poolside

For Father's Day weekend Jeff went fishing with the guys.

So my mom and I decided that we would head on up to

Winnipeg and spend the night in a hotel poolside with the kids.

It was a lot of fun. The pool was great for small children

and the theme was perfect... dinosaurs!

We spent Friday swimming and for supper we

went to Mongo's Grill. The kids love that place!

All of the choices and guys throwing around

eggs and cups of rice.

Amazing!

Saturday morning we swam some more

and got ready for checkout.

Went to Perkins for breaky, did some shopping

and then we went home.

The fathers got home at about 5 ish and we

exchanged stories, had leftovers and then we were done.

Beat.

Finished.

Kaput.

Ready for a good nights sleep in our own beds.

happy 50th

It was a grand day. June 10th that is.

My Mom's birthday.

Her 50th birthday.

She's a special lady and I love her so much.

I was going to bring my camera and take all of the

necessary embarrassing pictures of her

and of all the people who love her.

But I forgot it at home.

(yeah... go brains go)

So I wrote her a poem and will share it with you.

Happy Birthday Mom!

I love you and appreciate everything you do

I'm the woman I am today because of you

Sometimes we haven't seen eye to eye

And I remember all those times we cried

But we've grown into such amazing friends

And I believe we'll stay that way until the end

I'm proud to call you my Mother

And blessed that God chose you and no other

I know that life would not be the same

Without you being the one to play the game

So, sweet birthday blessings to you

I pray that you receive all the joy that is due