Nick & Nicole Plus 4: gratitude

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Monday moments of gratitude- May 9th

Monday, May 09, 2016

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Monday moments of gratitude- April 25th

Monday, April 25, 2016

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Moments of gratitude - April 18

Monday, April 18, 2016

I skipped last week so this is two weeks of moments that I'm grateful for. Linking up with Shaunacey again :)

Top of the list: THE RETURN OF SPRING. finally !!

This last few days have been amazing. Night and day from this time last week. Sunday I wore shorts and worked In the garden with Abby, while Mimi and Nev played with their friends.

Days off with the kids. Friday was a PAday and the kids and I were home. That morning we watched kimmy Schmidt (yay!) and then Abby was at her dads, Mimi hung out with friends and Mady was somewhere with her boyfriend so that left me and Nevaeh. We had an old navy date, visited my mom, had lunch and played outside. Such a great day.

Friend time last Saturday it was so nice to visit Ashlee and Lyss's new home and celebrate their little mans bday ! Miles is basically the cutest little boy ever and he was sooo good the entire day. Usually it's overwhelming. His party was all sorts of adorable and it was "stock his library themed". We got him this this and this. ( of course the hobbit because we're a family of nerds).

Other friend time includes: Canvas and Cabernet again with some ladies from work and my sister and it was so nice to relax and paint with a group of women I love dearly. Also me and the Watson sisters took in THE BOSS on Friday night. It was hilarious. Go see it.

Nick his girl nights. No relationship is perfect. and mine is far from it ( I would prefer less video games and more kitchen cleaning ) but Nick is always game to take the girls out on his own. Which is the case when I work a lot in the summer. Last weekend Madison boyfriend had a gig at the MaclarenARTcentre and she asked nick to take her. He brought Mimi and Nevaeh as well and they did crafts and watched the live performances. And Friday he had a date with Nevaeh they went to dinner and shoe shopping. He's adorable. I have no photos of this, but am grateful none the less:)

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Monday moments of gratitude - March 28th

Monday, March 28, 2016

Linking up again with Shaunacey to recount my moments of gratitude over the last week.

First and foremost this last week I'm grateful for electricity. And the men and women who's job it is to make sure it gets to my home!! The ice storm late last week was a bad as expected or maybe worse. And we didn't have power for 18 hours. I thought that was bad but some still don't have power and haven't since last Thursday.

We lost power at 7pm Thursday evening. thankfully I had just finished cooking dinner. We ate by candlelight and did crafts lit by flash lights. We went to bed early and prayed for it to come back on

Next morning still nothing and I needed coffee badly. I spent 45 minutes chipping ice off the car so we could go out and drive around the city of Barrie. No joke, we drove around for two hours, managed to find coffee, a gas station that would let us pump gas, and the only open McDonalds. SCORE!! Thankfully early afternoon we had power back. I could at that point enjoy how pretty the ice was. Here's a few snaps over the course of the 18 hours from my iPhone.

I'm also grateful for Long weekends. Having 4 days off (with a bonus half day because of the ice storm) is good for the soul. Hanging with the family all weekend has been great. Though I'm ready for these kids to get back to school!!

Pinterest is next up on my list. I saw the coolest idea of a umbrellas used as easter baskets! I loved this idea for my younger two, and adjusted the idea for my teens. I try not and over do it at Easter, as it's not Christmas, and when I was a kid I hunted a few eggs, got a chocolate bunny, maybe a dressed and called it a day.

What the young kids got: Skipping rope, bubbles, shopkins blind bag, colouring book, sidewalk chalk, Peeps, Kinder Egg, Old Navy Dress, American Girl Sleeping bag, My Little Pony, Tsum Tsum from Disney Store, and hair stuff & EOS.

The Teen Easter Boxes: Wooden Box from Michaels. Shirt from old Navy, Bath & Body works stuff, random candy, Pony Tail holders from Old Navy, Tsum Tsum's, Davids Tea Easter Eggs (as pictured above) and of course EOS.

Last but not least, my last thankful moment is for the return of nice weather. The kids played outside all day Sunday. I let them run around in their 'gym' clothing. So don't judge the photos, I let them be kids, and they DO NOT match, and their hair is not brushed, but they we outside and that's all that counts!