It's a New Day, it's a New Dawn, it's a New Life for Me

Not really, but it is however a new year. I'm still sick, been for over a month now, but I do feel like there is an end. Hallelujah.

Christmas was good, insanely busy, but good. This year I cooked my first Christmas supper. WOW, how do people do it??!! I only had 9 people here, I can't imagine cooking for 20+ like my mom. I have a new respect for her now as well, and all women who have to cook for large amounts. AND I'm glad that it is just once a year. All of December was busy busy busy, every day, every weekend, and it JUST ended this past Monday, Jauary 10th. And I have to tell you, I am so glad the busy is over. For a little while anyways.

Our oldest daughter turned 13 on New Years Eve!! It was a great day, I was sooo excited for her, 13 is big. Officially a TEENager!!! She had 3 different cakes, 2 parties and lots of fun!! I wanted to make it as special as possible, and had family members write up a little card for her to keep and look back upon. Every single one that we received was special and am so thankful for everyone who wrote something for her!! Made my day too!! We have a few things to look forward to this yr, 5 more birthdays coming up in our little family, and one big birthday, hubby. He's turning the big 40 in May!! There will be no surprise party for him, I did that when he turned 30, and planning surprise parties are hard, especially when that person shares the financial roll in the family, and knows where every penny is spent. So, if there is a party, it will be planned and he will know about it! ;) So there....

We have been invited to 2 weddings for this year so far, 1 is already past and was fun! We got to hang out with the happily married couple and their kids a few days after the wedding at a hotel here in Regina, and that was fun. Another wedding is in Canmore in May, looking forward to traveling there, I LOVE TO TRAVEL!!! We might take the new trailer with, to save money, but hubby is concerned about snow...we'll see.

We/I can't stop thinking about the trailer and camping and all that fun stuff!! We are hoping to be camping on hubby's 40th. Not sure where yet. We could go to Willow View Campground aka Grandmas house, or Maple View Resort Campground aka my folks place. It will be fun no matter where we go!!

So there is a little of life in a nut shell!!

Merry 'early' Christmas To US!

The picture in the previous post was indeed a trailer window, of our new trailer! This is something we've planned and dreamed about since we bought our very first trailer in June of 2007 HERE and HERE. Which by the way is now for sale. For the right price it could be yours ;) We love camping, and we love to go for a week or more at a time. And someday maybe more with this new guy. We've been looking for months and months and years to find 'just the right one' for our family, and we found it!! We got it at a really good deal too, and pick it up in the spring. CAN NOT wait!! We are going to have fun next summer. We always have fun camping, but we will be able to take more with us when we go now, this thing has sooo much storage, LOVE IT!!
It has a triple bunk in the back, and the U-shaped dinette to fit us all if we need to be stuck inside to eat. It has a bathroom and a BIG fridge, yay!! It also has an oven, sink, microwave, and air conditioner, all of which are really no big deal for us, cause we often camp without electricity and wash dishes in a tub outside on the picnic table anyways, but it will be nice to have that option if ever we have electricity sites. Hubby wants a solar panel in future, not quite sure how that works, but he does, so we will see.

More Cards, and a sneak peek

Some more random card making. I shouldn't say random, cause I guess I am getting my inspiration from Stamp TV and her new weekly sketch and colour challenges!! The one on the left is the sketch challenge for this week. And the one on the right is just because I was down there and wanted to use the pattern paper!!

This is the sneak peek...any guesses what this is? Anyone who knows us well will know what this is and what it might mean too.

Look at what I have been busy doing!!!

I'm soooo excited!!! I haven't made this many cards in a long time, and I'm loving it!! I was in a card club for like 4 or 5 or 6 yrs, but in the last yr, since I haven't been part of a regular club, I haven't stamped as much...minus my Christmas cards, which don't count cause I make about 20 of the same card...boring. I wish you could see them all in person, I love them all!!! I love creating a card, or a frame that is unique and like no other out there. This is my hobby!

Spoiling, DONE

We recieved a good dump of snow like 2 days after my mother

nature post...and it stuck around. And today, we are getting this:

Brrrr!!

Mother Nature has been spoiling us

And I love it!!! (and I don't really believe in 'mother nature') Although, this isn't going to last much longer :( Today was the last day of double digits, and if we get double digits again, it might not be till 2011. Oh well, we all know that winter happens every year!!

We've been having glorious weather after our huge blizzard a few weeks ago. How have you enjoyed it? We haven't done a whole lot outside stuff, but hubby washed one of our vehicles outside on the driveway yesterday afternoon. It looks snazzy now!

I am so thank-ful to God for the little things in life lately. Like the weather, and our health. Family and friends. Our vehicles, and our house. Well, those last two are kinda big things, but thank-ful non the less. Everyday I wake up and am blessed by what we have that I almost always forget what we don't have. And what we don't have we are realizing, we don't need as much as we thought. Life is so short here on earth, in fact in the bible it is described as being a blink of an eye. My kids are getting so big, and everyday they impress me with what they've learned throughout their short time on this earth. And everyday they impress upon me how short time is here on this earth. We've had our ups and downs over the yrs, and I am thank-ful for everyone of them, because they helped grow me. I am 33 already, and have been married for 15 years. It's wild to think about the days gone by, and to look at pictures, and realize those days we will never get back. We need to make the best of them.

46 days till christmas
53 days till there is a teenager in the house (eek)
54 days till 2011

But whose counting....