Rainy Day Dance Party!

OK, so the weather week really hasn't been very nice and this is in stark contrast to the mid 30s weather we has last week when we had every fan in the house on and every window and door open! The rain has been fairly constant all week and yesterday was no exception. I thought about taking George to work so that I could have the car, but then I worked last night and it would've meant going and getting him at the end of the day and then dropping the 3 of them off here and heading right on out to work. That just seemed like too much!

The boys really do need to burn off some energy during the day, so we sort of play tag in the house or hide and seek or whatever will do the trick. Yesterday, I happened to be checking out some blogs and came across Samm Livett's and Kyle was suddenly dancing away to the music on her blog. Well! That was the beginning of a dance party that lasted pretty much the rest of the day on and off!!

Tracy came over with Sophia for a visit while we were dancing away and they joined the party as well! Kyle had to play a couple of his favourites for Tracy too - YMCA being first on that list!

This is Kyle doing his break dancing for me when I asked him to dance so that I could take his picture!
Nathan wouldn't sit still long enough without heading directly for the camera for me to get a picture of him dancing!
When George got home from work, Kyle immediately started telling him about the "music list" on my "scrapbooking website". He played YMCA right away for George and started singing what he thinks the words are and George said to me, "Sounds like you've been listening to this for a while!" My response was "Pretty much all day" and he just laughed. So, thanks Samm because we more than got our exercise and burned off our excess energy today thanks to your blog!

Today's Blog Challenge @ 2Peas ~ Are you the type of scrapper who likes to get idea books to help you scrap? If you don't what do you find to help you get ideas?

I do get idea books to help me though not as often as I used to because I use other scrappers and their online layouts as inspiration as well. My favourite idea book right now is Ali Edwards' A Designer's Eye for Patterned Paper.

Cheers...
Colleen

Okonomiyaki and Friends

Well, most of you reading this know that I lived in Japan for 3 years and have taught English to international students here in Vancouver for about 10 years since. I've made some amazing friends and always enjoy it when some of them come back to visit! I recently had a few students/friends that I taught here in Vancouver come for dinner and a visit. The best part was that they offered to make dinner and my favourite Japanese food! The weather was so nice that we moved the table out onto the deck and had a great meal and a few beer out there!

Masaki and his wife Kayoko were both my students while in Vancouver and Shihoko was in some of the same classes, so they all met here. Shihoko is still here studying at BCIT, but we all managed to get together when Masaki and Kayoko were here on vacation. We had a great night with the amazing dinner they cooked called okonomiyaki. I guess the best way to describe it is as a Japanese pizza and you can put almost anything in it. I have just potato and cheese in mine since I don't eat pork, beef or seafood and those are the most popular things to put in!

We also ended up with two kinds of cake for dessert since Kayoko and I both got one. Kyle was quite happy about that!!

If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend trying okonomiyaki! It's not the easiest food to find here, but soooo good! I make my own once in a while too, but, like most food, it always seems to taste better when someone else makes it!

Cheers,
Colleen

A rainy Thursday...

Well, it's another rainy one here, so we're not doing too much today. We've already had a little dance party in the kitchen after we had breakfast and I just put both Nathan and Sophia down. Sophia often doesn't sleep in the morning, but seems to need a little rest and this morning she was even rubbing her eyes, so we'll see. I think she's teething today too because little things are bothering her that wouldn't normally.

She and Nathan are a good pair this morning because he's been a bit off since he got up too. I think part of his problem is being tired though because he woke up really early, I'm hoping he'll be in a better mood after a nap. It was funny this morning because I put Sophia down first while Nathan followed me and then he trundled down the hallway to his door going "Ni ni Ni ni" which means night night for him. It's always a little harder when we can't get out and run around too, but we've been singing, dancing, playing peek-a-boo, ball and with the trucks already this morning as well as having a few books out!

I feel like I had so many things to write about and now my mind is a bit blank...

Well, how could I forget the GREAT news I got from Down Under?!?! One of my very best friends, Julie, told me that she and her family (DH, Simon, and boys, Alex and Rhys) are coming to Canada at Christmas time!!! I can't believe I haven't seen her/them in 5 years since we got married and I'm very excited! We're looking forward to a good chat and a Starbucks eggnog latte! Julie and Simon are busy getting the kids all geared up in winter clothes! Can't wait to see you all!

Now, we also had a wonderful visit the other day from my grandma (mum's mum) from Vancouver Island. We don't see her as often as we'd like what with the ferry and everything, but it makes it that much more special when we do! She came over and mum did (and brought lunch!) too. I was watching Sophia, but Tracy managed to have a quick lunch with us, but had to rush off back to work afterwards. We got a few pictures though Kyle wasn't in to having his picture taken this day unfortunately!

I guess the only other thing I have to post about today is a new layout that I finished last night. There was a cyber crop going on over at Scrapper's Daily Dose that Debbi T so kindly invited me to, so I finished this one for a few of the challenges there. I'm doing some random memory layouts with older pictures and this is one of the few I have with my grandpa (dad's dad) who passed away in 1984. I did this layout about the chair that he used to sit in in the living room and the game Tracy and I used to play with him.

The journaling on it says...

I so clearly remember my grandpa's big golden coloured recliner that was his favourite place to sit. It was in the doorway of the living room and you had to pass him if you were coming in from the other part of the house. It used to be a game for Tracy and I to try and get by him. We would even go so far as to go outside and around the house to be able to get to the other side without him catching us because if he did....he'd tickle us silly!! I think it used to work both ways that sometimes he would let us through, but there were times we'd let him catch us too!!

Well, guess that's about it for now. Going to go have a quiet cup of coffee for a minute while Kyle is busy and then I think we have a Diego game to play!!
Cheers,
Colleen

I finally scrapped again!

Well, it certainly took me a while to get back at my scrapping after our vacation and I won't say that I'm totally back into the swing of things, but at least I did a couple of layouts. This first one is a funny one about how Nathan stole Kyle's whole apple off the table one day and started happily munching away! he was quite proud of himself!

This layout was inspired by Debbi T. Her stuff is amazing and she's been working on this book of random memories where she pairs up memories and pictures of some kind even if they're not perfect for that moment. The idea is that you get the memories scrapped! I took her idea and a layout idea as well actually and this was the product. It's about how Tracy and I used to get to stay up late and watch Love Boat and Fantasy Island , but there was a catch! We had to watch Lawrence Welk with her first!

I'm afraid that's about all I've got time for right now, since Sophia will be here shortly and I think I hear Nathan. Kyle's already up and I'm recovering from a bad food allergy attack yesterday though I don't know what it was I ate that made me so sick either and that's a bit worrying. And the best part was that later last night, I also managed to burn my arm with some boiling water last night! The good news was that we also had a wonderful visit with Grandma yesterday, so I'll try and get those pictures posted soon (they're on Tracy's camera!).

Cheers,

Colleen

Amazing place!

OK,I really do need to do some blogging about our trip, so I'll do it in parts and add pics to go with it! We took 3 days driving down and I was a little apprehensive about it, but figured we'd be OK because we had a long time to do it and we'd just stop when we needed to. That's exactly what happened! The rest areas along I-5 are great and we just pulled in when we needed to and everyone had their stretch and a pee break.

On the first day, mum had packed stuff for sandwiches for lunch. It was good to get out and let the kids run around and just do what we wanted rather than sitting in a restaurant! We had great weather all three days, so that was never an issue either thankfully.

We were into the hotel the first 2 night before dinnertime, so we pretty much went into our rooms, dumped our stuff and headed off to eat before the kids got too crazy. We ended up at Denny's both nights just because it's not that expensive, there's lots of choice and it's family place. The first night went quite well, but the second night was a little later and Nathan was pretty burnt out and tired, so I ended up having to walk him around the restaurant for a while. Not the most relaxing dinner with him climbing all over George and I!

The third day, we jut sort of took it easy in the morning because we weren't that far away and had told Scott and Toni that we'd be there sort of mid-afternoon. Nathan was up early and mum heard us, so she came over because she'd been sharing a room with Trace, Brian and Sophia, but they were all still sleeping (after Sophia was apparently up half the night). Mum and I took Nathan for a walk (because Kyle was still sleeping too) and went to a coffee place I'd seen the night before and had a really nice morning sitting have a coffee outside and watching Nathan play. It was a great way to start the morning.

We went back to the room and we all went next door for breakfast, but Nathan and I only last about 10 minutes. He was getting tired because it was a little later on and wasn't co-operating, so I told George to get us take out and the 2 of us went back to our room. It just wasn't worth fighting him for an hour in the restaurant and it sure wouldn't have been relaxing! This way, I just let him run around the hotel room and we played.

We were on the road again and other than getting separated once and being slightly concerned about whether or not we had the directions we needed (on paper), it was a smooth go. A little stressed there at one point, but all was good! Now when we got there, I picked out their house from mum's description because of all the windows on the front! Then, I also saw the stairs up to the house that mum was talking about - more than 100! I couldn't imagine doing it every day that's for sure...

The stairs were worth it though and I understand why Scott and Toni can put up with it because the house is gorgeous as is the view from it! And let's face it, if all of us can invade their place and there's room for all of us, then it's a good size too! We ended up downstairs and that worked well. Mum and dad were upstairs and then Trace, Brian and Sophia were in the guest house!










It was soooooo wonderful to see Scott and Toni again. It always just seems like way to long when we do! They were fantastic to put up with all of us that's for sure. We also got to meet Jade who's 4 and a half. She's staying with them for the summer and I believe she's Toni's cousin's daughter. Regardless of the familial ties, she's an absolutely wonderful little ball full of non-stop energy! She and Kyle hit it off and were like siblings shortly after they met with the whole love/hate thing and sometimes irritating the heck out of the other person!

This is a HUGE thank you to Scott and Toni for putting up with all of us for the time we were there! It was a wonderful visit, but seemed to be over all too quickly though I'm sure they were happy to have their house back!!

Well, I guess I'll stop there for now... it's going to be a hot one here, so it's going to be a matter or keeping cool in the 30-35 degree heat!
Cheers,
Colleen

Catching up...again!

Well, I can't say I've been very good about updating my blog of late! We were, of course, away for our trip at the end of last month and I do have some pics to post.

I haven't been doing any scrapping, so I have nothing to post there! Just can't seem to get back into it since we got back. The last week or so has been warmer and I find I'm not as likely to do it in the evening if it's warm. I do need to just jump back in and get started though! I've been doing a fun photography challenge at Scrapperie though and having fun with that. Think I'm going to do a mini album at some point with the pictures.



I haven't been watching much TV though I'm watching 2 reality shows right now. I admit to watching Hell's Kitchen. Gordon Ramsey just makes me laugh. I'm not saying I'd go on that show if you paid me, but I figure the people that sign up for it now know what they're in for! I'm also watching Big Brother which started last week and it'll be on for the summer! I got hooked on this the very first season and have watched it since. The only thing is that I'm not working downtown anymore, so I can't pop into the little restaurant across the street from the school called "The Dish" to see Andrew (the owner I believe) and have him give me the scoop on the online feed!! It's a fun summer thing anyway!

I've also picked up a book again! I'm reading a nice light summer book called "Anybody Out There?" by Marian Keyes. Got it out of the library after some of the girls at Scrapperie were reading it as the book of the month and it's written in a very cool way with a lot of time changes. It's really good to be reading again and I'd like to keep it up!

Well, think I hear Nathan, so I'd better run!
Cheers,
Colleen

Happy Canada Day!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Canada Day. I know we all love being Canadian, but I really didn't realize what it meant to be Canadian until I lived overseas. I suddenly realized that this really was my home and that I could never live anywhere else in the world permanently - no matter how beautiful or wonderful.

Here on the west coast, we are lucky enough to have the mountains and the ocean at our doorstep and so many wonderful activities that go along with that. We live in a place that celebrates multiculturalism as well as individualism and community. I like the fact that we as a country try and take care of each other through our government programs. I think we're a country that strives to improve ourselves and do good and that makes me proud.

I could be here all day listing all the wonderful things about the country we live in, but the simple reality is that I'm a very proud Canadian that loves living here on the west coast! We're off to participate in some of the local celebrations, so have a fabulous day!
HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Cheers,
Colleen

Happy 4th Birthday Kyle!!

Yes, this is my little boy at 4 when I told him I could take a picture of him and put it on the computer! Silly thing that he is!

We've already had a hilarious conversation too! I was telling him how 4 years ago today, I was in the hospital and he was born. I told him how happy I was and that I cried when he was born because I was so happy. He then proceeded to ask one "the" questions: "Well, how did I come out?". I wrongly assumed that the the quick "I went to the hospital and the doctor helped me" would work! Nope! The next comment was "I want to see where I came out of you." I told him that we'd talk more about that another day! Guess it's time to get a book from the library with a little more information! Oh to be 4 and curious...

Well, I'm not even sure where to begin explaining how much I love this little man or how wonderful he is. Of course, there are "those" days when he seems to drive me crazy, but that's generally more about me than him. He asks a million questions these days and is a real parrot, so you need to be careful! I love hearing the stories he tells himself when he thinks no one is listening! He's still into trains (Thomas the tank Engine), planes and a newer thing is dinosaurs. He loves pre-school and reading and forever wants to go to the library to get Curious George books. He loves Shrek these days as well. He'd still rather be outside that in pretty much any day!

I also know he loves fireworks, so here are some for your birthday my little buddy!

I did a little interview with Kyle and these were his answers:
Favourite colour: Red
Favourite movie: Cars
Favourite TV show: Curious George
Favourite food: chicken
Favourite toy: Balloons
Favourite thing to do outside: Help Daddy
Favourite place to go: McDonald's

Happy Birthday Kyle!!!! Have a wonderful birthday and enjoy your 4th year!



Love,
Mummy

So much to catch up on...

I'm afraid this is going to be a quick one and I'll have to come back and update when I have more time. Kyle, George and my dad had a great time on Friday doing the "Day Out With Thomas" thing and I have pictures I'll post later too. Yesterday was a full one for me with a trip to the dentist (YUCK!) and a looooong lunch with some old friends from high school! Will fill in the details later!

Today, I'm off to work at the scrapbooking store for a bit and the it'll be home for a relaxing evening I think. I did a bit of scrapping Friday night too and came up with this for the Unpubbed Challenge.

The journaling was done a while ago as part of a blog entry actually and it reads:
What is it about that first cup of coffee in the morning?? I just love it! There's the wonderful smell of the coffee after you grind the beans and then there's the sound of it running through the coffee maker. Of course, we have an older coffee maker, so it's a bit noisier than most I imagine. It's all part of my morning coffee experience though! Then, you pour that hot, dark liquid into the cup just anticipating the taste. I only use one of 2 cups for my coffee - the one in the picture and another floral one that's even bigger. The size and weight of the cup is important! I also need to make sure it's a substantial cup as I don't want to be running back and forth for more right away.

I add my French Vanilla creamer to the coffee and stir gently. The anticipation as I bring the cup up to my mouth and get another smell of that wonderful brown liquid. And then there's that first steaming hot sip that seems to permeate every part of you and really means the day has started (whether or not I've already had a shower - which I usually have by the time I get my first cup!). Yes, I really do love my morning cup of coffee and can't imagine going without it!

Well, guess I'd better run this morning and go get ready for work! Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Cheers,
Colleen

Scattergories

I lifted this off Anilu's blog from yesterday and wanted to play! I love Scattergories and used to make my ESL students play too when I was teaching!

The game is SCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks!

Here are the rules: * Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the questions.
* They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up!
* If you can't think of anything, skip it.
* You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Colleen

1. Famous Singer/Band: Cranberries

2. 4 letter word: Carp

3. Street: Columbia St. (local)

4. Color: Crimson

5. Gifts/Presents: Candles

6. Vehicle: Cadillac

7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Calendar

8. Boy Name: Chris

9. Girl Name: Carrie

10. Movie Title: Casino Royale - the last one I saw!

11. Drink: Chu-hi - Amazing Japanese drink!

12. Occupation: Carpenter

13. Celebrity: Chris Isaak

14. Magazine: Cosmo

15. U.S. City: Carlsbad, California

16. Pro Sports Teams: Calgary Flames

17. Fruit: Cantaloupe

18. Reason for Being Late for Work: Car accident

19. Something You Throw Away: coffee grounds

20. Things You Shout: Careful!

21. Cartoon Character: Chicken Little

as for other things going on around here...it's a big day because Kyle is going to "A Day Out with Thomas" with Grandpa and Daddy! He's more than a little excited and has been asking me to show him when on the calendar all the time. He's been telling people everywhere he goes lately too! I hope they have a good day and that it doesn't rain.

Nathan and I have the day to ourselves as a result, so I think I'm going to try and get a few things done that I couldn't otherwise since I'll have the car today too. Might try and get a little scrapping in at some point too if I can - maybe when Nathan has his nap. I'm sure the house will be calling me to do a little cleaning/picking up too especially since I worked the last 2 nights and that doesn't usually bode well for the house I'm afraid.

We did manage to get out of our jammies yesterday and went for a walk in the drizzle. Couldn't go to the park since everything was wet, but it was good to get some exercise and fresh air. A we're walking, Kyle says to me "What do you want to be when you grow up?". Well, I stifled a giggle at the question and nice to know he thinks I'm not grown up yet! Anyway, this is some of the conversation that ensued:

Kyle: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Me: A mummy
Kyle: NO! Really!
Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Kyle: A player
Me: (insert giggle) What kind of player?
Kyle: A spin the wheel player.
Me: Oh you want to be a game show player!?
Kyle: YEAH!! What do you want to be when you grow up? (question again!)
Me: A teacher.
Kyle: No way! Are you a teacher?
Me: Yes. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Kyle: A soccer player.

This conversation went around and around about 5 or 6 times and every time I asked what he wanted to be, I got a different answer. I love these conversations that just pop up.

Well, better run for now! Have a great day!
Cheers,
Colleen

A Thursday morning...

Well, it's another rainy morning here. Not sure what the forecast is for today, but the last I heard, it wasn't very good. It doesn't really matter in the sense that we don't have much planned other than maybe a walk or a trip to the park if it clears up a bit. Might be a "jammies day" if things don't improve out there!

Well, I worked last night after having the kids all day. It's funny, but I don't ever really feel tired until I get home. I guess because they're such different types of jobs, that when I go to the store, it actually can be a great feeling for me. It was really busy last night too with the 40% off cardstock that's going on right now. I probably spent an hour helping two women that were friends that were looking for different colours of paper! I work again tonight too, so I hope it's the same. Makes for a quick night!

Kyle had a great day yesterday because they had a field trip for preschool. They told the kids about this a couple of weeks ago and he's been asking ever since! They went to the fire hall and apparently it was a great success. Some of them got in one of the trucks though Kyle passed on that. They showed the kids what the fireman looked like all dressed in his gear with a mask and everything. They spent a bit of time talking about fires and what to do and watched a little movie. Kyle LOVED it! The funny thing is that after all that, George set off the fire alarm with the toaster last night, so Kyle and I had a talk about that this morning and why we have it!

I managed to get another layout done for the team challenge at Scrapperie. I'm also hoping to find someone to fill in for me while I'm gone so that my partner doesn't suffer from me being away on vacation for a bit! Have to see what I can do! Any takers for a scrap proxy?? hee hee

This is the layout I did and the only requirement was that it had to have 5 pictures. I had a couple more pages to scrap of our Canada Day last year, but here's one anyway!

Well, better go get a couple more things done and grab my coffee since it's done now before Nathan wakes up and Sophia gets here. Kyle's busy having his breakfast!

Gotta run, but have a great day!
Cheers,
Colleen

A New Day...

I never realized how important the half hour from 6:30-7am was until yesterday! I get up at 6am when George leaves for work and Kyle is generally up about that time too (much to my dismay and not for lack of trying other things to get him to sleep in!). I get him breakfast and then have my shower and start getting myself ready and make a cup of coffee. In that precious half hour before Nathan gets up and Sophia gets here, I generally sit in front of the computer and have my coffee and putter. I guess this is also my way of getting ready for the day too though because Sophia was here early yesterday and changed my routine.

Apparently, Sophia was not cooperating and was making it hard for Brian to get ready. Tracy had a meeting downtown to go to and had time to drop Sophia off, so I got a 6:30 phone call about doing that and 5 minutes later, they were here. Well, I'm afraid Sophia was about the same here and was for the rest of the day! I think she's teething and just isn't herself, but in all of that, I really missed my half hour to get ready for the day. That teething made for a long day though. Missing that time yesterday made me appreciate it all that much more this morning even though Kyle's been singing since he got up!!

I had a wonderful mail day though! I got a note that there was a package for the the day before, so after we'd had lunch, I packed up the kids and we headed off to the post office. I was so excited to see that it was a box of scrapbooking stuff that I'd won from Toni over at 2Peas on one of the challenge threads. Thanks Toni - I love all of it! So much fun stuff with stamps, chipboard, ribbon, etc! Can't wait to use it!

I also did some more scrapping last night for the challenge over at Scrapperie. The challenge was to do a layout with 1 circle, 1 square, 1 rectangle and 1 star. It was really fun! Here's mine:

This was the Challenge at 2Peas: Write about your whys/why nots for commenting on other ppl's blogs. Why do you leave comments? Why do you read something and choose not to leave a comment? Why do you comment on some blogs, and not on others?

I generally do try and leave comments on people's blogs if I'm taking the time to look. If there's really nothing I can relate to then I might not, but I'll even then post something like "Sounds like a a busy day" or something like that. I like getting comments on mine and it doesn't take that long if I'm looking anyway. If I have time to look, I figure I have time to comment.

Well, better run for now and do a couple more things before my day really begins here. Kyle's going to preschool today and they're off to the fire hall, so he's been excited for a week! Too bad it's raining though for our walk!

Have a great one!
Cheers,
Colleen

Catching up...

Let's see...where to start? I know it hasn't been that long since I blogged, but it feels like it for some reason! Guess we had a busy weekend and maybe that's why.

Friday was our anniversary, but before we had a night out, the kids and I had a busy day! Mum came early and we got ourselves all packed up and headed off to the local Children's Festival. We were glad we went early because it was a hot day! Laurel and Alexander and Claude and Even came to pick up Kyle in the van since I can't get all three kids in the car. After getting there, we found out where the preschool area was and the kids played in there for ages. There were things to climb, bounce and play on as well as a sandbox. There was a kite making station too, so I helped Kyle do that while mum watched the little ones. It was great to have her there and it meant I could do a few more things with Kyle too.

We decided we needed something to eat and a drink, so we went and found all the food stands. Mum and I had the obligatory mini doughnuts and a drink. Kyle, of course, didn't want any! hee hee I'd brought snacks/drinks for Nathan and Sophia too thankfully, but Nathan wanted doughnuts as well. I also got kyle a piece of pizza since he was going to be there a while. Mum, the little ones and I packed it in around 10:30 since they needed a nap and Kyle stayed with Laurel. They saw a concert after we left and Kyle ended up on stage dancing! They also went and ran around in the water park for a while too, so Kyle was more than happy!

Of course, on Friday night, George and I had an evening out to ourselves. We were lucky enough to have mum here to watch the kids, so we went to Anducci's for dinner. It's great Italian food if you've never been. The portions are ridiculously huge, so we decided to order a salad first and share a pasta. We also had some garlic bread and even between the two of us, we didn't quite finish everything! We popped over to the mall across the street too because we needed a wedding gift for Saturday and it was nice to walk around holding hands and be able to do things at our pace without having to answer a million questions or deal with Nathan trying to squirm out of the stroller. It was nice just to spend some time together and we need to do it more often!

This is the card I made for George as an anniversary card:

Saturday was a fairly relaxing day and we really didn't get up to too much. I scrapped a bit and Kyle and George washed the car and did some weeding. We tried to get Kyle to nap since he was going to be up late, but no go! We'd been invited to an Indian wedding and though the invitation said 6pm for the reception, we were told to come about 7pm, so we did! Well, it was a reception for about 400 people and there was hardly anyone there when we got there. The hall was stunning though complete with an ice sculpture and the whole bit.

We found a table and eventually saw some other people we knew. A lot of people showed up between 7:30 and 8 and by about 8pm, they put out appetizers! The food was fantastic though some people at our table found it really spicy. Some had never had Indian food either and were asking lots of questions. The couple showed up about 8:30 maybe and they cut the cake, there was a dance performance and a slide show and then the first dance. While that was all happening, there were plates of "finger food" coming around to the tables - all of it amazing. By about 9:30-9:45, Kyle was getting really tired and they were still doing some dancing. It was going to be a while until dinner, so we ended up going and picking up Nathan at Tracy's. As it was, by the time we got home, it was almost 10:30 - a late, but fun night for Kyle!

Sunday was a relaxing day for the most part. Did a little grocery shopping and went for a drive out to the store I work at (so I could pick up a couple of things), but not too much going on!
I did manage to get some scrapping done in the last little bit and these are a couple I did. The first was for a challenge at Scrapperie to use a TV show name as a title for a layout and this idea immediately came to me as something I'd been thinking about scrapping for a while and hadn't. It's a layout about mum and how thankful I am that she's an amazing cancer survivor along with being everything else that she is.

This one is for the One Little Word Challenge that was inspired by the Ali Edwards blog challenge at the beginning of the year. Had fun with this one and got to use a blurry picture of Nathan. It's all about how he seems to be in a perpetual state of motion these days and doesn't like to stop!

Well, better run for now, but hope everyone is having a great week!

Cheers,

Colleen

5 Years Ago Today...

It's hard to belive that at this time 5 years ago I was probably having my hair and make-up done for our wedding! It seems like only yesterday that we were getting ready and enjoying a gorgeous day like today!

The reality is that it's been a jam-packed 5 years. We've moved into our own house and had 2 lovely little boys. I'm now staying at home with them rather than teaching and who knows what the future has in store for all of us. I can only say that with each and every day I truly do feel very lucky.

I love you George and thank you for being a wonderful husband.
Colleen