And it poured, and poured, and poured

So a quick update.  Caleb's surgery went fine, all healed and raring to go again.  My Dad is doing fine, slowly but surely making a full recovery.  What threw us all for a loop was that on the Friday (Dad was Wednesday, Caleb was Thursday) my Uncle Michael ended up on the table as well for a triple by-pass!  So three surgeries in three days...  but he is recovering well.

Other than that we spent a great (but rather cold temperature-wise) weekend at the cottage - my kids went with my brother and his girlfriend for this week and DH and I will go to their home on the weekend to collect them back.  Only took them 7.5 hours on Monday to get home, so cross your fingers we make it faster with it being a Saturday afternoon instead of a Monday of a long weekend.

One down, one to go....

Dad is out of surgery and recovering well (so far).  Thank you for all the prayers, kind thoughts and wishes....next up is Caleb....tonsils come out tomorrow!

When it rains, it pours....

I've been lack in updating everyone.  2013 has been a year I do not care to repeat and things are not getting any better.  This week (July 21-27), sees two people I love very much undergoing surgery.  My Dad will be having his prostate removed due to cancer on Wednesday and Thursday my littlest man will be having his tonsils removed.  So, I will try my best to come and update everyone on what transpires, but if you don't hear from me, please assume no news is good news!

Top of the world...

HELLO WORLD!  Those were the words my boys were shouting from the top of the crazy chair our friend Jim made in Georgian Bay.  On a track and rollers, they slide this monster out closer to the Bay during the summer months and pull it back into the protection of the woods for the fall and winter.

This thing is  HUGE, well, you can see how big it is  - four adults and two kids can sit comfortably across the front, with room to spare.
From left to right:  my husband, Cameron, myself, Caleb, my Mom and my Dad.

 We had a beautiful long weekend in September with our friends Sheila and Smitty in their beautiful home and cottage, which shares the same property.

A quiet day...

After all the crazy times around Christmas, the kids and I are home alone, enjoying some quiet time and time with the new toys! Christmas Eve was lovely, my inlaws were over and my MIL and I took the boys to the kids advent at church for 4pm and arrived home to a wonderful salmon supper prepared by FIL and DH. Then on to our tradition on new jammies and a new movie for the evening. Boys in jammies and we watched Ice Age - Dawn of the Dinosaur (well, they watched, I stitched). Then inlaws headed for home and the boys vibrated their way to their beds. Christmas morning started around 6:30am (not bad for a 7 and 3 year old in the house) with excitement that "SANTA CAME!!!!" and the gift opening that followed. Brunch on Christmas Day at the inlaws was lovely, gutbusting filling but very tasty and the rest of the day was spent just chatting and enjoying everyones company. The kids all received new movies so the DVD player was setup in the bedroom and the four kids (aged 13/9/7/3) took turns watching their movies and napping. For the first time since DH and I have been together we were able to come home on Christmas night, normally my Aunt or Mom have dinner on Christmas day but they changed the plans this year which we were fine with. So home to sleep and then up on Boxing Day and headed to my parents. Late lunch with my family and a sleepover. The morning of the 27th was just like Christmas all over again for my kids, with my parents and brother and sister-in-law in the morning. We opted to go out last night for Greek - which was FABULOUS and then home again. Today DH is playing in a couple of games of hockey with his workmates and then they are going out celebrating - he plans to stay in town at his friends so it is just the boys and I today. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we are looking forward to ringing in the New Year with Dani and Todd again. All the best to your house from ours for 2010!

Great Weekend...

I had a great weekend.

How's that to start!

Friday night after work, DH and I packed up the boys and headed to my parents in Lansdowne for the night. Saturday we were up bright and early to head to the 145th Lansdowne Fair. I volunteered for the day to work one of the computers for the Masonic Chip Program which was sponsored by the Lansdowne Masons, which my grandfather, father, uncles, cousin and husband are all members. More information about the program can be found here...

My boys spent the whole day Saturday on the midway with my Dad. The three of them were very tired by the end of the day :-)

Sunday morning I packed the kids and the dog back into the car and headed for home. Then I stole my nephew for the afternoon so that I could head to Beth's for some stitching in the afternoon and early evening.

I got to see Beth and Judie (both blog-less), Dani, Christin, Beatrice and Beatrice's Mom-Adrianna!

Beatrice just had a beautiful happy dance so I promised I would get her the red pompoms (inside joke)...

God I love my Mom...

Just as a little background information, I was in a minor altercation with another vehicle last week on my way to work. I put a dent in a very nice lady's bumper on my way to work (my car doesn't have a scratch). So she took her van in and was originally quoted $1500.00 - I just about SH!T! As a working Mom paying a mortgage and everything else, $1500 is not something I just have laying around. So this lovely lady called me at work this morning to let me know that they had booked their van into the garage and the total was going to be much more reasonable, $800. Still more than I have laying around. So what am I supposed to do....I call my Mom. Love you Mom! Who offered to pay for the repairs for me and I can pay her back "as I can". Just thought I should share what a wonderful woman I have in my life... and seeing that Dad is the one working and paying this in the long run...I love him as well.