oh my, it has been too long.

oh, hello blog!

it's been a while.

a long while.

i am sad i have gone so long without blogging.

but - go figure - i have gone so long without blogging because i am sad.

i had anticipated this move being a sad one.

but it has been so much harder on my heart then i was prepared for.

our old life was far from perfect.

and our new one [according to a pros/cons list] should make me so happy.

but i'm sad.

i haven't wanted to write a pitifully sappy post, but i also haven't wanted to write some fake post about how thrilled i am to be here.

and finding a healthy balance between the two extremes has proven to be a bit tricky.
so i just haven't posted anything.

that's probably the best solution, right?

hmm.. probably not.

so, here is me skipping over all the leaving california/moving to alberta stuff [for a wee bit longer], and posting about something simple.

i just need to get back in my blog routine.
it's always so much harder to blog when you fall behind!

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we have had a lot of fun catching up with all our friends and family here in calgary.

it has been a treat.

yesterday, we got together with the fox family.

we loaded up their 4 kids, our 2 kids, and all the supplies needed for a hotdog dinner, and headed down into fish creek park for a couple hours.

we rode our bikes down into the park.

matt pulled our 2 boys in our bike trailer.

jocelyn had 1 kid on the back of her bike.

jeff had 1 kid on the front of his bike AND 2 in their bike trailer.

... and i had no kids.

haha apparently i'm the lazy one.

although, i did have a backpack full of hotdog buns and marshmallows..

and we all know how heavy those are.

i really thought our plans were going to get ruined by the rain clouds that lurked above us all day, but they didn't.

and i am so happy they didn't.

we spent the whole evening biking, making a fire, roasting hotdogs and marshmallows, and tossing rocks in fish creek.
we even saw a couple deer down there!

the boys loved it. holden especially.

i'm pretty sure he would have sat beside the water and tossed rocks in it all night.

matt has so many childhood memories from time spent in fish creek park.

we'll have to take advantage of the park this summer so our boys can make memories down there too.

the next 3 pictures make me laugh. i live in a house of goofy boys.

i took this picture in case holden and brooke get married one day!