Red River Rising

Since this photo that we took over the weekend, most of the ice has gone and the river has risen A LOT. In fact, the pathway you see in the photo is now completely under water. We are still okay, however the city has issued a state of emergency for all low-lying properties. It's now being said that this years flood is the 2nd worst flood in over 100 years. Lucky us we had the floodway built after the flood in the 1950's.
I'll try to get some more photos when the river crests

Happy Easter!

Being dutiful Catholics, I attempted going to the Chrism Mass this past Wednesday, and I do mean attempted. We arrived at the St-Boniface Basilica on time, even though we had to park down the street. I decided to sit as close to the back as possible, to avoid any possible disturbances from the little ones. Since my dad is a Deacon, he also was at the mass, but would not be able to sit with us because he would be with the other Deacon's and Priests.
When the kids saw him in the procession, I had to hold them both back as they wanted to walk along side their Pepere! After successfully keeping the kids back, Xavier made his great escape, ran all the way to the front and ran right into one of the priests in the procession! Luckily it was one of the priests I know and he thought it was funny. After 45 minutes into the 2+ hour ceremony and running after an escaped Xavier about 5-7 times, I decided it was time to go. We skipped the remainder of the Holy week masses (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Pascal Vigil) and made it to church this morning for the Easter Sunday mass, with two very hyper kids!

Here are a few Easter fun pics for you to enjoy!

Views of the river

We took these photos of the river in front of our house today.

Officially domesticated

We've taken the plunge and have purchased a mini-van, that's right, a mini-van. It's just much more practical and actually safer than a 1997 Cavalier. I just need to open one side of the van and both kids can walk in and go to their seats. One waits inside while I buckle the other. Very practical at malls or when you're parked on the street. We are now driving a 2009 Uplander. We were initially looking at getting a used one, but a really good sale came along and we got our 2009 for the same price as a used one. score!

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Nutella rocks!

Anybody who knows me knows that I LOVE Nutella! I grew eating Nutella as an afternoon snack and carried on my love for Nutella with Emma and Xavier. Last year there was a sticker on one of the containers of Nutella we purchased and info about different soccer positions. Loving Nutella and soccer Emma signed up on the Nutella Soccer website. We entered a contest where you could win small prizes leading up to a grand prize. Last year Emma won one of the small prizes, an official Nutella soccer ball which is awesome. Today Emma was awarded with the GRAND PRIZE!! Ready for what the grand prize is..... drum roll please..... A FOOSBALL TABLE!!!
Get out there and eat your Nutella! It's so worth it!
Happy dance, happy dance, happy dance!!!

New Job

It's been two weeks now that I have been working at my new and am really liking it. Basically I'm the Assistant Manager/Activities director/marketing/volunteer coordinator. LOL! It's all good. I like that it's not all business and computers. I get to set up for bowling, do exercises, call out bingo, play games, plan movie nights. It's fun. I also get to take people on tours and show then our place, and since we are not full yet, convince them that this is the best place to retire.
I think people out here are still trying to get used to the ideal of what a retirement community is. Most people think it's just a fancy nursing home, so that's one obstacle we need to overcome. We're not a nursing home, it's independent living with everything provided for you. Plain and simple.
The staff I work with is really friendly and cool to work with. I will try to find time to post more often, but that's going to be harder now that I work full time. As is right now, both kids were interested in watching a cartoon, so I took the opportunity to jump on the computer and now they are both next to me and Xavier's trying to tug me away. LOL!