farewell 2007...hello 2008

May the New Year bring you all:
Troubles that last only seconds...
Giggles that last minutes...
Chuckles that last hours...
Laughs that last days...
Smiles that last weeks...
Happiness that last months...
Friendships that last years...
But most of all
LOVE that lasts a lifetime!

Merry Christmas to all...

May you have the gladness of Christmas which is HOPE
the spirit of Christmas which is PEACE
the heart of Christmas which is LOVE

meet Mac...

the newest addition to our household...






Brian and I went to the city today to try and finish up our Christmas shopping and got a little sidetracked at Best Buy...lol and came home with this! It is crazy the stuff this thing can do and I've hardly had a chance to play with it. I'm sure by the time I get home from hockey tomorrow, he'll have it all figured out though. I wanted to wrap it and put it under the tree but...NOOOOO! lol Oh well, the kids are happy to have a computer as theirs conked out about a month ago and Brian's laptop is on the fritz so no he'll take over my laptop and the kids and I'll have this. I can't wait to really play with iphoto...tested it a bit in the store and it's too cool! I'm thinking that maybe for my milestone birthday coming up, I'll ask for Adobe!

Anyway, Christmas prep is well underway and we're feeling a bit more Christmasy at our house. The kids are excited and the shopping is almost finished. I have some great pics to share of tree and other holiday traditions but they will have to wait as we need to transfer everything over to this computer from my laptop.

So, on that note, I'll get off here so our resident geek can continue working on getting it all set up for us.

Happy Birthday Gavin..







hard to believe that our baby is 6 already!!! Time sure flies when you have a house full of boys! We celebrated as a family yesterday with pancakes for supper...the kids always choose what we eat on their birthday and we had M&M brownies instead of cake. At school, he wore a birthday crown and was given a loot bag by the teacher...he thought that was pretty cool. His party will be tomorrow...a mini stick hockey theme.
Have some fun things planned and will share pics when it's over.

In other news, the kids and I traveled safely to and from the funeral service that was held for my Great Grandma. It was a very exhausting trip...emotionally and physically but happy we went. The service was exactly how she wanted it. She will be missed,always loved and never forgotten. Thanks for your thoughts during this time of sorrow.

I have a lot to try and focus on over the next few weeks and am hoping that having Brian home for most of December will be a help and not a hindrance...lol!! I'll keep ya posted!

if I'm going to tackle anything, I need to step away from my computer and get to it...so have a fabulous day...stay warm and be happy.