Last Monday hubby and I dropped the kids off to daycare and we went out and had some fun off the beaten track.

Helmets, four wheeler and blue skies overhead .....

Ahhhhhh .....

Beautiful day and a great time.

Can't wait to do it again :)

PS: Sssshhhhhh ....don't tell Bugsy and Alycat ....

Here we go ......

Wish us lots of luck :)

Happy Easter Everyone !

I hope the bunny found you happy and well this year. He sure found us ...

We have spent a great weekend with the kids and it's not over yet.

Hooray ! (I've been soooo ready for a vacation).

Today we spent the day with the family ( yes ...with 19 of our most favorite people in the whole wide world). We kicked off the Easter festivities with the annual easter egg hunt.

Snow covered hills and all ....

Butterflies and Beautiful Toddlers .....

This slideshow was from last Friday with the beautiful China sisters .

It was Hope's birthday .....
Lucky number 2 .....

We had butterfly decorations, butterfly cake, butterfly wings and butterfly cookies and yes, of course , a few butterfly kissess too !

Fun .....Fun .....Fun ......

(I love China sister Fridays)

It's getting close to that time of the year in which the spring bonnets surface, the weather starts to show signs of looking up, the kids are crazed on candy and that fella with the long ears pays yet another visit.

In preparation for the the big day, my two little Picasso's and I got to work and produced some stunning ....well ......er .....let's just say some rather unique pieces of work :)

See for yourself ..... ( thank goodness for washable paint as no surface was safe ..lol)!

Alyana's first official Easter egg ....not bad .....not bad at all !

This is Bugsy's .......

It's really good, isn't it ?

The big batch.

I won't tell you where mine are!

I am hearing rumblings that the wait time for China
( if you are just getting started now) is about 6-7 years.

Six to Seven ???

Holy Gawd ...

I can't even imagine ....

I'm 40 this year and started the adoption process at 36 ......

I'd still be waiting if the above stat is correct.

It begs the question ....

Would we have held steadfast or jumped to another country ??

I'm glad that we didn't have make that choice.

I'm so thankful that our little girl ..... our beautiful ,funny and sweet little girl ....is here with us.

She is safe, warm and loved more than she could have ever imagined.

Why ?

That's what I wanna know ......

Well, I started my day by checking out Diane and Joe's website Journey to Baby M and was thrilled to see that after months and months of waiting they now have their little Meaghan. She is as cute as a button ! Now they can sit back, relax and drink in every moment of China!

On that happy note, I headed off into work today and started to get things organized for my work day when Alyana's daycare called, informing me that she had "bowel issues" and that I was to promptly pick her up !

What ??

She was fine an hour minutes ago .....

I tried to explain that IT happens every time she indulges in "jewsa" ( apple juice).

It fell on deaf ears .....

I know ... I know ...Public Health Regulations .....yadda .....yadda .....yadda .....

So , here we are, Aly has had to take a "sick day" from her daycare and Mommy is home "nursing" her "sick "little girl !

Looks pretty sick , huh ??

and here she is hamming it up .....

Strangely, I thought of Bob and Doug Mackenzie ( of the Great White North) when I saw this picture.

So, I went to search for a picture .......and sure enough, there is a resemblance!

See what I mean ??

Just a sign of things ahead.

This picture of Ben towering over his Dad might seem far fetched today but I can't believe how much he has actually grown this winter.

It really won't be long before he actually does in fact,tower over his Daddy. In the past three months, I've been back to the store looking for longer legged pants 3 times! Man ...

As for Miss Aly..... well, she is growing S-L-O-W-L-Y and is still size 18 months.

Here she is modeling her new "bue"( BLUE) nightie .

Let's hope her tooties don't get tangled up as she races aroung the house!

She is not one to sit very long !

Here she is in action .....

We are anxiously awaiting to follow Diane and Joe's adventures to China. They leave tomorrow on a journey that will carry them around the world to their little girl, Meaghan.

We wish you the best on your trip and one word of advice ......make sure you pack imodium ....lol

For those reading, you can click on this link Journey to Baby M and you will be landing in China matter of hours and will see that beautiful country through their eyes.

Wow ...the power of the Internet is incredible :)

Oh yeah .... and Miss Aly wanted to pass on this message onto Diane and Joe ....




Happy travels .....

From our family to yours :)

Just a few pictures taken today.

I love these pictures ....

Miss Aly getting "all dolled up" !

My two little sweet lovin' kiddies :)

This basket is a source of much competition in our home. Between Alyana and our two cats, you never know who might be in it at any given time.
Today, Jingles won, and our kitten ( Rosabell) was banished from her comfy spot.
Thank goodness Alycat wasn't around to see or Mr Jingles would have had to take a place beside Rosabell ( underneath the coffee table)!

Alyana ( just a few short months ago) in HER basket :)

I don't know about you .....but me .....well, I'm .....



This was taken from our front porch this afternoon .....

It's another snowy day and we are cuddled up at home watching tv, surfing the net and playing games ......

I wonder how our friends are in the sunny south ??

Care to share ??