presence each and every day."
-Andrew Guzaldo
"This day and your life... are God's gift to you,
so give thanks and be joyful always."
-Author Unknown
"The divine spirit does not reside in any except
the joyful heart."
-The Taimud Quotes
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| A cherished Joyful memory from Christmas afternoon at our house, as photographed by our 7 year old Grand daughter, Mariah! |
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| Cherished and joyful moments on Christmas morning at Jana's with the grandkids opening their gifts. |
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| A little snuggle ...and another captured memory by Mariah! |
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| Mariah asked for a Journey girl doll so here she is with her doll and her mom. |
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| Another cherished and joyful memory was the journey we took last summer to Montreal...and here it is captured to remember forever in this photo book I gave to Jana and Mariah as a Christmas gift. (I sent one to colin and Caro, too!) |
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| Many loving and cherished memories were shared with family at Jana's on christmas morning. Here is Beau having a moment of love with his daddy! |
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| Mariah chose to come here to our house to spend some quality one on one time with us on Christmas afternoon. I love this moment captured of her with her Grandpa Brian by the BEIEVE pillow! I do believe this is a cherished and joyful memory in time. |
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| My brother Brian stopped by Christmas afternoon... and I love this photo, of him and shuffle with a big smile and me... another memory captured on my camera by Mariah! |
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| Here is a little photo after our Christmas dinner here... with the grandkids in their new jammies... We have so many cherished and joyful memories in our PJs at Christmas time! |
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| A cherished and joyful memory of Jana, Nels and their darling kids on Christmas night after supper here. |
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| Jana with her grandparents... and my sweet in-laws, Greg and Blanche at their place on Christmas Eve. We have shared many cherished and joyful memories with them and family on Christmas Eves in the past several years. |
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| This is both cherished and joyful... I love this moment in time captured on Christmas Eve with my sweet niece Rowen, and my darling grand daughter, Mariah. (notice how Mariah is missing her top 4 teeth here... I love this age!!!) |
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| Lots to cherish about this memory... This is an all time favourite photo of my husband Brian and his brother Bruce (on the left) from their childhood... I crafted some special Christmas cards this year from this CHERISHED And JOYFUL MEMORY... Bruce now lives on in our hearts. |
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| Here is a very CHERISHED and JOYFUL memory of Christmas time with my dad and my very last EVER photo taken with him and my puppy, Mocha. This was taken in December 1999 before he passed away suddenly on January 2nd, 2000. My dad and dog, Mocha also brought many cherished and joyful memories but live in my heart forever. |
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| Here is a Cherished and Joyful memory made yesterday... when I spent an afternoon bonding with my dear Grand daughter, Mariah. We went to the Disney movie called "FROZEN"... and had we spent the day outside we would have been frozen, but instead we were making memories to warm our hearts forever. First of all may I once again say a big heartfelt thank you to each and everyone who pops by from time to time to check out my little blog of sharing my many life memories. Christmas came and went and left us with many more CHERISHED and JOYFUL MEMORIES... in fact I posted most of the above photos and more on my Facebook page as well, so many of you will have seen these ones already. For those who are not on FB and just want to see a glimpse of our Christmas fun... this blog is for you! We made memories on Christmas Eve at the Raskob house while sharing delicious appies, and treats a plenty with all the in town relatives. It has been tradition in my entire married life to spend Christmas Eve there with family. I took lots of photos... maybe more to share in next blog as well... and Mariah was busy snapping many too... (she is a girl following in her grammie's footsteps!!!) Christmas morning was spent sharing the Christmas magic at Jana and Nels's place watching the grandkids open their gifts and seeing how much fun they had. They were such a fun age for Christmas this year... Mariah is now 7 and Beau is 3 and a true believer in Santa Claus! Mariah chose to come back with us and share in our afternoon as we opened our gifts to one another here. She also helped us get ready for the Festive supper we had for their family and ours. We cooked a yummy turkey and had Jana, Nels, Mariah and Beau and enjoyed that time spent together. Colin and Caro took a flight to Vietnam on Christmas Eve. They are gone on a trip of a lifetime to make many cherished and joyful memories together. We got a very wonderful updated email from Colin on Boxing day saying how much they are loving the trip so far. He will be gone 6 weeks, and Caro will stay on an extra 6 more weeks and do some scuba diving in Thailand. What a memory for them. We have always hosted a traditional boxing day open house here over our married years. We made many cherished and joyful memories in the years we did that. However this year we chose to make a new memory of just relaxing on that day. With Brian's health this year... it was a wise decision to make. We feel so blessed to share time with friends and family on a regular basis so the extra gathering was not necessary this season. Just this past saturday we had visits from our friends, Robin, and Steve in addition to my sister-in-law Bev and her son, Sam. Just yesterday we met friends Jacquie and Dan along with Jana and Mariah at fuddrucker's for breakfast, too. Later Mariah spent an afternoon of fun bonding, as well as we made many more cherished and joyful memories. We have stayed pretty low key over the holidays mostly just enjoying each other's company and staying in the warm and cozy indoors. It is at this time each year I recall my final Christmas memory with my own dad in 1999. I posted a photo above from that time in my life. I did not take as many photos back then... but the cherished and joyful fond memories are with me always. My dad died suddenly of a brain aneurysm on January 2nd , 2000. Tomorrow is another New Year's eve... and we have been invited to good friend's, Bob and Jacquie's for their annual dinner party event. They always do up those so well... we have many cherished memories of the times we spend with them, and look forward to that and will attend with my good buddy Ella, too. Our good friend, Vern, has been enjoying warmer weather in Australia as he visits family there. He once again became a grandpa to his 4 th grand daughter, Carmen Dee, born on boxing day to his son, Jason and his wife, Andy on boxing day here in Saskatoon... Congrats to them. Tomorrow is a special birthday celebration for a couple of my relatives as well... HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY to my dear Auntie Phyllis... what a milestone! Happy 21st Birthday to my nephew Luke, too... here's to many more Cherished and Joyful celebrations! I have hopes for a great year in 2014...and on that note, here is my poem of the day! I am ever grateful for the life I live, Also what's done for me and the love it's had to give! Oh what joyful and cherished memories this brings, This has been a real full year, filled with many things. Another Christmas has come and has gone, Soon a new year to look forward to and move on. When i think of blessings, there certainly are a lot, The people in my life, and the love they all brought. Although this year had set backs, the positives do outweigh... There's always some joyful to every single day. As long as i can focus on the things I love to do, And do them with the ones I love, it helps me follow through. I sure am looking forward to new year that is bright, In hopes of health and happiness... and all that seems just right. Although the cherished memories live on with in my heart, I am ready for a brand new year... and a brand new start! |
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