Have you EVER...

Seen something SO CUTE?

This is my nephew Kaeden, he's 13 months old. In the first video Nanny gets him singing, in the second he takes the lead a little!!

Without any further ado, here is Kaeden in his musical debut....

Where Do I Disappear To On Thursdays?

The truth is, I'm usually scrapbooking on Thursday. But, every three weeks I take my Aunt Vera to her treatments at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She has a disease called Myesthenia Gravis which requires her to have a treatment called Plasma Pheresis every three weeks. For now. The frequency can change depending on her medications. It's not pleasant to have the treatments, but we make the best of our time. We laugh easily. Although I don't know who wouldn't laugh singing the shark song!! :0) Here are some pics for you to understand a little of what it looks like....

Having her blood pressure taken...one of the first steps...

I didn't get pics of her being hooked up, I was singing the shark song...Aunty Vera is looking VERY sick on purpose...just so everyone knows she NEEDS me to come ;0) The machine to her left is is where her blood passes through, having plasma removed and albumin put in to replace it.

This is Michele, one of the nurses in the unit. She is an awesome nurse, caring, attentive, knowledgeable, and just plain fun too!

So, now you know where I am if you can't find me on a Thursday!

Just When You Think You Know Someone!

I had the privilege of learning something new about Missy this week! Can you tell what it is?

She can "palm" a coin!! As much as I've tried, I've never been able to do THAT!!

Happy Birthday Kaleb!

So Sweet!

Our Anniversary is coming up!! In anticipation here are two photos I thought were cute. They were taken at Voyageur Park on the week-end! :0)

A Bec-Que-Quois Week-end

This past week-end was our pioneer camp out week-end. We were scheduled to go to this lovely place: Voyageur Park

This is the beautiful campground we visited instead: Chez Belley!!!

Friday night we started up the week-end by setting up camp, swimming, snacking, doing a devotional and watching a movie...phew!! Saturday morning we all woke up ready for ADVENTURE!! (ok, so some of us JUST woke up...barely...) We headed to Voyageur Park for the day. At the park we enjoyed hot dogs, cooked over open flame....

(Apparently, some of us are more familiar with hot dogs than others...)

(the boys put the fire out with waterguns!!)

Hiking:

Playing in the water/on the beach: (which, btw, also included getting sunburnt...ouch!)

Picture taking:

We headed home after a long day of fun in the sun!! Once back at the Belley Campground, we ate supper, and repeated the events of the night before, with one notable exception:

Sunday we hung out, enjoying the pool and yard. We broke into groups for devotions. Nancy led the kids (under 12) in a neat devotion. They had to make it through the powder, into the square without getting powder in the square. Do you get the analogy?

What a great week-end that was! There are so many stories to tell, so many more pictures to see...if you want more, you'll just have to be at Grace Church on Sunday!! :0)

Thanks Ange!!

This thank you is LOOOOOONG overdue, so I thought I'd make up for it by saying thank you publicly. Thanks Ange for the boys wonderful name stickers. They looked great on their binders and have lasted through the whole year. (Now you know just how overdue that thank you was!!) I took this picture just before throwing out the binders. Unfortunately they did not last as well as the stickers!

Our Winnie-Friend

This is my friend Winnie.

Winnie has been on my mind a lot lately. She is moving away, and I feel like I was just getting to know her. From the moment I met Winnie, I wanted her for a friend. When she was introduced to me she was introduced as "a mother to all boys, just like you, who always prayed and longed for a daughter to round out the boys". (or something like that ;0)) My first instincts were right. Winnie is many things to many people, but I know what we all value most about her is that she is a prayer warrior. God has first priority in her life, and she is so willing to share her God-given wisdom with us, and pray for us!!



Rather than dwell on my sadness, I'll share some moments from our first field trip together, to the Botanical Gardens to see the butterflies. We all had such a great time, I'm thankful for the wonderful memories we made that day!

Arriving at the Gardens...with HER boys!

One of our favourite orchids!

Winnie said this one looked like trouble...sticking it's tongue out at her!

One of the butterflies...so pretty!

Winnie...with an 85 year old Bonsai! She has that thing beat!!

Democracy?

Gaetan and I came home from the store to find these signs pasted randomly around the house...

(No more french...WooHoo...[with spelling mistakes])

I guess we need to teach the kids that this is not a democracy...