Mothers Day and Chris's 45th Birthday ....

Chris and I woke up at the little cabin in Errington very excited to go and pick up the boys ... life is just so much more fun when they are around .... so we grabbed them and headed to the Burdges for a visit before heading home.  Elliot got a lesson on how to mow the lawn, however, he is still too small to reach the peddles and sit on the seat, that the machine kept turning off ...

It was still a kick to watch this from the window ....

Watching with this lady .... she sports my hat pretty well!!

2 good guys .... Chris and Trent getting the lawn done ...

Isaac slept for pretty much the entire visit ... here he is drooling on Margs pillow ....

Birthday boy and his mom .....

Two night getaway in Errington .....

While the boys were at scout camp at Rathtrever, Chris and I rented a cute little cabin in Errington, about 20 minutes away.  

Cute neighbors ....

Quick beach walk .....

He was able to go out for roughly 2 hours of outside time before needing to go back and lie down ... 2 hours in the morning, and a little over 2 hours in the afternoon for dinner .... this guy is tired!!!

Scouts go to Rathtrever Beach

4x4ing with Trent ....

It was a very good day .... with a very good guy.

Isaac and Isaiah

Isaac didn’t seem to be getting eaten by mosquitoes so he crawled into Isaacs chair.  

Jolene was coming over for a glass of wine and Isaac decided to play waiter ....

Jaxon and Elliot in the early chemo treatment days ...

Still a favorite picture ....

Boat rides to Youbou ....

Life Coach sessions started last week ... the homework was to get up earlier and to finish the 10K last weekend.  So far, we are doing it.  Finished the run and now that the sun is coming out, getting up has been easier.... Sunday morning this was the view.

And then he joined me for a few moments before racing off to his next thing .....

Isaac was invited to a friends house who lives in Youbou.  We thought it would be a bit of an adventure to boat him over to the Youbou side of the lake, and then walk him up to his friends house in town.



We parked at Cristins parents cabin dock .... and yes, we were accosted by the neighbor who was feeling pretty protective over the dock .... but we had permission, so all good.

Once Isaac was dropped off after a nice 10 minute walk up the road ... this guy drove us home.  He took over quickly from Chris once he discovered we were going away from home.  Such a houseplant.  So he took over from Chris and drove us (pretty quickly) home.  He seemed quite confident behind the wheel despite the speed, which surprised us, but he did a good job.



Well, this is different.....

Once home, Chris took off for Parksville for the rest of the day to pick up a knitting machine and about 12 boxes of yarn and all the accessories for the machine.  And I sat down to listen to the rest of my audiobook.  It was a nice day ....

When Isaac dresses up for school pictures

Clearing out drawers today and found the gem.  He sure likes to dress up. lol 

Ps: that’s a paper tie 

Busy bees at the Burdges ....

Laura and I met mid morning on Saturday to get all the supplies for some cheery flowers for Margs back patio with the hope it would bring her some joy.  With the donations of a few of her friends ... we were allowed a bit of a spending spree that was quite fun.  First stop flowers ....

Second stop food ....



While we were doing that, the floor was getting done and the bed set up ... when Laura and I arrived, Chris was dripping sweat all over the new floor ......

Mike came out after we were done with the gardening and did some re-arranging of the pots so they looked pretty.  He has a great eye for that kind of thing ....

Meet Peeky .... she brings joy ... her tail is a windmill and is so fun when the wind kicks up.

All tucked in to a clean bedroom, cozy sheets .. and a kid with a fractured elbow ....

It is going to be a long road ahead, so I hope this brought her some joy.

Chemo starts tommorow.....and she got quite a gift !!

Sweet that all the kids shared their moms story - here are mike and Chris’s after marg shared the exciting news about this ring!!!  It’s a big day tommorow.... we’re all rooting for her.