Category Archives: Family Happenings and Updates

As I was writing my last blog post, Jeff and the girls were on their shoulder day between arriving at Roy’s and leaving for the cabin. This day is solely for the purpose of provisioning and means that you spend … Continue reading →

June-uary continued for us, well into mid-month with a stellar oh-degree and frosty morning dawning on June 17th. My first thought was how I would likely face a dead garden in Fernie, frost being the death of things leafy (most … Continue reading →

Despite it feeling like June-uary around here, we are getting more days than not that reach the double digits and quite often the rain, although intense, passes by and the skies return to blue. Oddly a little less so this … Continue reading →

I have precious little in the way of pictures to share. It seems that I have forgotten to take them which, if I am self-analyzing, is probably a good thing. Enjoying something through the lens of your camera is less … Continue reading →

Lizzie has been busy with volleyball, having been to two tournaments in the last few weeks, both in preparation for provincials that are happening at the beginning of May. Her team has not placed well though so her team is … Continue reading →

Since Easter is a chocolate holiday in our house, we chose to collect our children and at the crack of noon — because no matter how hard we try, we can’t seem to get all our ducks in a row … Continue reading →

Shortly after my last post we celebrated Mary’s 13th Birthday. It’s a bit of a mind-bender for me to see her hitting the official teenager mark. In my mind she is still strapped to my back in an ergo carrier…snoring. … Continue reading →

January and February of this year has been interesting. With both Basketball and Volleyball running in parallel, we require a level of coordination that means nearly every morning we have a meeting to confirm who is doing what, picking up … Continue reading →

The first weeks of January have brought us some truly spectacularly cold weather combined with whistling winds, next level snow drifts and some lessons in survival (and how we would likely perish if we had to live for any period … Continue reading →

Time certainly flies around here. Boxing Day was filled, as expected, with no work and all play. After lazing about for a good long while, indulging in the books, magazines and taking a stab at a new puzzle for me, … Continue reading →