Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Monday, 3 June 2013
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Fulfilling a Mother's Dream on Father's Day
The second you realize you are going to be a parent, you start imagining the different milestones that you're going to experience. Visions of first steps, teaching them how to ride a bike, and wonderful family vacations where everyone gets along dance through your head. As a Mormon mother, my list also includes other milestones for my sons like their first day in nursery (a day that many young parents look forward to), baptisms, and serving missions.
Connor recently turned 16 which allows a worthy young man to be ordained as a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood. One of the Priest's duties is to bless the sacrament before the Deacons, (12-13 year old young men who have been ordained as such), pass the sacrament to the members in the congregation.
This past Sunday, Connor blessed the sacrament for the first time with his father by his side and his younger brother standing in front of them waiting to pass it. It was a wonderful sight for a mother to see. My heart was full of joy and still is whenever I think about it.
I thank my Heavenly Father for blessing me with three worthy Priesthood holders in my home.
Monday, 5 December 2011
13 years ago, a tiny 6lb baby boy joined our family. Over these years, he has grown into a creative, musical, generous, caring, hard-working, smart, inquisitive, independent young man who loves to be silly. Happy 13th birthday, Aidan. You have brought so much joy to my life (even though you didn't take the soother until you were 5 months old) and I can't wait to see what the future brings you. I am truly blessed to have you as my son.
Aidan spent his 13th birthday at his first Ottawa Senators game.
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Warning! This may not be true.
The increased testosterone flowing through Connor's body due to puberty has spawned many arguments lately that included threats to beat his brother up. This card that Aidan created for Connor's 14th birthday contains evidence of this but there's also a slight glimmer of hope that deep down inside they may love each other.
But then again, it may not be true.
But then again, it may not be true.
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Sunday, 9 August 2009
Things to ponder...shhhh
It been an odd summer so far. We haven't had the hot, humid summer whether that we're used to in the summer. There's been a lot of rain and thunderstorms (yuck). It was probably nice for my mom when she came to visit for a couple of weeks. Vancouver has been stinky hot all summer. Apparently my dad couldn't stand the heat at his place and slept at my mom's with the windows open one night. My dad rents a room so there probably wasn't any wind coming through his window.
I hope my mom enjoyed her visit. She turned 60 while she was here and we celebrated with a Chinese birthday cake and had a few of my friends that knew her over to share in the celebration. FYI...60 candles causes a lot of smoke when blown out and sets off the smoke detector :)
My mom has become quite devout in her Catholic faith these past few years and so we took her to Montreal to visit a few impressive Catholic church sites. Aidan made an interesting comment while we were there. He noted how all the churches we visited concentrated on the different people and saints but where was Jesus Christ? How come they didn't teach about Him? Words to ponder from a 10 year old.
While sitting in Notre Dame Basilica, I wondered whether it's better to have the humble, non-decorative chapel that we are used to in the Latter-day Saint faith or to have beautiful architecture and ornate churches to worship in? Our faith does not put up the cross or statues of religious people. Instead of using the cross as a reminder of our faith we would rather remember how Jesus lived and not how he died although the Atonement is important to us. While sitting in the basilica, I felt a sense of awe and noted how quiet it was while everyone was waiting for mass to begin. Everyone whispered if they dared to talk at all. It was a similar reverence as if we were in one of our temples. I pondered whether or not this was due to the beautiful building we were sitting in. Everyone was in awe as I was of the church. Lately our ward leaders have continuously encouraged us to be more reverent during sacrament meeting by taking inconsolable babies out to the hallway sooner and to reserve chatting with friends for anywhere but in the chapel as we should establish the chapel as a place of quiet reverence. I don't know if it's just such a habit that members are forgetting what has been counseled to us but it just hasn't been working. It's hard to break a bad habit.
So I put the question out there...would it help us be more reverent if our chapel was ornately decorated and giving something for us to concentrate on visually? I have my own opinion on this but I'll share that afterwards. I'm interested in your thoughts.
I hope my mom enjoyed her visit. She turned 60 while she was here and we celebrated with a Chinese birthday cake and had a few of my friends that knew her over to share in the celebration. FYI...60 candles causes a lot of smoke when blown out and sets off the smoke detector :)
My mom has become quite devout in her Catholic faith these past few years and so we took her to Montreal to visit a few impressive Catholic church sites. Aidan made an interesting comment while we were there. He noted how all the churches we visited concentrated on the different people and saints but where was Jesus Christ? How come they didn't teach about Him? Words to ponder from a 10 year old.
While sitting in Notre Dame Basilica, I wondered whether it's better to have the humble, non-decorative chapel that we are used to in the Latter-day Saint faith or to have beautiful architecture and ornate churches to worship in? Our faith does not put up the cross or statues of religious people. Instead of using the cross as a reminder of our faith we would rather remember how Jesus lived and not how he died although the Atonement is important to us. While sitting in the basilica, I felt a sense of awe and noted how quiet it was while everyone was waiting for mass to begin. Everyone whispered if they dared to talk at all. It was a similar reverence as if we were in one of our temples. I pondered whether or not this was due to the beautiful building we were sitting in. Everyone was in awe as I was of the church. Lately our ward leaders have continuously encouraged us to be more reverent during sacrament meeting by taking inconsolable babies out to the hallway sooner and to reserve chatting with friends for anywhere but in the chapel as we should establish the chapel as a place of quiet reverence. I don't know if it's just such a habit that members are forgetting what has been counseled to us but it just hasn't been working. It's hard to break a bad habit.
So I put the question out there...would it help us be more reverent if our chapel was ornately decorated and giving something for us to concentrate on visually? I have my own opinion on this but I'll share that afterwards. I'm interested in your thoughts.
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
June Summary
It's been a busy month so here's a quick recap...
Junior School Closing assembly. Connor received subject awards in math (2nd highest mark in his class), drama, and art. He's left-brained and right-brained...a well-rounded boy.
Actually, it was a limo we saw during our Mommy and Aidan day.
Went to NYC for another business trip and they had all these lawn chairs in the middle of the street in Times Square. Apparently one of the reasons is to manage traffic by training drivers to re-route.
Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Pie (and dessert) auction...Connor made a Salt Lake Temple rice krispie square.
Aidan bid and won a pie with his own $10.
Sheldon was fed up with our old kitchen appliances...
We went to the Medieval Festival at Upper Canada Village.
Junior School Closing assembly. Connor received subject awards in math (2nd highest mark in his class), drama, and art. He's left-brained and right-brained...a well-rounded boy.
Celebrated Barb Booth's birthday. Can you guess what restaurant?
Organized the Stake Softball Tournament.
Aidan's new ride.
Actually, it was a limo we saw during our Mommy and Aidan day.Aidan did really well on his Gr. 5 report card. Almost straight A's...just a few B's sprinkled in there.
And finally, our choir practiced and performed the musical presentation "From Cumorah's Hill". It was a lot of fun and the Stake President wants us to do an encore performance in the fall.
Sunday, 5 April 2009
31
Here are the highlights from my birthday. Thanks to everyone who took part and made it memorable.
- Birthday shopping
- All-you-can eat sushi lunch at Sushi Kan with my three favourite guys
- Was totally zoned out during the sushi lunch because I overdosed slightly on antihistamines
- Napped for 2 hours to sleep off the antihistamines
- Dinner with the girls at Chez Lucien; one had a confrontation with the waitress
- Listened to some great music at the Grace Over Diamonds show at Greenfield's Pub
- Took the party to Denny's and didn't get home until after 3am
- Our friend Jon (who is an amazing cook) brought over a birthday dessert the next day...a delicious chocolate roulade.
Friday, 3 April 2009
Birthday Shopping
Work gives everyone a day off for their birthday so today I spent mine shopping (thanks mom for the b-day money). It was pure bliss with 4 hours of uninterrupted shopping and to top it off, I got some great deals too. Some people at the mall were staring at me because I was carrying so many bags. I felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. I had to laugh when I got home and laid all my purchases on the bed. Everything I bought was black except for one pair of white dress pants.
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