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Here's an e-mail that I received the other day from Similac, Abbot:

Dear Roxanne, From family vacations to the first day of school, watching your child grow is full of amazing moments. So PediaSure® and Shutterfly have teamed up to help you capture each memory with an exclusive offer: FREE 8X8 Hardcover Photo Book (a 29.99$ gift)

Free Book!? Awesome! I was way excited about it went on their website and Signed up right away. It ended up being truly amazing! I have a total of 20 pages and I can do practically everything I want with it. I can choose the layouts, backgrounds, frames, stickers, font, colors etc. And to be honest, I am a little too excited about it. So I do it whenever I have some personal time, meaning when Noah is asleep. And it's for him after all! It's gonna be his first year, included important events.  It is really fun and it keeps me busy and happy! The only thing I need to pay are taxes, shipping and handling. I don't know how much it is going to be in all, but I hope it won't be too expensive. I love free stuff!

I feel like I just did a commercial. Well, I do like this product! Especially because it was free for me!

California

I am a little late, 2 weeks late to be exact, but I wanted to share some pictures from our trip to California. I think that the best part was the ocean, but the weather was also amazing. We escaped the intense heat of Arizona (104F°/40C°) to opt for something way more "breezy" and nice (70F°/22C°). I even had to wear my jacket on the pier! Our day at the beach was a little chilly because it wasn't very sunny, but it was still fun! 

Je suis un peu en retard, 2 semaines en retard pour être exacte, mais je voulais partager quelques photos de notre voyage en Californie. Je pense que la meilleure partie était l'océan, mais la température était aussi parfaite. Nous avons échappé de la chaleur intense de l'Arizona (40C°) en optant pour quelque chose de plus frais et confortable (22C°). J'ai même eu besoin de porter ma veste sur le quai! Notre journée à la plage était un peu trop fraîche parce que ce n'était pas très ensoleillé, mais c'était quand même amusant!

 Our feet in the sand.  

Nos pieds dans le sable.

 Noah walking towards the ocean for the very first time.

Noah qui marche vers l'océan pour la toute première fois.

 Getting excited and almost running.

Il commence à être plus enthousiaste et court presque.

 Sitting in the very cold water. Not too sure.

Assit dans l'eau très froide. Pas trop certain.

In mama's arms at last, it was way too cold! He wasn't too happy afterwards.

Enfin dans les bras de maman, c'était tellement trop froid! Il n'était pas trop content après.

 Playing in the sand with papa. Much more fun.

En train de jouer avec papa dans le sable. C'est tellement plus agréable.

John and I really wanting to have some sun!

John et moi qui voulait vraiment avoir un peu de soleil!

It was a really nice week-end. We relaxed and that's what we wanted.
Family vacations are always fun! 

C'était vraiment une belle fin de semaine. Nous nous sommes détendus et c'est ce que nous voulions. Les vacances en famille sont toujours plaisantes!

School

School has started for John. He's taking 4 classes in all, 3 online. It will keep him a little more at home, but I anticipate a lot of homework (Included him hiding in the bedroom at his desk). That means I will take care of Noah all the time and cook for my boys! I see how it can be hard and long, but it's happening and I really want to stay positive. I do support John at 100% and I'm really excited for him to be done with it. Maybe in 2-3 years? Not too bad! And by the way, he wants to work in the finance area, maybe accountant or financial advisor, something like that! I'm proud of him! Learning is good!

Seize août

John and I were sealed at the Montreal Temple on the 16th of August 2008...three years ago! A lot of things happened since, good and less good. But I prefer remembering the good memories. Our marriage was the perfect beginning to a wonderful life. I did not understand how I could possibly have more love for John at the time, but now I know! Our love grows everyday. I cherish every moment we have. Knowing that I will always have my best friend by my side is simply precious. I trust him, I respect him, I love him. We also have amazing pictures to remind us how happy we were to become One.

I love Love. I love being in Love!

Long time no see

Hi everyone! It's been a while! I thought it would be good to take some time to post on this blog. You see, Noah has a blog and I practically post everyday. I got to admit that it's not easy but I do it, hoping that actual relatives and friends will look at it and enjoy it. I won't be posting daily on our family blog, but maybe weekly and now that I think about it, I don't really know what to say. It reminds me of writing my personal journal everyday; I've been doing it for maybe five years so far? I don't remember when I started, but I have like 6 complete journals. Some days are amazing; lots to share and talk about and some other days are just normal, nothing really happened. But how could I say that? I just lived another day! I have this amazing blessing to be a mother at home, taking care of my little pretty boy Noah. He makes my day so much more interesting, that's for sure! And doing this blog more often will fill my days even more.

To be honest with you, I am pretty excited about it. It's like having 3 journals! One for me, One for Noah et One for the family! Yeah! After all, I'm almost sure I will be writing more than once a week. We will see!

**And just for your information, John stopped his juicing thing, a long long time ago. He lasted 4 days**