Oh BOY !

Where has she gone .....well .. purging  the house of stuff we don't need or don't love so it makes our travels overseas not so heavy and weighed down by baggage of stuff we are not really needing . Love my time with my kids and my yard . Enjoying & love being at the cabin , hosting a favorite things party ,crafting, filing paper work to get my family across the world , learning who I really am and what I need in life and that has made life so way easier !
I am back cause I have Internet at the cabin and life always is better at the cabin more relaxing , comforting and enjoying the finer and less noisy part of my so called  life here .
So a short and sweet post on me honestly be back to writing about all the things I love and the story of my life for all you that are missing out on the growth of my growing tribe .
********NOTE TERRIBLE SELFIE coming up of kids and I . ***************

Not a super great picture of lets call this the au natural cabin me . No make up ,crazy haired , full of joy me!

Higher mom......

We had firsts for our girls and good memories of home for me . We took our kite outside and flew it . Its quite a feeling flying a kite and when its up there and you are at the end of it time kinda stands still . It definitely puts a SMILE on any one's face . It a moment of pride , accomplishment  and freedom . You kinda feel like you are at the end of the string too . I kinda forgot about flying kites with my dad down at the Bow Valley Park until now. I don't remember if it was often or not but I do remember . I remember his technique and still works great now . The girls were amazed by it . Addy was concerned that the airplane going by was going to hit it. We even had it higher then some birds flying by . As a parent we must remember it not always about the big moments but the little ones .

                                                     "Imagination is the highest kite one can fly ."
                                                                            ~ Lauren Bacall~

Sorry we were having oh so much fun I did not take any pictures but I will assure you there will be more kite flying in our future for sure .

A Bright Bright Sunny Day

I had a great day I love the feeling have a good day from start to finish . I was mommy helper at Addy's school for the second time which I love to do I find joy in it . It brings me back to the days of me being preschool teacher and taking care of kids in my family childcare home . Never a dull moment can't really have a bad day even if its hairy scary day someone little will say something that will bring a smile to your day guaranteed . We had a quick lunch and both of my girls had a nap which is rare and golden . Promise is a Promise in our house . So I had promised the girls that we would go outside after they would wake up . well we end up staying outside all night long only to come in to eat salmon off the BBQ , corn on the cob and rice . Then back outside we went . Have some exciting stuff to share with you all but will safe that for a later post HINT . Did alittle pre picking??? You know Canadian picker ...well I will share soon .
Hubby stayed outside until all hedges got trimmed and Addy stayed right along side him driving the gator around the farm yard .They both reported in at 9:45 pm . Now I am not the crazy lady that lets my kids stay up to all hours but we have nothing to really do tomorrow and I was not ruining a good thing .

I am HAPPY here because ................

it is a place I can grow old with my hubby .

it is a place we can make our own at our pace .

its a place our kids can appreciate and love.

both our families our close to us.

its our forever home .

Reality check

So I so thought a summer pregnancy would be fantastic after having two winter ones I was so looking forward to it . Here was my visions . I would be barefoot pregnant  with dirt between my toes and all my kids running free exploring our farm yard for bugs , frogs and snakes . We would be outside until dark comes upon us ,then we would hose everyone down fed and bed. And do it all over again the next day . Well as it may seem my summer may bring me to bed rest . UGH !!!!!POOF vision gone . SO I hope that I can enjoy some of my summer and not ruin my kids summer on top of it too. Last doctor appointment I had been told that I have placenta previa . So I need to take it easy to keep our little man in the oven long enough for everything to properly develop .
                                                      ME @ 26 weeks pregnant

                                                                      

Spring Cleaning

This is the outcome to some spring cleaning or early nesting whatever , either way it felt good to give away 4 and half bags of clothes that my husband and I have been holding on too . Just for the record 2 1/2 bags were my husbands . Our rules were if you have not wore it in the last year its gone, just because its fits doesn't mean it stays (as my husband has some really old ragged clothes that STILL fit for say but look old ),and if it does not fit its gone not keeping it for if, when, maybe someday . We also had a bag that went to garbage and I cut some for rags for the house as we do not use paper towel in our house .

Just because ...

he loves us . Hubby has been gone every week from Monday -Friday since the new year with AG shows , meetings ,and etc. So On his way home he picked these up for us girls . I think the little girls were more excited to see them then me.