Easter

Have a blessed Easter .....

From our little Family .....

Sammy's first Easter spent in Heaven ....

How special is that !

Saint Patrick's Day Weekend Recap

The weekend started off with John and the kiddos bowling for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, representing hubby's work. 

Little Man got a haircut .

Could ya tell?

He can see again :)

Hal bowling ...

Mag bowling ...

Coop ~ again ~ bowling ....

In case you couldn't tell .... :)

Sunday morning we were treated to Shrek green pancakes ...

Saint Patty's Day after all :)

Then it was off to church ...

Which is a huge deal ! - My second time back since Sammy died. 

I have been avoiding public places since I turn into a blubbering crying mess around humans !

I made it through, jaw clenched from holding back tears and escaped at the end of the service so I didn't have to  - you know ~ Socialize !

Then it was off to the good ole' USA for our weekly shopping trip :)

We were greeted at the border by a sweet woman who informed us that we had been randomly selected by the computer to be checked and have our vehicle searched :) Lovely :)

I really feel at this point to let you know that I wanted to take my van over this day but hubby wanted to take the car from work so he could fill it with gas ...

O.K. ~  Back to my story.

So we parked under the canopy and all filed into the building , where hubby filled out paperwork , while they searched the car ....

15 minutes later - we had passed with flying colors and were free to go! So we thought :)

Breathed a sigh of relief, got everyone buckled into the car and ready to go shopping !

Hubby turned the key ~ Nothing !

Hubby turned the key again ~ Nothing !

And on and on and on ~ You get where I'm going here ... right ?

So with head hung in shame ~ John headed back into the border office to ask for help ...

They couldn't have been any sweeter to us, two border men tried to give the car a boost, and made the kids and I go back inside so we could stay warm ...

They were so kind :)

Notice I said tried to give the car a boost !

Yup! Didn't work ....

No amount of boosting was going to start that car :)

So then it was time for hubby to call for help. He called Glazier who he works with. ( and yes Glazier is his real name ).

Glazier called us a tow truck ..

Thank-you Glazier :)

I would like to point out that Glazier is a great name, just not one you often hear ! I'm also banking on the fact that Glazier is probaly not one of the 34 people who follow and read my blog :)

Again !

Thank-You Glazier :)

So then it was time to sit again and wait for our tow truck to come across the border ....

This is Patrick who came clear from Canada to rescue us :)

Patrick on Saint Patrick's Day ~ Ho Hum :)

and loaded up the sick car ....

He drove us back to our homeland ....

Where the shopping is not so sweet ....

This was the day of course I chose to dump the boots and socks my feet have been living in for the past 5 months and dig out the pretty shoes ....

So my feet froze ! 

Lesson learned !

You will breakdown on the day you chose to not wear socks :)

Did I mention ..... ?

There is still snow here !

My girls ...

Rolling with the punches ....

Purses filled with their saved allowance money ....

We .

Will .

Try . 

This .

Again .

Next .

Week .

Girlies .

Just a hunch but ....

Me thinks the boy thought this was great! 

He didn't have to sit in a shopping cart and stroll the aisles of the Walmart, instead he got to ride in a big truck!

 Afternoon save for Coop!

Wait a minute ....

Aren't we supposed to be sitting back there ????

Home Again, Home Again ....

Where I had to do my shopping this week ...... :(

I'll .

Live .

And that was Saint Patrick's Day weekend folks !

Happy First Day of Spring ~ Canadian Style

Can anyone find my van ?????

Happy First Day of Spring ....

From CANADA ....

I Know, I know ....

You so wish you were here :) 

Meanwhile .....

I dream of ....

Spring days when I saw palm trees ...

and stood near cactus ....

Ok, maybe not here ...

 Wearing jackets - 

Still too cold ....

This is better ....

See that sunshine ....

:)

But that was then and this is reality ....

WELCOME SPRING :)

Snow Days

The month of March definately didn't come in like a lamb but instead roared in like a lion ...

We went to sleep on the last day of February ....

And woke up the next morning to a foot of SNOW ...

We spent the morning in out of the cold and turned the living room into a huge fort ....

Then the kiddos could wait no more ... 

and we headed out to the hills after the tractor plowed us out ....

Though it is beautiful ....

I am so over the snow and the cold ....

Instead I'm dreaming that spring will soon be here  ...

 Not long now ....

Though I did hear some horribly bad news about a huge snowstorm coming next week ...

Sigh .....

I'll just keep dreaming I guess :)

Hubby's Birthday

When you have little girls ...

You wake up to every special day with your very own homemade sign ....

Girls are thoughtful like that :)

They also secretly set their alarm clock for way before the turkeys even wake up ...

and fix their daddy a special breakfast ....

Little Man slept through the early morning breakfast ...

He decided to wait and celebrate after the sun came up :)

His Mama agreed and may have laid back down after taking pictures ...

but again ..

there is no proof ~ since I hold the camera :)

We had big plans to go out for supper and do a little shopping to celebrate hubby's birthday  ...

but about an hour before John was due to arrive home from work ....

a little blizzard blew in with a BOOM !

So there went our plans ...

Anyone see where the driveway and the road used to be ???

I of course was unprepared ...

For a freak storm that is ...

So the birthday boy came to the rescue ....

With some Subway drive through ...

Hey ! 

At least we ate ...

And finished off with the skor cheesecake - complete with the Wiggles candle ( because someone forgot to buy candles as well ) .... Not my best day - for being prepared that is ...

We made do and had a great time anyways :)

Happy Birthday Hun :)