Month: September 2012

Family Movie Night… {Giveaway}

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This weekend Hotel Transylvania releases and, as a family, this is a movie we are really excited about! Gen is having a friend sleepover so we can all go to the opening. With such a great cast and production team, I have no doubt that this movie is going to be great! 
I am lucky enough to be hosting a give away for some promotional items for this film (They are being sent to me from the PR company so they are a mystery EVEN to me :) )… To enter just leave a comment telling how you think this movie will be, (with an email address or a link back) by Sunday the 30th at 7 p.m. 
Have you seen the trailer? 
What do you think? 
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Merry…

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Last Thursday afternoon Chw, Gen and I went and saw Les Miserables… We’ve seen it a few times, but it was Genny’s first. She loved it… I, like I do every time, cried like a baby. Genny used her hard earned money to buy an adorable Cosette t-shirt and a key chain for my husband. Have I mentioned it is his favorite musical, of all times? 
Friday was our family anniversary, of nine years together. Les Miz and a special dinner were our main source of celebration this year, though Genny did receive her first (ever) family anniversary gift. We composed a 45 page book of her childhood, both written and photo filled, and had it printed. It’s adorable and she loves it. We encompass everything, within it’s binding, that she loved and did. Coming into our family at age four, she was lacking a traditional baby book SO we called it her childhood book and filled it with day one through her twelfth year. She loves her book and wants to take it with her everywhere… 
On Saturday we adventured to the Farmer’s Market with friends. It was an entirely glorious morning, except for the heavy smoke covering we’ve had for past few months. It is taking it’s toll on many of us. 

 After we came home from our marketing excursion, I braved bathing my pups. (No easy feat) but so worth it for sweet, coconut smelling fluffy snuggles. :) Especially since anyone who had seen Emma recently had to admit she was a bit more on the light tan and black colored spectrum than white and black. Not anymore though! :)

How was your weekend? 
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On family, milestones and France on stage…

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Tomorrow we will have been a family, with Genny, for nine years… 
NINE!
Chw remarked, when we were talking with friends about a few nights ago, that it “feels like forever,” to which Genny piped up, “Are you kidding me, it IS forever!” 
Those nine years from the day we picked her chubby little cheeked face up, until today, really has been it’s own little lifetime. 
We always do something a little special to commemorate our family anniversary. This afternoon we have tickets to a Broadway (on tour) show of Les Miserables. Being that this is my husband’s FAVORITE musical (my second favorite), Genny has NEVER seen it, and it is a beautiful story of redemption and adoption- it seemed like a fitting treat to celebrate our ninth anniversary. 
For a time, it also looked like our adoption would be finalized today. As it turns out, that has been postponed but, lucky us, we still have to make an appearance in court today. (prayers are appreciated.) 
I hope that today’s show really touches our own little Cosette and resonates within her a beautiful milestone…
Happy Thursday… 
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Please…

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If you are of the positive thoughts/praying sort, please keep my mom in those thoughts and prayers today. 
She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer a few weeks back, which was a shock to us all. 
Today she sees her doctor to determine the next step… 
It’s really hard being some two thousand miles away as this happens. My heart simply wants to be there with her… 
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Huge…

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Seven months ago, our world was rocked (in a bad way) quite a few repetitive times… Since that time, the ripples and aftershocks have been equally as electric and altering.
In the beginning I wondered what i was meant to learn, retain and blossom from. Selfishly I scoped out the situations, thinking i would find my direction quick enough and our little planet could right itself.

Silly, silly me.

Today, as I look at the huge days looming ahead, I realize that I am shaping and changing, though I hadn’t really seen it until recently. My scope is widening and things that meant so much mean little  these days. It’s interesting…
it’s a little frightening…
But most of all, it’s really good.

Hopefully I will be able to be more transparent once this has all actually passed us. There has been so much… There is still, so much.

To date, this is the biggest and most vital week our family has known… 

Deep breath… 
Wish me luck! 
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