All the Handsome Men in My Life

#1 Man

#1 Boy

Brother #1

Brother #2

How much fun can you have with an old guy in a blue wig?
#1 Father-in- law

Nephew #1

Nephew #3 and Brother-in-law #2 (the French one)

#1 Man and #4 Nephew
(Doesn't he look like the spitting image of my daughter at that age,
but more boyish of course!!)

Nephew #2 gets video because no photos turned out and he's adorable!

And now for some LOVELY ladies:


Me - of course - getting in some snuggles from the littlest Drew


Mom-in-law became an official senior citizen- the reason for our trip to Calgary.


My 2 lovely sister in laws and my most lovely daughter. It's a contest every time to see who's tallest, but we didn't think she'd pass Auntie Rose too :)


#1 Mom!

Copyright- all photos taken by my girl not me!

Zing Fling

We are gearing up for My Girl's first horse show! She said it's as exciting as Christmas!! So this is pretty awesome! I'll keep you posted. We have to get the correct English attire for this big event. Thankfully we know someone from whom to beg and borrow.

Here's the lucky fellow... Robbie and the lovely rider. Looks like a winning team!

Road Trip Ready

My boy has always been very patient about not having a "pocket" on his side of the van. My girl always sits on the right and she always had a pocket. So now he has his very own ready to stock with anything he might need while on the road. She gets a new one too, easier to clean than the one attached to the van. You wouldn't believe all that was found in there this week!

St. Patrick's Day is cancelled

It actually officially was canceled by the Catholic church and I'm not joking. Because St. Patty's falls during the Holy week, they did officially cancel it, although Ireland and the Orthodox churches were still celebrating. It gave me a good excuse for not having planned a single green thing at all to do with the kids yesterday! Thankfully I had green socks on in the morning. I did tell the family that they really didn't want the green meal that they would have gotten- green salad, green mashed potatoes, green asparagus, green vegetables (and lots of them), green eggs and ham. They were very happy with pizza! And I was off the hook!

I did however finish painting my green bathroom downstairs last week so I'll share a photo with you :) We put in a new light fixture, new cabinet and new accessories, maybe next time the sink and brown counter top will go out, but it was a nice fresh update!

a Match Anyone?

So in my attempts to get into better shape and not continue on my downward physical condition, I have decided to take up tennis this spring. I thought maybe a new sport would bring me some new inspiration. One thing I love about my husband is he jumps right on board with stuff like this. I came home last week with Costco's latest deal of a tennis racket and today he said we're buying 2 more so the whole family can be involved. The old wooden one from who knows where just wouldn't do. So we all headed off to the nearby courts for a nice doubles match. I have NEVER really played this game at all. Squash, raquetball, badminton are all things I have tried, but I think tennis maybe I have tried twice EVER! I learned a few things.... first I suck at this, I don't like not being able to do something.... 2nd... you spend a lot of time chasing the ball and picking it up off the ground, and apologizing to the people beside you for interrupting their game. I wonder how the back of my legs and butt will feel tomorrow from all the bending over. I guess that's a good thing in my overall goal for this. 3rd... I like playing with Kevin but I hate when he whoops me at something. He gets this cute little smile that I want to smack off his face with my brand new tennis racket. We, OK maybe I, am a little competitive, and he likes to play off it. Sorry no photo of today's experience. Maybe if I don't wear jeans it'll help next time. I am busy recruiting friends who are going to want to play me. Any takers?

Hallelujah!

Spring break has arrived! The kids have 2 weeks off, I have 2 weeks off, and Kevin has to work :( But it'll be so great to have the relief from the routine! Sleeping in- tomorrow will be wonderful!! Get a little yard work done... see some family.... relax...

Lion Humor

I totally stole these right off this lady's blog (OK i have searched and cannot find it, but believe me I am not trying to plagarize), but they gave me a good chuckle. No I don't know her, somehow I ended up on her page chasing a recipe or something.









I especially like # 3 and #4 because they are just like my life!
OK I think it's from here, but still can't find it. I tried and will continue to tell my children not to copy off other peoples' work http://beautifulheritage.wordpress.com/