Seeing The Fingerprints

5 years it has been since Mom went to be with our Maker.  The day of her death is still vivid in my mind. A day where we felt her leave our presence, went with the angels to be with her heavenly Father. 4 years and one day ago, my Dads celebrated his 75th Birthday.   The day he was officially re-diagnosed with kidney cancer, and since we had walked the walk with Mom we treasured the moments we were given with Dad while he remained on earth. Although time goes by quickly there are moments we wish we could share with them. Like important graduations, weddings, and sharing stories of our trips away. A parents love is valuable! Have you let your parents know how important they are to you? I came across this photo the other day and love the trust of a child (that’s me) being in her Daddy’s arms!!  How much greater do we have a God who carries us in our struggles! Moments that Moved to Memories..........

Acting....So proud of him after struggling to memorize his lines he mastered them for the performance!! This girl celebrated a birthday....haha the best Hawaiian race ever! Plus on her actual birthday she had some out of town guests help us celebrate!! So fun and special. Finishing of the school year strong...the second graduate in the house!  :) This girl was next....along with her cousin.  They are great frousins and could not be there for each others graduation because they were on the same evening, so instead they got their hair done and dressed up together instead.   Celebrating with her third graduate in the house! We traveled a little East to watch this guy graduate. Another graduate....it was the year of graduations.  We quickly went over to take some photos of this handsome cousin/nephew!!   Our out of town guests came, left, and came back.  I just love how our kids connect with them even though they really ...

Well it is official I am done university!  It has been 2 months since I wrote my last exam and I am  missing it........Ok not the exam part, the idea of going to classes and learning.  What started out to be a terrifying idea of going back to university after years of being out of school now is a desirable location.  If you are reading this blog and have any hesitations, or excuses about going to university because at your age it's not worth it, or too scary don't listen to yourself!  You can do it.  Start at a slow pace!  So many of my classmates were "experienced" Adults and were working their way through school at different paces to get to their end goals.  Some finished their program and decided to study further. Some of my courses were interesting, some were challenging, some were annoying, some were fascinating, but all of them taught me something. My favourite class of all was when we got to play with fidgets..... I loved working ...

It's April....and I have not posted since January.  Yeah, it has been super busy over here in the house.  As soon as we came back from vacationing down south the whirlwind weeks began.  It was to the grind of full weeks outside of the home!  I do not think I have been gone 5 days/week for school/work since the beginning of my marriage to Mr. D.  and that only lasted about a year and I went down to part-time work outside the house.  So it's been a little WOAH some days.   I am currently getting very close of ending this chapter in our lives ! One more 5 day week and then things will calm down! Overall school and my practicum have been a joy.  I am going to miss seeing some of my classmates on a weekly basis.  The laughs and stories we share about our experiences on the job, or in our classroom always make up for a good day being together.  We are all excited to be completing this chapter in our lives and to be walking down the stage in ...