My kiddos were invited for an Italian pizza making party tonight at my aunt’s place.
As expected they came home with full bellies, big smiles, and happy bellies. It’s the kind of simple goodness that can’t be bought. Real love.
My bonus was getting a quiet night at home. Always appreciated.
For the last week or so I’ve been on a huge Pink kick. I kind of forgot how much I like her music, but I downloaded a playlist on Spotify and it’s all we’ve been listening to – in the house, in the car, in our heads. I feel like she wrote the soundtrack to my life.
Today as we were driving to Calgary we played Trouble as loudly as the car speakers would let us and garnered some rather curious stares from the other cars as we went down the highway singing and car dancing and laughing.
I swear that woman is the best cure for sadness.
We started our Christmas baking today. My tummy is full of butter and sugar, but it was so worth it. I love hearing Christmas music playing and seeing happy kids as we make cookies.
I hope that our smiles can be more frequent than our tears this Christmas.
We had one of those rare days where we didn’t have to people. It seems like we are always needing to go whenever or do something.
And while there’s always plenty to be done, I think it was good for our souls to take this day.
Dad’s birthday is coming up, our first Christmas without mom is coming up. I feel like we are being overpowered by memories – good and sad – and sometimes we need to stop and let them settle.
It was weigh day at our 4H club this morning. I love our club – it’s small but the families are awesome and I’m grateful to be part of it
We finished off the day seeing the Grinch movie. I love the story – love can conquer all. It really is the most important thing in the world. We choose either fear or love every second of every day.
Fear still gets in there a lot, but love is winning. I can feel it.
We took the kids to see the Nutcracker movie tonight. I was a little apprehensive, but I ended up loving the movie.
Something else I love is how he wants to do family things. With his kids, with my kids, all together – it’s awesome. Even better that everyone gets along and it’s super easy.
I have a tendency to make life super hard, so I really appreciate when I’m able to relax into something easy that is good for us.
We went for a family supper to the new Montana’s in Cochrane. It has been a long time since I enjoyed a meal as much as I did this one.
Our server was amazing. He was funny, good at his job, personable, and made sure our whole evening was full of laughs and good food. John was his name – if you go ask to be seated in his section.
There was also a balloon and magic man who kept kids all the way from my 17 year old to the toddlers at the next table entertained with his shows.
We spent 2 hours there – not because the service was slow, but because we were enjoying ourselves so much. This is how a meal our should be. Laughter, conversation, and good food. I’m feeling very blessed.
