Summer Crafting

As is the usual for me, I've been dealing with my feelings of sadness and loss by crafting.  It's particularly bittersweet knowing creating was a connection I shared with Nicole.  So, as I strive to return to "normal", I share with you my summer crafts.  

This is my favorite addition to my decor, our summer to do list.  I wish it were under glass so I could actually check things off as we do them!!!  And here it is in the full setting:

Here are a few other little things I have put together.  Summer has always been a hard time for me to decorate, not sure why.  This year I feel I have found my groove, or sort of anyway!!

Last but not least, these three frames above the table still contain my spring pictures.  Do you have any suggestions as to what I should do for summer?

Vermont!

We are visiting Grammy for the week-end.  It's nice and quiet, and not too hot! In the evening we have watched movies, had ice cream and oohed and ashes at the sunset.  Relax au max!

Gaetan and I have also been able to chat about our plans for the fall, him being on disability, and the boys being in school.  We both feel a load is off now that we have a plan!!

The end of wisdom...

Kaleb had all 4 wisdom teeth removed 3 days ago.  Once he was frozen it took all of 15 minutes to actually cut the gum, cut the tooth, pull the pieces out and stitch the gum closed.  While waiting, Kaleb was pretty nervous, but afterwards, with the help of some drugs, he was giddy with relief!! 

Blogging on the go!!

I feel bad for not keeping up my end of the family blogging.  With 3 teens my life is busy but not as entertaining as when they were younger.  But the guilt and an iPhone blogger app have made me feel that I should give blogging a try again...so here goes nothing!!!

The Big Day!

Tomorrow the boys and I begin our foray into "Couch to 5k".  I am really excited to try this.  Excited that my boys are into the idea.  I am also nervous.  Nervous that it will be over doing it for one of us.   Nervous that it will be all me dragging the boys.  I am covering this venture in prayer and trusting that God will do with it what He will.

If you want to check out "Couch to 5k" here is the link: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Nothing much going on...

It's pretty odd to say that, given everything that IS going on. We are in the midst of major work in our house, trying to sell our house, trying to find a house, dealing with the usual and not so usual problems of multicore myopathy, and in our extended family: pregnancies, cancer, liver failure, distance (either a 12 hr drive or a 3 hr drive or a 5hr drive), and moving. All in all a lot on our plates. And I would have to say that is the cause of feeling there is not much to talk about. I guess I could talk about the character traits God is growing in us (patience, perseverance) or the medical side of our lives (the 15 doctors and the waiting and the procedures and the tests). But what I would like to be able to use this blog for is as a place to share the good in our lives, to remember our blessings and the things that are going well. So, here I go with a few unexpected blessings....

These three boys, who have been fighting a lot of late, have been forced to live in one room,and have reached some kind of truce and found a common enemy in the opposing team on NHL 2012. So much so that we are debating having them live in one room in the new house...seriously!

This bad picture (I can't open the freezer all the way because of all the boxes) is of 20 meals, ready to be popped into the crock pot so I can concentrate on other things and don't have to think about dinner for a month!! I have been wanting to try this for a long time. It is working beautifully. In the next couple of days I will post the recipes to my food blog.

These are my running shoes, I have not run in about a year. Our frustration with multicore has led us to begin running, well the boys and I anyway. We want to be ready for a September Muscular Dystrophy 5K run. We are using "Couch to 5K" and are SO excited. I know this will benefit us in many ways: we will feel healthier, we will feel more relaxed and we will feel as though we are doing something about this disease that is affecting our family.

Portraits - 2009 models.

We tried taking portraits in this wonderful location this year. Beautiful. Unfortunately we hit on a cloudy, foggy , cold day. So, although the people co-operated nicely, the weather almost defeated us. I think these pics will turn out alright with some touch-ups. What do you think?