Caleb loved Toy Story 3 on the BIIIIIIIIG TV, ha ha. I also got to see the trailer for the new Chronicles of Narnia movie (Voyage of the Dawn Treader). It looks so good, I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Of course the movie I'm looking forward to the most comes out in November, the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. YAHOO!!!
So we got good news from Caleb's appointment with my doctor in Wainwright. The tonsils are coming out. I originally was going to have it done in Wainwright, but John and I talked about it over the weekend and I called this morning and requested to have someone here in E-town do it instead. That way Caleb will be able to go right home to his own house and his own bed. So now it will just be waiting to hear about when the surgery will be.
Not too much else is new here, just getting excited about going to Utah in only 25 days. And also realizing that I must have loaned my Chronicles of Narnia to someone and never got the book back. I'm pretty upset about it, as it was the first birthday present that John ever bought me, so it means a lot. Guess I'll have to get them out from the library until I can afford a new set.
Well, that's all for now. Have a great week, everyone:)
The goings on of our geeky little family and the musings and soapbox moments of the lone female in the group.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Yee Haw!
We have a surprise planned for Caleb tomorrow. My dad is going to watch Ty, and John and I are taking Caleb to see Toy Story 3. It will be his first time in the theatre. I'm really excited about it, I think he'll really enjoy it. He hasn't seen Toy Story 2, but he really likes Toy Story, so it should be good.
This coming weekend is the Stampede in Wainwright. We'll be there, because we are going on Thursday to have a consultation with my doctor there about having Caleb's tonsils removed. Pray for us that we'll be able to do whatever is best and healthiest for Caleb. That night the boys and I are going to camp in our tent in Mum & Bob's backyard. It should be interesting.
I've had a fun few days with allergies. I have never had allergies at this time of the year before. I normally get them a little bit when the snow first melts and when the snow first falls, and then a fair bit when the canola is blooming. There's no canola blooming right now, so I don't know what's going on. It's weird. Anyways, my eyes have been super itchy (feeling like they're burning) for the past few days and I've been sneezing lots too. I tried taking Reactine and allergy eye drops yesterday, but my eyes were still really bad. So if you have any tips, I'd really appreciate them.
Hope you have a great week.
This coming weekend is the Stampede in Wainwright. We'll be there, because we are going on Thursday to have a consultation with my doctor there about having Caleb's tonsils removed. Pray for us that we'll be able to do whatever is best and healthiest for Caleb. That night the boys and I are going to camp in our tent in Mum & Bob's backyard. It should be interesting.
I've had a fun few days with allergies. I have never had allergies at this time of the year before. I normally get them a little bit when the snow first melts and when the snow first falls, and then a fair bit when the canola is blooming. There's no canola blooming right now, so I don't know what's going on. It's weird. Anyways, my eyes have been super itchy (feeling like they're burning) for the past few days and I've been sneezing lots too. I tried taking Reactine and allergy eye drops yesterday, but my eyes were still really bad. So if you have any tips, I'd really appreciate them.
Hope you have a great week.
Monday, June 14, 2010
39 More Days Until Utah
This weekend we got Ty's room cleaned right out and set the toddler bed up in there for him. We also cleaned Caleb's room really well again. I was pretty sick for most of the weekend, so that stunk. On Friday we went to our ward's Cultural Night. We brought Swedish Meatballs as our dish as I'm part Swedish (which I've only found out in the last few years and I think is super cool). There was a lot of really good food there and we had a lot of fun. We managed to squish our family and John's sister's family at one round table so we had 4 adults and 8 kids there. The youngest two had to sit on laps. Caleb fell in love with meatballs and spring rolls.
Activity Days on Wednesday went really well, it was my easiest activity yet. It's great because the men are so laid back and were pretty much "There's food? This is awesome." I had lots of fun, and it was very obvious that the girls did too.
Not too much else is new here, though. I've got a lot going on this week though, I hope it all goes okay. Since this upcoming Sunday is Father's Day, I want to make a note of some important men in my life.
First is D, who is a wonderful man and great Father to L. I hope he has a wonderful Father's Day.
Second is Jason, who is like my Church dad. He is super amazing and the world needs more good people like him.
Third is my little Roo, who really isn't so little anymore. He was the man of the house as we were growing up and I'm very proud of the man that he has become.
Fourth is Dad Bly who is always there for me when I need someone to calm me down and help me level out, who has been one of the most supportive people through my struggles this last year. I sure lucked out in the father-in-law department, I got the best of the best.
Fifth is Dad Mattson, my dad, who has been so helpful with watching the boys and is always there for me when I need something during the day when John can't make it home.
Sixth is John. I love you so much and I'm so grateful to be your eternal companion. I'm so glad that we are experience the trials and blessings of parenthood together.
Seventh and last, is my loving Heavenly Father who loves me more than I can comprehend and who has helped me find a life so much better than the one that I had. This coming weekend will be 6 years since my baptism and confirmation and I'm so grateful to have Heavenly Father as a part of my life. Je t'aime.
Activity Days on Wednesday went really well, it was my easiest activity yet. It's great because the men are so laid back and were pretty much "There's food? This is awesome." I had lots of fun, and it was very obvious that the girls did too.
Not too much else is new here, though. I've got a lot going on this week though, I hope it all goes okay. Since this upcoming Sunday is Father's Day, I want to make a note of some important men in my life.
First is D, who is a wonderful man and great Father to L. I hope he has a wonderful Father's Day.
Second is Jason, who is like my Church dad. He is super amazing and the world needs more good people like him.
Third is my little Roo, who really isn't so little anymore. He was the man of the house as we were growing up and I'm very proud of the man that he has become.
Fourth is Dad Bly who is always there for me when I need someone to calm me down and help me level out, who has been one of the most supportive people through my struggles this last year. I sure lucked out in the father-in-law department, I got the best of the best.
Fifth is Dad Mattson, my dad, who has been so helpful with watching the boys and is always there for me when I need something during the day when John can't make it home.
Sixth is John. I love you so much and I'm so grateful to be your eternal companion. I'm so glad that we are experience the trials and blessings of parenthood together.
Seventh and last, is my loving Heavenly Father who loves me more than I can comprehend and who has helped me find a life so much better than the one that I had. This coming weekend will be 6 years since my baptism and confirmation and I'm so grateful to have Heavenly Father as a part of my life. Je t'aime.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
No More Eggs!
My fingers are killing me. That might have something to do with the 8 dozen hardboiled eggs that I peeled by myself yesterday. Then I had to make those eggs into egg salad and get said egg salad into almost 100 buns, individually wrapped after assembled (John cut the buns and wrapped them up for me). If the men at Activity Days tonight don't appreciate the effort that went into them, I may cry:P
John got found out today that he's getting a raise, PLUS we found out yesterday that I'm able to get my supplement at a discounted price. We are so blessed by our Heavenly Father. It has really strengthened my testimony of tithing. We knew money was going to be super tight now that we'd be paying for my vitamins on our own plus our rent increasing at the end of August, but as always, Heavenly Father has saved the day for us by giving us blessings that we didn't think we'd be able to get. I love having a Heavenly Father who knows me and loves me.
44 Days Until Utah!!!
John got found out today that he's getting a raise, PLUS we found out yesterday that I'm able to get my supplement at a discounted price. We are so blessed by our Heavenly Father. It has really strengthened my testimony of tithing. We knew money was going to be super tight now that we'd be paying for my vitamins on our own plus our rent increasing at the end of August, but as always, Heavenly Father has saved the day for us by giving us blessings that we didn't think we'd be able to get. I love having a Heavenly Father who knows me and loves me.
44 Days Until Utah!!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Rest of the Secrets
I guess I can spill the other secrets now. I've just started being the secretary for the Canadian Regional Birth Parent Training Committee. I haven't really done anything yet, but I'm excited about it. It's through LDS Family Services, so I've gotten to talk to my case worker from L's adoption a few times in this last week. It should be really good though, and I'm so excited to be able to give back to the world of adoption. I know I've been talking about it a lot lately, and I'm sorry if it's boring the snot out of people, but it's something I'm really passionate about.
And I just found out yesterday that I'll be on the major birth parent panel during the FSA National Conference in Utah at the end of July. This means I'll be telling my adoption story and answering questions about adoption in front of hundreds of people. I will be honest, I feel like I'm going to need to bring a puke bucket with me. But I'm so honoured to do this. When I wrote the story out on here a couple of months ago, I bawled my eyes out while doing so. It was the first time I'd ever told the WHOLE story all at once. It was really hard. But so much good has come out of me writing that story. A from FSA read about it and things just kind of snowballed from there. I know now that I was prompted to write about it so that I could start serving in the adoption community the way that I'm going to be from now on.
I'm starting to get nervous about how I will handle the stress of these new responsibilities along with the stress of my calling in Activity Days. I was pretty stressed when it was just Activity Days. But I feel so strongly that I'm supposed to do this, so I have faith that I'll be given the strength that I need to serve.
50 Days Until Utah! YAHOO!!!
And I just found out yesterday that I'll be on the major birth parent panel during the FSA National Conference in Utah at the end of July. This means I'll be telling my adoption story and answering questions about adoption in front of hundreds of people. I will be honest, I feel like I'm going to need to bring a puke bucket with me. But I'm so honoured to do this. When I wrote the story out on here a couple of months ago, I bawled my eyes out while doing so. It was the first time I'd ever told the WHOLE story all at once. It was really hard. But so much good has come out of me writing that story. A from FSA read about it and things just kind of snowballed from there. I know now that I was prompted to write about it so that I could start serving in the adoption community the way that I'm going to be from now on.
I'm starting to get nervous about how I will handle the stress of these new responsibilities along with the stress of my calling in Activity Days. I was pretty stressed when it was just Activity Days. But I feel so strongly that I'm supposed to do this, so I have faith that I'll be given the strength that I need to serve.
50 Days Until Utah! YAHOO!!!
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