Just Doing It!

brings me gratitude!

(A looooong overdue post!)

So... I haven't been here for a while... again, not sure why... perhaps not recognizing my blessings in everyday life. I have so much to be grateful for!

Here are some photos from the past little bit.

My grandmother's 85th birthday passed and it was a fun, family filled night at the Mandarin... my grandmother's favourite restaurant.

Maybe she was a little shy with all the attention at first but...

she soon relaxed... hee.

It's rare to have everyone at a family function so I thought it would be fun to bring some 'staches to the party! They were hit! We had so much fun! Dad looks how he looked in the '80's!

I love this photo of Uncle Peter... I'm sure he enjoyed himself... maybe just too much MSG.

Pete enjoyed himself a bit too much...

Sheila too... eeeeewwwwww

That's a bit better... cute!

Alyssa's 16th birthday was a couple of weeks later... has it really been 16 years?!

Oh my sweet!

We had dinner at a togarashi joint that we had all been meaning to try for years... It was lovely!

(Great action shot below with my face doing something weird...)

The birthday girl seemed to enjoy it.

Then some birthday cake while reminiscing Alyssa's childhood dinosaur love..

I tried to blend in with the teenagers... yes?... No!

Anyways, it was a lot of fun! and so so special...

The next day to keep the celebration going Sheila and I spent the day together...

We went to the Market to pick up food to make dinner for Nick and Pete... and it happened to be Earth Hour day as well.

Such fun!

Here is Nick helping out... he always finds his way into the kitchen!

Sheila is pretending to help...

...Here we are hamming it up after dinner...

and Sheila and I looking a little mischievous at the end of the night...

I've been keeping myself busy with workshops and such and lots of work gets in the way... it's the busy patio season again!

I must remember to stop, take a deep breath, enjoy the moment

and smile.

Thank you!