After 2+ years blissfully pet-free, this little lady has wandered into our lives. After hearing her story, and knowing how much my kids love cats, we had to take her in last week and she’s quickly won everyone over. Deciding on a name everyone could agree on proved impossible, so we stuck with Tiger, which […]

I feel like I should say happy new year – that’s what September always feels like to me! While I love the slow mornings and relaxed pace of summer, I also love routine, and September holds the promise of established routines, rhythms, and rest that I come to crave by the end of August.  That, […]

This kid. He’s all in, all the time. He has a memory like a steel trap, and loves to discuss the deep theological things of life in a way I’ve never experienced in a kid, and rarely in an adult. He keeps me on my toes and in continual prayer, and has been instrumental in […]

The end of summer is already looming, and I’m so behind at documenting it! Photo dump warning comin’ atcha :) We’ve mostly been home doing local things…blackberry picking, swimming lessons, visiting the water park, regular parks, the library, visiting friends for brunch, pool, and beach days, and plenty of downtime with reading, games, breaking up […]

What better way to kick off summer than at the ocean? Some of my kids could have thought of better ways, it turns out. I haven’t been to Parksville since I was a kid, and it hasn’t changed much, except now I’m the one who has to cook the meals, shake out the sand, and tell […]

Somehow we are already halfway through this year that I never quite got a handle on. It seems absurd to me that my kids have less than two weeks left of school when I’ve yet to process which grades they’re even in this year. As time seems to go ever faster, I’m even more thankful […]

May is probably the fastest month in my year. Bedtime routines get harder as the days get longer, school field trips ramp up as the end of the school year approaches, we celebrate Gemma’s birthday, Mother’s Day and our anniversary within a week, and it’s a full-on time for work too. This year we also […]

We live in a community where the government seems to have “park building” high on its priority list. Since moving here 4 years ago, we’ve seen at least 3 new parks go up within walking distance of our house, and these are in addition to the 3 or 4 we could already walk to! With […]

The conversations and moments between a two-year-old and four-year-old never cease to amaze me. Gavin is wilful and fiercely independent in almost all areas of life, but he has always been willing to go out of his way for his baby brother. Now that Jack is getting bigger, it’s pretty special to see them interact. […]

You guys! So much has happened, as always happens. My laptop (which houses alllll my pictures from the last 5 years) was out of commission, and thanks to a new battery and complete dismantling, it is up and running again, and I am thrilled. Now we can catch up :) So, where were we? Okay, […]