Blessed...

I have no idea where to begin...we were completely surprised by friends and family at a party, thrown for us to celebrate our anniversary on Saturday night. Surprised is not a strong enough word..we were blown away! We walked into the Gardiner's house to drop the boys off for a sleep over and we were greeted by friends and family and a house decorated with all the tulle and other decorations from our wedding! My mom was here for a visit and brought it all from Winnipeg and Cindy & Leonard snuck into the house to retrieve it when we were at work! Joel's mom and dad were there and that was a complete shock!

It was just so awesome to see all these people we love and who really helped us make it to the 10 year milestone all together in the same room! Unforgettable!

It was a great party!


I will post pics when I get some...but Tanis has posted some on her blog so have a look!

http://www.mylifelivinitlovinit.blogspot.com/

10 Years Later and I Wouldn't Change a Thing!

4 Boys 4 Hours of Summer Fun!

We thoroughly enjoyed this last weekend before the start of school. We got together with friends to make the last weekend before school a memorable one. We surprised the kids (2 entering pre-school, 1 entering Kindergarten and 1 on the way to Grade 2) with a rented inflatable jumpy-thing in the yard. Brianne decorated her van and picked all the boys up and had their back packs filled with back to school goodies. The kids were all surprised at the same time and were floored to see the yard. They jumped and jumped till they could jump no more!

Should have taken a picture.

Luca and Carter spent the past couple of days with the Gardiner's. Tanis took them to the dollar store to pick out a toy for being so good and they picked out plastic guns. Luca's is a cowboy-type rifle and Carter's is a easily concealed handgun. I don't have big hangups about "gun play" I think my generation has become sensitized because of media coverage of all the ugly school shooting and such. Anyway, Luca is quite enamoured with his weapon and last night went to be snuggled up with it like a teddy bear. Weird kid!

Exercise...

I biked to work yesterday. It hurt on the way to work as it is a steady, albeit slight, uphill climb. I was exhausted after work but pleased with myself. There was an ugly cloud that stopped me from getting back on today (that and the fact I would likely cry if I sat on the bike seat). I am going to try again tomorrow and hopefully a few times a week until the weather stops cooperating.

I am forever looking for something active that will keep my interest. I'd love to join an adult league and play basketball or volleyball but it is tough to find any organized sport close to home. Lee tried taekwondo and really liked it and I may look into that. I just hate the usual gym routine and need something to keep me motivated. Any suggestions??

I'm Baaaacckkk.....(again)

For how long one never knows....As always I will try.

I cannot believe summer is nearly over and in less than a week Carter will be entering Grade 2 and Luca will be in Pre-School. Where is time going? For the 1st time I really want to stop freeze time and keep my boys the way they are right now. Their personalities are so different yet they play so well together and genuinely really love each other. I hope they are close forever.

We had a great summer vacation in Nanaimo, BC the 1st week of August. As always the island provided great weather and the house we stayed in was a few steps from Long Lake. The kids loved lake swimming!

A Childless Week

The boys have been in Saskatoon with Nana and Papa since Canada Day. We have been so ridiculously relaxed I even checked my blood pressure for kicks at Safeway while I waited to Joel to have a perscription filled...116 over 68....nice!

Being relaxed has been the best part. Not feeling rushed to get supper going the minute I walk in the door, not managing the boys schedules on top of my own. Getting stuff done around the house without a million interruptions. BUT....I miss them quite a bit. The weekend was bliss but I am more than ready for them to come home. No tears but I did sit on Luca's bed for a few minutes the other night lol...