Some favorite pictures from December

Jayde & Matthew
Del & 3 of his brothers

Matthew

Me & my hubby!

Rowan & Del

Friesen dinner-Jayde & Abigail

Del & Kathi

Terri & Amber

Jayde is ready to eat!!!

Dad & Del-relaxing after lunch

Dad checking out the toy!

Me-unwrapping a present from Jayde

The boys checking out their new clothes.

Del watching the boys.....

Alyssa & Bria

Kelly & Tyrone

Michelle & Alyssa

Stacey & Darren

Mich & I

Whew!!!! Putting pictures on here is a chore!!!! And I put one up of Kyle and a couple of his cousins, and its disappearred! :-( This high speed of mine is the slowest ever!!!! So please enjoy the few pics that I've managed to get here! These are just a few of the wonderful family members that we've spent time with this last month.

Merry Christmas!

Ahhh, its a Monday morning, and I'm not at work. The kids are at home, sleeping. Del is off to work. And, yes, I'm up. For some reason I couldn't really sleep last night, and I am up and about this morning; even had porridge for breakfast! I'm actually on vacation right now as we speak. This is my third day of holidays. I booked the week off, right before Christmas, cuz I just can't ask for vacation right over the holidays. This is my week of fun in the hot sun, wading in the ocean, enjoying tropical breezes.........yeah, right. That certainly didn't pan out, but I'm still having a good time. It's a good time to be at the rink, and do spring cleaning. Yup, you read that right! We are early for next year!!! This house is getting spring cleaned long before its time!! And as for the rink, between both boys, in the last 7 days, we've done 4 practises, and 7 games. ( And, Del worked his full time job all week, and yes, I worked 3 nights last week!) Practise again tonight for the boys, and then its time for some time away from that hallowed hall! I've persuaded the boys to willingly pitch in with this flurry of cleaning. It's called bribery. Let's get it done by Tuesday noon, and then we're off so they can shop in the city. It's amazing what 2 teens and a mom can get done if you give them the right bait! And here I'm blogging and wasting time, right??? Nah, this is called warming up for the event. The boys are 'sleeping' in till 0830, and then we're off and running or scrubbing.

Meatballs are made-compliments of the boys first chore after school was done on Friday. Butter tarts are in the freezer. Cabbage rolls are made. Now, just bring on the 24th. We are ready for games, food, relaxation, visiting, and all that other good stuff that comes along with family celebrations.

I told a friend yesterday, I wasn't sure what to blog about, cuz our lives are rather predictable. Work, school, rink. And do it all over again. And then, here I am a couple of paragraphs later, and don't know if I've said anything worth mentioning. If you're still reading, I'm impressed. Or maybe you don't have a life either. :-) I can't really talk about work. Thats an effect of working in a small town hospital, where everyone wants to know everything, and if they can't find out, they make up something that sounds good. And due to confidentiality issues, it just wouldn't be good. Work has been very busy. Until a week ago. Our compliment of four docs has dwindled to 2 for Christmas holidays, as they've traveled home to be with families. So, that limits what we can safely do in the facility. But, as always, we are prepared for anything and everything. Our doors are never closed-always open for business. And you never know what will come thru the door when the buzzer goes at 3 am!

On that note, I think I'm going to get going on my project. I aim to make that Thrift Shop pile grow today; It's a good feeling to sort out and make room!

On behalf of my husband & children, I'd like to wish all of you a safe and happy holiday. Enjoy the time spent with family friends! Merry Christmas to all!

thoughts of mom

Stacey's & Darren's wedding was beautiful!!! I'm at work, or I could post pics. Beautiful colors, beautiful decorating, beautiful attire. And no one fainted. Wonderful food. Nice size crowd. What more can I say? Congratulations to the bride and groom!

My dad stopped by work tonight. He hung around and read the paper and such. He's like part of the family here. We feed him and visit with him. Everyone knows hes my dad and caters to him. We had an interesting conversation. We discussed the wedding, kids, family, and whatever else. Then we discussed mom. Good things. Like how it used to be. Reminiscing, you know. Its interesting, cuz i had thought earlier in the week how I would write about her, and then we talked about her tonight. So, i thought I'd drop a few lines about my mom.

She would have loved this last week. Nothing like planning a function to make her happy. Food, decorations, clothes.....yeah, that was certainly exciting for her! She would have been so proud to see her granddaughter walk down the aisle. To be given away by her parents. My mom would have cried tears of joy and sadness, all at the same time. (Instead, I did it for her!) She would have ironed and cleaned dads clothes and shoes. It would be exact. She would have held her great-grandchildren tight, and been so proud of their beautiful walk/stroll down the church aisle. She would have smiled and cried at the slide show that was shown at the wedding. She would have taste tested all that amazing food. She would have brought food to Rol & Laureen's house, even tho they probably had too much already. She would have loved buying a wedding present for Stacey. She would have hugged and kissed that girl till it would have been embarrassing! She would have worn a wonderful new dress for the occasion-and would have told dad she had it a long time already! :-) And those sweet baby peas-those were her favorite!!

Yeah, I miss my mom. I am doing fine actually and I get through most everything without too much ado. Its just these family events where we see everyone surrounded by the people they love, and we are reminded of the ones that aren't there. And yes, Mom and Katelyn are in a better place, and we wouldn't wish them back. But seriously, we do miss them! It's not the same without them.

Christmas season, and its time to think of what the menu will be for the Friesen family. I asked some family today what we should have, and of course, its potatoes and meatballs. Then with a little thought, came the suggestion of egg rolls. Grandma loved to buy and serve egg rolls. They were her favorite. So I guess we'll continue on in the tradition. Comfort food. See what else we come up with. Whatever we decide, there will be plenty of it, like always, cuz mom taught us well!

There's some thoughts about my mom. There's so many more, but if I continue this, I'll have to find a box of Kleenex, and with my luck some emergency will show up at the door, and I'll be unfit to care for them. So, I'm logging off for some other day.......

Appreciate the people around you while you have them....... xxoo

December already!

No, I've not fallen off the face of the earth....... still here. It's a rat race of work and hockey.

A whole month has gone by and I'm trying to think of something new and exciting to post, but i'm not coming up with anything exciting! So, back to the regular stuff.

Jayde and Kyle are either at school, at the rink, or at home in front of the TV. Teenage boys, or what!!?? Hockey schedules are definitely picking up. Other than Jayde's team right now. They played last week, and some fistacuffs occurred. Therefore they are short of players, and unable to play their games until everyone can commit to be there. Next week will be makeup week, I imagine. Kyle had a game last evening, will tonight, and again on Sunday. He was in a tournament last weekend. Thankfully, Jayde has finished volleyball, and Kyle will be done today. His volleyball team is in zones today. Apparently next week, they both start basketball......why not??!! The good thing they'll be together and no separate driving will be required!

Del is in a crunch at work. Big ordering deadline for discounts for the farmer! So, order up your canola and corn seed! Now!! We are such a last minute society, eh?? This last week and the next are busy with this kind of pressure.

I've been working. And I'm at work tonight. Finally, most of my patients are sleeping. Not all, mind you. Oh, no. Some would rather sleep during the day, and be awake at night. Cycles are messed up.

Alrighty then......its now 3 hours later. Those last few 'flew' by as we had an ambulance call, and therefore spent a few hours in the ER.

One of my nieces is getting married this Saturday. This is Friesen grandchild # 3 that is tying the knot. The family is expanding! This is going to be a formal affair, as it is a Saturday evening wedding; its going to be beautiful. I've been out of the loop with this one, as I've been at work, and the family is overly capable of doing it all! Think we will show up and enjoy the event!! :-)

We've had a sprinkling of snow the last few days. Just enough to lightly cover the ugly ground. If we're lucky that's all we'll be blessed with. I wouldn't mind at all if that was all the snow that was sent our way!! Too good to be true, probably.

Signing off now as work calls! 21 days till Christmas!!!