We had a wonderful weekend and forgot to take the camara everywhere we went. On Sunday morning we had our own church at Fish Creek Park. It was amazing. To stand in the middle of the city and see such amazing beauty is too much for words. Hallie had a blast. She threw rocks and sticks in to the river and anytime we past a tree and lost track of the river for a minute, she thought it was a new river that we were seeing again. On the way back towards the van we played Dora...she was Dora, her stick was the map and I was the Bird. I had to take the Map to the tallest mountain (on top of my head) and she would come and get it after going through the Corn Field (tall dead grass field). It was fun...for Hallie anyway. And the smiles and laughs were great. Raya slept half of the time we were there and then woke up and enjoyed the sun with us.
Sunday night was Guys Night and they played hoops and then came here and ordered pizza. It was pretty good...considering I'm not a guy.
On Friday night we had alot of company over for dinner and to watch the hockey game. That game I must say was better than Sunday nights!! Hopefully the Flames win tonight!
Today is Mom and Tots and the office for me...busy busy. And work, and clean and cook and bath the kids and ..... OH YA, at the end of it all I get a massage tonight at 7:45!!!! That is called a light at the end of the tunnel.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
I thought this day would never come...
or at least it would be a big battle when it did. Hallie no longer has a bottle in her bed. This was long overdue, however, it kept her from pulling her hair out (literally) and it was just water so I let it continue for longer than I would have liked. I have tried a few times to put her down without it but it was always too big of an issue. On Monday during her nap she pushed the nipple part into the bottle and told me "My bottle's broken, I broke it..." I agreed and told her that she couldn't use it anymore because it was broken. And that was it. I threw it in the garbage and she hasn't asked for it since.
Raya has had a really big week too. She loves to wave and it's so cute. I think she has one of the biggest smiles ever. It's so contagious. She crawls everywhere, pulls herself up on to anything, empties the cupboards and walks along furniture. Man, she is growing way to fast.
Raya has had a really big week too. She loves to wave and it's so cute. I think she has one of the biggest smiles ever. It's so contagious. She crawls everywhere, pulls herself up on to anything, empties the cupboards and walks along furniture. Man, she is growing way to fast.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to everyone!!
One of our good friends (Dan) posted this on his site this morning and I loved it so I thought I'd share it with all of you.
Easter reminds us that even though injustice may run rampant at present, even though it appears that darkness is pervasive and final, we know God is working, that His love is greater and that resurrection is real. As morning came on the third day a sun-cast freshness burst on the scene to reveal a subversive hope that thrusts us into a new story, one that rests on the work of Christ, a grassroots grace that upends every injustice. Through the brilliant light of the resurrection we can walk in newness of life. In a time when the Caesars of our day still claim to rule and injustice seems commonplace, the revolutionary hope of new life springs up in our hearts as we embrace the promise of Christ and experience the call of an extreme God to believe.
Brian Orme <http://www.relevantmagazine.com/newsletter/link.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brianorme.com&EncryptedMemberID=OTkyNw%3D%3D&CampaignID=155&CampaignStatisticsID=101&Demo=0&Email=taubensee@shaw.ca> quoted at Relevant Magazine www.relevantmagazine.com
To be honest, today began as a Happy/Sad day for me as I remember my Grandpa. This was his favorite holiday and I couldn't help but reminisce this morning on all the wonderful Easters that we spent with him. We would traditionally go to my Grandparents house after church and have Easter dinner. All of us kids could hardly eat as we knew that outside, hidden all through the yard, was a paper bag with our name on it filled with goodies. It was always a race to see who would find their bag first. I think I was most often the last. I would find everyone else's but mine...or maybe it seemed that way to everyone. I had a few moments of tears today and they started with sadness and quickly turned to joy as I realized that today, my Grandpa is in heaven and for the first time he is celebrating his favorite holiday with Jesus Christ. I can only imagine!!!
Happy Easter to all of you from our house to yours!
One of our good friends (Dan) posted this on his site this morning and I loved it so I thought I'd share it with all of you.
Easter reminds us that even though injustice may run rampant at present, even though it appears that darkness is pervasive and final, we know God is working, that His love is greater and that resurrection is real. As morning came on the third day a sun-cast freshness burst on the scene to reveal a subversive hope that thrusts us into a new story, one that rests on the work of Christ, a grassroots grace that upends every injustice. Through the brilliant light of the resurrection we can walk in newness of life. In a time when the Caesars of our day still claim to rule and injustice seems commonplace, the revolutionary hope of new life springs up in our hearts as we embrace the promise of Christ and experience the call of an extreme God to believe.
Brian Orme <http://www.relevantmagazine.com/newsletter/link.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brianorme.com&EncryptedMemberID=OTkyNw%3D%3D&CampaignID=155&CampaignStatisticsID=101&Demo=0&Email=taubensee@shaw.ca> quoted at Relevant Magazine www.relevantmagazine.com
To be honest, today began as a Happy/Sad day for me as I remember my Grandpa. This was his favorite holiday and I couldn't help but reminisce this morning on all the wonderful Easters that we spent with him. We would traditionally go to my Grandparents house after church and have Easter dinner. All of us kids could hardly eat as we knew that outside, hidden all through the yard, was a paper bag with our name on it filled with goodies. It was always a race to see who would find their bag first. I think I was most often the last. I would find everyone else's but mine...or maybe it seemed that way to everyone. I had a few moments of tears today and they started with sadness and quickly turned to joy as I realized that today, my Grandpa is in heaven and for the first time he is celebrating his favorite holiday with Jesus Christ. I can only imagine!!!
Happy Easter to all of you from our house to yours!