August 26th was the 10 year anniversary of our first date. 10 years! That's more than a third of my life. I can't believe it's been 10 years already. If you'd asked me 10 years ago how I pictured my life 10 years from then I would have said to be married and have kids. While we may not live where I want to live right now or have as much money as we would like (who really does right?) I am blessed to have the one thing that really matters in my life - my family.

We had Kennedy's 5th and Parker's 3rd birthday party on Sunday. It was a pirate theme and then Kennedy decided she wanted it to be a princess theme too. Here are some pictures. We didn't get too many. As usual, my cakes didn't turn out quite like I hoped, especially the castle. The kids were excited by them though so I guess that's all that matters.

Thanks Auntie Lara!

Thanks to my sister Lara who gave us money for a dinner out last week. I was telling her that our dishwasher is broken and I was so tired of washing dishes and that I just didn't think I could was another one that day. Shortly after I talked to her she emailed me to tell me that she'd transfered some money to my account so that we could go to Outback, one of my favourite restaurants (for cheese fries!). It was such a surprise and so sweet of her.

We almost never take the kids out for a sit down meal, it's just not something that appeals to me. It's so much easier to eat at home with them. Now that Kennedy and Parker are both at the age where they're fine eating out, Emerson is now at the age where she doesn't want to sit still. However, on this particular night they were amazing and so perfectly behaved. We were so very proud of them. The waitress even said that Emerson was the best baby she's ever had in the restaurant. It really was a great dinner. Thanks so much Lar! Here are some pictures of our lovely evening.

Parker on his 2nd birthday.
Parker's 3rd birthday was the day after we got home from Canada. We're having a party for him and Kennedy this weekend so we just had cupcakes on his birthday. Like usual, can not believe time has passed so quickly and my little baby boy is already 3!

Parker's 3rd birthday was the day after we got home from Canada. We're having a party for him and Kennedy this weekend so we just had cupcakes on his birthday. Like usual, can not believe time has passes so quickly and my little baby boy is already 3!

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We're back from Canada!

Here are some pictures from our trip to Canada. We had a great visit with my mom and Bob and with Jana, Patrick and Hannah. The kids did amazingly well on our 31 hour drive up. I was just shocked by how wonderful all 3 of them were. On the way home Kennedy was sick and throwing up and we drove through torrential rain during 12 of the 15 hours of our second day of driving home but they were still really great. My advice to anyone contemplating a long drive alone with 3 children (especially a baby who is still nursing) is don't do it!! Even though they were really, really good it was still an incredibly long trip.