Flowers, Flowers and More Flowers… Oh and Some Good News Too!

So today was mostly taken up with a trip to the Muttart Conservatory.

The Entrance

The Entrance

This local attraction has 4 different pyramids and in each one is a different grouping of plants. Included in the displays are also sculptures which are for sale (I was less than enthused personally with the one of the man in a red speedo!).

Statues in the Pyramid With Cactus etc.

Statues in the Pyramid With Cactus etc.

Seriously... Man in Speedo!

Seriously... Man in Speedo!

It wasn’t too busy, though the tables and chairs in the main cafeteria like area were full of day camp kids. We took our umbrella stroller for Trinity and meandered through each section taking a TON of pictures. Gavin brought his camera along and graciously let his brothers take pictures with it as well. I plan on having them go through all of those pictures tomorrow morning to print off and make a little book of flowers. Though with the massive amount of pictures Gavin and his brothers took I may just have to make the book half the size of the Summer one. I am not sure what captions I will include, though I am debating going the route of colours and numbers.

Our Baby Girl

Our Baby Girl

Zander and Gavin Taking Turns (Gavin green)Zander and Gavin Taking Turns (Gavin green)

Even Trinity was entranced and had to explore on her own two feet! Apparently other people find her as cute as we do as there were compliments directed at our little Davine gift!

Look PINK!

Look PINK!

There were a total of 4 pyramids and each one was so unique. Two had more of the flowers and colour, one was cactus and such and one was actually growing in opposition of our seasons, so right now it was in winter while we are in summer!

Vivid Greenary!

Vivid Greenary!

Purple Blossom

Purple Blossom

I Love the White in This One

I Love the White in This One

There was one flower Ken said I HAD TO take a picture of for his friends… are you at all surprised? I wasn’t!

For the Guys

For the Guys

There were some amazing features in a couple of the pyramids. There were moments where looking through the camera it really felt like you were somewhere exotic and amazing. And the smells were so lovely, the warmth of the area… it was all marvelous!

Waterfall

Waterfall

This Face Was AMAZING

This Face Was AMAZING

There in Spirit Right Miss E?

There in Spirit Right Miss E?

Mainly I just couldn’t stop taking photos of things! It was so much fun! Trust me I have PLENTY more where these came from.

Blue Blossoms

Blue Blossoms

Tiny Flowers Close Up

Tiny Flowers Close Up

Red From the Cactus Area.

Red From the Cactus Area.

Of course I had to get pictures of each of us with the kids. Should have gotten one done with everyone but there was too much to see and the boys were so NOT sitting still.

With Mommy (Zander blue)

With Mommy (Zander blue)

With Daddy (Gavin green)

With Daddy (Gavin green)

AKA Humouring the Wife

AKA Humouring the Wife

I really enjoyed the feature pyramid (it changes from time to time). It had a New Orleans sort of feel to it with music piped in and everything and quite a few nice little areas to sit and take pictures. So of course… we did.

One of the Featured Area's Photo Spots

One of the Featured Area's Photo Spots

Wishing Pond

Wishing Pond

There were outside gardens as well that anyone could access. So of course we had to check those out. Though the kids and Ken tired of them way before I did. I hate to think of the time they spend weeding!

One of the Outside Gardens

One of the Outside Gardens

Note the Tiny Fly!

Note the Tiny Fly!

This morning could definitely be considered a success… this afternoon started off rocky but improved drastically. A trip to the bank to deal with a gift from a dear friend has us waiting 15 days for clearance (oh dear oh dear – though Ken will be checking on that via phone in the morning) so the drive home was a little mellow. However things improved! Not only did the government FINALLY come through BUT so did an email we were waiting on. I am hoping to be able to share more in the near future when given clearance but suffice to say things perked up around here! Add to that an email for me saying I got a $5.00 online gift certificate for indigo.ca for a survey I filled out a while ago and I am feeling the love.

The reality of the house is not all sunshine and roses, after our VERY busy long weekend I am looking at 3 or 4 FULL loads of laundry to fold… not my favourite job but I am the only one who knows which clothes are which boy’s. As well as wanting to start the “mystery stitch” for Ken’s friend Fydo… colours are chosen – black DMC and a lovely grey – DMC 535 that Ken chose himself. I won’t be posting pictures of this one without permission as it is a personal logo but I figure I can bust it out tonight! I am still “working” on Ken to get the patterns I CAN share up on the site. Ken is also going to give it a go at making our own alphabet so that we can do truly personalized patterns. Maybe eventually even take requests? Who knows! I figure if we are going to be making them up on the computer anyway this could become something I could do on the side and maybe even eventually make a little spending money on. Though I am not holding my breath!

Teepees are on hold for tomorrow, 3 little boys could not listen long enough to get the backyard cleaned in a timely manner so we ran out of time! I figure first thing in the morning they will do that project (I will definitely post pictures of the finished products). Since tomorrow evening is hanging out with Chris and Chris I doubt we will be straying too far from the house but you never know!

With all the news and emails etc etc going on today we are planning on having a picnic on Monday at the larger park (once we ensure there are no events going on there at that time) so if anyone is interested in joining us we can always make it potluck! I found the cutest pictures of hedgehogs having their own picnic for the boys to colour to go with the event. I figure that ties things in nicely and opens up the opportunity to talk further about picnics in general.

I must admit I feel a little flustered… after things being so stationary at difficult and frustrating and honestly a little scary this whole positive occurrence thingĀ  has thrown me for a loop! For once in a GOOD way. It is funny, on the way home from the less than exciting bank experience I looked at Ken and asked him if he remember the saying: Got helps those who help themselves? I asked him if he thought we were helping ourselves enough or if we had something else to learn about this situation and he had no answer for me. Seems like maybe God did? I don’t have any false illusions that this will be the end of our working hard to get what we want and need but at least this week is working to end on a positive note, a bit of a kick start to refresh our focus and determination. And it is welcome! And needed!

Emanuel, Zander and Gavin... 3 of our 4 Greatest Miracles

Emanuel, Zander and Gavin... 3 of our 4 Greatest Miracles


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