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"a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2019"

Jackson: I took this photo as he walked away from me to drop his bags in his friends family vehicle before they took him away for 8 days to Mexico. He's currently living it up on the beaches of Mazatlan. It was tough for me to say goodbye but he's been doing as I asked and sending me pictures everyday with lots of texts. I'm glad he's having such a good time. 

Lily: My girl has been a great sport (and shoulder to cry on when I said goodbye) while her brother is away. I felt the need to get out of town, so we dropped her bro off in Vancouver then headed south to Washington State where we met one of our besties and some cousins to see the flowers in Mount Vernon, to shop in Lynwood and check out Pike Place and the Troll downtown Seattle. Scroll down to see all the pics. We are back in Vancouver where we have met up with Neil who is here for meetings. We are staying at the Hyatt downtown for a couple more days before we head home to get some stuff done before Jackson returns. It's been a great Spring Break so far. 

Joining in with Donna and others for Living Arrows. 

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 "a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2018"

Jackson & Lily: Once again, posing for their Mama in the Skagit Valley on our yearly trip to see the flowers. See previous years here & here & here. If you click on Skagit Valley in labels, you'll see even more pics of the area. 

Back to Reality - Goodbye Spring Break

Spring Break has come and gone for another year. I'm always a little sad (well a lot sad) when it ends as it means the kids are on their way to finishing school for the year and getting older and moving on. They grow so fast. It seems our SB always consists of the same things - hockey, a trip to the city as well as the Skagit Valley, movies (we saw Hidden Figures and Beauty and the Beast), several walks in the woods and trips to the beach plus lots of time with friends and family.

 We've had a good break. I only worked 3 days of the 2 weeks so I'm feeling pretty relaxed other than my bad arm.  My right arm/shoulder has been causing me grief for a couple of months now. I recently got a cortisone shot in my shoulder and really hoped that would do the trick but all it seemed to do was move the pain totally to my arm. I hoped it would heal with no work but no success. Back to the doctor I go I guess. 

Anyhoo, it was good to have some time off. Jackson said today that he was looking forward to school tomorrow to see everyone. Lily had some tears when I kissed her goodnight as she isn't interested in going back just yet. They both do great with routines so I'm sure it will only be til the end of the week for things to go back to life before the break. I've already signed agendas, made lunches and laid out clothes for the AM. Back to reality begins in the morning. 

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"a portrait of, and occasionally a quote from my children, once a week, every week, in 2017"

Jackson & Lily: Bigger, older kids posing for their Mama once again in the daffodils of the Skagit Valley. See 2015 here and 2016 here. I love yearly traiditons and this one is one of my favs!!!

Linking up with the lovely Donna and others for Living Arrows.

Another Spring Visit to the Skagit Valley

A couple of weeks ago, we once again headed to the Skagit Valley to check out the flowers. We didn't see as much colour as we did last year, but I was still thrilled to go and get photos of the kids. Jackson was done after 2 pictures but soldiered on for his Mama. We returned to RoozenGaarde and were so glad we did as there was hardly anyone there and it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. Most of the fields that litter your drive in the area don't allow you to walk within the flowers, so RoozenGaarde is my preference for pictures. When the kids had had enough, we headed to our fav place for lunch, shopped at bit at Target and Costco in Burlington and carried on back to our friend's place in Vancouver for supper. It was a great day. Such a beautiful place!