The Forget-Me-Nots: July 2014

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Kahnawake Pow Wow July 2014

Really loved that this outing felt like we had stepped outside of the big city. Also loved getting to share a little bit of the aboriginal culture with the kids. Love the most - getting to spend time as a family in the sunshine and see the kids' reactions to all the costumes and music.

It was a little unfortunate that we didn't get to see too much of the actual pow wow (they started really late and we were getting pretty tired and baked in the sun by the time it started) but I am so glad that we made it out there. Moments to remember: the sparkle in the kids' eyes as they took in something new, Milayla's momentary fright when she first heard drumming music (she clung to me pretty tightly!), Atticus holding on to my hand just because he wanted to :), hearing the kids chat the entire way home about the dancing and the costumes. Love this family!

Love that you can see me in the one side of Atticus' sunglasses and Jason & Milayla in the other side. Too funny!

This is what the kids picked for our 'try a new food' challenge. They liked it.

Milayla before the drumming started

Milayla after the drumming started. Love that girl!!

Catching the look on Atticus' face as the grand entry begins

Catching the look on Milayla's face as the grand entry begins

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Strawberry Picking July 2014

This day was perfect. There are no words to adequately describe it. Beautiful weather, delicious strawberries, excited children and a family outing the filled us all with a deeper love for nature, good food, and God who blessed us with it all. Outings like this sure make us wonder if we should pack it up and move out of the city. Atticus is beginning to get that itch as well as he has talking about how great it would be to have our own BIG garden that we could get all of our vegetables and fruit from. And Milayla is just in love with fruit and would adore having more of it so she's in for the garden idea. Both kids were great helpers and we filled up our basket pretty quickly. Loved the day. It was such an awesome family outing and everyone is pretty anxious for when we will get to pick our own fruit again! Now, I will let the pictures do the talking. I feel pretty blessed to have children who are so great to let me photograph them so much. They are beautiful and those incredible hearts of theirs just shine through! Love these picture memories!!

Friday, July 25, 2014

My Birthday 2014

I was thoroughly spoiled with tons of love (in the form of hugs, kisses and time together) on my birthday. Starting with a yummy breakfast, time with my awesome kiddos, and then a little bit of time with Milayla while I took her to the doctor.

I particularly loved the birthday banner - so colorful and beautiful!

taking pictures at the doctor :)

love that smile! She was such a brave and happy girl at the doctor!

Jason took the day off so that we could head to a little museum at McGill that is only open during the week. I love exploring museums with the family!

Then we had an afternoon together complete with a great dinner (homemade indian! yum!) and gf angel food cake (it's been a long time since I have had that!). I was so touched by how hard Jason and the kiddos worked to make it a nice day for me. I feel pretty blessed to have such a loving family. They're awesome. They all worked especially hard to make the incredible angel food cake. We all LOVED it. Soooo good. Made with so much love and enjoyed by everyone.

I got plenty of cuddle time in with the kiddos and even a few gifts before Jason swept me off to see my first ever Cirque du Soleil show. It was great, but I couldn't help wish the kiddos were there because I know they would have been absolutely entranced by it. I so genuinely love getting to spend time together as a family. We've been eagerly looking for (and going to) theatre type things with the kiddos since (more to come on that!).

The show was great. So creative and unique. I simply could not pick my favorite part of the show. Though, I would say enjoying the show with Jason was definitely the overall best part. I sure do love being married to my best friend :).

When we returned home, I immediately went and checked on the kids who were sound asleep in their beds (and a report from the babysitter that they did great). I love those kiddos so much. And I love that they just giggle about the fact that they have a mom who takes pictures of the cute faces and positions I find them sleeping in when I check on them.

Such a great day. Feeling overwhelmingly blessed and grateful for this family. They are each so special and unique and I could not imagine a better way to celebrate my birthday than with them. THANK YOU for making it such a lovely day. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!