Elizabeth's Birthday

Here is the next installment of the, "I am so Loved" collection. This one is for Elizabeth, a cherished daughter, sister and friend. The big contributer for this edition is, Kati. Thank you so much for your time and talents to make this book possible.

Heather's Birthday

Heather--the beautiful baby of the Condron family. This is the second book in the "I am so Loved" collection. This is a result of fantastic coordination and dedication with Kati.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

So, I guess once something is published on the blog, it is definitely true. Over the past few weeks, I've had the intuition that something big was coming. I know there are those out there who would like to hear that we are having more children--WE ARE NOT!

Bob graduated last summer and has been looking for a job in the "environmental/geographical" fields and hasn't been able to find one. We are taking our family and moving east to the London, Ontario area. This comes as a huge shock to everyone, including me. I never thought I would be leaving Calgary and more importantly, my family and friends. This is going to be a wonderful thing for our family and for Bob...but so hard to leave all those we have grown to love.

Bob will be leaving in a few weeks to secure employment and a home and the kids and I will be following during the summer. I want to emphasize that while we will be far from here (and coming back to visit often) we will be very close to the Great Lakes and only a day trip from New York City and Washington DC. When planning your vacations--please consider coming to see us.

This is going to be very difficult for me to leave my Mom and my sisters (in-laws included). I have been very close to them and rely on them so much. They are my very best friends and it breaks my heart to leave them. The greatest,most wonderful, fantastic consolation? We have family on Bob's side that will be moving out to the London area about the same time. (I'm not telling who it is but you can call 403-912-2333 for more clues...) It does bring me peace to know that we will still be close to them. Bob also has many aunts, uncles and cousins all around that area that we look forward to seeing.

Stay tuned to more updates...

Kailyn's Valentine's

Here's a peek at the Valentine's we made for Kailyn's class--they say, "Here's a couple of hugs for my friends!!" then we put two Hershey's Hugs in them. I thought they looked really cute.

We Go Together...

Zoe and the cat squish in for a cuddle.

Uncle James and Zoe spend some quality time together catching some "zzz's"--I can definitely see some family resemblance in this picture. (he he)

Play Date

We had a wonderful opportunity to have Kailyn & Lukas' cousin, Tia, come over for the weekend. Kailyn is only four months older than Tia. When I was pregnant with Kailyn and then Bob's sister, Kelly got pregnant--we were so excited that we would have kids the same age. At the time we were positive that Kelly was going to have another BOY (she already had 3 boys) but, we were delighted when the ultrasound tech said GIRL!! We've been really lucky because we have always lived close to Kelly, her hubby, Richard and their kids. The icing on this cake is that 5 months after Kelly had her last baby--a little boy named Reece--Lukas was born. I am so happy that both my children have family playmates the same age and that they close enough that we can see each other often.

Having Tia here and watching her with Kailyn made me reflect on how blessed we've been. It's funny how these little miracles make such an impact on everything.

A Little Hungarian

Here are some Hungarian messages for Kati!! The lighting isn't very good--but you get the idea! I don't speak Hungarian but Kati really liked these! Thanks to those who sent messages and for those who haven't--it's not too late--I'll keep making pages when they come. Special thanks to Zsuzsa for helping to collect these!

Kati's Birthday Surprise

Here is what is finished of Kati's Book--A big thanks to all those who helped!! You should be able to click on the pictures so they enlarge and you can read the letters. I also want to send a big thank you to my sister, Sarah, who stayed up really late with me to work on this. She is a scrapbook junkie and her ideas were wonderful.