Jan 2nd

 

A lovely brisk day. Started by calling home to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Spent the day getting ready for school (starting back tomorrow) and spending some quality time together. The storm drainage pond at the top of the road is frozen over so Euan and I headed up there in the morning to try our luck at breaking through the ice. We did manage to break through in a few spots, but were largely unsuccessful. After an early dinner the four of us went back up there and had fun trying to break through again. Sophie met some friends and Euan scoured the forest for logs to toss and break ice.
Getting soccer gear ready and school gear ready and talking to Sophie about what new things she might be interested in trying. Shower, watching AFV together and then time for bed. The day flew by, but we all enjoyed it.

Three Things :

1) Speaking to family back in Scotland

2) Having a lovely morning with Euan at the pond and going back again, the 4 of us.

3) An icy day that Euan got so much enjoyment from. That kid barely had his snow pants off all day!

I love this girl...

Me : Sophie, you are so lovely.

Sophie : I know.

Me : How do you know?

Sophie : Because you tell me all the time.

Me : And if I didn't tell you, would you still know?

Sophie : Yes.

Me : How would you know?

Sophie : I know it in my heart.

Thinking of Scotland...

This is a snapshot of my iTunes playlist. I find myself playing Amy McDonald again and again. Her voice is just what I need to hear these days. I'm finding myself thinking about Scotland all the time - hoping to travel there in the summer, the people we'll love to see, the look of the land and the historical architecture. Thet are all things that I miss and am longing for. Moving here has been a sacrifice, and I feel it more and more as I get older. We all miss out on our family by being here and sometimes I just wish we were closer.

Granny's birthday

Today would have been my granny's birthday. I loved that her birthday was the day after mine, but always felt sad that we were never around at that time as she lived so far away. I didn't really know much about her or her life as we always travelled there for weekends and I was too young to ask her the things I wanted to know about her life and my dad.


I remember her as always being energetic, even in her last years when she wasn't quite herself. She had a hard life, but lived as a strong woman who overcame emotional hardships.



She'll be in my thoughts a lot today.

Happy Birthday to me...

Awakened at around 5.30am this morning by a liitle impish face saying "Happy Birthday". Euan came into bed with us for a couple of hours before Sophie came through.

We headed out early to Deception Pass for the day. We arrived and had lunch in the car before bracing ourselves for the cold. It was a lovely surprise when Calum and the kids started singing Happy Birthday and they had a small cake with them. Delicious.

Enjoyed spending a couple of hours on the beach - even though I had to give Calum one of my socks. He put his foot in the water (accidentally) up to his ankle and his foot was rubbing on his shoes!

Saw our first bald eagles of the year too. A couple of them were flying right overhead. I'm taking it as a good omen for 2009!

Euan found a heart shaped stone and gave it to me for my birthday. Definitely a keeper! We kept finding heart shaped stones after that first one of Euan's. Another good omen I think.