charlies birthday!

 we took the kids to hali for charlies 6th BIRTHDAY!!  i can not believe our charlie girl is 6!!  where has time gone?  the kids did some hot tubbing during the day. my sis and i hot tubbed at night. with NO kids!  that was awesome. i love the hot tub!

cry threw a super fun puppy party for the kids!  who doesnt love a party and a puppy! the perfect combo!

 the fill up station

 the kids played out doors most of the time. so fun this play structure is

 my 4

 quinn taking te girls for a ride. hes a great big coz to have around

 toilet water anyone?

 puppy cupcakes?

 puppy adoption station. as part of the take home gift, we had the kids pick and adopted a puppy

 this creature showed up

 uncle chris doing charlies hair before her party

 cry rented this bouncy, and the kids used it for about 10 mins and they went back to the play set in the back yard

 i jumped too!

 take homes!

 cry serving at the waffle bar. she was saying "please help" as i snapped and grabbed a plate and helped the kids with their toppings

 ellie i dont think left charlies side
joey slept through the party

 until cup cake time. shawn yelled "CUP CAKES" and it woke joey up, she was ok with that. she had a cup cake (im kidding)

 the kids adopting their puppies

 more kids

 joey seeing her puppy

 yea!  she loves it. haha

 happy joey

 more kids. there was a lot of kids at the party

 and nate got sick. he slept on the couch in the midst of the crazy

 joey and daddy

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Posted by mel at 9:43 AM

family

 we attempted to try fam pics....im not sure how they turned out. but this was an attempt at getting the kids together with mom and dad for a pic
take 20

 take 30

 i give up!

 some quiet chatter before supper, after a long day

 shawn was tired too

 we went to eat and nate fell asleep on the table. poor kid. he was really not feeling well

 me and my girls

 yes, the girls match. we like to do that. haha

 quinn!

 and taking yet, another nap

 the long ride home. actually it wasnt long the kids were great. here they were singing "let it go"

 joey too

 my fav thing to do.  lay in my hammock and swing with joey on my tummy

the best way to end the day! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 9:43 AM

Mr.Bosma

i've  mentioned in the past, that i followed the killing trial of timothy bosma closely...this is true.

  i cant gather why, i dont know.  but i have followed. and listened to so much. from each and every daily trail account, to the google searches and heart felt tears. i didnt know this man, or his wife or even his family. but for some reason 3 yrs ago, a random news article gripped my heart and i find myself 3 yrs later, following the murder trail. daily. 

something in me yells THIS IS SO WRONG!  so SENSELESS! so sad

why???

i dont know why, but from following this trial from moncton, to halifax, from airports to orlando ( where i spent my evenings, reading up on the daily events) from the last 4 months.until yesterday, when the jury went into succession (isolation) to determine their verdict.  i am at loss for words.

i have no idea why this case had effected me the way it has
i dont know "why i care" about someone i dont know, or will ever meet
or why i cry over a death so senseless
so unreal
so undeserving
so evil
 so unfair

god, you know our hearts before we even say a word. you know.  god be great in this case. as a jury sits and decides. be with the family of those who lost a son, a husband, a father, a friend, be great in all this....tim bosma.  rest in true peace

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Posted by mel at 7:58 PM

wkend

 last friday night, chris and i hired a babysitter and went out for dinner.  dinner was great.  cafe Archibald  never lets us down

 we came home to this.  2 thumbs up. and a clean house!  have i mentioned this, we LOVE maddy!

 everything was folded!  i was impressed, in the past when i hire sitters i come home to a mess and dishes everywhere. this is a first!  awesome!

 they are building more houses....we went to check them out. so fun for the kids to play around on

 ellie and the fish pond.  she was quite taken with these friendly fish who kept coming to her and opening their mouths for food!

 she was feeding them rocks. haha

 joey and ellie.  oh they played. and played. by the end of the day, joey was stripped to a diaper. she was so dirty!  i tried to savage her pants, and tossed them both in the tub!  playing is fun work!

 ellie brought bunny along. and set him up. she told me he was napping while they played. haha

 church sun morning. ellie was all dressed up and looked so cute. and wanted to bring her toy gun with her...hahaha

 two peas in a pod!

 she was allowed to bring the gun in the car!  not to church thou

 on the way home we came across this.  a jumper!  she was later talked down off the pass and brought to the hospital.  it was a interesting chat on the way  home, explaining this detour to the kids

 it has been raining non stop for days now....on sunday, i had enough. i put the kids in rain gear and went to the park.  they had SO much fun.  we had the park to ourselves!

 and joey took her boots off

 and ran around. she is such a busy, happy little thing

 yesterday morning. the girls played in the front room. i found them like this

 playing nap time. ellie put joey to bed and she went to bed too

 hahaha love how they play together!!

this is a quick post, while joey i napping and nate is finishing up school. ellie is sitting on my lap as i type.  my days are full and filled. challenges, tears, frustrations and laughter....ill update more on that later when i have a chance to sit and think...ha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 1:07 PM

the wkend!

 my little joey, she put her helmet on and was ready for a bike ride

 saturday was the 2nd anniversary of the day moncton lost 3 RCMP.  our church held a memorial service, with the guest speaker from a christian peace officer support group.  i was literally blown away, and had tears as i sat and listened to this detective from the states share his story. he dealt with child protection, meaning he investigated the worst, horrid stories of child abuse. 

we we came into the parking lot we were met with 2 fire trucks holding the canadian flag

 the RCMP pipe and brass band, and the officers were behind

 entering the church

 it was a really great service.  so thankful we have officers who protect us. thank you shawn! 

 sun night we found the girls like this

 my heart!

 mon was raining and cold. we did our best to have some fun. haha

 me heart!

 then joey worked on her math

 and reading

sunday afternoon nate had a friend from forest school over for a play date, as i was driving the boy home we came up on an accident scene. i knew just by looking it was bad. yesterday there were flowers and balloons where the accident was. today there was a death notice in the paper. how scary that an afternoon bike ride would turn fatal.  after hearing the service that morning and listening to the detective, this put my life back into perspective

im so thankful for all i have


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Posted by mel at 5:33 PM