Family Photos

So, we finally decided to go professional. Actually, the school had a fundraiser with one of the local photo shops so we decided to take advantage of it!

I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas....

Okay, so the snow just keeps coming and coming and coming (what more could one ask for on Christmas eve?) take a look.....

These were taken from my bedroom window....can you see my blue flower pot? Wonder if my chives will survive (probably should have put them in the garage - oops)?

I better get back out there and shovel some more in between finishing up with house cleaning, making sugar cookies for the kids to decorate, preparing for tonights traditional events and tracking Santa's progress .

Merry Christmas

from our house to yours!!

Adrianna-ism

If you whip a cow and then get milk from it and whip that some more you get whipped cream?!?!???!!!

OR maybe.....

If you pick a cow up and shake it really good and then get the milk from it you have whipped cream?!??!!?!!!

Not sure where this conversation came from but it was very interesting......it makes you go hmmmmmm?

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Today is the first day of winter and boy has mother nature ever reminded us of what exactly that means snow, snow and more snow. For us westcoasters that's not generally our winter experience so one can only imagine the panic around here - what??? SNOW??!?!?!!! They really only need to move just a little ways inland to understand what winter is all about BUT isn't that why a westcoaster lives on the westcoast? To get AWAY from the cold, snowy winter weather? Well....not this winter EVERY Canadian gets to experience it this year whether they want to or not!


When we got home from Church today Adrianna and I headed out. She to play and me to shovel. What child doesn't like this weather? Where's Eli you might wonder? Inside watching a movie. Mmmmm maybe the novelty has already worn off for him? All those hours in the snow the other day must have given him just the right dosage........yeah right he'll be in it tomorrow like a dirty shirt or I mean like every other child!

Odd Maybe But Oh So Good

Primo's Roasted Vegetable Soup has got to be the BEST canned soup out there! Mmmm mmmmm good!

I was sooooo excited to find this in a random store today. Grocery stores don't carry it anymore, which was very upsetting so when I come across it it's like hitting the JACKPOT!!

I Love, Love, LOVE My Car

When we lived in Central BC we had a Subaru Outback and I loved that car. FANTASTIC in all conditions of weather mostly thanks to the incredible all-wheel drive system it had. When we moved to the Westcoast we felt it was overkill for the weather conditions we face here and also felt it was now or never to trade it in.

That was 2 1/2 years ago that we traded the Subaru in for a VW Jetta (I would highly recommend either vehicles). Our first winter was EXTREMELY mild (a skiff of snow). Last year we actually got a pretty good dump (for the Westcoast) but I was recovering and never drove in it. Yesterday was our first snowfall (a pretty decent one for the Westcoast) and I HAD to go out in it.

After venturing out on the side streets, major roads, bridges, farm roads, etc. I can say I LOVE my Jetta! Do I want to be driving out in it daily NO, especially with the crazy Westcoast drivers that have no clue how to drive in it BUT I wouldn't hesitate to jump into the Jetta and go for a spin!

Snow pictures coming.......maybe.......

Remembering The Meaning of Christmas

November was such a crazy busy month for me and at one point I really felt like I didn't know whether I was coming or going. Now it's December. The kids are out of school and we're unscheduled relaxing, visiting, playing, working, baking, etc. but most of all we're ENJOYING!!

Today the kids and I attend our Ward Christmas Brunch and the Primary children (pictured above) put on the nativity for the adults (Adrianna & Eli are to the left). It reminds us all of why we have Christmas and who we celebrate and why. It's also such an easy time of the year to serve one another and for me to teach my children that it's not all about me, me, me but also about those around us.

I love this time of year. I love that I have been taught about the Savior and what He did for us. I love that I now teach this to my children. I love that I try to serve others - family, friends and strangers a like. I love that my children are beginning to recognize how they can serve others too.

365 Days = Congratulations!!

For some reason I've had a VERY difficult time deciding when exactly my anniversary date would be........diagnostic date? Surgery date? End of treatment date? I even asked around!

I did celebrate on the anniversary date of my bilateral mastectomy thinking that was IT but it just DIDN'T really feel like it was 'the date'. I had only finished treatments 5 months prior and still didn't feel myself.

DECEMBER 11th

This marks the day I had my very last radiation appointment AND marked the last day of treatments......this IS my ANNIVERSARY date without a doubt. I can just feel how right that date is to continually celebrate my years of survival!!!

So on that note........

I'm a 1 Year Breast Cancer Survivor!!!