A Successful Party

What a success and so much fun. Yesterday we had our going away party for friends, co-workers & neighbours. The original idea was a little party with some of Noah's closest friends (in lieu of a birthday party). BUT, then his birthday came & went and we were still not moved.

It was pretty simple & low key at the Boys & Girls Club (again). The kids played, while the parents mingled and chatted (okay, so some of the parents played too!). We had some snacks & drinks while we had the chance to visit with many friends, neighbours and watch the kids be kids (while burning energy)!

I managed to get some special photos (of course, not near as many as I would have liked) with Noah & people who attended.


We wanted to say THANK YOU so much for all of you who came out to spend some fun times with us, especially for Noah, before we move! And a special thanks for those of you who brought a donation for my mission trip in the spring of 2009.

You're Invited

We're having a little going away party for (what started to be just for) Noah - but now it has expanded for the adults too. If you live in the area and wish to join in our farewell party, please come to join us. Attached is the invitation - that I made a boo-boo on (rushing late last night, oops). Come join in the fun on Saturday from 1-3 pm at the Boys & Girls Club of Dieppe (76 Emmanuel St).

Email me to RSVP (want to make sure I have enough snacks & drinks for all).

Let there be NO mistake...

what this blog entry is about.

*******WE SOLD OUR HOUSE******

After 9 VERY long, it finally happened - hooray! It doesn't feel real - but it is. The SOLD sign is up and we close our house in Dieppe on June 12.

Check out Noah's reaction when we finally told him:


Right now, we are in Grand Falls - desperately looking for a house (that doesn't seem to exist). The house we intended to buy (in St. Leonard) - did not work out. As much as we loved that house and wanted that house - it was meant to be. We know it, feel it and trust God's plan for us. Even though we do not know where we will be living, we know it will all work out and we will be TOGETHER. THIS is all that matters. That being said, our hopes are to be moved to Grand Falls in time for Noah to attend his new school for a few weeks to at least be introduced to his new surroundings for the fall. Then summer should be lots of fun - with more than likely lots of renovations in the few choices of houses that we have and lots of family time TOGETHER!

So our new favourite family word is: TOGETHER! It seems to be such an important word these days in our family. Check out the common definitions of TOGETHER and how all of them apply to our family!!!

TOGETHER:

• jointly; in conjunction with; combined: 'our time together can be used to accomplish anything'
• in contact with each other: 'we are stuck together'
• assembled in one place: 'we live together'
• in each other's company: 'we pray together'
• at the same time: 'we got married together'
• with cooperation and interchange: 'we worked together to get through the last 9 months'
• mentally and emotionally stable: 'we've got it together'

And I think we (Noah & I) could make this song (for those 'High School Musical' fans) our new theme song for our family. Noah and I have been singing "We're All In This Together" ALOT...

Watch the video:


Read the lyrics:
Together, together, together everyone
Together, together, come on lets have some fun
Together, were there for each other every time
Together together come on lets do this right

Here and now its time for celebration
I finally figured it out (yeah yeah)
That all our dreams have no limitations
That's what its all about(yeah yeah)

Everyone is special in their own way
We make each other strong (we make each other strong)
Were not the same
Were different in a good way
Together's where we belong

We're all in this together
Once we know
That we are
We're all stars
And we see that
We're all in this together
And it shows
When we stand
Hand in hand
Make our dreams come true

Together, together, together everyone
Together, together, come on lets have some fun
Together, were there for each other every time
Together together come on lets do this right

We're all here
and speaking out with one voice
we're going to rock the house (YEAH YEAH!)
the party's on now everybody make some noise
come on scream and shout

We've arrived because we stuck together
Champions one and all

We're all in this together
Once we know
That we are
We're all stars
And we see that
We're all in this together
And it shows
When we stand
Hand in hand
Make our dreams come

We're all in this together
When we reach
We can fly
Know inside
We can make it
We're all in this together
Once we see
Theres a chance
That we have
And we take it

Wild cats sing along
Yeah, you really got it goin' on
Wild cats in the house
Everybody say it now
Wild cats everywhere
Wave your hands up in the air
That's the way we do it
Lets get to it
Time to show the world

We're all in this together
Once we know
That we are
We're all stars
And we see that
We're all in this together
And it shows
When we stand
Hand in hand
Make our dreams come true

We're all in this together
When we reach
We can fly
Know inside
We can make it
We're all in this together
Once we see
Theres a chance
That we have
And we take it

Wild cats everywhere
Wave your hands up in the air
That's the way we do it
Let's get to it
Come on everyone!

SOON, our family will be back TOGETHER and this makes me one happy, thankful, thrilled, "gitty", giggly girl!!! TOGETHER, I know this family can accomplish anything.

Amazing Weekend....

...spent TOGETHER! It was beautiful. It was warm. It was sunny. It was fun. It made me one happy girl!

It started out on Saturday when I got a new bike - yippy. My first bike since I was a teenager (okay, I'm embarrassed to say that)! After supper, we all took off on a leisurely bike ride to the park, then we played at the park, then we rode a little trail. When we tried to raise Noah's seat, we 1. realized that he had outgrown his bike (that we just got him last year) and 2. realized (like we didn't know before) that Jacques bike was in need of being replaced (squeaky breaks, not all the gears working, etc). Once we got home, we all got our PJ's on and headed to the family room to watch the hockey game - only to see OUR poor HABS lose :0(. It was a very sad night in our house!

So Sunday morning, Noah convinced us to go to McGinnis Landing's for their famous breakfast buffet (one of our favourite places to eat out for breakfast)! After this, we went into Canadian Tire to get my $0.99 water bottle attachment for my bike (because it fits my SIGG bottle to a "T") and came out with - not one but TWO new bikes - one for Noah and one for Jacques. Crazy, I know - but something we should have done so many years ago! Now that we are all equip with new bike & gear, I guess we figured we were "all that" and jumped in to get both feet wet for this biking adventure! Only we pushed a little too far (considering it was easy on the way 'there' with the wind pushing us along). Coming home was a little more difficult considering we had been already riding for about 1 hour 45 minutes already and we were riding into the wind. We were gone for a total of 3.5 hours - and by the time we got back we were all pretty cranky, sore and tired - but happy to be TOGETHER. Once we relaxed a little, we all giggled about how crazy we must have been to bike all that way on our first biking trip! LOL