Emma's 3rd Year Picture

New Addiction

Grey's Anatomy!!! Oh my God, does anybody out there watch this show besides me!!!! I love love LOVE this show. I'm so addicted...I got the First Season on DVD yesterday for Valentine's day and I have already watched the first 4 episodes of it. This show is amazing...I only started watching it this year in it's 2nd season....but already i'm hooked!!!

http://abc.go.com/primetime/greysanatomy/

William Troy Crocker

Here are some pictures of April & Bill's new baby boy.

William Troy Crocker
Born January 23, 2005
8 pds. 11 oz.

My first mudbath....

Well for those of you who know me...this will come as no surprise.

I decided to take a little detour yesterday on my way home from work to visit Chris (boyfriend) at work. Well when I pulled up he was no where to be seen, so I parked on the opposite side of the road to avoid getting the "tires" dirty on the SUV. So I get out and walk over towards the house and start calling out to him. I can hear that they are working on the second floor towards the back (they build houses). Because of all the noise he still can't hear me. I figure I gotta get closer perhaps then he will be able to hear me better. After an inspection of the area I notice that there's a whole lot of dirt and nowhere to walk. But obviously they had to walk to the house somehow so I figured it couldn't be all that bad. I take notice to a piece of plywood on the ground just 2 steps away. So I jump in the mud and then unto the plywood. It was alot muddier then I thought and my shoes where a mess. I keep calling out to Chris and finally he comes to the front of the house to talk to me. When I get ready to leave....I jump back into the mud and my foot gets stuck, I haven't moved my other foot at this point so I try to get back onto the plywood. My foot comes back without the shoe. I lose my balance and step into the mud. A guy driving a tractor drives by at this exact moment to see all of this happening. He's laughing his head off at me. I'm blood red by this time ..... I get the shoe free and my muddy foot back into it and attempt once more to get across. This time the other shoe gets suck in the mud and I step once again into the mud in my sockfeet. At this time i'm covered up to my ankles in mud. It took me a couple of minutes to free my shoes and get over to the truck. I had to strip off my shoes, socks and roll up my pants and drive home barefoot. Can you imagine explaining this story to the cops if I got pulled over!!!! Luckily I made it home and into the house without anyone else noticing.

New Year's Eve

We spent New Year's Eve at Christa's & Kristen's house. It was a really fun, relaxing night. Christa had lots of yummy food and we watched some tv....well to be honest...the guys watched the stupid hockey game as you will see in the picture. But overall a really good night. I love going to Christa's house, she spoils me, she won't let me lift a finger when I stay overnight.

Christmas Morning

I had a hard time sleeping....I'm worst then a youngster. I first woke up around 7 and thought about nudging Chris awake but decided that it was probably better if I went back to sleep, the next time I woke it was 8:30, I just couldn't wait any longer. Chris was pretty good though, he just said..."already". I think he was secretly excited as I was, but he just won't admit it.

I got lots of really cool things...pretty much everything on my list (see below). It was another great Christmas considering I was away from my parents and family. But at least I got to talk to them all on the phone.

Remembering our sis....

Here's a letter that my sister Marlene wrote to Corey Cullihall. He kept it after all these years. When he showed it to me Saturday night all it said on the outside was ...To the man of my dreams...love your secret admirer. He told me that he thought it was from grade 11 and that she used to write him about 3 notes a week. He said that they never went out but they were always really good friends and he cared about her alot. He said that he missed alot of school and would of quit if she didn't bring home his homework every time and encourage him to stay in school. I just broke down in front of everyone, it was so nice seeing something like that after all these years. Charlene you write alot like her. I know it sounds weird but I couldn't stop thinking about how she wrote that letter and that her hands had touched that same letter at some time. It's so hard to accept that she's gone sometimes, even after all these years, but I know that God had a far greater purpose for her and that we have to accept that. It's the only way to get through it. Corey said that he has more somewhere packed away and if he finds them he will share them with me. I wanted to ask if I could keep the letter but I know that wouldn't be fair because that's his special memory of her. Just like we all have our own.

Here's some special memories that we all recall...

Angie - Wow, that was sweet of him to share that with you after all of these years. It just goes to show that she made a really positive impact on all of our lives and we all miss her. Can you remember when she would come in a do our Barbies hair for us and dress them up, or the time when she was sick and we acted out the Miss Universe pageant with Barbies for her - and I can also remember the absolute first time that I ever stayed up to your place for all night and we slept in the waterbed with her after she came home from going out, and we took turns tickling each others backs to songs on the radio.
All good memories.

Tracey - That was so nice!! But I have been the last 15 minutes trying to get myself together in the bathroom, praying no one would come in and ask for me. How did you get it? Do you still have it? I tried printing it, but it is not clear, I would love it if you could photo copy it or something. But I know it's nothing like the original! I'll just keep the email. Talk to you later. Love you! Your Big Sis!

Lisa - Thanks for sending me the letter. All of these memories start flowing back, like the times me and you would piece her letters together after she ripped them to shreds...listening in on her phone calls...I will always remember that she would never sleep alone downstairs...then we would get in the bed and argue about who would turn off the light so we would eventually call mom to come down and get her to turn off the light. I always remember she use to borrow money off of her and use her birthstone ring for calatoral. The last time mom and dad were here we talked about her dad still wonders where she would be today if she were here. I wish she could have met Shannon, they would have gotten along great picking at each other and ganging up on me! I wish she could play with my kids...Matt knows who she is and what she looks like. I have a french assignment in my filing cabinet that she wrote, and a few other memory pieces.We will NEVER understand why God chose to take her but I am certain that she had time to make matters right with God and I also strongly believe she is with nan Wight looking down on us laughing at the way we live our lives. God knows what he is doing and who knows what would have happen to her if she still were here, good or bad. We just need to keep in mind and be thankful for the memories that we have and cherish them and keep her alive in our hearts. I so often dream about her and wish she could knock on my door...wait a minuite she would just burst in for tea and a laugh...I can't wait to see her again. Thanks for sharing the letter with me....I love you sis.

It's great hearing about these memories cause some of these I had forgotten about. I will always remember how she would get mad at me for walking in the ditch when we went for walks. But yet she would still ask me to go every time. I realized when I was older that she would want to go for walks hoping the cute lifeguard or the cute young Hydro worker would drive by and stop to talk to her. Or when mom and dad would go away on the weekends and she would have friends in and I would be allowed to play games, watch movies with them and eat their pizza's that they would make. Or when they would take me on their late night drives with them and she'd always make me put on my seatbelt in the same exact car that she would years later die in. Funny how that could of been the one thing that might of saved her life that night.

But I still can't help but wonder...where would she be living today...would she be married...would she have kids...what career path would she of choosen? Would she be happy?

Christmas is coming.....

Well last night I finally finished my Christmas decorating...on the inside. What a relief!! But we still have to get the lights up outside. Hopefully we get time this weekend....were not normally this slack. :) We put the tree in the basement because there's more room for it down there. I think it looks pretty but i'm probably a little biased. Mom gives me a piece to the village every year for Christmas...well except this year. I was running out of room and told her that it's not necessary to get me any more but now I wish that she had. I really love it. Perhaps i'll tell her to get me some accessories (trees, people, lamp posts) for it next year. My cat loves to play with the trees and to knock over the little people and they are getting pretty scarce. Oh, maybe i'll get a little car to go with it. That would be really cool!!

April's Surprise Baby Shower

April's Belly

Here are some pics of April's belly..only 2 more months to go!!!

My big sis's birthday

Happy 34th Tracey!!!

My Christmas Wish List...

Well since everyone's been bugging me about not blogging for a while..and I can never remember where I put my last Christmas wish list....I figured i'd kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Here is it Chris...all I want for Christmas.....Just ideas..don't need it all. :)

Gym bag (v-ball)
V-ball shorts (M)
T-shirts
Comfy long sleeved shirt....alot like the white one I ruined recently :)
Track pants
Skirt
Cardigan
Sweater
Tall black boots (Size 7)
CD
DVD
Underwear
PJ's
Socks
Scrapbook supplies (Versamark, chalk, letters, vellum paper, cardstock)
Hair straightener
Body lotions
Books
Purse
Belt
Jacket (Fall jacket)
Scrapbook Desk

That's all I can think about at the moment...i'll keep editing. See aren't I easy to please. lol

In the spirit of Halloween!!!

Nurse Pittman (Pop) & patient (Mom)

Matt (Superman) & Emma (Cow) ... mooooooo!!!

Halloween Costumes

Well as you can see ..... we dressed up for Halloween. We wanted to dress up but it's hard here at work because you have to pick something that can not be referenced to anything "sexy". Yeah there are alot of perverts here at work. lol. So we thought this would be a safe bet. We had alot of fun making our costumes. The only problem we encountered was our boss thought we were little bo peeps. Imagine...he actually lived through the 50s, he should remember it. :)

Pumpkin Carving

Fridgy night the girls came over for our annual pumpkin carving party. It was alot of fun as usual. This year there was only 4 of us..me, Christa, Myrna & Stephanie.

I carved the puss -n- boots & the pirate. I LOVE Halloween!!!

Gadd's Harbour

Here are some pictures from Gadd's Harbour. It's one of Chris's favorite places to visit when we come home. This was my first visit there and I loved every minute of it. His father was born there and lived there for quite some time until they were basically forced to relocate. He enjoys going over there every chance that he can get now. He told me that it has always been and will always be his home.

Dad Samms & Tommy 

Lisa & Shannon

After spending a couple of days with Tracey, Gordon & the girls...off we went to Botwood to visit my other sister Lisa, Shannon (brother in-law) & their 2 kids Matt & Emma. They currently live in Botwood and were in the process of moving into their new home which is now right beside the church. This will make it easier for Shannon since he's the youth Pastor and now Matthew will get to visit him all the time while he's trying to work :)

It was nice to finally see where my sisters live and to visit them for a change instead of them having to visit me at mom's house.

Here's my dad!!!!!!!!

Well for those of you who know me...now you understand where I get it from!!!

Here's my very unusual father goofing off again. What he loves to do best.

I have tons of memories of dad jumping out at us & trying to scare us when we were watching scary movies or while watching tv. He also loves to say things like.....the kettle isn't boiled the water in it might be though, don't run to the store you can just walk instead...or don't jump in the shower you might slip and i'll have to take you to the hospital.

He's always been so great. Love you dad!!!