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Amelie is 9

Amelie turned 9 today!  Happy day!

I just can't believe that next year my baby will be 10! 

Time just flies by so fast!

Here are a few pictures from her B-Day party we did on Saturday

Agenda of the day:

Cupcake (and lip) decorating 

Board games

Presents

Cooking their own pizzas with Chef Dad 

Just Dance 3 Wii

Movie: Treasure Buddies

Caramel Pop Corn (made by Justine) so yummy and addictive
Without forgetting lots of girly fun, giggles, screams and friendship!

Amelie a 9 aujourd'hui! Happy day!

J'arrive pas a croire que mon bebe va avoir 10ans l'an prochain! 

Le temps passe si vite!!

Voici quelques photos de sa party Samedi dernier.

L'agenda du jour:

Decoration de Cupcake (et lèvre) 

Jeux

Cadeaux

Faire sa propre pizza avec Chef Papa 

Just Dance 3 Wii

Film: Treasure Buddies

Caramel Pop Corn (Fait par Justine) si bon que l'on ne peux pas s'arrêter d'en manger!!
Sans ne pas oublie plein de rigolades, de cris, d'amusement et d'amitié

Happy Valentines day!

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What a beautiful Valentine's day

I love Sunshine after the rain

I love my Great Redeemer

I love my daily walks 

I love  my  family

I love  my  man

I love my life

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Quel belle journée de la Saint Valentin

J'aime le soleil chaud apres la pluie

J'aime mes longues promenades

J'aime mon Rédempteur

J'aime  ma  famille

J'aime mon homme

J'aime ma vie

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Amelie what did you do?

While I was making a nice Valentine's dinner for Mike today,

Amelie decided to transforme Chloe's big whole she dug into a little pond!

She got the hose and put tones of water in it until I noticed what she was doing!!!

She was planning on getting into her swimsuit to play in it!!!

Me: "You are not a pig!"

Amelie: "I'm not a pig, I'm a dog!"

I had planted a beautiful hot pink oleander in that spot...

Chloe killed it within a couple of months!

I'm telling you, those 2 are 2 peas in a pot!
One has more energy and mischief than the other, can you guess who?

Chloe what did you do?

 Chloe spent her Sunday over at Jackie's her doggy-girl-friend.

 Today she is exhausted! 

She got out of bed at 10:30am, went potty, 

ate her food and got back to bed until 11:30am! 

She didn't follow me throughout the house like she normally does. 

(She likes to be on the same floor as me! yep, she loves me!) 

During my yoga practice she got her energy back and started bringing her toys to me.
 Not recommended for a relaxing yoga session having stuffed-smelly-dog-toys being dropped on your face!!!! 
Or a dog laying on your mat as soon as you stand up!

Anyhow, since it was raining all morning she didn't get out for her usual hour run. 

So when I got back from running errands, she was at the back door looking like this!
Obviously looking quite guilty!

Chloe a passé son dimanche chez Jackie sa chienne-copine.
Aujourd'hui elle est crevée!
Elle est sortie du lit a 10:30, est allé faire pipi, a mangé, 
puis c'est recouchée jusqu'à 11h30.
Elle ne m'a pas suivit partout dans la maison comme d'habitude.
(Elle aime être sur le meme etage que moi.)
Pendant ma seance de yoga elle m'emmenait ses joues de chien.
Ce n'est pas recommandé pour une session relaxante de yoga d'avoir 
des joues de chien qui vous tombe sur le visage...
Ou un chien qui s'allonge sur le matt!
Bref, comme il a plu toute la matinee elle n'est pas sortie comme d'habitude.
Apres avoir fait des courses, voila dans quel état je l'ai retrouvée;
avec une tete de coupable!

Pre Happy Valentines

Thought I would send Mike a little love email at work today :)

Sandrine Nakata wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM,

Mike replied:

Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: <3
cool fonts, your welcome, I love you too! Hopefully coming home soon! 


Me Thought:
Wow! Isn't he the romantic one... "cool fonts"??? LOL

Emergency room!!!

It was meant to happen sometimes!

I got the dreaded call at 10:30pm.

"I think I got hurt"

Mike hurt his knee playing Basketball with young guys.
He was able to drive himself to St Luke's emergency room.
Justine and I met him there with food, a pillow, meds and an ice pack.
At 2:30am I went home with his car.
(Hey! One of us had to be awake to put Amelie on the bus in the morning.)
Justine stayed with him until 4:30ich am to drive him home.
That girl is incredible in times of crisis! She always amazes me!
She actually has her daddy's bad leg resting on her leg so he is more comfortable.
He might have a sprained knee or torn ligament.
A MRI test and time will tell the degree of injury.. .

Je m'y attendais un jour ou l'autre!
J'ai reçu le coup de fil redouté a 10:30 du soir.
"je croix que je me suis fait mal!
Mike a abime son genoux en jouant au basket avec des jeunes.
Il a pu se conduire aux urgences de St Luke.
Justine et moi l'on rejoins avec a manger, un oreiller, medicament et un pack de glace.
A 2:30 je suis rentree avec sa voiture. 
(Un de nous deux devait se reveille au petit matin pour mètre Amelie sur le bus.)
Justine est restée avec lui jusqu'à environ 4:30 du matin!
Cette fille est incroyable en temps de crise. Elle m'étonne toujours!
Elle a sa jambe sous celle de son papa pour qu'il soit plus confortable!
Le temps et plus de test nous dirons la gravite de sa blessure.

Sarah

I am so lucky to have spent 8 days with my friend Sarah. 

She came to visit me! We always pick up right were we left off.

Daily walks. Long talks.
Sharing of feelings, ideas, dreams and silliness.

I am so lucky to have such a long lasting friendship.
A friendship that gets better with time, and does not fade with distance.
In a lifetime those kind of friendships can often be counted on one hand.

I know that they are rare and need to be nourished and cherished...
Thank you Sarah for loving me!
In case you are wondering why Amelie is leashed up in the pictures 
and is wearing garden gloves:
It is to better pretend she is a dog and run on the forest floor 
on all fours like them! 
Her dog name that day was Bella!

J'ai beaucoup de chance d'avoir pu passer 8 jours avec mon amie Sarah.
Elle est venue me rendre visit!
C'est une amitié que le temps renforce.
Promenades tous les jours. Longues discussions.
Partage de sentiments, idees, rêves, et bêtises.
J'ai de la chance d'avoir un amitié comme cela, qui se renforce avec le temps,
et ne s'éteins pas avec la distance...
Ce genre d'amitié peux être compté sur une main.
Je sais que c'est rare et qu'il faut la nourrir et la chérir...
Au cas ou vous vous demander pourquoi Amelie est en lesse 
 et a des gants de jardin sur ses mains:
c'est pour mieux imiter les chien et pour pouvoir courir
 come eux a quatre pattes dans la foret.
Ce jour la, son nom de chien était Bella.

Accepted To BYU Hawaii!!!

Asleep @1 am

Justine: 

"Guess what!? Guess what!?"
Mike:
What?
Justine:
"I got accepted to BYU Hawaii!"

Mike raising both hands for a double high five:

"Good Job!!!"

Me, shooting up from the bed:

"No Way!!!!"

Sometime after 2:30 am

Me, after tossing for 1 hour and a half:
 I finally fall asleep...

Humane Society

On President's day, since the kids were out of School,
I took Amelie and Emric to the local dog shelter.

Emric, to start working on his Eagle Scout project. 

Amelie because she wanted to volunteer
(and I'm sure, secretly, wished to take one home...).

After we asked the supervisor what sorts of projects could benefit the shelter, 

we walked some dogs (I did a lot of dog poop picking up too). 

Amelie loved it! I enjoyed it too,
but it was so sad to see all these dogs being abandoned! 

They get around 100 dropped off every day,
 about one third gets adopted.