It's one of those weeks!

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you just wish you could get on a plane and go to an island where no one else lives. That has been my week and it is only Tuesday. But I'm sure we have all had them. So if you want to share, feel free to let me know of one of your crazy weeks. Anyways, thanks for listening.

I feel so much better!

Okay, thanks everyone for commenting on our blog. I just needed to know that someone was reading it that was all. So I will keep at it. You don't have to write something all the time, I think I installed a counter so that I will know that people are visiting, so no worries everyone. I will be okay. Thanks for all your love and support.

Is Anyone Reading My Blog?

I have been reading over this blog and realized that no one (at least not very many) leave a comment on my blog. So it makes me wonder if anyone really is reading it. Maybe it is a waste of my time. Maybe no one really cares about my life. Okay right now my kids would say, "Mom don't be so dumb, of course people care." So even though you are not leaving any comments, I hope you are enjoying our family blog.

I Finally Did It!

Well it will be 2 month next Tuesday that Josh left for his mission to Ireland. It has been hard to not have him home, but he is doing so good and growing so much we wouldn't want him anywhere else at this time in his life. We are very proud of him and his effort.

Before

So when he left, he left his room a mess. Dirty clothes on the floor, stuff everywhere. Bottles of water, pop bottles and empty packages. But I couldn't bring myself to clean it up. As long as it was like that it seemed like he might be coming home. Plus it smelled like Josh's cologne. But I finally got up the courage today to start the clean up process. I went in and of course starting bawling and my good husband came in and said, "We don't have to do this today, it is okay to leave it". But I knew we had to do it sometime and now was as good as ever. So we got at it. We still have more to do, but at least we can walk around in there now without stepping on things. It does look much better. So here are a few before and after pictures. I will update when we finish all the changes.

After

Our Trip to Erie

Well we said goodbye to another one of our children. Vanessa headed back to BYU-Idaho on Friday. It is so hard to say goodbye to your children. Now with Jacquie and Ryan back in Idaho, Vanessa in Idaho and Josh in Ireland we are now officially emptynesters. Everyone says how nice it would be, but let me tell you it is very quiet around here. We miss all of them so much.

So instead of coming home after we dropped Vanessa off at the airport, Gary booked a hotel in Erie, PA

and we drove there to go shopping and get some R&R. He surprised me with the hotel (I didn't want to know) and it was a nice surprise. We really enjoyed ourselves and I'm so glad that I didn't come home to an empty house right away. It gave us the chance to bond again and we really had a great time. And one of the best places we ate supper at was Cold Stone!

Going to The Ex!

Vanessa wanted to do something this long weekend before heading back to school. So we decided (or she did) to go to the CNE in Toronto. It was fun once we got there. When we got near the Ex there was no parking. The Air Show was going on and it was very busy. So we were able to get a few pictures of the air show and then we drove right past the Ex. Gary decided to head downtown and park near union station and take the TTC over. In the end it cost alot cheaper, but the TTC wasn't to much fun. And I don't like being in downtown Toronto at night, but it all worked out in the end. We had alot of fun there and we managed to get back to the car safely. Vanessa loves being in that craziness, just like her sister and brother did. I guess when you are young it seems like fun. Not to me anymore. So here are some pictures of what we saw.

Air Show

CN Tower

Vanessa with an RCMP Officer

RCMP Musical Ride

Vanessa and Gary trying out a new car! Vanessa was dreaming!!!

Gary with his dream vehicle!!

Vanessa and I got tattoos at the EX! I got mine in honour of Josh on his Ireland mission. Vanessa just like tinkerbell the best. (oh they are just airbushed tattoo's not real ones, I'm not that crazy).

Girl's Day for Pedicures

On Friday Vanessa and I went to Kaizen's for pedicures. The Nantais family gave me a pedicure for my birthday, so we booked a Mommy/Daughter day. It was so nice. We sat across from each other while we were having them done. Then we picked out our colours. Mine was suppose to be pink, but it turned out red. Vanessa's is a nice purple. Our feet were so soft and smooth that we felt like we were slipping in your sandals as we were walking to the car. So thanks to the Nantais' for a wonderful birthday present.