Lots Going On

I am still here! The past couple of weeks have been ? there are just no words to describe it really! I don't want to blog about the whole sorted story but it has just been a brutal couple of weeks. Our family is fine it involves some close friends and our church family and impacts Malcolm's job in a HUGE way. I am still trying to process it all and probably will be for a while! God has truly been with us and has provided so much love and encouragement which has helped a great deal. A long road of healing is ahead of us and Journey Church.

I have also been away because our computer died. We have had it for about six years with no problems at all and the fan went out last week. I love Macs! PCs don't last that long! We got an I-Mac in the midst of the storm last week on Saturday and Malcolm finally had time to set it up on Monday. Malcolm usually has it out of the box and set up right away but there was too much going on to get it done. Poor guy! Say a little prayer for him if you have a moment. :)

Sweet Connor boy started taking some steps this past Wednesday. Yay! He is so proud of himself and just smiles so big and claps with us! He is too cute. Everyday he goes a little further and will probably be going, going gone in a few days. I am ready or I should say my back is ready for him to be able to walk on his own (he is a heavy little guy) but I also don't know if I am ready for this next stage of freedom for him! If he walks as fast as he crawls I am in trouble. This also means that he is getting bigger and farther away from being my little baby! My last little baby! He got another haircut yesterday and looks like a little man now. He so needed it because he was looking mighty shaggy. His new do is really cute. I will take some pictures today and post them later.

Madalyn is still my little party planner. The other day she was planning a fiesta for her friends and she made confetti by cutting up some of our straws and found all of these cups, napkins and plates and had her daddy do the place cards. Then the other day she wants to have her friends over to watch Annie with her and she got the snacks, drinks (she put their initials on the cups with these foam letters), laid out some pillows and blankets and had to have it just so. I don't know where she got this from? :) Right now she is planning a picnic out side for her friends. She says, "It is the perfect day for a picnic outside. We are going to have grapes and apples and have a lovely time." I think it is really sweet! I wish I were more that way so I would not feel like such a downer mommy all the time! She says that she wants to be a dance teacher when she grows up and her first program will be a winter production. lol She thinks of details that I would never have thought of at her age or even today! She is lots of fun and always in the mood for a party. We still do not know for sure what we are going to do for her birthday. She has so many ideas she can't decide on one. The other day she said, "I guess I will just have a reglear (how she says regular) old party because I just can't decide." Too funny! Yesterday she was consistent in wanting a Hannah Montana party so I guess I had better get on that right away.

The other day in the car Madalyn says to me, "Mommy, you and I speak Nan's language but Daddy doesn't." I am not sure what Nan's language is but it gave me a good laugh. I am thinking it is the language known has Texan! :) Just wanted to record that because it is too funny to me. Nan's says that she needs to take her to Texas every summer so she doesn't loose it and so she won't think that just Nan talks that way. I hope we can get to Texas for a visit soon!!!! I am really missing it and all of my family down there. It has been way too long. We have not been back since we moved to Calgary almost four years ago. I need me so good Mexican food and right now some HOT weather! Although, it gets might hot down there in the summer but right now it sounds divine! I hope, hope, hope we can go in June!

I better go get some laundry on get ready for my night out with Heather. I am so looking forward to it! We live in the same city and hardly get to see each other so this is long overdue. I really need a night out with my hubby too. I will have to work on that for next week. :) Thanks for stopping by!