Life... in Pictures!

 I was thinking that a great way to start off this post would be with a oh-so-cute puppy picture...

The last few months have been very busy. I took some pictures along the way (as promised!) 

 Louise and myself taking a walk along the river one cold wintery day

 Having breakfast together during Louise's reading week

 February 13th, we celebrated Nana's 70th birthday by having a get-together with family and friends at a local Chinese restaurant and then going back to their place for dessert 

Last month, there was a "Star Wars" themed birthday party for our friend, Patrick. Here are some of the costumes! 

With some friends at this month's CCO Adoration night

Bowling with the Youth Group on Sunday, here are all the girls

Mom and myself went to see Les Miserables this week, a very well done movie. It was my second time seeing it.. and I wouldn't mind seeing it again!

On March 13th, Pope Francis 1 was elected! It was a very exciting day, It was awesome to be able to watch on the TV as he came out to bless everyone for the first time...

..which leads me into some very exciting news! I am going to World Youth Day in July for two weeks! I was not planning on going... I didn't even register. But earlier this week I received a phone call from a dear lady that Mom and I had met in November at the Women of Bethany retreat in Ottawa. She said that she had been praying all winter for someone that could go -she had been saving up money. Long story short, she called me! It all fell into place... there was one spot open in the group that is going... I got the time off work and... my parents let me go! I'm very excited, it should be awesome. I would appreciate your prayers as I prepare!

I'll leave you all with something to make you smile... Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

A little update!

Hello everyone in blog land :)

As I'm typing this, the wind is wiping through the trees at 50 km per hour, and there is snow falling too... life in Canada!

Life has been busy with work and school. I started part time at Algonquin Collage the beginning of this month in Computer Studies. I'm really enjoying the program and the school. I'm still working part-time as well so my days are filled!

Exciting news! I'm going to Arizona for a week in the early spring with Mom and Dad! I'm really excited. I'll take lots of pictures to post :)

Tonight I'm going with Mom and the youth group to a faith study evening at a neighbouring Parish. I usually work Thursday night so it will be fun to do something a little different!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! I will post again soon...

Christmas

 

Christmas Eve before going to Mass and then to our Uncle Robin's for a family get together.


The Girls

Family picture taken on Christmas morning before opening gifts.

The Kids again.

Shawn and I just doing our thing.

Dad showing Nana how to waltz.

There was lots of snow falling the past few weeks as I'm sure you all know! Here is Dad and Papa plowing this morning. We have had alot of tractor (snow plow) issues over Christmas, thankfully they seemed to be fixed as of today. Also, thank you Scotty, he put tons of work into snow control as well the past few weeks...

Boxing Day, we had our big family dinner at Nana and Papa's with all the family. Here is all the cousins, except for Leah who had to work.

Wishing all of you, my dear blog readers and your families a very Merry Christmas season and all the best in 2013!

Ralph 7/13/01 - 12/08/12

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."

You will be forever missed, our golden boy.

YG Bowling 12/2/12

Last weekend, our Youth Group and a neighbering one got together for a fun night of Bowling. I always think that I'll get better the more I play... but I guess that's not the case! The little one in the purple pants was a better player then me! 

Women's Institute Christmas Potluck 11/27/12

The annual WI Christmas Potluck... here is a group shot of the ladies that my bro, Shawn was kind enough to take!



Papa's Surprise 70th Birthday Party 11/25/12

A few weekends past was our Grandpa's 70th Birthday! We celebrated by throwing him a surprise party. Our house quickly filled with party guests. At 2oclock sharp Nana and Papa arrived and the party started!

With some of the family:)

Joy (foundly known as Grandma Joy) presenting Papa with his cake that she was kind enough to make!

Papa is a huge Montreal fan as you can tell by the cake.

Some old pictures and his Jersey on desplay with the gifts



Snow!

Today when I was at work I saw snow softly begin to fall from the sky... perfect timing as Christmas Eve is one month away today! Hopefully this will help me get focused and start making Christmasy gift lists... I know my family would appreciated it!

I have been working lots the past few weeks. Things are getting busy with Christmas preparations at the store. Decorating, making fancy cone bags filled with bath salts, candy, soup mixes, hot chocolate and more! It's always fun doing this type of thing... mixes it up from the ordinary! 

Mom's Birthday was on Nov. 15th! I forgot to take pictures throughout the day(s) of her birthday. Things were really busy around that time so it took us three days to fully celebrate. On the day of we were all working or at school so there was no time to celebrate. The day after Mom's Birthday, we went to see a screening of the film "Restless Heart" a film about St. Augustine. It was very well done, I highly recommended taking the time to watch it! We got home so late that night that we didn't open gifts until the following day. Hence the three days of party!

Life with my new car is good. I'm thoroughly enjoying driving it whenever I can, which seems to be every day! Funny Story. I had never used my CD player in the car yet as I bought a base to plug my iPod into, so I've been using only that so far. Anyways, I went to play a CD the other day and there was already one in there.... it was one of those handmade (nice word for pirated) ones that you would see. I hit play and the most cool song started playing! Turns out there was 20 songs on the disk... just a random assortment of awesome tunes. Pretty cool and it made my day! I'm easy to please :)

I will have some more posts coming up soon... We are hosting a surprise Birthday party at our house on Sunday (I would tell you whose but it's a surprise!) and a Ladies Christmas party on Tuesday. Fun times are ahead. Have a good weekend everyone! 

Cheers.

Happy Weekend everyone! 

Women of Bethany - 2012



This past weekend Mom and I attended the Women of Bethany retreat that is held yearly in Ottawa.



Here we are with a dear lady, Maureen that we had driven into the retreat. We were blessed to get to know her over the weekend.

Mom with Sheila, Gloria and Maureen at Sunday lunch.



Our beautiful view from the dining room.

 

See the Gatineau Hills?

12 noon.

I love taking pictures on Parliament Hill!