Daria’s Life

After a fun filled jont to Calgary to visit with family over Nathan’s Reading Week (he didn’t crack a book! hee hee) we are home. I’m glad to be back home, I love sleeping in my very own bed and was anxious to get on the road on Friday and just get back to us. We had a busy break filled with family events including dinners, Valentine’s Day, a mini road trip to Lethbridge to visit Nathan’s Grandmother and a trip to the Science Centre which the boys absolutely loved!

I was able to see my good friend Marie after a two Year absence. “Merv” as she is affectionately known to her close friends looked great and seemed happier than I’ve seen her in a long time. It was exciting to hear about her upcomming wedding plans with her finace Wade, who I have yet to meet. She’s an incredible person and I’m so happy to see her in love with so much to look forward to. Here’s a pic of me and my buddy Merv. Marie has recently started a blog so click our picture to go straight to her site.

One of the biggest downers of my trip was not getting to see JEN THE MOM - I was so anxious to hang with my funny friend Jen who cracks me up constantly and blogs like a warrior woman. Sadly my week and spare moments got eaten away and before I knew it we were on our way home without even 10 minutes of JEN THE MOM time. BOO HOO!! Don’t Beat ME Jen - you know I love you. Now everyone go read her blog and comment, maybe then she will let me live!!!

While in town Nathan and his sisters Liz and Nicole decided to pack up their babies Evan and Freyja and head down to visit with their Grandma for the day. At the last moment I was convinced to hop into the car too with my four kids in tow. Initially I wasn’t too thrilled about a mini road trip a day before we need to hop back into the car for the seven hour drive home! My apprenhension soon faded when I thought of Nathan’s Grandma and what it would mean to her to see all the children. She’s been alone for so many years now and her family is her pride and joy. Noah had the opportunity to meet his Great Grandma for the FIRST time and they had an instant connection as evidenced by this photo. Noah couldn’t take his eyes off of her, they just had this special bond right away. Look at that huge smile on my baby boy - well worth the trip let me tell you! I think that Grandma was thrilled to have so many of us come to see her at once, I hope it wasn’t too overwhelming for her to have more noise in the house than usual. She is just an incredible woman full of integrity and wit, I admire her so much for the family she has raised and for her personal faith. She’s just very special!!!

I have much more to tell, but I’ll post that later…for now it’s just nice to be back and relaxing to finally blog something again.