Sister's Birthday supper at our house

Kellie and I at our house celebrating her 23rd birthday one week early...HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIS...we LOVE YOU!








Kell cuttin the cake and Kell after blowing out the candles - doesn't she look so ADORABLE!







Dad just looks cute in this pic so I had to post it ;)











Dad and his girls

































The cake we made for my lil sis













Kell's boyfriend, Jamie...so cute









Pizza we made from scratch...dough in the breadmaker even...it was yummy!

Peanut M&M's are my new favourite in chocolate.

Lately I have been craving them so my Marky-poo went to Costco this evening and, after much coaxing, he purchased a BOX of this delicious treat!!!!!!! YUMMY!!!

They are a perfect treat for me and for my Dad.

THANK YOU honey...

Monday Night

Last night my sister, Kellie, came over for dinner! I hadn't seen her in quite awhile.

After dinner we convinced Dad to play a quick game of Skip-Bo with us. So, the four of us played and guess who won............. DAD! Darnit he always wins. When we were growing up it was always Kellie who won the games.

Next time Kell.....

you'll have to kick Dad's butt!!! Hahaha

Us with our very ccoolld Rocco :-)

Mark and little Ronnie

Us with that crazy dog, Lucky!

A very cute pic of Mark who is warming Rocco up in his jacket. Lil bugger can't stand the cold for long.

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very nice pic of Sakima

Another day spent in Bragg Creek

As the title suggests, today we went to Bragg Creek for the day. We went with our friend, Ron, his dog, Sakima, and our two dogs.

The sky was a beautiful shade of blue and the sun was shining brightly.

We parked along the highway and loaded up the sleigh and I sat down at let the boys pull me down the long hill...fun!

Once we picked out spot we started a fire and that is where Lucky stayed as usual...he loves to catch the sparks from the fire - weird I know.

Anyway we roasted our hotdogs and took pictures and relaxed in the nice sunshine for awhile before heading off for a little walk along the creek.

We stopped several times to take pictures. It was so beautiful out. Unfortunitely where we walked the hills blocked the sunshine but the pics still turned out nice.

After our walk we had to pack up and leave because poor Rocco was SO COLD! That little one just cannot handle the cold. We think he did pretty good though, considering we were out for a good 4 hours and he only spent maybe an hour snuggled up in his daddy's jacket.

So, we packed up and headed home and hopped in the shower immediately - to get warm and because the smell of smoke on us was pretty strong. Then we gave Rocco a nice warm bath and now he is snuggled up in his blanket.

I will post some pictures as soon as they are uploaded.

Our weekend

On Sunday we had a very lazy morning and then we decided to go for a drive with the doggies out to Bragg Creek where we had a nice lunch at our usual cafe and then we took the dogs for a quick walk at Station Flats. It was pretty cold so we couldn't stay long but we had fun in the short time we were there.

Little Rocco had his red sweater on that he hasn't worn in at least a year and he sure looked cute. He was ploughing through the snow as fast as he could and the snow was as deep as he was. It was very cute.

Lucky of course was just so happy to be free to roam around. He ran and ran and flipped the snow around with his snout. What a sweetheart. I love that dog he has such a beautiful personality.

We may go out there again next weekend and if we do we'll be sure to remember BATTERIES for the camera so we can take pics this time! LOL.

Hey I forgot to say thank you to everyone who came to visit me in the hospital......................

Ron, Tracey, Ingrid, Kellie, Jamie, Danny-Boy, Joanna, Jenny,Ed and of course my handsome husband. THANK YOU ALL....

Have you been wondering where I've been lately???

Well – surprise…I was yet again in the hospital. This time I spent 10 days in hospital. I will tell you briefly what happened.

On a Monday shortly after lunch I started getting excruciating pain in my back and stomach and could hardly talk or walk properly. I couldn’t get a hold of Mark or Ron so I asked my Dad to drive me to the hospital. I was in so much pain and nearly passed out a few times as I was so hot, and then I was so cold and then so hot again. Anyway, once seen by the doctor and blood was taken etc. it was realized that I had acute pancreatitis which was likely caused .by a stone that was left behind from my gallbladder removal surgery.

I was admitted to hospital and spent the next few days on an IV and not even allowed to drink water. For a few days after that I was on a “clear fluid” diet which consisted of vegetable, beef and chicken bouillon accompanied by jello, tea and a popsicle for my breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

I will share with you one of the horror stories from my time here…I am sure that everyone who has had the hospital experience can tell a similar story.

After three days your IV has to be changed lest there be an infection in the vein. So, on the third day the nurse came to change mine…well she seriously had no clue how to do it. She jammed the needle in a little ways, wiggled it around and pulled the skin back and repeated this two other times. Meanwhile I have tears streaming down my face as it hurt SO badly. She then got a syringe and injected some fluid into the IV but the skin was just puffing up so she had put it in incorrectly and had to take it out to try again…..WELL….I took off down the hall crying as I wasn’t about to let her near my hand again at that moment. So Mark and I went downstairs for awhile and when we came back she got her friend to start the IV/ her friend was a bit better but not much! But it was in and I had some morphine which made the pain go away in my hand and my stomach so all was well...heehee

I needed a procedure called an “ERCP” which is basically when they knock you out and put a camera down your throat and winds it thru to the ducts and searches for and remove the stone. In my case by the time they got in there the stone was already passed so they just made the opening slightly larger; put a stent in and that was it.

I was supposed to have the procedure 4 days earlier but because I was in the hospital and on antibiotics and morphine for the pain and was relatively stable the procedure kept being pushed back in order to accommodate the many people coming thru emergency needing surgery or whatever.

That of course was very frustrating. I just wanted to go home, after all, in this hospital, one floor down; our son was born so it’s certainly not a happy place for me.

Anyway, many tears have been shed, many hours of anger and “why me Lord” has clouded my mind but in the end it has been a blessing in a way. I met some dear people, especially this past week.

The past week I have shared a room with a delightful 91-year-old lady named Edith. She is such a sweetheart and we have enjoyed each other’s company tremendously. She told me many things about her life growing up and I have met a lot of her family who have all been so kind to me. Hospitals aren’t always fun but if you look you can find some good in everything and for me she has been a blessing.

Anyway, I will sign off for now. Hope all are well.