We started off our summer holidays slow and strong with our time away in Vancouver. We came back home and enjoyed our town's annual July 1st Canada Day Parade. Peter took the girls on an overnight hike here in the Tetrahedron, along with two other dads and their daughters and we were beginning to plan… Continue reading 2026: July So Far
April has absolutely whizzed by. At the beginning of it, we were still recovering from our trip to Hong Kong and the end of spring break. Fortunately, we had only a short week back at regular life before Easter and a long weekend. We had a fairly low key Easter this year, which was just… Continue reading 2026 Highlights: April
While January felt shorter than usual, February has felt longer. Our weather has continued to be quite mild - some cold days but no snow and not much rain. It's lovely to see the days steadily get longer. On days when I close at work I'm now no longer doing so in complete darkness. We… Continue reading 2026 Highlights: February
Quite often, January looks mostly like the above photo. It's grey, it's rainy, the days are short. It's a month that seems to last forever. We started out a little like that, with days where it felt like the sun never fully rose before it was dark again. But rather than a month that dragged… Continue reading 2026 Highlights: January
At the end of November, I celebrated my 40th birthday. It's both a momentous occasion and also just another day of the week. It's a birthday that people seem to expect you to have a lot of feelings about and I guess I do but I also am not quite sure how I feel. The… Continue reading Karissa is 40!
It feels deep into November around here. It starts to get dark around 4pm and while we've had some hours of brilliant sunshine, other days it feels like the sun never really rises. There's been a lot of rain. We've added extra blankets on our beds and I've started lighting candles in the evenings. As… Continue reading 2025 Highlights: Into Autumn
This is a long, non-bookish post featuring a lot of pictures of my family and dinosaurs and beautiful scenery. Don't say I didn't warn you. Let's begin. It started with a t-shirt from the thrift store. As many kids do, our oldest, Pearl, went through a dinosaur phase when she was younger. She loved watching… Continue reading Summer 2025 Highlights: Part 3 (Road Trip Edition)
The last couple of weeks since my previous highlights post have been both full and peaceful for me. While Peter took the girls on epic hikes, I stayed home with the other kid and had a lovely, relaxing time. We planned the hikes around my work schedule so that I could be at home while… Continue reading Summer 2025 Highlights: Part 2
My little herb garden The other weekend, temperatures reached in the high 20s and it really did feel like summer was around the corner. This past week though has been cooler and a little rainy but we're still gearing up for summer. One more week of school while other activities have finished up. Lots of… Continue reading 2025 Highlights: Spring Edition
Hard to believe but recently we celebrated 10 whole years of Pearl! This girl is the best. She's so thoughtful and silly and smart. She's a fantastic big sister, a loyal friend, so curious about the world and so eager to step in to be a helper. Pearl loves animals, exploring, and being outdoors. She's… Continue reading Pearl is 10!
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