Monday, February 28, 2011

bonjour!


hotel gault.  our room is the 3rd floor, right there on the corner at the top.  we have all 3 windows in our room with amazing views out of each one of them.




maple toffee.  pouring the hot toffee on the snow to harden.


then you take a stick and roll it down the hardening toffee to form your tasty treat.  yum.





montreal is impressive.  

to date we have:  walked all over the cobblestone streets of old montreal, devoured crepes and french onion soup, slept in till 11:00 am {it was really only 9:00 am to us... but better than nothing and the usual 7:00 am alarm clock}, watched 3 movies in 1 day {back to back to back in a theatre i might add} and bought a old school SWATCH.  we have found all the restaurants we have dined in prefer to play '80's hair bands.  it is kind of hilarious.  from the quaint cafes to the hi-brow steak houses, they are hair banding it up.  maybe its a french canadian thing.  who knows?  anyone?

old montreal is like a little slice of europe {never been to europe, but this is how i imagine it}.  what we are enjoying are tiny streets, amazing old buildings with intricate facades, super clean, very friendly, very quiet, nothing is open on sundays and things {ie.  restaurants, shops, galleries} close early {we had a hard time finding a place to eat tonight at 9:30 pm}.

the night we got here i called home and heard that eli's throat was very sore and he was sad.  poor dude.  murphy's law, eh?  then i heard today that one of the brackets on his braces broke off.  so today he hit the doctor and the dentist to get fixed up {sorry mom!}.  turns out antibiotics and some glue patched things up and every things going to be ok.  just hate being so far away.  glad mom and dad are there to take good care of the kids.  

tomorrow {tuesday} i have my interview at 9:00 am at the united states consulate.  am i nervous?  no. am i worried?  no.  am i bummed to have to get up so early?  yes....  come on!  sleeping in has felt so good...    

Sunday, February 20, 2011

vancouver









last tuesday, mum and i flew to vancouver.

i was scheduled for my immigration medical on wednesday morning at 6:30 AM sharp.  so i showed up, they x-rayed me, took my blood, weighed, measured, poked and prodded.  then mum and i walked all over the city of vancouver.  we ate and browsed around granville island.  we walked through gastown and yaletown.  the next day we went to the capilano suspension bridge which was very, very cool.  quite spectacular.  hard to translate the height and perspective on film, the bridge and tree-top walk was unique and amazing.

it was a quick trip.  cj and dad held down the fort with the kids.  good job guys.
thanks for being my travel-mate mum!  good times, i love you.

Monday, February 14, 2011

be my valentine?


over the weekend we were at the Glenbow Museum.  at the museum was an interesting dissection of a cell displayed on gels, hanging from the ceiling, lit with black lights.  we all walked into the enclosure, the kids thought it was funny that cj's shoelaces and shirt was glowing in the dark.  then they looked at me...  every freckle since the dawn of time had appeared on my face AND it became very apparent that i am pretty liberal with my lip balm application.  you know, lip balm does not belong just on my lips but ringing the entire parameter of my mouth as well.  the kids ran out screaming and all cj wanted to do was take a picture.

this is why i know cj loves me.  he knows exactly what i look like in different waves of light and he's still sticking around.

happy valentines day!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

mike update

what to say.  we received a call last night saying they found mike. information here.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

mike

http://www.fox5vegas.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4532573

there are some very sad things going on in las vegas right now.  the girl in the news clip is my niece amber.  we are praying for some comfort and strength and support for the kids and family down there right now.

please join in.

here is another report from a different news station:

Monday, February 7, 2011

making all his dreams come true...




eli is always asking why he can't be in any of c.j.'s shoots.  the explanation that "the client is not looking for a 9 year old boy" never seems to cut it.  until now.

when USA weekend called a few weeks ago and wanted to cast a "9 year old boy" for their bullying story, eli got the gig.  it just came out this weekend in USA TODAY.

go get your copy now, i am sure eli will autograph it for you.  hee hee

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

come on in

the house pics are up and running!

remember to take your shoes off at the front door...