Another table cloth

I love table cloths and table runners. So I thought : why not combine it? The fabric is from one of Joann Fabrics great online 50% off sales. My fingers were crossed that the online colours would be a match and thankfully they were true to what I wanted.

Al's kitchen party

Aleida, for the first time, has set up her babies around the table and is preparing food for them. Pretty cute.

P.s. I downloaded an app onto my phone that allows me to update this blog on my phone, hence the more frequent postings as of late.

Puzzle project

This 12 puzzle project has taken us about a week to complete. Owen did some on his own and most we did together. It was fun and I am glad we can now put away all the puzzles.



Upon seeing this photo, Owen just asked my why there are cheerios all over the floor. I had to laugh; it's just the setting I had on my camera that apparently makes my floor look very dirty. There aren't cheerios all over the floor and on Owen. I promise. (i will add that living in our new apartment with a new floor, I notice dirt a lot more and I happily clean my floor more frequently than I ever have in the past)

Some colour in my life

A new shower curtain and table cloth make me smile. It's the little things for me. Aleida helps her babies go to bed ... in her doll crib. I can hardly bear having to tell her she's too big to be doing that.

Big kitchen cupboards means play happens in the pan cupboard.

Best Ride EVER

This video is on repeat at our house right now. Thanks to Grandpa for constantly driving the 4-wheeler. Owen had the time of his life. Also, I'm grateful that Ry thought to record it.

roses for mama

I should have blogged about this right after it happened, but I think everything about our move made me put things off.

Owen told me at lunch one day that when Dad got home, Dad, Aleida and Owen were going to go to the store and I would stay home. I wasn't allowed to know any more details than that. My curiosity was peaked! After supper, they went to the store while I stayed at home. When they arrived back, there was a knock on the door, and when I opened the door, Owen was holding a dozen red roses!

He wanted to get me red flowers and thought I would like roses best. It was so very sweet! It makes me smile every time I think about it.

Finally able to settle

Well the big anticipated move happened; what we thought would take place in September has finally happened in January. We moved into our lovely nice new apartment on January 13. My parents drove here to help us move and we couldn't have done it without them! They were a huge help and their motivation to get things done made it so we are way ahead of most people and have settled in quickly. This place makes it easy to settle: the spacious fancy kitchen (pantry, granite countertop, open concept with bar into dining room), two bathrooms, stacked front-load washer and drier located in apartment! I've never been so spoiled! No traveling up or down stairs carrying laundry, also, my clothes have never been so clean. Our windows face south-slightly-east and south-slightly-west which means: we get amazing light. Our bedroom has two huge bright windows and we set our bed up right in between them. All this to say: we're thrilled.

In other big news, we got about 2 inches of snow! We're thrilled and spent some time playing in it.