Blessed to have Amazing Friends!

Having lived on my own for many years I have learned to be pretty self sufficient.  Things that I used to rely on my brothers or dad to do I now tackle on my own.   Setting up electronics can be done – even if it takes me 3 trips to the store to buy all the correct cables.  Checking air pressure in the tires and the oil level are now common place and I top each up as required.  Comes with having an almost 10yo car.

That being said, I still appreciate the help of others and it’s not uncommon for something others feel is ‘small’, to bring tears to my eyes.  While I enjoy my independence I’m still a girl who appreciates the little things too.  Lately a number of those things have come my way and I am so thankful!!

Earlier in the spring Hannah and I invited friends over for a games day.  They showed up with a sweet bouquet of flowers!  Yup, I teared up.

Shortly after that I went to their place for a get together and as I parked the car 3 of the guys came out and set to work.  Mark carried our suitcase into the house as Hannah and I were staying with their family that night.  Joel and Shawn proceeded to ask me to pop the hood of my car and checked the air filters.

Later that same week my co-worker Cory brought a bin of dirt to work for me to fill the garden buckets he helped Hannah make last spring. (Still need to post about those!)

I am so thankful for all of these guys and many more who are there for me and willing to help out!

Celebrating with a Friend

Hannah’s friend Benjamin celebrated his First Communion last month and we enjoyed being their to share this special day with him.

I tried to get them to stand closer together and they were like, ‘Um, No!  This is close enough!’  LOL!!

And like any good parent, bribed them to take pics above with the promise that we’d do silly ones next!

Congratulations Benjamin!  May you draw near to Him.

Scooter Time

Before Hannah mastered the art of riding a 2 wheeler earlier this spring she took her scooter out for a run.  Captured these sweet pics on sunny Sunday afternoon.

Hannah Learned to Ride a 2-Wheeler!!!

Hannah was close to learning how to ride a 2 wheeled bike without training wheels just before the snow flew but on her first day out this spring she mastered it! 

There are still some wobbles

and the occasional fall

but my girl has officially said goodbye to her training wheels and is now free wheeling!!

Way to go Hannah!!!

A Mother’s Day Filled with Love

Mother’s Day has always been a special day!  A day to tell my mom how much she means and how much I love her.  I’ve also been blessed to have a dear friend in Sharon who is a mother-in-love.  I’ll admit that there were years when it was a difficult day as I longed to be a mom and the years of waiting for Hannah but now I know that each of those years helped to turn me into the mom that I am now.

Saturday evening as I was praying over Hannah, tears of joy flowed down my face as I still cannot thank God enough for my sweet, precious, loving, amazing girl!  He planned our family before the beginning of time and I am so thankful He created our family just the way He did!  Hannah completes me and with every breath I am thankful for her!

After church we enjoyed a wonderful family celebration at Nana and Papa’s.

Grandma Dale and her girls

In the evening we joined my parents and went out to a local restaurant for our traditional Mother’s Day dinner.

The weather was a little cool but beautifully sunny for family pictures.

There were pics with Grandpa and Papa too. 

When I went downstairs on Sunday morning Hannah had written me a sweet little note.  I love that she remembered all on her own that it was Mother’s Day!  Her adorable note read, ‘I love you!  Happy Mommy Day.  Love, Hannah  xoxoxo’  My day was already complete!! 

As the day went on I was blessed to receive 2 other cards from Hannah (Thanks Grandma and Nana).  When we got home in the evening she had hidden her gifts throughout the house and we played a game of hotter/colder to find them as well as hearts she had cut out of paper.  She had made me (plus Grandma, Nana and Grandma Dale) these beautiful bouquets of tissue paper flowers!  Oh how I enjoy her creativity. 

The cute little plant was from school.  It was adorable as she’d brought it home Thursday night and I wasn’t supposed to know about it.  That would have been possible…except she moved it around the house every few hours seeking out sun.  I’d go to open the front door and find the plant and a little squirt bottle of water beside it tucked in between the doors.  A few hours later I’d walk into her room and the plant would be in the middle of the carpet with the squirt bottle beside it once again basking in a ray of sunshine.    It was nice to officially find it Sunday evening.

I giggled Monday afternoon when I opened her backpack to empty it and found the blue card in it.  I’d seen it there Thursday and Friday nights but left it in it’s hiding place…and we’d both promptly forgotten about it.  Monday afternoon I called her over when I found it again and we laughed as she gave it to me.

I love this sweet card for so many reasons!  It is the first card she has made me written in French.  She speaks French at home all the time (and translates for this English speaking Mommy )  but notes to me have been written in English.  The other thing I love is that it’s still in such a Grade 1 style!  It says ‘I love you Mommy’ and is supposed to read, ‘Je t’aime Maman’ but she ran out of room when writing t’aime so finished the end of the word at the beginning of the line. 

Mother’s Day was perfect from start to finish!  Thank you Lord for blessing me with this most amazing daughter!  She is my world!!