Wordless Wednesday

Fall Printables

Thanksgiving in Canada is only a couple weeks away. The above is a cute fall printable from Blooming Homestead. Great site with lots of printables and neat ideas!

Kind Over Matter has complied a list of all of these great fall printables above. Go to her site and check it out! I love her site, I often visit it.

Can you tell fall is on my mind? How could it not be with all of the glorious colors!

Heather

Easy Peasy Fall Crafts

As sad as I am that summer is over, fall comforts me. All of the amazing colors, the comfort food and of course it means we are back to our normal yet crazy schedule. I found this picture above of my girls from 2008 on a fall walk. So cute! I forgot how nice that path is, I am going to go back there this fall to get some updated pics of them.

I found all of these via Pinterest. Holy Doodle I la-ove that site!
Look at some of the cute crafts I found!

This is so awesome and the possibilities are endless. Go check out all of the great ideas at
The Happy Scraps

Babble has 25 really cool designs for pumpkins!

This is beautiful yet so simple. Thanks Martha!


This is a fabooooo simple wreath and I can't wait to make one!
Go visit Something To Do
There are a few other cute tutorials on there.

I found lots of fun kid's crafts on this site...but I guess
I am a big kid because I can't wait to do this.

This is so cute to me! I love it.
Yay for Disney Family Fun

Lupus Walk 2011

Our Group the Lupus Lickers

Two of my girlies - Tenzie and Sydney

Tenzie and her baby cousin

Sydney and Dawn

Morgan and Sydney = Bffs

My husband Mark and his parents who came out from Saskatchewan for the walk

Well hello beautiful day. Thank you to mother nature for blessing us
with beautiful weather two years in a row.

I was unable to walk much of the walk this year but thank you to my friends and family who came and walked the whole thing in support of me.

Thank you to Sydney for the great pictures!

It was a Wednesday

It was a Wednesday, I already knew you were a boy from the first ultasound. I used to sing Baby Mine to you everyday. It was our song.

At my second ultrasound, I knew something wasn't right when the ultrasound technician wouldn't look me in the eye. My heart dropped when she patted my hand and told me she had to get the doctor.

Part of me died when you I found out. I feel my heart will never be the same again. It's still broken but carefully mended so I could stay strong for your sisters.

Even after all these years, I feel like you are missing. I often wonder what you would be like. If you would have blue eyes like me or brown like your big sisters'.

Your sister got this for you, so you are always on her shoulder. I got one too.

This weekend your sisters and I will let balloons float up in the sky, catch one if you can.

Love always, your mom

Thank you to my wonderful friend Tracy. She took one of the 4 pictures I have of Brody and I and creating the top image. It has now been made into a memorial stone. I love the lyrics to Baby Mine around the edges.

Other Picture Credits

Can't Stop Thinking About These Words

I see a therapist. Being as sick as I am it helps to talk with someone. Like everyone else, I have suffered my share of losses and pain in my life. This week she decided to dig deep, which was painful.

I can't stop thinking about these words she said to me.

"You've gone to university successfully twice, you are very bright. So why do you let people treat you like a doormat?

I had no answer, silent tears just slipped down my cheeks.

Why do I? Why do any of us?

Is it our need to feel wanted, needed, appreciated?

She said I MUST stop this behaviour even if that means losing people in my life. This is a scary prospect. Wish I felt braver. Maybe next session we will talk about bravery :)