Rest sweetly, Grandpa.... 11/2/1921 - 4/27/2008

On the morning of April 27, 2008... my much loved grandfather "Bob" Burleigh passed away after a valiant and courageous fight with cancer. My Mom and I were in the room with him... and I feel honoured to have been able to hold his hand as he took his final breaths on this earth. He was an amazing person, humble, loving and very much determined... I will miss him terribly, but I know that he and Gran are together again, and he can breathe with ease now.

His funeral has come and gone, and we are just left with clearing out his apartment, sifting through old memories and making final arrangements.
Grandpa served in WWII in Italy as well as Holland, being one of the liberating forces at Apeldoorn. He was a career soldier, an amazing man and I was lucky enough to have known him for nearly 31 beautiful years. "A Pittance of Time" played at his funeral, May 2... I hope you all will take a few moments to watch this video and pay homage to another soldier whoe helped to pave the way for all of us in this beautiful and free country we live in today.

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If we cannot do his honour while he’s here to hear the praise,
then at least let’s give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper it could say,
Our country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.

LDD Apprentice Entry DOWNLOAD

Hey everyone! It's been a while and I will explain more later why that is, but for now.. I will leave you with my Round 2 entry for the Little Dreamer's Apprentice contest. I made it past the first round and for Round 2, it was all about the elements! We had to do something with metal, glitter and stitching, and one preshadowed. So this is my entry....

And the download (please do NOT share, direct anyone you think might like it, back to this blog!)
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Seriously Chaotic!!!!

So, here I am again, totally slacking on the blog-front! LOL. I have been so busy here, with the boys' school activities, designing, getting ready for Christmas, and most of all.... waiting anxiously for Eric to arrive.. on FRIDAY! Woohoo! I am so beyond thrilled. No, the house hasn't sold yet, but he's spending 3 weeks at Christmas with us.. so I will take what I can get. We've relisted with a new realtor, Edmonton's best, apparently.. so let's hope this is the magic key!

A few weeks ago, Blake's class sang at the Penticton Vee's game. They did the opening "Oh Canada" and they were adorable! We stuck around to watch the game and cheered on #9, Austin Smith, who just happens to be billeting at Eric's Aunt Irene's place in Penticton. We met him a couple months back while visiting there... he's from Dallas, Texas, and his parents happened to be up visitng that night, also. The game was a draw, 3-3 after 2 overtime periods! The boys had fun at their first game..

(Papers by Shelleyrae Cusbert, alphas by Carrie Stephens and Kellie Mize)

I haven't scrapped a WHOLE lot in the last little bit, but I have some FAB photos that I totally am dying to scrap! So, expect so see some more rolling onto here soon!

Anyways, I wish you all the best of health and happiness this CHRISTMAS... not this holiday season, this Christmas. May 2008 bring nothing but love and prosperity for each and every one of you!