a replacement for the withered

i bought these roses for my mom for mother's day a while back and she was so happy with them :) she still has them, despite the fact that they're dead and all bent over. she still keeps them in her white vase on the coffee table. however, last week thursday was my payday. i took my cheque to the bank, took out enough money for my mom that i am now out of debt!!! and then went to pick a new boquet of flowers out for my mom. now her dead roses have been moved to the side table (she claims she doesnt have the heart to throw them out!) and her new ones dominate the coffee table.

i absolutely love that last picture :) and i love my mom! ♥

a pictureful june 09

i woke up, happy i had a day off and had the chance to sleep in. like usual, i had no plans for my day. however, when sitting at breakfast with dad, mom and oma, i learned that dad and oma were planning on going for a drive out west. i asked mom if she was going but she said she didnt feel like sitting in the back all day and not being able to really hear the dutch conversation taking place in the front. so i thought about it for a few seconds and then thought, hey why dont i go too?!. so once that was decided, the four of us packed up and headed out with the plan of being home by 3:30pm.

so we went to this lake (i have no idea what its called) and drove around the campgrounds there, talking about which site we would use if we ever pull our trailer up there for a weekend. mom wanted the ones closer to the lake. dad wanted one higher up the mountain so that he could have "a view"! i told dad there was no way i was going to bike down a mountain to the lake and then bike all the way back up just for his view!"

i just had to get a picture of dad with his hat on sideways. it was so the brim of the hat would cover his ear (he just had surgery on it). but still.. it looked kinda funny :)

on our way out of the park we saw a deer at a watering hole. turns out there were four more on the other side of the road. and later another buck joined him. so we literally sat there for like, twenty minutes...

... before this moose came crashing in!! so we ended up sitting there approximately another twenty minutes, hoping that maybe a bear would come join them?! no such luck. so we left. but hey, you never know! dad said theres bears in those woods!

then at night.. oma decided to take us out to tony romas again for supper! except this time shane even joined us :) we took pictures again..

i promise dan and i arent the only weird ones!!! i mean hey, look at this:

told ya ;)

all in all it was quite a wonderful day! despite the fact that it was kinda rainy. i even more my wonderful rain boots :) and then a guy pointed at them and goes to his girlfriend, "look at her stupid boots! i hope u never wear something like that!!" haha it made me happy :) i like my boots. besides, dan said her shirt was super low so that everyone could see her tattoo going down into who knows where! and he said "i hope you never ever do something or wear something like THAT!" so there lady! :P

have a great day!

"M3"

yes, M3 knits. and he quite enjoys it! even asked oma to bring him knitting needles!

im pretty sure i absolutely love my littlest brother alot.

especially when he randomly brings me milk (without me asking him to!) and then tops it off by bringing me a peppermint as well (even though they come from mom's candy cupboard and she has no idea!! :))

and this is what i get when i try taking a picture of him in his handsome sunday clothes.

boys!

moms gift to me ♥

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its not every day that a girl gives flowers to her mom and its most definitely not every day that a girl is the one to receive flowers from her mom! especially not when theres three girls in the house. however, i was lucky to be on the receiving end of the flowers today and to be honest, it made me feel extremely special. maybe thats what mom was going for. who knows? i came upstairs from my very brief and interrupted nap to find my mom in the kitchen with a boquet of gorgeous flowers in her hand. "those are pretty! what they for?" i asked her. when mom buys flowers its either for her livingroom coffee table or their for someone she will be visiting. however, when she turned and said, "for you, actually" i was shocked. and flattered of course. so i asked why and her answer was, "for grad. to say i love you. and as a truce". a truce. mom and i get along. sometimes. and other times we argue 24-7 and almost 365 too! so now that she got me flowers specifically as a truce.. well i better make sure i am on my bestest, nicest behaviour. just for her =) and maybe ill go buy her some flowers too now!

today i am thankful that the weather is becoming nice again and for the stunning boquet of flowers mom got for me :) love it!