Corner Gas Moment...

OK, so I'm up in the middle of the night with Gabe and I thought I would share one of my favorite Corner Gas clips. I wasn't able to figure out how to put my favorite clip on my blog but I did the next best thing and added this link so you can watch it on youtube and enjoy it hopefully without much trouble.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPSNtyQcs9I

If you know Ed at all, you know that the poor guy has crazy eye allergies that act up every now and again and he ends up with really red eyes. After watching this episode with all its pink eye jokes we have adopted many of them into our house.

Wanda:"We'll be back!!!"
Brent:"We??
Wanda:"Me, and my PINK EYE!!"

It cracks Ed and I up every time.

The episode is called Contagious Fortune (Season 5) You can find in on www.ctv.ca just click on programs then program list if you want to watch the whole epidsode. I don't think you'll regret it if you do!!

Anyways I hope you find it as funny as We did...and if not I shake my head at you in disbelief.

Oh and if you are wondering who 'We' are it is... Ed and his RED EYE!!!..Bwaahhaahaha

More Toddler Stories....

So Leanne's cute little story about Sammy got me to thinking of some of the conversations that I have had with Eliana lately. This age group really does have some of the cutest ways of seeing and responding to the world around them. Like the other day while I was putting Eliana's hair up into some pony tails and she put her hand in her pocket and said, "Here mommy, money you". Of course it was pretend money so I said thank-you and 'took' the money from her hand and carried on doing her hair. She suddenly exclaimed, "Mommy, money in my hair now!!" She was not satisfied until I took the 'money' from her hair and put it safely away in my pocket...

Another random Eliana event that actually had Ed and I laughing the other day had to do with spilled milk. Ed had given Eliana a cup of milk to carry over to the table. On the way she stumbled and the milk sloshed a little onto the floor. Then Eliana stepped on that very little spill and completely lost her balance and tossed the entire glass of milk up into the air....Murphy's law...most of it landed on top of her head and she was covered in milk from head to toe. It was one of those moments that seemed completed animated and despite the fact that there was a mess and Eliana was completely traumatized; Ed and I couldn't help but laugh. Eliana had to wait the extra 15 seconds as we took pictures of her misfortune. I'm sure that is against some parent code book but don't worry we gave her lots of hugs and bribed her with treats afterward.

This is the pic that we got.



Gabriel also had a moment of sublime cuteness the other day. He has always loved the vacuum, for whatever reason, and now that he is moving about he follows it around when it is being used. So the other day Ed figured he would use Gabriel's natural interest and harness it for greater cleanliness of our house.

I think I will love this pic forever.

'Full' from a Thesaurus' Perspective

Has it been a little crazy lately for anyone else out there!?! Life doesn't seem just busy, it has seemed a little more 'Full' than ususal.

I don't know if 'Full' is the word I am looking for, maybe,....
abounding, abundant, adequate, awash, big, bounteous, brimful, burdened, bursting, chockablock, chock-full, competent, complete, crammed, crowded, entire, extravagant, glutted, gorged, imbued, impregnated, intact, jammed, jammed full, jam-packed, laden, lavish, loaded, overflowing, packed, packed like sardines, padded, plenteous, plentiful, plethoric, profuse, replete, running over, sated, satiated, satisfied, saturated, stocked, stuffed, sufficient, suffused, surfeited, teeming, voluminous, weighted, would be more appropriate.

I think for everyone of those words I could categorize a part of my experience; except for maybe chockablock, I never even heard that one before. (Although it does make me think of a chocolate block and I think a block of chocolate would fill me up anytime.)
Aside from chockablock though I think I can use a few more of those words to explain what I mean.
Abundantly, Lavishly, Sufficiently - We have been blessed in so many areas of our lives; a million amazing little stories every day.
Complete, Crammed, Teeming, Entire, Bounteous and Abounding - Ed and my kids are the beautiful pieces in my life that make it what it is. Plus I am finding children that walk and talk sure keep life interesting!
Competent, Loaded, Sufficient and Satisfied -I think of our jobs and I am so thankful that we are where we are.
Weighted, Laden, Awash and Burdened - I see the sorrow and stresses that are hitting close to home and feel its effect directly and indirectly.
Voluminous, Plentiful, Extravagant and Stuffed - I feel the dreams in my heart and wish for them to become suffused in my life.
Impregnated - We have even been able to join in the joy of seeing some new little people arrive (Bethany, Dani, and Tatum)and wait for several more friends to bring their little bundles of joy into the world...lol I couldn't resist using that one :)
Crowded, Jammed, Packed like Sardines - That reminds me, Stacey and Mauricio want to rent something other than a one bedroom before their second little one arrives! If you know of anything in this area let me know :)

Aside from playing with thesauruses life really has been full; and it really is the sort of full that invites us to take hold of all God has for us to experience and learn. It feels like one of those seasons that may not be all that comfortable in the sense that a lot of change is on the horizon but hopefully with change comes growth and discovery.

PS - I hope you enjoyed my Plethoric probable misuse of vocabulary.

Yay for mobile gadgetry

So our new laptop came in yesterday and the last 24hrs I have been happily obsessed with it. Its not the latest and greatest but its not outdated yet :) The nice part about having a laptop now is that I can actually type and have the screen right in front of me!! I know this probably doesn't sound like a special feature but we have been using our other computer as a TV so we had our 42" as our computer screen. This has meant that I have been trying to read the screen from off to one side because our keyboard was stuck there. Anyway to say the least I am quite pleased that I can actually read what I am typing now!

I am having fun setting up my new files and folders, and figuring out the new programs and such.
Anyway enough of this.
TTFN

Grappling with a Harsh Reality

Had a rather hectic, emotional weekend helping my Grandma who phoned to tell me she was stuck on the floor and couldn't move. We got her an ambulance and to the hospital where there was not a lot of good news. Broken hip, heart murmur and the cancer that she is already fighting.

I see my Grandma now so frail, once so robust, and wonder what it must be like to watch your body succumb to the years going by. Watching the world change several times over. It must be an odd experience to know that after living a life time and 'escaping' an early death that death still waits around the inevitable corner. My Grandma and I have had some very candid conversations about death, and even her death. What it will be like for us as a family when she is gone. I appreciate her honesty and frankness but for all her confidence that it's ok for life to take its course; I see flashes of uncertainty and even fear in her eyes. What a surreal experience to see death coming.

From the outside looking in, death is always hard to grapple with. It comes fast, it comes slow, it comes unexpectedly, it comes inevitably. Weather it makes us hold our breath or try to catch our breath it effects us all. Now it feels as though death is the enemy but I know one day I will understand God's mercy in letting us die and escape this broken world so that we can experience everything how He intended. Though, for now, death still robs us. It robs us of our loved ones and friends. It robs us of time...and I resent that.

I am learning to let go and to trust. I know that I am not in control when it comes to the life and death moments of those I love. Its a gut wrenching feeling of helplessness and dread some days but then I am reminded of who Christ is and I choose to trust that now 'what I understand in part, then I will fully know'.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

So I am sure most are aware of the extreme amount of snow that has been falling here in BC this winter. If you are like us your awareness of the snow is sitting under 3ft of it!!



I went out and took some pics trying to capture this crazy winter.
The pics didn't really do it for me,
so I went and tried shovling off our roof,
which also didn't do it for me,
so I jumped off the roof into a big pile of snow
which made my day.



Selah is acctually in this next pic right below the window.



She also enjoyed some play time on the snow banks along our driveway

Our Christmas...

This holiday season was awesome, so crazy busy that I am surprised that our house is actually still intact, but a seriously great season.

Christmas itself was great this year. Eliana and Gabe were so fun to watch Christmas morning. We kept presents simple but still really fun. Eliana wanted to sing happy birthday for Jesus...which we did, complete with a candle...lol
My sister came home, as well as a couple of my cousins that have been off on their own adventures and we were able to collect most of my family to spend Christmas day together. It has been a long time since so many of us where able to gather which made it extra special.

Boxing Day was a super fun reunion as well, as all of us cousins that grew up together got together for a night of games and spontaneous nativity scene recreation. My family means the world to me and it was so great to reconnect with everyone.


New Years we went and hung out at the Haak farm and enjoyed some hot dogs and a hay ride. I was super impressed with how powerful tractors are!! That thing was pulling us through a lot of snow and up some pretty slippery hills!!
Eliana was quite impressed with the stars... she spent most the hayride looking up saying "wow...mommy (l)ook! Stars" It was pretty cute. Ed seemed to enjoy his time as well and was mostly impressed by how well his new rabbit fur hat worked.
Gabe just slept.
After the hayride we came home and spent the rest of the evening playing some games and watching a movie with some friends.

Everyone got a flu New Years day so we hung out with my parents as my mom kept tabs on all of us sickies. Eliana was the only one to escape totally unscathed. Gabes flu hit him as we were traveling up to see Eds family. Poor little guy. Gabe recovered but our van is still suffering and I am quite glad that it is cold outside or we may have all scummed to the fumes...lol

So yes overall our holiday was really good. Lots of family time and great memories with the kids. Eliana loved 'Jesus birthday' and all the sweets. Gabe refined his crawling and ate his fair share of wrapping paper. Ed and I got to spend time together which is always so fun.

We're pretty darn blessed.