Off to the mountain...

Our sweet preteen drama queen is off to the big Whistler Mountain this morning.  Growing up so quickly and learning how to snowboard.  I hope she has a great time and loves it as much as her brother does.

I'm working in a new office now due to an unfortunate turn of events and am meeting some fabulous people that I would never have grown so close to.  It has turned out to be a fun adventure.  Long hours but with good people.

Our girls are enjoying their new dance routines and year end costumes are paid for.  They are doing great and it's turned out to be an excellent choice for both of them.

The adventurous teenager of ours is off to Big White soon for the big spring break holiday.  Always a big highlight for him.  He can exercise his passion for snowboarding.

Dancing their drama out...

Musical theater is where my girls are headed.  They burn off energy and gain new skills to channel their drama through.  Let the practicing begin... First class down for one and the little one goes next week.  Very exciting for her.

Feb 3rd it's been 10 years baby...and raised 3 kids...

It's like a rollercoaster but we hang on tight and we've worked soooo hard.  Marriage and parenting are the hardest things I've ever done.  Going to work everyday...that's the easy part.  They are all worth every second of it though.  I can't wait for all the years to come as our family grows and the celebrations get bigger.  My favorite part of having my 3 kids is looking forward to the huge Christmases when they bring all their spouses home for celebrations.  It's starting already.  The fuller the house the funner we have.

Time to get my peanuts ready for school...

Super Bowl Party...

Cousins...Family...Fun...Food...what more could we ask for.  Fun all around.  The kids running around in fear that all of their cousins cannot come if they don't clean up.  lol  Truth be told I don't even really know for sure if it's football or not that is of the super bowl sort.  ha  I just get things ready and visit...I'm not a spectator.  My husband has been planning this for months.

We took our little sweet pea on an adventure to Ikea...loaded up the shopping cart and she is wowwed with her new finds in her bedroom.  It was fun for her to pick out some pieces that she loved to decorate her bedroom.  Although daddy let her get a sheepskin rug that they both fell in love with...ha she says she feels like a princess.  If that's all it takes then that's what I love.

Last weekend our adventure was to Granville island market to visit the kids market and get some live crab for dinner than night.  The kids had a blast.  The preteen found a hello kitty doll that she had to have and our little one found an indestructible piggy bank like we have been searching for so she can empty and refill to count and re count her money over and over and over again.  At this age for our girl this is a must have.  How much do I have now is a big question for this little banker.  Unfortunately her previous piggy banks have all broken on her with many tears to follow.  So she is happy now and piggy lives happily on her desk.  The kids each had friends over for dinner to enjoy the smashing crab experience.  Fun was had by all and laughter was screeching through the house.  They loved it.  A definite must do for the sheer enjoyment of the experience and deliciousness of it all.  The kids friends were very impressed. 

My pictures have been swallowed up by my laptop I think.  I need to figure out where my camera sent them to on here.  UGH  The people a The Lobster Man where we got the crab made the preteen take pictures with hello kitty and the live crab.  It was very funny.  They offered her two lobsters in trade for hello kitty. lol  She was not going to bite on that trade.  We thought she was a nut.  The little one pet the crabs and we laughed as she squealed with fear that it might chase her.  Then we taped daddy singing silly songs all the way home and he didn't even know it.  All he said was "that better not end up on facebook" lol

Yay uh game sports day.  lol

Rest...Relaxation...a mindless break...I am in love...

My boss is away for 2 weeks and I am able to work from home and go in to work to pick up the mail.  I am in heaven.  I forgot what it was like to be at home without my darling husband lurking around the corner awaiting our next adventure of catchup to be ready for the week ahead.  That's what we do.  We try to stay ahead of life trying to make sure the house doesn't fall to pieces, the kids don't harvest mold in there rooms with old snack wrappers, oh and the dogs ohhhh the dogs and the hair they produce.  I could go on about floors that need to be washed, dusting oh forget it.  I'm RELAXING!!!  There is a smell right now though I could do without and I'm afraid to go looking for it.....

I'm RELAXING....and I love it.  I have missed this feeling to sit and type about nothing and just RELAX...

BUT then the phone rings as I'm typing this and...

lump on sons dad's groin area is growing and he doesn't know who to tell or what to do...STRESSSSSSS  Lymphoma sucks. 

I think I will go clean so I can try and forget that phone call.  No wonder my eye is twitching....I work for son's dad's doctor and I need to deal with this.  Must call cancer clinic and tell them.  UGH  Did I mention my boss is away for 2 weeks AKA son's dad's doctor.


Cleaning the house is blissful.....what is that smell now.  I think I'll go find that.

BUT son's dad's lungs are OK.

Holidays...

are creeping up sooo fast.  I find working doesn't allow much time to enjoy.  I have to remind myself to stop and breath and soak it all in.  I wish I could create the magic that time would allow me to do.  So many ideas but I need time to stand still for a bit to allow it to happen.  PEACE HEALTH & HAPPINESS are my wish for everyone.  I feel surrounded by chaos.  I will look hard for time to relax and breath.  My heart is going to fast lately and it makes me feel so jittery which I think is part of the problem.

Stress is such a dangerous side effect of so many experiences for me.  I wish I could turn my mind off for a bit and just think about enjoying the good that we have and the positive experiences in our little world.  They are there.  I will stop worrying about others and worry about myself for a little while.  Concentrate on the positive and release the negative...rinse and repeat.  A new mantra...of sorts.

Please god don't let there be anymore crazy stress at work today...perspective maybe perspective would help.

Lymphoma

My son's biological father is newly diagnosed with Lymphoma.  It is found in 4 places and he just had a ct scan of his lungs to be sure it hasn't spread to them.  No mother should have to tell a child that a parent has cancer.  Society tells us that the C word means death eventually.  Needless to say my 15 year old took a mental health day upon this news.  There was never a good time to tell him.

I hope this journey has a happy ending.  We are entering this with all the positive thoughts, prayers, and hope that any family can hold.  A happy ending is needed.