summertime!

Well it’s been a while since I blogged. I guess it’s because I’ve been kinda down in the dumps and who wants to write about why they are miserable.

I am trying to get myself out of that mindset so I will talk about some fun things.

First of all I worked from home on Friday. One of the things I appreciate most about this job is that ability to work from home or just to have a more flexible schedule. No more punching in and out. In any case I worked hard in the morning and then I walked over to the school and handed out the hot lunch (pizza day!) to Kenzie’s class. It always makes Kenzie happy when I go there so that makes me feel good. After that I met my mum for lunch. It was beautiful weather so we sat outside on the patio of a nearby Italian restaurant. After lunch we picked the kids up from school and headed back to our house. Mum and I sat outside on the patio while the kiddos played with the neighbourhood kids on the street. (can I say again how awesome it is to live on a cul de sac where there is hardly any car traffic).

Here they are – the kids loved the bowl of fresh cherries (first bunch of the season).



Look at their cherry-stained grins.


Koda has discoved the hose.


At about 5:30 we packed the kids into my mum’s car and she took them out for dinner and then back to her place for a sleepover. This gave CJ and I the opportunity to go out for a date. We hit up a new bar near our house and had some wings and drinks for dinner. We then came home and watched a movie. How perfect.

Saturday morning CJ got up super early to go mountain biking while I lazed in bed and slept in. (Luxury!). When he got home we had coffee in bed. (again, luxury!) Later in the morning Andrea came over with Jordana. It was Andrea’s birthday on Friday so I gave her, her birthday present. Jordana is so darn cute and she is such a happy baby too.





After Andrea left, CJ and I drove to Oakville to pick up the kiddos. We hung out at my mums for a while, and then came home, went for a walk and had a barbeque dinner. It was a great day.

Yesterday was another wonderful day. The weather was perfect. mid-20’s, hardly a cloud in the sky. The morning was spent running errands (including getting Kenzie some soccer shoes. Her first game of the season is tonight). Then they kids put on their soccer shin pads, soccer socks and cleats and we went to the park to play soccer. That only lasted about 3 minutes before Kenzie was in tears because she couldn’t kick it as far as Seb and Seb was in tears because he didn’t get to keep the ball to himself the whole time… All of a sudden I see 3 little people running down the hill towards us. It was like God had heard my prayer and sent the Bishop girls. Kenzie immediately perked up cause Zoe was there and Seb was thrilled to have his “girlfriend Lilly” there. So we marched up the hill and the kids all played at the playground while Rich, CJ and I sat on the boulders soaking in the sun and watching the kids play.

After a late lunch we met up with Helen and the kids at a new water park/play ground. The kids had a blast running through the water and playing with each other. I love seeing them play outside. It was such a long cold winter and we were couped up inside for so long that I am appreciative of every minute we get that the kids can be outside and playing. And it’s showing – despite putting sun screen on them, they are both getting that sun-kissed/summer glow/tan.

















CJ had to leave early to go play baseball so Helen and I took the brood (5 kids) to a new restaurant (Turtle jacks) for dinner and margaritas (Helen and I, not the kids). Then it was time to go home and do the homework that the kids avoided all weekend. Soon after they finished their homework CJ came home and took them outside to play street hockey. Kenzie decided she needed her soccer shoes for that….





And that was our weekend. Two-day weekends are way too short. I am going to start taking advantage of our summertime “Fridays off” policy.

I love

Kenzie's choir at the spring recital

Never fully dressed without a smile


It's a hard knock life



The sun'll come out tomorrow

feeling sad

The good
• I have the most loyal, kind and loveable husband in the world. I truly look forward to growing old with him and spending our retirement days playing together.
• I love our kiddos so much. They are good sweet kids. Sure they fight and they whine and they drive CJ and I crazy, but in general they are good kids who are pretty well behaved, loving and kind to each other and to other people in general.


The bad
• I drink too much
• I eat too much junk food
• I spend way too much time working / emailing when I am at home and should be spending time with my family
• Our house is always messy and we have a cat that pees all over. I know its time to “send her to kitty heaven” but I just can’t do it.
• We finally get to go to Seattle in 2 weeks and all I can think about is how fat I am now and how everyone will be so shocked to see how much weight I’ve gained. I also feel so guilty because Kenzie talks about going to Seattle all the time but we just can’t afford to talk her… so we will probably have to lie to her cause if she knows we are going there she would be devastated.
• I can’t sleep cause CJ is snoring really loudly beside me but I can’t go to the guest room cause my dad is sleeping there now.

The ugly
• My mother is so severely depressed I am scared she is going to do something to herself
• CJ hurt himself badly today playing softball. I’m afraid he is going to be in a lot of pain tomorrow. I hope the doctor can fix him.
• My mum and my sister are no longer speaking to each other and this time I think their relationship is over… for life
• I feel like CJ and I are always doing the entertaining. There are some “friends” here is Toronto who have come to our house a number of times and never once invited us over to their house. There are others who have invited us only once or twice over the last 3 years. CJ and I have had these people over for dinner, drinks, parties etc at least 30-40 times (no exaggeration). It makes me wonder if we’d have any friends if we didn’t entertain.
• I am feeling really down.

Line Rider

Seb is addicted to line rider... and I think CJ isn't too far off either. Here are some pics of Seb and Seb playing. (it still amazes me how easily kids pick up these computer games)