The Mooney Clan

I am feeling like the luckiest person in the world these days. I have a fantastic husband, wonderful kids, great extended families and fabulous girlfriends. I have had these things for a long time but I am finally awake enough after a few blurry years to really feel it. Today though I am full of appreciation especially for Justin and I just want to brag on him a bit. yes - he is a stampeders fan, but that aside, he is constantly amazing me. Do you know that last night he treated me and three of my friends to a beautiful supper in. Here at the house we had candles, xmas tree lit, xmas music playing and we sat at a table and had appetizers (spinach rolls and mushroom stuffed pastries) and then bread with oil and balsamic vinegar dip, then cranberry spinach salad. The meal was almond encrusted chicken with a honey mustard sauce, garlic bacon mashed potatoes and asparagus. Fantastic. THEN he went downstairs and got the kids ready for and put them to bed. So - thank you Justin - f...

Here are a few pictures from the triplet's birthday party on Nov.5th. We took them to 'Dinobouncers' and invited a few friends and had lots of fun. They had never been there before so there was the novelty of it too. Dylan went straight for the tall slide Caden was right there with him. Evan never did go down the slide. This bouncy town was a little more his speed. Here's Lena, one of our little friends that came to celebrate with us. Our youngest guest was Ella McMillan Here's a bigger view of the space. There are more bouncy castles behind that yellow wall. Another girl (notice how we are keeping lots of girls around ;) ). This is our friend Luca. Michael and Elijah celebrated with us too. Tara and Ella goin' for it! By the end of the time Liam decided to brave the slide and went quite a few times after braving the first time. Clearly there was no water involved in this activity. We all had a little lunch.. Kelli and Luca Then it was cake time We sang Ha...

I'm a sucker for quotes and I get 'inspirational quotes a day' or something like that. This one came today and I really liked it for myself, as a mother who is often forgetting the blessings in the mundane and who struggles quite regularly with deciding to be happy anyway! It is easy enough to be pleasant When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is the one who will smile When everything goes dead wrong. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox Love it!

Happy Birthday Boys! The triplets turned 3 on thursday. Their party is tomorrow so for fun on their actual day Justin brought them slurpees at lunch and we let them open a few presents. They got light sabres and chaos ensued. They were pretty excited. And then after supper we put candles on cupcakes and sang to each one of them individually, of course! That way they could make the most out of getting to blow out some candles. Here are a few pictures. We are potty training so please excuse the pantlessness of the boys. What better way for boys to celebrate their birthday !

Here are Liam and Evan's pictures finally. Dylan and Caden's were up a couple of posts ago.