HAPPY NEW YEAR
Each year, like a lot of people, I make resolutions, and , each year I fail miserably, usually no later than my own birth date. This year is going to be different. Ha. I know, you're probably laughing right now. I'll be able to sail through the whole year because this year my only resolution is, to not make any resolutions. Ha! Smart , right. Oh...wait......DARN IT. That's not a good start.
There is something I'd like to share, it's a Christmas gift from my grandsons. I think almost everybody knows that Holly and Jamie bought the cabin from Leonard and Kelly. They found a picture there and this is what the boys did with it.
Have a great start to 2018
Loved
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HAPPY NEW YEAR Loved and Everybody.🎉
What a wonderful gift from your grandsons! I love it. Brothers from different generations, (but the same family), in the same spot. It is incredible.
My much-loved Regina Beach, and my much-loved relatives...... Whoops, a tear just fell on my keyboard.
HAPPY NEW YEAR one more time, 🎉
ME
xoxoxoxoxo
💌2018 here we come!
🎆HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our family and friends out there in blogland!
Well, Edward,🎄 the Christmas gift from your grandsons is definitely a hit - right at the heart.💘 As if it weren't enough to see Lui and Ed standing there with the castle of my youth in the background🏰👧, Eddy and Lui had to strike the same pose in a picture taken in my twilight years👨👦👵.
🎁I'll bet you ended up in tears like I did!💕👀
💋Here's to year 2018 with hope and love,
Louise and David
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🎁💐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTINE!💐🎁
💌We are sending warm birthday wishes from us in snowy Peachland to you in chilly Saskatchewan.⛄ That is not an unusual scenario when your birthday falls on January First.🎇 Whatever the weather, we know that your family will make this day a special one for you.🎁
We do not have anything particular planned to mark the beginning of Year 2018🎉. One thing we will do is raise a toast in celebration of you🍷🍷. We have already been discussing the line from the Beatles' song that asks the question - "Will you still need me when I'm sixty-four?"🎶🎶
Silly question, eh?😖 We are so grateful for your presence in our lives, Christine.💕 Here's to YOU, then - to fun galore at 64 and to a joyful new year, too.
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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💐🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAROL!🎈💐
We have already seen Sonia's Facebook collage wishing you a happy birthday📷. The pictures she chose could win you the Mother of the Year Award before 2018 has barely begun🏆. Congratulations!👍
All we can do now is join your family in celebrating wonderful YOU on your special day.💞 Later today, we will pour ourselves a glass of fine Okanagan wine🍷, reminisce about your 2017 visit to Peachland🌏, and anticipate your return to Pincushion Mountain in 2018🌄. Bring your hiking boots!👢😅
Here's to birthday fun today and to feeling great at 68! Cheers!🍷🍷
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Happy New Year everyone and thank you Louise and David for your wonderful blog greeting, your beautiful snail mail card and for the special mp3 file of that great Beatle's tune about sixty-four. Funny - when I first heard that song, 64 seemed old. Not so much anymore. I've had calls from Therese and Rob and an awesome e-card from Marcia (package on the way). James, Christine, Christopher and grandchildren will celebrate with us later today. 'So cool to get so much attention on this special day. Thanks for sharing those photos Ed. What a great gift that was!
Love (-:hristine
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🎁👨HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!🎉🎂
👍Our greeting to you is, first of all, a wish for your own good health and happiness today and throughout the coming year.🔮 Have loads of fun at forty-one!👑
Today is also a celebration of your three children, Emmanuel👨, Grace-Anne👧 and Hannah-Lynn👧 who are wishing their dad a great first day of Year 2018🎇. What a blessing they are to you and to all of us!💕
⛄Here in snowy, bright Peachland, then, we are happy to join family and friends in raising a birthday toast to you, David.🍻 Cheers!
💌All the best, always
Louise and David
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👍You're welcome, Christine! We're pleased to hear that you are having such a great birthday.🎂 You deserve the best!👸 Love you lots, sister mine.👩👩
Okay, so I stand corrected.✔ Dave tells me he is sure that it's Tony who is in the old photo with Edward.😎 In fact, he made the comment that it's the first time he has seen Tony with hair!👴
The impact of the gift is still just as emotional for me.💘
👀Louise
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🎁💐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOLLY!🎂🎈
💌Our greetings are being sent from Peachland where white is the predominant colour and winter has taken hold of the Okanagan Valley.❄⛄❄ No matter what the weather, though, thoughts of you bring brightness and warmth into our world.❇👩☀
💞It is more than likely that Jamie, Eddie, Mia, Lui, Ellie and Beata will make this day special for you.😍 Together, they can make a party happen anytime.🎉🎆🎈 In fact, your Friday celebrations will probably spill over into a weekend of family fun.🎢 We hope so.👴👵
🎁For now, we are content to join your friends and all the family in wishing you an especially happy day today.🌅 May you go on to have another year of good health and joyful times.💕 We'll drink to that!🍷🍷
💌Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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💏💍HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HOLLY AND KEENAN!💍💏
Congratulations!🎆 When the number of years you've been married matches your anniversary date, the celebration is considered a GOLDEN one.🎑 Happy 7th on the 7th!💑
It is particularly nice when such a special occasion falls on a Sunday when family time is already a priority and the whole day is available for celebrations.👪 We know you will get lots of greetings from the Regina crowd.💌 We join all of them in wishing you happiness today💕, great joy when your new baby arrives👶 and a healthy year for the whole family.👍
🎎May your married life continue on from this first golden anniversary to a celebration of the real thing in many years to come💐. We'll drink to that!🍻
💌Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK!🎈🎁
It is a Monday birthday celebration for you this year.🎆 That's an upbeat way to start your work week, and we hope you are feeling really great at 58💃.
🌏Here in Peachland, we have a luncheon date with our cousin, Penny.🍴 When we're together, we will add an extra touch of celebration to our meal by raising a birthday toast to your good health and happiness.🍷🍷
💞We know that family and friends in Regina are also wishing you well on this special day.🎂 Have a good one! Here's to many happy returns, too. Cheers!🍻
💌Lots of love,
Louise and Dave
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💏💍HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, KELLY AND DUSTIN!💍💏
Congratulations!🎊 Sonia's Facebook greeting suggests to us that you may be spending this January day in a warm, sunny place.🌅 What a great way to celebrate! Have fun in the sun.✈🏊🏂👚👣
The Facebook shot of the two of you is a particularly nice one.📷 There's joy in your expressions and you are a picture of the perfect couple.💑 On this eleventh anniversary of your wedding date💍, we join family and friends in wishing you the best of times today and many more years of happiness together💕.
We'll drink to that!🍻
Cheers and lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GERON!🎈🎁
💌Greetings from us in Peachland where a warm front is melting our snow⛄ and tempting us to go outdoors for a mid-winter taste of springtime🌱. In its own way, we hope the day is being just as kind to you in Saskatoon🎑.
💨Whatever the weather, have a happy birthday, Geron. 💪You will probably have to put in a full day at work before you can blow out those 19 candles🔥 and eat cake🎂. We join your family and friends in wishing you health, happiness and prosperity today and throughout the coming year🔮. Cheers!🍻
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMANUEL!🎈🎁
⛄Your birthday morning has dropped a fresh layer of snow on Pincushion Mountain here in Peachland🌏. It's a bit of a surprise, like a playful gift from Winter on this special January day🎁.
📃We have already seen your mom's awesome birthday wishes for you on Facebook and can only ask that they will all come true in the course of your life👣🔮.
🎢Just for today, though, we wish you a terrific celebration of your 19th birthday.🎆 We know your family and friends will mark the occasion with joy and we join them from afar in greeting you warmly today.💕
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Just sent your message to Emmanuel.
He said,
"Thank you. I love you Grandma and give my love to Louise and David too"
Hard to believe he is already 19. What a wonderful grandson!
Thanks Louise and Dave for such awesome birthday wishes for him.
Love,
ME
xoxoxo
Thanks, Mary Ellen.👍
We are glad that Emmanuel got our greetings.💌
We appreciate his loving response, too.💕
What a great nineteen-year-old he is!🎂
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🎶🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARCIA!🎂🎶
These greetings are being sent from us in snowy Peachland⛄ to you in sunny California☀. Thoughts of you bring a special warmth to our world and our hearts are definitely with you on this Saturday birthday.💕
🚗We had hoped to spend this weekend in Kamloops for some fun with family there💞. Instead we are on our own here on Pincushion Mountain looking out at the pristine beauty of a fresh blanket of snow covering our valley🌄. It's not a bad way to be spending your birthday, though.💑🎂 Eventually we will pour ourselves a warming wee dram and raise a toast to your good health and happiness🙌.
For now, then, we join your friends and family in wishing you a birthday weekend full of wonder and surprise🎁🎶🎂. Cheers!🍻
💌Love you lots,
Louise and David
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🎁💕HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BONNIE!💕🎁
Congratulations🎆! Fifty-two looks good on you👸.
💌We hope you are already enjoying a weekend of birthday greetings and wishes from family and friends. 📅We have always thought that a Saturday birthday is perfectly placed for celebrations to take place from morning🌇 to night🌃. The day can be yours to spend as your heart desires❤.
👍We hope that's the case for you today, Bonnie. 😊Enjoy all that your birthday has in store for you. May it be the best of all good things🎂🍷🎁💑🎶📷🚗. Cheers🍷🍷!
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TERENCE!🎈🎁
We have already dropped in on Facebook and have seen the birthday collage that Jenalee has posted in celebration of you.📷 We love to catch up on your lives in such a delightful way👀. The pictures tell the story of family fun and togetherness👪.
We know that Jenalee, Dominick and so many others will do whatever they can to make this day special for you.🎂🎶🎁 We join all of them from afar in wishing you a great thirty-first birthday.🎆
May you enjoy many happy returns of this special occasion in your life.🎂 Cheers!🍷🍷
💌Love and warm wishes,
Louise and David
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💐💏HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DIANE AND MICHAEL!💏💐
Congratulations on this RUBY anniversary of your wedding day.💒 While you are celebrating the fortieth milestone in your journey as a married couple, take time to look back and enjoy the view.🌅 You've come a long way together and have so much to show for your dedication to family and your love for one another.💕 Go ahead, paint the town red!🎨
On our 40th anniversary, Dave offered to buy me a Dyson vacuum cleaner.💚 I said I'd rather have a ruby.💗 Now, almost 8 years later, I have two tiny, red earrings that I seldom wear, he wishes he had bought the vacuum, and we have a funny memory to share.💑
🌏Here in Peachland, we are eager to join family and friends in wishing your own good memories of the past, fun times in the present and many happy returns of this special occasion in the future.🔮 We'll drink to that. Cheers!🍷🍷
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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📃We have just seen a Facebook announcement of the birth of Toni Irene Antonini sometime last night.👶 (Thanks to Jenalee for posting the picture.) Congratulations to Toni's parents, Holly and Keenan💑; to her 'big' sister Gwenyth👧; and to her grandparents, Carol and Tony💕.
🎆There will be lots of excitement in Regina today. Let the introductions of Toni to her loving family begin💞!
💌Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
Welcome to our world Toni Irene. I love your name.
Congratulations to Holly, Keenan, Tony, and Carol.
Lots of love,
Mary Ellen & Bob
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📃🎁HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDWARD!🎁📃
💌Greetings to the creator of Ed's Edition📃, the author of so many monthly entries✒, and the constant provider of this family forum💞. Somehow we feel that your birthday greeting should also celebrate the birth of the blog some eleven years ago.🙌 You are LovEd👍. Lucky us🙆!
🚶We imagine you will put in some time at work before you are able to focus on the fun of turning 67 on this ordinary Tuesday in January⛅. Whatever happens, we know that your family will make sure this birthday's celebration is unique for someone so special in their lives.👴
🏡From our home in Peachland, we join them across the miles in wishing you the kind of day that suits you perfectly🎂. May you be surrounded by love and stand in awe at the gift of a life that includes such wonderful people💞. Cheers!🍻
💌Love you lots,
Louise and David
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🎁👸HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRACE-ANNE!🎀🎈
✏The phrase 'Sweet Sixteen'😍 could easily have been inspired by you.👍 Congratulations!
If it were possible, we'd order you a birthday celebration that would match your grace and beauty.💕 We hope it comes close to doing so.🎁🎂🎆💕💞
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💌Congratulations, warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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From Grace Anne:
Aw that’s awesome, I love it!!! ❤️❤️ thanks for sending that Grandma!! Thanks to Louise and David.
From ME:
Thanks Louise and David. Your greeting for GA was wonderful. Fits her to a "T"
Love to all,
ME
xoxoxo
💌Dear Mary Ellen,
📃Thanks for passing our greeting on to Grace Anne.🎂
We appreciate her enthusiastic response, too.👌
📷We saw her birthday picture over on Facebook yesterday.
It reinforced the impression we get of her loveliness
whenever we see her smiling out at us like that.😇
Mom would have been 100 years old today.
It's hard to believe she has been gone for 10 years already.
Remembering Mom with love, 🌹❤️
ME
xoxoxo
🌹Thanks for the memories, Mary Ellen!🌹
💌In an e-card I received this morning,
a friend suggested that love was Mom's
gift to each of us💗 and that now it is our
gift to one another.💕
💒One hundred years on, I think Mom would
like that to be part of her legacy.💐
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Lots of love all around,
Louise❤
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🎁🎆HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAHLESS!🎆🎁
Our warmest possible greetings are being sent to you from wintery Peachland this morning.⛄ Things are probably already mighty comfortable there in California.🌅 Whatever the weather, we hope something special is happening for you today.🎂🎁🎢🎶🚗
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☀T oday how
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👍N umber SEVENTEEN... just by being you!
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁😎HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUI!😎🎈
Congratulations🎆! Today, you make 13 a lucky number.🏆
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🎁R eason
💌T o send you
🎁E ager greetings and
👍E mphatic wishes for a
🎂N ice birthday celebration.
Have fun with family and friends.🎢
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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👩HAPPY TRANSPLANT ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 20, MARCIA AND TONY!👨
Congratulations!🎆 What an exciting milestone this is, too!🚶💃 We hope our greeting finds each of you well and happy as we celebrate this remarkable anniversary day with you.💞
📜Yours has to be one of the most amazing kidney transplant stories ever. Here you are, twenty years after that singular moment of selfless giving👩 and of grateful receiving👨 at the hands of a skillful medical team.💉 Well done, each of you!🏆
It's not possible to measure the impact of your generous gift of life, Marcia.⛲ The ripple effect goes on and on🌊, touching the lives of all who know and love Tony - from those of us who shared our childhood with him👦👧, to the family he and Carol raised👪, to his latest darling granddaughter born just one week ago👶.
Have a truly wonderful day of remembering, Tony and Marcia.💕 Even as we raise a toast to LIFE on this January 22, 2018 anniversary, the celebration continues every single day of our lives. Cheers!🍷🍷
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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🎁🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL!🎈🎁
Congratulations!🎆 Sixty-two looks good on you.😎
You will probably spend a good part of this Tuesday birthday on the job.🚗 Happy sales to you!🏠🚶
💌Facebook greetings are already pouring in from friends and family on your special day.🎂 We are eager to join them in wishing you some birthday fun today🍰, good health and happiness throughout the coming year👍, and many joyful returns of this occasion in your life🎂. We'll drink to that!🍻
💕Big hugs and lots of love,
Louise and David
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🏄🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRADEN!🍰🎂
We hope your Thursday birthday is off to the best of starts🎆. Let the celebration of YOU at TWELVE last all day long!🌅
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🙌Have fun on your birthday. Braden!
💌Lots of love,
Louise and David
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