Father's Day Surprise

The children and I thought to do something a bit different for father's day this year so they helped me make a short movie for daddy to watch while we brought him coffee and breakfast in bed. I asked and he said I could share (and this way you have some pics of the children which I haven't posted any in forever! two birds with one stone eh:) Just for fun

What if...?

My little boys are napping and the older children are at school and Dave is at work. It is sooooo quiet... I found myself pondering (perhaps because i just read the book of Ecclesiastes??:) what life would be like now if some tragedy were to take all of my family from me...
Well, it would be quieter, I'd be able to go out on girls nights whenever I wanted, could read books, watch movies other then bob the builder and veggie tales, I could cook whatever whenever I wanted....
when I cleaned the bathroom the towel would stay on the rack the soap woul not be all over the counter, there would be no water on the floor or a stool to trip on....
when I swept and mopped the floor there would be no one traipsing through with work boots to the basement for tools or muddy puddle boot prints to the bathroom...
there would be no toys to trip on while cooking supper or no one spilling sauce on the floor while helping stir...
there would be no one drawing happy smiles or other interesting things on my freshly painted and washed walls...
there would be no handprints smudged all over windows and patio doors from trying to wave goodbye to daddy as he goes to work or looking at the latest antics of the neighbours dog...
when i woke up in the morning it wouldn't be to someone having peed the bed or throwing up...
I suppose we could all think of the things there would or wouldn't be if we had no children...
but for all we complain and are frustrated... i wonder..
I guess I'm thanking God today for water on the floor in my bathroom and stools to trip over and dirty boot prints and smudgy fingerprints...
Thanking God for the gift of my family...

The many faces of Reuben

Reuben is a very busy little guy but how exciting it is to raise him. He has such a colorful personality. Just thought I'd share some of my joy with you today. God's Blessings for you and your family in 2011!

Another Birthday! 1 year old Reuben!

These are just a few shots from the cake portion of the birthday. He's a fun little guy. Soooo busy and inquisitive! Happy Birthday to Reuben.

John's Birthday

This is one attempt at a recent self photo shoot. We are all in it at least:)


Dirt cake is chocolate cake cut up ,mixed with chocolate pudding, topped with oreo cookies put through the food processor(to resemble dirt) and topped with gummy worms. Fun fun:)

Well the day has come and gone. My John boy is now a whopping 5 years old! :) He Got to have his friend Jackson sleep over. I took them skating, then we had at John's request Mac and cheese with hot dogs and a veggie platter with ranch dip and "Dirt" cake for dessert. They went sliding with Daddy after that and watched a movie with snacks and crashed without a peep between the 4 of them!:) I think it went great.

Pictures

Chloe's Birthday

Princess Chloe:)

Prince Charming??:)

Chloe asks every year for her birthday to go to a hotel with a swimming pool. So the last couple of years we've headed down to New Liskeard to the hotel(far enough away to warrant needing a hotel and not too far we couldn't do it in a weekend.) for her birthday. Despite the kids having the flu I think we managed to have fun. 6 years old.. wow. She is quite a little lady. I'm pretty proud of her. The cake was baked by and decorated by daddy:) He's pretty talented ya know!

I'm not sure how many more years we'll be able to do that as it's getting pretty cramped for bed space in one hotel room with 6 people! But it's fun for now:)