Christmas has come and gone and we are facing a new year. The past two weeks have been full and busy and joyous and (at times) trying. The lead up to Christmas is a busy time at my job so I worked extra days to both help out and make some extra money. My days… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 52
Some sunshine, some baking, some gift wrapping. Extra work days, time with friends, new provincial restrictions starting tomorrow. The ups and downs of December, of life in an ongoing pandemic. The joys and excitement of Christmas and the realities of life. All mixed up together. We are blessed to have extended family to celebrate with… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 50
This week has really thrown me for a loop. Monday arrived and brought snow! Not a lot but enough for some definite excitement. I was getting the girls ready for the day, getting Pearl ready for school, and texting with a friend group chat about something else when one friend asked if anyone else had… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 49
Let's start with this week's big news: Pearl got her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine! We went in the pouring rain after school. The time slots were set aside for ages 5 to 11 only so the atmosphere was quiet but the staff there had prepped for kids. Some of the nurses wore fairy… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 48
This week I've been thinking about how far we've come since last year. Last November, we were three weeks into what started as a 2 week "circuit breaker" lockdown here in BC and ended up lasting for months. Vaccines still felt like a dream on a distant horizon. One year later, the majority of our… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 47
Another week of extreme rain. Am I sounding like a broken record? It rained most of last weekend and then we had another rain warning Sunday night into Monday. Lots of flooding in the Fraser Valley, just outside of Vancouver and a pretty insane amount of rain here. This is what our backyard looked like… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 46
This has been a strange week of ups and downs. We've had some really extreme weather this year, somewhat alarmingly so as its clear we are seeing the real world results of climate change. Our region traditionally is one of mild weather - we get a lot of rain but our summers are not super… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 45
Old news now, I guess, but this week started off with Halloween and, uh, look how cute my kids are! Elsa and Aurora Last year, we opted out of trick-or-treating so it felt extra exciting to join in this community event again. We joined our good friends who live around the corner and the kids… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 44
I really thought this was going to be our week to get back into routine, to recover from the busy-ness of recent weeks. Alas, it was not to be. After months of good health last year (thanks social distancing and hand washing!), this seems to be our year of catching everything. Don't get me wrong,… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 43
Life has felt busy and a little chaotic these past two weeks and, as sometimes needs to happen, I've let the blog slip to the wayside. Doing my best to catch up once more and so put out a little update on our lives. There is always a balance I try to find between sharing… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Some Weeks in October
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