge contract and I'ma little nervous sometimes its weird to realize i'm a real adult and not just playing house.
Anyways, life is good. oh and incase anyone was wondering I did check out facebook and man ! its AWESOME! i''m totally addicted to it. anyways, tyson just climbed onto the counter and helped himself to a sucker then came to the office and asked if i wanted a suck of it so i should go before he gets any more ideas.
Adios!

Welcome To The Planet

Well, to say its been a while is an understatement! I would love to say life has been busy with touring the world and shopping till i drop but unless you count driving to the farm and my weekly trip to WalMart then I'm sad to say I have just been busy being a mom, wife and business owner! Not like I'm complaining but I just feel like I havnt had a second to myself in a long time and I think its showing now as I'm super sick with mastitis! It hurts like crazy and I have no energy. I think I slept for like 12 hrs today! That is one huge benifit of having our own business Joel could stay home and play Mr. MOM and I could sleep....He even has a lasagna in the oven!!( okay so its a safeway one but hey, he's making it!) I'm trying to think of all thats gone on in the past month and I'm sure iA'll miss a ton but i'll try and higlight the fun moments... My new personal favorite is a few weekends ago I was nursing JJ on my bed. Tyson walked in pulled up his shirt and said "okay JJ its time for your sandwich!" I almost peed my pants laughing. Where do kids come up with this stuff?! Easter was fun we went to the farm and all the fam was there. We had fun playing Settlers and Cranium and visiting. Joel's parents have put their house up for sale and are moving to the farm. This is kinda crappy since they won't be around as much to see the boys. Tamara's wedding plans are going well . I'm really happy since I have a super hot date!! (Joel is as Tamara likes to call him a man maid!) Tyson is gonna be the ring bearer this should be fun! man, I'm sure so much more has gon on but i gotta be honest i feel like crap and its hurting to even think about it so i'm gonna sign off sorry no pics, for some reason blogger won't let me upload them. now' i'm gonna go and catch up on everyone else's life! and maybe finally sign on to facebook adn see what this is all about!
Cheers!

Back In The Saddle

Well, we are home! We got back on Wednesday night. man, what a fun trip. I have never played so many games in all my life! And Nelson bought me Settlers of Catan so I can play at home now! It was a great time seeing family and friends hanging out and being toughed by God in ways I have'nt for a very long time! Way too many late nights though I'm sure paying for it now!
The highlight of my trip was the 20/20 getaway. It was a blast. God spoke to me and touched me and I really will never be the same again. I could go into a bunch of detail but just click on my link to Heather's page and she does a good job of touching on the points that affected me there But i think the thing about it that made it even cooler was he did it through my brother. Who knew! All this time I just thought he was a big geek! Just joking. i love him to death and he knows it. Jenn, Heather and I stayed up way to late but it was just like old times so even though we were all tired the next day I don't think any of us would have traded it for anything!

Chem-Dry convention was pretty cool we made some great contacts in the states. And we had fun introducing some first time Canada visitors to Tim Horton's and Roll up the Rim to win. I tried to convice the one guy that when he rolled up the lid and it said Play again that he had won and he needed to ask for anotheer cup. I guess American's can be dumb but NOT THAT dumb! and I'm totally stoked for next year...Its in Vegas! Joel and I think we ma stay longer and go to California with the people we met. The one guy cleans for a ton of famous people..Like Lawrence Fishbourne (Morpheous from the Matrix) I told him we clean for Brad Johner (a local country singer) he just laughed at me.

The downer was that I never did get together with all the girls from my old school but we will try and hook up this summer. At least now we all have eachothers info and we can stay in touch.

Oh another highlight for me was being able to be at Koinonia's anniversary service. I hate missing out on stuff so it was nice I got to be there. And the one night Heather,Chris and me and Joel went down to the Power's for dinner. That was fun. dineer was good...I ate WAY too much! We laughed alot..as can be expected when Pastor Power is in the room.


So, ya, all in all the trip was a blast! i have to say my biggest higlight was when Paul had to change one of Tyson's poopie diapers! mind you as an auntie, i think its about time he had his come upins!!

Now trying to get back into the swing of things is nuts. JJ and Tyson are really sick so that is crappy. And there is a ton of stuff we are trying to get done on the business side of things. On one hand I think that I need a clone on the other hand I think God help us if there is more then one of me! Anyways. this was long and I even tried to sum stuff up. Apparently some of my adoring Blog readers have changed the name from Alesha's Blog to Alesha's B@#!# b/c they think i cmplain too much. Well, all I have to say to that is........ Ah, forget it I got nothing but so i don't dissapoint those pepole (who will remain nameless for fear that people will loose respect for you!!) You will never believe what happened the Friday before we went to Ontario...

I was running some errands and I was driving downtown. 2 cars a head of me stopped so I was TOTALLY STOPPED when I looked in my mirror and saw a car just bookin' it my way. I even had time to contimplate if I should try and move or if that would cause more damage So, I put my foot on the break and let he slam into the back of my car....$900 in damages later I get a new bumper and i'm not at fault but man, was I angry! Anywayas, I get it fixed in April so that's my conrtibution to my b!@$@in' blog!
Over and Out!

3 More Sleeps!!!

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Well hello world! man, it has been a LONG time! its nuts how things have been around here. And with us getting ready to head East for a few weeks we have alot to get in order. I'll try and update everyone on all the exciting tings in my life as of late! first off I have to coment on my veggie tales.. i don't know what is more cheesy the fact that i made them out of play doh when i was playing with Tyson and then I was so impressed with them I wouldnt let him play with them...or the fact that i took pictures of them. But for those of you who don't know me arts and crafts isnt really my forte!!! Well, I'm gonna be a bridesmaid in Tamara's wedding so that is super cool! We went out today and looked at dresses.... the highlight was when she came out of the changeroom in this really weird one and we realized she had it on backwards! I almost peed my pants laughing. (T if you read this sorry dude but that was darn funny!!) Potty training is still at work on our end I'm hoping that we can work on it and get it nailed down when we are home. I'm excited that Joel and I get in on the 20/20 getaway (young adults group at Koinonia led by only the best pastor ever...MY BROTHER!!) Then we have a few days in Niagra for convention so that will be nice to relax and hang out with some people from other franchises get some ideas and share some laughs. But that is what is gonna happen not what IS happening so let me try and recap. Joel's parents just got back from being in Guatemala for like 6 weeks. I got a huge shaft from a friend as of late and that really sucked. I think I thought our friendship was at a place that its not...well isnt anymore at least. I mean I know I'm no counselor but i think that sometimes experince is the best teacher and if you can learn from other people then you should! Oh and my new thing that I hate is when people become "accountable" to people just so they feel better about themselves. the thing with acountability is its easy to have someone "speak into your life" when they know very little about the whole situation. Anyways, i don't want to get into all that b/c this will turn into a venting Blog more then a recap. On to more exciting news. I'm officially totally addicted to the game CRANIUM! i'm not really smart enough for some of the questions but I sure have fun trying! And WINNING!!! um...what else... OH YA!!! WE GOT A NEW BED!! this is great b/c our old one was about as comfy as sleeping on a log with a rock for a pillow but man, this new bed ROCKS and the best part is its a KING!! ya, we basically have no room in our bedroom but its worth it! Its like sleeping in a hotel every night...except the maid does'nt come and clean up in the morning...well she does...but its me so its not really the same. Well i think that just about sums up life for the past few weeks...well not really but it will do. I mean if you really wanted I could go into all the details of the awesome deals i got on clothes for the boys...like really $1.94 for shirts! COMEON!! how awesome is that! and i could tell you about the most amazing brownies I made but then it gets to long and boring. So, i think i'm gonna call it a night! to all my family! I can't wait to see you guys!!!!!! and to everyone in Toon town! cya Suckers!!!..no wait...its super cold there too darn! well, i'll miss you guys too!
Cheers!