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happy easter everyone!

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  Well another Easter has come and gone.  The kiddos are in bed.  Hubs just finished doing the dishes and now we are going to sit down and watch a movie together or something and just relax. Speaking of relaxing — that is exactly what we did today.  It’s Easter Sunday and we did our [...]

new years eve pj party with friends

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Ringing in the New Year is always a big deal for many people. For us, it’s about spending time with the kids, not without them. So each year we look for ways not to ditch the kids and go drinking (been there done that) but to find ways to spend time not only with our [...]

christmas countdown day twenty-five: merry christmas 2011

Santa came!

I woke up to a bawling child. I checked the clock, it read: 4:30 am. The tears and crying over-powered my existing urge to crawl my ass back to bed. “What is it, honey?” I picked Trace up in my arms, whom by the way was in the bathroom with the door shut sitting on [...]

christmas countdown day twenty-four: christmas eve with the family

Trace and T my nephew

I can hardly believe it’s Christmas Eve. Where did the time go? It’s like we blinked and BAM – another year over. I also cannot wrap my mind around the fact that it’s going to be 2012.  I feel old and as if I’m coming out of some space movie or something. When we were [...]

christmas countdown day twenty two: happy seven year anniversary baby!

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It’s official, FD and I made it past the seven year itch, and without the calamine lotion. How great is that?  Today, seven years ago, we stood in the living room of my mom and dad’s living room, me dressed in white, FD in his tux looking so dapper, everyone teary-eyed, while we made our [...]

christmas countdown day twenty one: i’m all alone this christmas and kinda liking it

Christmas decoration

Well it’s now two days before Christmas and the house is extremely quiet.  Why you ask?  For starters I’m two boys short.  FD (Forgetful Dad) and JJ are not here.  They are up in Prince George, visiting FD’s parents for the holidays, and right now it’s just Trace and I, all alone, by ourselves, and [...]

christmas coundown day nineteen: how to avoid the holiday weight gain

Santa girl eating cake

It’s inevitable, never failing, the smells wafer throughout the kitchen, the table is strewn with them, plate after plate, rich and creamy items, sugary items, items that call my name from two doors down, come eat me!  Christmas always brings out the holiday cheer along with everything I should NOT eat, and resisting is more [...]

christmas countdown day eighteen: happy birthday shayne!

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It’s December 18th and it’s a very special day in our family. It’s my baby brother’s birthday!  Shayne turned thirty-two today, which I cannot believe.  He’s six years younger than me and the baby in the family, last child born, and best one of all of us kids. I don’t see my brother very often, [...]