I Believe!

Do you Believe?

The past 17 days have been incredible. Not just for our country but for everyone. So much has happen. And so much to be happy for. We have had nothing but CTV on our TV with the bunny ears from Arnold's Work. It was so wonderful to watch it. It was even better that the boys 'understood' what it was.

My boys have learned so much about the Olympics, the people involved, the sports shown and the amazing clothes. No one could forget our new sport Curling and the Norway pants! http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling-photos/ I think Kyler wants a pair. Ummm NO!! I draw the line at sending him to school in something like that.

We got to watch the very first Gold Medal being won and awarded. It was perfect timing as not only did we get to see that but the following week at school Mr Brown made sure that the kids understood what everything was. Kyler even got awarded a gold at school. We aren't 100% sure what for but he had a lot of fun. It's beautiful. I should take a photo of him in it this week.

I'm always in awe of how people can compete at things like the Olympics. I keep realizing my 'give up' spirit needs to be changed into an "I Believe" spirit. Not only in watching people but in everything in my life. These people did an incredible job and we are so proud.

Vancouver did a wonderful job. My only regret is that we weren't there. I guess that's everyone's hey? We are very proud of the people there, and the hard work they put into this event. I am more happy and excited that CTV did a wonderful job of bringing us coverage.

The time change was a kicker for me. I would stay up late to watch something then the next morning (for about the first 3 to 4 hours of our TV watching) would see the rerun on CTV.

A fun Fact about the Vancouver 2010 Olympics:

The medals used in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics will be more than just the heaviest medals ever to be made in Olympic history, as they’ll also be sustainable and made from materials harnessed from old cellphones and laptops.


Check out this link for more information:
http://www.unfillthelandfill.com/eco-tech-2010-vancouver-olympics-will-have-medals-made-from-e-waste

One of my other favourite parts of these Olympics were watching the people. I'm a huge people watcher, ask anyone and I loved to watch people. Not just here in Toronto but on the TV. I loved watching the hands wave wildly and see these incredible mittens from Zellers and The Bay.


Our final medal count (after the amazing hockey game where we won Gold) was:

1 United States Gold - 9 Sliver - 15 Bronze - 13 Over all Total - 37
2 Germany Gold - 10 Sliver - 13 Bronze - 7 Over all Total - 30
3 Canada Gold - 14 Silver - 7 Bronze - 5 Over all Total - 26

We did a GREAT job! We won as far as Gold goes! It's great!

Ok I know this is another random thing but I LOVED the colours. They were wonderful!

Every time someone with CANADA written on their outfits went onto the TV and did anything (including replays) Quinton would yell out "GO SWEETY GO!!! HIP HORAY HIP HORAY!" We loved to cheer, to yell at the TV, to clap, to laugh, and to cry with everyone.

I'm sure none of the Athletes will read this but Congratulations to everyone. You did a incredible job and we are so proud of you. Because of your efforts and your enthusiasm I can now say that our household is one that will shout "I Believe"!

Skating Fun

This past week the boys and I went skating. We went on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. We are able to go to school, then home from school, eat lunch and get dressed and ready to go. It truely doesn't take that long (maybe 25 minutes or so) to get there. The longest part for the boys has to be the waiting for me to get their skates on. I can't wait until Kyler can do it by himself.

This past week I managed to get some photos. When I pulled out the camera I heard from 2 moms that said we weren't allowed for 'stupid' reasons. I asked them (since there is no one garding the ice) if it was ok for me to take some photos of my kids seeing as my 2 boys and the other 3 girls belonged to the other 2 moms and they said for sure!

Here are some photos I did get. I didn't want to use the flash since there were other children out there so instead these were taken on P or on No-Flash.

Enjoy:

Mom, What colour do we want to win?

These Olympics are a lot of fun for Kyler. He really enjoys them. Today when we were eating our pizza I asked K what he wanted to watch. Since the boys lost a DVD the other day they know they can't watch their movies so Kyler looks right at me and goes "Curling!" So that's what we are watching. Every once and a while they show plays on the TV with their markers and K will ask me why is there an arrow or why does red hit yellow (or the other way around. I love watching him grow and learn. I'm debating letting him stay up until it's over (since it is the Gold match) but I think they need some sleep. Maybe once this end is done.

For now... Good luck ladies!

Winter Fun

Q and I went to pick up K from school the other day, after our 'big' snowfall and we had alot of fun. We played Snowball Soccer as well as making animals out of snow. Enjoy the photos. A special one of K at the end:
























We play Snowball Soccer then when we are done, or the other person is having too much fun (aka mommy) we just step on the ball and it's gone!


Our duck










in a safe place


I don't remember


The Visser Family's first Gold!!!!!!


Look how happy he is!


I love it!

We got even more snow last night and the boys went out first thing this morning to shovel. I'll try and get some photos up soon.

A snowy night!

Now I know I'm a little behind on some of these photos I'm posing (like today's photos are from Monday night) but I've been keeping up on the blog at least!

This morning when I woke up and opened my window blinds up I noticed that it had snowed again, in fact it was still snowing. Well the fun began!

These are photos from our last snow storm on Monday. We normally have our C&C group but the snow had made it that the bus that comes by our house wasn't even making it up the hill!! So instead we ended up cancelling. We had a bunch of food left over and lots of salad (which later froze in the fridge thanks to Q and his interest in the dials *in* the fridge). After supper we packed up the boys and went out to shovel AGAIN for the 3rd time since the snow started at 2pm. It was a crazy snow storm.

















After these photos were done and the boys came in I had to explain to the big boy (aka Arnold) that we do *not* throw snowballs against the window. It might have a rock or something in it and we do not want it breaking the window. Sometimes I think the big boy needs more guidance than the little boys.