my life in pink

Happiness Is.....

hot coffee made for you by someone else

warm blankets

new friends

lazy weekend days

winning hockey games

having a meal made for you

wind storms

fireplaces

fresh sheets on the bed

dinner with my kids

burning candles

getting 2 juice boxes

good chocolate

empty laundry baskets

hot baths

red wine

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Happy Valentine's Day

Sending a little love from my Starbucks cup and I to you today!

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Hanging On To The Holidays

I'm not ready to let the holidays go quite yet.

I'll admit I was slow to get into them this year but once that "feeling" set in it was all unicorns and rainbows around here. Well, not literally unicorns and rainbows - more like reindeer and snowmen but you know what I'm saying.

I feel like I've just finally got my holiday groove on and today is the last day. Back to real life tomorrow. I'm just not ready.

Not ready for the tree to go away, to let go of all the holiday cards that flooded my mail box, to pack away the memories of Christmas morning, of hot chocolate and Christmas carols, of standing in the snow at midnight to bring in the new year.

I'm just not ready.

So for today I've lit some candles and snuggled in on the couch with a blanket and my girls and we're munching on the last of the shortbread soaking in these last few hours.

Keeping those reindeer flying!

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Weekend Mobile Photo Dump

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I Laughed

Okay, I'll admit I only went to this movie because my girls wanted to go and I'm slightly ashamed to admit this but I laughed. I mean seriously laughed. Felt great.

So there you have my dirty little secret for today - I laughed my butt off at an Adam Sandler movie!

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I Love This Girl

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A Post

I've sat down to write this post so many times over the last couple of months and every time I just backspace it away and walk away, unsure what to say or how to say it.

I still don't think I'm ready to go into details but let me just say that we're going through something so hard and painful that it hurts to the core in ways that I never thought something could hurt.

I've walked through hell before and it seems like a walk in the park complete with balloons and unicorns compared to the journey we are on right now.

But as with all things in life, this particular walk through the darkness has its moments where the beauty is so profound and the love is so intense that it is enough to keep me moving forward.

It is the times where I can't go on and something small in my soul cries out help and they are there. Those rare, few people who have seemingly crawled out of the wordwork of my past are there and they hold me up and help me to face another moment.

Those who I never in a million years thought I would know. Who I would come to love as though they are my family. They are my family now.

Those I can call or message and say I need a hug. I can check my phone and find simply a O. Yes, the hug part of a XO kiss and hug, making me laugh and cry at the same time. Those who show up late at night to make me nachos and tell me that somehow its going to be okay. Those who will hold me and just let me cry, not attempting to diminish my pain or try to explain it away. They just let me feel it and let me move through it. Those who have been understanding when I dump my responsibilities on them saying i can't and they understand.

This love and support has come from the most unexpected places. And one place I knew. From someone who I never had much in common with except one funny thing to someone who seems to know my soul and is able to see into my very being and everyone in between.

I know some of you are reading. There are no words to tell you how much I love you guys.

I know some of you will never see this. I love you guys just as much and I hope one day I can express to you what you mean to me.

Thank you for loving me and my girls and for holding me up when I don't have the stregnth or the courage to do it. For making me put one cliched foot in front of the other. For always being there, even when I don't think you are, I now know you are.

I am physically and emotionally exhausted beyond what I ever thought was possible and yet because of you I am able to keep going.

So simply....

thank you

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Cali pics con't. Day 2 Part 2

After an afternoon swim at the hotel and a nice relaxing afternoon we headed back to the parks for the evening. We decided to let the heat and the crowds die down a bit and it helped....a wee bit anyways.

First up was the new Star Tours v2.0. It was so cool! The ride is 3D now and there are 3 different beginnings, 3 middles and 3 ends so each time you go its slightly different. Well not everytime, but most times.....eventually you'll repeat but we never did.

Its a small world after all, its a small world after all.....

Hippo!!!!!!

Emily pretending to be scared on Winnie The Pooh.....its a long story.....

Time for a Tigger Tail! Marshmallows dipped in caramel then in chocolate then in orange sugar. Basically a diabetic coma on a stick! lol!

Jungle Cruise.....saw the backside of water! Love that the joke still lives on after all these years.

Matterhorn!

Headed over to California Adventure and went Soaring Over California! Wheeeeeee.....

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California Day Two Pics - Part 1

Day 2 of our holiday was the first day to hit the parks! Woohoo! Thankfully I had gotten a bit more sleep then the night before because another night of 45 mins of sleep just wasn't going to cut it.

Here are the girls just getting onto Main Street for the first time!

Yes, Maddy wore a tiara most of the trip.

Obligatory castle shot

Peter Pan! Woohoo! I can fly, I can fly, I can fly!

Time to fly an elephant - Dumbo!

Maddy and I in our Dumbo

After a trip around Fantasyland it was off to Tomorrowland or more like Standaroundland. Star Tours V2.0 opened the week before we got there and there was a serious traffic problem in all of Tomorrowland. Seriously. Too many people!

Anyways, Space Mountain here we come!

Different Castle shot!

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!

The super secret Club 33. I think its easier to get into the White House then it is to get into this place!

The girls trying to sneak in! Not really but still fun to pretend

Haunted Mansion. Spooky. Or not really.

Awwwww......my girlies

Churro time!

Churro time for her too

Back seat of Big Thunder Mountain Railway! Whheeeeeeee!!!!!

Shoes

Maddy's first time on a ride by herself

The Little Mermaid ride opened the week before we got there too. Loved it! All the little details Disney does so well like these on the poles of the line up.