2023 Highlights: Early Days of Summer

This has been a week busy with fun things. School beach days, a carnival, lunch with friends, a night out for Peter and I. Things are growing in the garden. There is one more week of school left and next weekend is already Canada Day! The dresses: Where’s Monday? I cannot even remember what I… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: Early Days of Summer

Life: Halfway through June!

Hi there! Welcome to the longest June ever! It’s June 18th and there are still two more weeks of school left. We’re all a bit exhausted. Thankfully, a lot of activities are winding down for the summer so our free time outside of work and school is a little looser. We’ve made time for some… Continue reading Life: Halfway through June!

2023 Highlights: June Week 2

We are deep into the busy season of June. That means field trips and special events and end-of-year reports and performances and lots of good and fun things but also requires a good deal of organization. Literal dog pile! We got a bit of rain over Friday and Saturday which was welcomed by all. Wildfires… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: June Week 2

2023 Highlights: June is Here!

Our beautiful spring weather continues! Though we are all a little nervous that this will be a precursor to yet another drought, I do still enjoy the warmth and sun. Winnie the dog continues to be…high energy. We are hopeful that her puppy nipping is decreasing and she is generally doing really well with leash… Continue reading 2023 Highlights: June is Here!

2022 Highlights: Week 25

Father's Day These girls have such a great dad. And I have such an amazing partner to parent them with. We kept things pretty simple with cinnamon buns for breakfast, church, some play in the little forest down the street, and (at Peter's request) buffet dinner at the local Chinese-Canadian restaurant. Flowers and food. This… Continue reading 2022 Highlights: Week 25

2022 Highlights: Week 22

Saturday: After I worked a half day, Peter and I went out for dinner with friends and then to watch Top Gun: Maverick at the local cinema. Top Gun was the first movie Peter and I ever watched together after we started dating because he was aghast that I'd never seen it. When Tom Cruise… Continue reading 2022 Highlights: Week 22

2021 Highlights: Week 26

Get ready, this is a long one! It's been quite the week. Beginning at the beginning, can we talk about the heat? Oh man, it's been hot. BC broke records across Canada this week with highs into the 40s (that's Celsius). For context, our typical June average is around 21 degrees. 28 would be considered… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 26

2021 Highlights: Week 25

I'm writing this a little earlier than usual because I know we have a busy weekend coming up. We're at the beginning of a heat wave, with projected temperatures of 35 and 40 degrees next week. My rainy West Coast background means that when it's sunny I feel the need to be outside all the… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 25

2021 Highlights: Week 24

Hi there! We are officially into summer and the last week of school. We're counting down the days in our house, not because we don't love school but because we're so excited to be together as a family every day and looking forward to many summer adventures. Some highlights this week: A story that Pearl… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 24

2021 Highlights: Week 23

Hi there! Coming in a little late because the weekend kind of got away from me but let's talk about some good stuff that happened last week: Pearl got 2 beach days with her class! It's so nice that they can walk from school to the beach. Both times Rose and I picked her up… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 23