It's A Kind Of Headline Day.....

So, as some of you may have seen, we had a record breaking snowfall here (about 60 cms). Anyway, Calvin was out 'helping' the girls make a snow fort and here is the finished product...2 snow houses with a full fenced sidewalk! As I write, he's still out there perfecting the walls....but it's for the girls, don't you know???

Let it SNOW!

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Coming out of the CLOSET

So...it's true. We are Christians who 'participate' in Hallowe'en. We carve pumpkins, we fill orange plastic bags with leaves...we dress up, AND we trick or treat. We do not appease our consciences by going to 'pumpkin fairs' OR 'harvest parties' at the church....because we seriously, honestly don't have a problem with this fun canadian tradition. Deal with it people.

My Baby Girl is SEVEN!!!

Today is the day. The day where my first baby girl turns seven. I have had kids for SEVEN years. I am old enough to have kids, that's a weird thought for me, even now!

Delaney, my girl, you were the happiest baby ever, I just didn't know that until your screamin' sister Avery came along! You smiled early, and have been smiling ever since. There are so many things Dad and I love about you....how you try and try and try to get the hang of stuff, and NEVER get frustrated....how you are always willing to help me, or Dad or your sisters with the stuff they have to do....how you are empathetic to other people....how smart you are...how musical you are (uh, thank you to your Mom for that!!)...how athletic you are (and where you got that, we have NO IDEA)...and how kind you are. You are a super kid and we are so proud of who you are and who you are becoming. Remember that you only get your self worth from God, that He made you and He doesn't make junk!!!

Happy 7th Birthday girl!

Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving Monday! We are hanging out around home today, just raking leaves and being lazy.

We had our family dinner yesterday, and it was CRAZY noisy...I mean, like, 'CAN YOU PASS THE TURKEY?' NO I DIDN'T SAY YOU WERE QUIRKY'....it was sheer and utter maddness...and I LOVED IT. Everyone was talking and laughing at the same time, yet I had no trouble keeping a conversation! (Call it a 'Richmond' talent)

Really, seriously, I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for Grandparents that have prayed DAILY for their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I am thankful for a Mom who gives and gives to her kids, and doesn't totally mind being teased about wanting everything 'farm fresh'. (Side note...Mom forgets that she tells us things so we end up hearing OVER AND OVER, how the eggs she gets from her students are...you guessed it "farm fresh")
I am thankful for my brother and his wife and kids...it really is cool that we live in the same town and we get to see each other and our kids get to grow up together. I am thankful for a sister who makes me LAUGH SO MUCH because she doesn't know what simple things like 'buzz words' mean... (She really did ask me, WHO IS THIS BUZZ YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT??) and because she loves things like 'the glace' and 'window air'. I am beyond thankful for a hubby that knows me...I mean, REALLY knows me. He knows my quirks (yes, thinking two papers on a counter is 'clutter' is a QUIRK!) and still loves me and supports me. Seriously people, Calvin and I have been married for almost 9 years and we're still best friends...it's not that hard to understand! Laugh more often, it's that easy. I'm thankful for my girls. Oh did God know I needed girls....and three of them! How perfect for me and my family! I'm thankful for a God who gives me the right kind of self worth. Not the kind that you can get by looking in a magazine or asking your husband if you look good, but the kind that is real. The kind of self worth that you can't get from any earthly thing or being...and the cool thing is, He gives it to me just the way I am. Nothing more, nothing less.