10 years with this man! We celebrated with fish and chips on the dock, and so, so much other delicious food over two days. We scrambled on rocks for hours of exercise and amazing views. See the rocky cliff wall that extends beyond the actual path? I told Carl if we’d started on this side […]

May always sneaks up on us, and then flies by at lightning speed – I know summer holidays are going to be here before we know it! In regards to that, please share your tips on camping with a fearless almost-two-year-old. Constant life jacket and helmet situation? In the meantime, in the hours after school […]

He throws like a boy. He drinks out of big-kid cups semi-reliably. He plays family games with shades to maintain his poker face. He reads “Reformed Perspective” to stay discerning. I’ve taught him all I can.

After a morning off school spent at the park disturbing turtles, dodging goose poop and collecting other people’s Easter eggs in the bark mulch, nothing hits the spot like a good cuppa with good friends. Every week should have at least one morning like this, shouldn’t it? Here’s to this amazing stage of stay-at-home motherhood, when you […]

I’ve been struggling with a silly sort of anxiety that keeps me up at night, in which I have visions of myself being a terrible parent, unable to save my panic-stricken children from certain drowning, quicksand, and other likely suburban issues. Ever one to set my mind at ease, Carl took it upon himself to […]

So this crazy kid recently informed me that only Aunty “Felfea” could take pictures of him. Given that I have no reasonable pictures of this child who is always in motion, I was quick to take him up on it. Aunty Felfea agreed willingly, probably unaware she was going to have to break a sweat in […]

Our weather has been gorrrrgeous, so we’ve been cleaning out our abundant weeds and overgrowth, transplanting herbs, and planting strawberry plants. All of this required some watering, and Carl brought home a fabulous bright red watering can for the occasion. Kids watering plants with too-big watering cans is basically the cutest things ever. To be fair, with […]

  “But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and […]

We’re in the midst of two glorious weeks of holidays from the routine of school that eats away my soul. I finally tackled the weed jungle that had my neighbours talking, the time change made for a few days of sleeping in, the sun shone, and my parents were in town! We took advantage of the […]