From Gumboots to Designer Puddleboots

All those years of wearing those boring old gumboots and now look at the options! Gumboots have taken on a whole new look for the fashion minded ladies who still need practical footwear for those rainy days. I was fortunate to find 1 pair out of about 20 boots that fit my size 10 feet. The look on my husbands face when he saw them for the first time was a bit funny. He wouldn't even let me wear them out! I look forward to heading out to do some gardening in my new purchase in the near future. Spring is in the air!!

The Beginning of Our Adoption Journey

What a blessing our son Cayden has been to us. He is a mischievious little fellow who loves to make people laugh. Over the last few years we have faithfully waited for another little blessing to come along into our family but to no avail. Jeremy and I have now reached the decision to take the next step in life and to pursue the avenue of adoption. This process both excites us and scares us, but we are more ready than ever. We have just completed the first step of the adoption process and have "graduated" from an extensive Adoption Education course that is mandatory for all those hopeful parents to take. We enjoyed the course thouroughly and met a few other couples in the Chilliwack area going into through adoption as well. I am very thankful for the connections we have made. Thank-you Ali B. for your openess and honesty, included your humourous stories of your own experiences!

My congratulations go out to Joyce and Chris who have recieved amazing news that there adopted baby boy has joined their family. It gives me hope that we too will recieve that call one day in the future as well.

My Sleeping Beauty

Some of my absolute favorite times are peeking in to watch Cayden while he is sleeping.

I always think of the things that I would have liked to change for that day.

Maybe that I was a little more patient with him, maybe read one more book to him, maybe told him one more time before I tucked him in that I loved him.

And when I leave him to his dreams, I tell myself that I will be more patient, read that extra book, tell him I love him one extra time ... "tommorrow".