Family!

Grandma and Talon!

Gracie has a rather frightening expression on her face...LOL!

Poor Grandma being forced into a game of jump off the table onto Grandma..

Grandma and Talon

Grand daughter Cassidy

Psycho jumping girl....

My daughter Bree with her room mates daughter Chloe

Chloe with her mommy

Jeremy

Cougars in Regina??

This article was in Regina's Leader Post today...

REGINA — Regina's bar district isn't the only place known for cougar sightings anymore.
Conservation officers are advising the public to be vigilant around Wascana Lake following a city bus driver's report of a cougar sighting in the area Wednesday night.
According to Gary Provencher, conservation officer with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, the animal was spotted around 10:12 p.m. when it crossed the path of a bus near the Conexus Arts Centre.
Aside from the reported sighting, Provencher said there's no evidence to suggest a cougar was in the area, but is still advising the public to be on the lookout.
"Chances are, it's long gone by now if there was one there. We just want to make sure people are aware of the report and to take precaution in that area," said Provencher, who doesn't believe the animal is a threat.
"Generally, they are shy animals and stay away from human interaction, but sometimes smaller children might be considered prey."
A spokesperson for the City of Regina said the bus driver declined to speak publicly about the sighting.
Provencher said the description of the animal matched that of a cougar, which is about two metres in length, stands about a metre tall at the shoulder, has a long tail and short light grey-brown or dark reddish-brown fur.
If the sighting is confirmed, Provencher believes it'll mark the first time a cougar has been seen in the city.
Although it's rare to see one in an urban setting, cougars aren't rare to Saskatchewan.
The province has an estimated population of around 300 cougars, which are often spotted in the Qu'Appelle Valley and South Saskatchewan River valley.
Cougars are known to cover an area of 200 to 300 square kilometres when searching for food, such as deer and rabbits, which are found at Wascana Centre.
Provencher suspects the sighting was likely of a younger cougar that's had few interactions with humans.
If a cougar does become a problem, a team of hounds could be used to track down the animal so conservation officers can move it to another region.
While there has been cougar attacks on humans and pets in B.C. and Alberta, Provencher said there's never been a human attack in Saskatchewan.
"Sometimes, they are a bit curious and that curiosity overrides their natural instinct to stay away from humans and they venture into an urban area," said Provencher. "It's unusual, but we are making every effort to confirm or disconfirm it was there."
Provencher advises to stay still if you do encounter a cougar. If it appears threatening, wave your arms and try to make yourself look bigger until it runs away.
Last week, a young bull moose was also attracted to the bright city lights. It made its way into the Whitmore Park area in south Regina before it was tranquilized by conservation officers and transported to the Condie Nature Refuge northwest of the city.

Friday Follow!!

Once again, it is Friday Follow here at One of hte Jones..
(Where we type like drunks due to horrific head colds and lots of Neo Citran...)



Feel free to follow along...(You wouldn't believe how many times I had to type that once sentence...)
It is all about getting to know other bloggers....Who can't get into htat right??
So...grab a coffee, and a seat...if you can crawl over all the toys in my house....and lets play!

Now for the rules...(copied) since i am typing challenged today...

 Welcome to the April 23 Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades!  We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs.  It is all about sharing and having fun.

Here's how YOU can join the Friday Follow celebration:

• * Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops. 
• * Grab the Friday Follow button and include on your Friday Follow blog post.
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Friday Follower of the Week!


Congratulations to Mommy Living the Life of Riley, this week's Friday Follower of the Week!  Each week we will randomly draw from all the links, one Friday Follower for the next week's Friday Follow, and the chosen blog will be placed in the highly coveted number 4 position on the blog hop.  We love your participation and want to give back to you! You could be next!
This is a Blog Hop! 533 entries so far... you're next!

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Judy's house...

Chloe

Amber

Kendal

Amber

Brandy and Grandma

Bree's room mate  (Sorry can't remember your name...  :(  )

Bree

Gracie has already found her cell phone...

I guess I can expect to see one of these plastered to her ear

for many years to come..  ;)

Amber

Chloe and mommy..

Auntie and Cassie

Wordless Wednesday!

Some old pictures of my girls in Williams Lake about 10 years ago...

For more Wordless Wednesday...
click here!

Kids are what makes Easter go round...

Ok, Bree...for real..no more procrastinating this time...
By the way, I figured out why I wasn't happy with my pics..
I had hit the AF button on my camera..
Still trying to figure it out...LOL!

Chloe

Amber
(She is my adopted daughter...)

Steve and my grand daughter Cassie

Daughter Gracie

My son Jeremy and Grand son Talon

Best friends...

Ok, sorry kiddo, that is all I have time for now..
I'm off to the library..
I know I should be more excited..but it usually just wears me out..
The kids get excited, and then have tantrums...
and everyone else's little angels..
sit and behave through story time...
while mine...
Well...we will just leave that one alone...  :)
Let's just say they are high spirited...
Have a great day everyone!

Can I start a controversy?

So....not being one to want to start a controversy, I thought I would ask you ~ my readers,  a question...

This morning I was reading a post over at my friends blog.. TyNy Family Updates
and she was discussing the merritts of whether you were a better mother, and more patient
as a young mom, or a first time mom over forty...
I believe the word they used when I had my son was "geriatric"
Give me a break...LOL!

Well...I have a kind of unique perspective on this whole thing of course,
being as I couldn't do ANYTHING in the normal or expected way,
and had my first three kids when I was in my early twenties,
and my last two once I hit 40....
Not that I think my experience is the only answer,
but it is unique...don't you think?

So here gos...
Just my experience.

I find that I am a more patient mom now then I used to be...

(I am sure my girls will want to add their two bits...LOL)

It was funny, but the day before I read that post, my hubby and I were discussing
how different we are now as parents...
I have a lot more understanding when my kiddos don't react the way they should,
I react less to the whole tantrum thing...In fact often getting the "look" from
other parents who think I should be "disciplining " my disobedient babes...
Often also getting looks of contempt when I say things like
"You will live - your sisters did...." when they throw themselves on the floor in writhing
screaming temper..
Not to say I am always patient when they throw fits..LOL!
If you want proof...read here..
and most of all I find I laugh a lot more at their "bad" behavior...
I don't care if they are perfect in church..
or if they are always clean, or if they have been eating dirt...
(What is a little extra roughage...right??)
If they eat change off the floor..
I just take it out of their allowance...  :O


I am definately enjoying being a parent more...
I know how fast they go away from home...
(all three of my oldest are now on their own)
and I know how I felt "empty nest" even when I thought I wouldn't.
I discovered I LOVE being a "over 40 " mom.

Not that I always find it easy...
I don't have as much energy,
so the sleepless nights are harder,
I have more health problems then I used to have..

Overall...I have found the whole experience interesting...
That being said, I am not sure if it is my age that affects my experience?
Or if it has been the school of hard knocks...
And I am VERY SURE that as I mature in the Lord,
I am changing daily into someone VERY different from who I used to be..
Also of course, I am NOT a first time mom...
So I can't speak from that angle..
I have already learned some hard lessons,
and feel very blessed to be able to fix some things
(So I can screw up something else...LOL!)
That's OK...As I told my daughter Brandy yesterday
When she brought over her new boyfriend for supper,
If I embarrass you to much...there is always counselling!!!

So...Weigh in on the question..
Let me know what you think.

For LIL Ole ME??

Sienna from Hon, what's for dinner
just presented me with this award!
It has literally been ages since I have received one
of these, and so Sienna...You really made my Monday
morning!  If you get the chance head over to her digs,
and check out some good ole "down home country cooking..."
I gain weight just looking.....LOL!

In the meantime, the idea of this award is to pass it on
to 12 of your fav bloggers...So...here gos...
This is gonna be hard...

While you wait.....What do you think of my new digs??
I had to change things around a bit, as some of my long time readers
were having trouble seeing my other template on IE....
Oh, blogger, I love you, but you need to work out some of the kinks dudes...

So, I digress...onto the awards...

1) One of my oldest blogger friends...
Barb @ Skittles Place
2) Nugglemama's Handful
3) lowercase letters
4) My perfect little world
5) Webbisodes
6) Living the life of Riley

OK BLOGGER...You are starting to annoy me... (Just told me I am not a member of
One of the Jones....)  I should let my husband know...LOL!

7) I'm a full time mommy

Ok, this is getting hard...My baby keeps spinning my chair around
so that i can read Elmo Loves you to her...

8) One 2 Try
9) Midday Escapades
10) The Chronicles of a Veteran Kindergarten Teacher
11) Things I can't Say
12) How are the Harmons

Ok...So I hope you enjoy your award, don't forget to pass it on to 12 of your favorite bloggers...

Happy Monday!

Temporary Template difficulties...

I tried a new blog template, but I will be changing it, as some of my long time readers
are having difficulty reading it on IE....
Please be patient with me, while I try to rectify the problem...
Hopefully by the end of tomorrow, it will be back to normal..
Or as normal as anything gets around here!

I'm such an idiot...

I took pictures for my family on Easter Sunday with my new Nikon D-90..

and was frustrated by the quality of the pictures...

I haven't used that camera since...

until today, when I realized that I had it on Manual instead of Auto focus..

~Smart I know....~

Any ways Bree...Here is the start of them

Daughter Brandy with my grandson Talon, and my son Jeremy

Daddy and Autumn Grace.

Chloe

Daughter Krystal and boyfriend Steve...

Daughter Bree

Grandma and Grandpa Jones saying grace...

Nice look Grandpa! LOL!

Brandy and Grandpa..

To the rest of you...Thanks for your patience 

sitting through all my family photos!  :)