Tournament Champions!

We had a whirlwind of a weekend away with the older boys in Kamloops. Michael's team was playing in Kamloops and Christopher's team was playing in Chase.

Christopher's team won 1 game and lost 3. They also had two goals taken away from them as apparently there were players on the ice that weren't listed on the roster sheet. Oh my! They eventually(after discussion with the tournament officials) gave them the 2 goals back as it was a consolation game. Had it been for 1st or 2nd place they wouldn't have given them the goals back!

Michael's team played amazing hockey! They went 6 and 0 with 48 goals scored and only 13 goals against! Michael had a really good end to end rush and hit the cross bar which Matty promptly put in the net!

It was very exciting to be a part of it all and even better that we won in Kamloops!

We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends who surround us with love during difficult times and are there to share laughter in good times.

Everyone has been so great calling us to offer their prayers for my mom. Her appt. is tomorrow afternoon.

January 8,2010

Mom found some lumps on her breast bone about 8 weeks ago. She went for a mammogram, ultrasound, and then now a biospy. The waiting has been agonizing. Her Dr. called her and asked her to come in for the results.

It's cancer.

3 years have gone by since her diagnosis and mastectomy. Three years where I held my breath,and prayed for each year to pass so that we could get to year 5. If we could only get to the 5yr. mark then the chance of her breast cancer coming back would be slim.

Her Dr. says she's never seen it come back in the same spot twice. She thinks that maybe they didn't remove all the breast tissue, and that perhaps there were little cells left behind which took time to grow big enough for her to feel.

She sounded good on the phone when I talked to her. She's a strong lady and a fighter.

I have an amazing group of friends who support me and love me. They have been wonderful, and have been faithful in their prayers.

She's to see the surgeon next week and will find out about the surgery.

Not a good start to 2010, and something I never expected, but we will overcome and be stronger for it.

Re-cap of our Christmas Holiday.........

What a great Christmas holiday we had with my family in town! Gianna, Derek and the kids arrived late on Christmas Eve due to a mechanical problem with the plane in Vancouver. We had a late dinner and the kids had fun catching up with their cousins.

After they left I went into prep mode.....prepping the cinnamon buns for breakfast the next day. Setting the dining room table and getting all the presents put under the tree.

The boys did me a favour and let me sleep in till 8 a.m. which was fantastic!

Andy was completely surprised with his new iPhone! I love it when I can pull off a good surprise!

Christmas dinner was at mom and dad's. Good food and fun times. We played the boys new Trivial Pursuit Family Edition game and had a blast.

Mina, Carlo and the kids arrived on Boxing Day. That night we went to Gina's for Auntie Susanne's 60th Birthday party.

The 27th we had everyone over for dinner at our place. There were 27 of us for dinner and it was just like old times. Everyone stayed late and ate, played cards etc.

New Years Eve we had everyone over again and had a delicious dinner of Roast Beef, mashed potatoes, yummy! Mina had cut my hair earlier in the day as well as highlighted it and dried it straight! A complete change for me that's for sure! Everyone loved it. Here we are just before dinner:

The kids all made it till midnight and man were they loud when they counted down and blew their horns......they finally all fell asleep @ 1:30a.m. and I fell asleep not long after that.

Mina and Carlo left on New Years Day. We had a really good time with everyone when they were here.

We also had a nice break from hockey for the past 2 weeks, but were right back at it on January 2nd when I got on the bus @ 6:45 a.m. to go to Revelstoke with Christopher. I slept most of the way there and back.

Happy New Year. We hope this year will be filled with good times, good health and the company of family and friends.