6 years

Cory and I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary on March 30. We have now been married the same number of years that we dated before getting married! To celebrate, we went out for dinner to one of our favourite restaurants - 'The Red Ox Inn'. www.theredoxinn.com/

We have been there a handful of times and love it! The restaurant only has 12 tables so it is best to make reservations a head of time. We went all out and ordered an appetizer, main course, dessert & wine (each, no sharing done here). I started with a pea soup. Normally I don't really like pea soup but this one was divine. The server presented the bowl with fresh peas, hazelnuts, white chocolate shavings and pea shoots and then he poured the pea soup/broth in the bowl at the table. It was delicious! Cory had the Torchon - a duck foie (liver) which he really liked also. (It was a spread/pate that he ate with yummy bread). For the main course, I had the beef rib with mashed potatoes & fresh steamed veggies - delightful! Cory tried the venison which came with BACON JAM! (which apparently was so good that Cory didn't even let me try any). We did end up sharing 2 desserts - the white chocolate bread pudding & the chocolate mousse. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy! We can't wait to go again!

Since I haven't yet checked anything off of my '30 at 30' list (though I have done a few things), this one can be checked off as March - date night - complete - yippee!

My Hubby & I (I like to call this our Feb. date night - this was at our friend's wedding - fun times)

February is Birthday Month!

It was a busy month with birthday parties, a wedding and 2 funerals. It was great to see friends and family throughout this month but I think I'm ready for a vacation! Cory made it home on Jonas' birthday and went back up to Ft. Mac on my birthday. It was nice to have him home for more than 4 days! We even managed to squeeze in 2 date nights (1 was a wedding without the kids so I count that). Just a few pictures that I'm sharing with you:

Cory was not home for his own birthday so I sent him this picture!

I can't believe he is 4 years old!

Celebrating his birthday early with his cousins. Jonas & his cupcake look sad - he didn't want any icing!

My hubby and I.

Remembering Aunty Elaine!

My sweet Aunty Elaine passed away this past week. She will be greatly missed! As I remember my Aunty, I think of:
- her warm heart;
- her acceptance of everyone;
- her passion for music;
- her attention to details;
- her love to share stories; and
- her love of shopping!

Here are a few special photos of her that I'm sharing! Rest in peace Aunty! We love you!

It's been awhile...

It's been awhile partly because I think I started getting bored of my own darn blog and partly because of the craziness of life (especially around Christmastime). Now, its 2 weeks away from my 30th birthday and to be honest, I'm rather quite anxious about it. I don't normally care too much about birthdays but turning 30 does not make me happy! To get over my craziness, I decided to make a list of 30 things that I would like to accomplish in the year that I'm 30. As I complete them, I will check them off & let you know why they were on the list in the first place. I'm excited to get started on them!

Priorities...

This blog surely has not been on my priority list - can't you tell! It has been a crazy few months! In August I went back to work, the boys went to daycare & Cory went to work up north for three whole (long) weeks. We survived somehow! Now I'm 'bringing home the bacon' or so that's what we like to tell Jonas and Cory is home with the kids. What a change, but for the better!

Just wanted to share some pictures of the last couple of months (though there are few to choose from):

Emmett's birthday cakes!

Enjoying his birthday cake!

My handsome boys!

Jonas rode a pony at the zoo - all by himself!

Emmett loved the zoo too!

All dressed up at my cousin's wedding, though I don't know what he is eating, lol!
Jonas at the wedding ceremony.

Having fun at the park!

Trying to get a picture of the cousins!

Another try!

Our new baby nephew Jude with his siblings, oh so cute!

My Baby Emmett is 1 Year Old!

My baby Emmett is 1 year old - wow how time flies. Here are some wonderful pictures that my friend Leanne took (Rubbertree Photography) of my wonderful boys & family! (Update to follow whenever I get the motivation to write something...)

Enjoy!

My 3 Year Old Photographer

For the longest time Jonas hated getting his picture taken and well he still does but now he loves to take pictures. He does have one of those kid's cameras but usually I let him use our little point and shoot camera. Anyway, here are a few pictures from a 3 year old perspective: Enjoy!

T.P. I'm not sure why?

Mr. Spikes...


Superman!


Mom and Emmett - this one is pretty good, well aim-wise!

Mommy again - I guess he takes pictures of the things he loves!

The 3 of us!

Emmett's feet, awe!