Our little family is trying to adapt to the nine hour time difference. Yesterday, despite my best efforts to keep our children awake until supper they were fast asleep by the late afternoon. My husband also gave in to the insatiable need to sleep and curled up...
On Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon we boarded the first of two flights that would take us and our friends over the Pacific ocean to Thailand. Our journey began in Vancouver where we boarded an airplane from All Nippon Airways, a Japanese airline, and flew for...
In less than a week we are taking our little family on a big adventure. We are travelling twelve thousand kilometers over the Pacific ocean to spend a month in Thailand. This adventure will be the first time we fly internationally with our three little people and the...
I have been reflecting on the coming year ever since I was forced to slow down several weeks ago simply because I was just so sick and exhausted. If you haven't already read my reflection on 2014 perhaps that might be a good place to start. It was a busy year filled...
The last couple days has brought one of the biggest snowfalls that I have seen since we moved here. Locals say it is the biggest they've seen in years. In the space of forty-eight hours we have shoveled at least 30 centimeters of snow off our driveways and apparently...
A new year has begun, but before I forge ahead and share with you my "new word" for the year, along with some other plans for 2015, I want to reflect back on 2014. When I looked back through my blog archive for 2014, I was surprised to see that I spent about half as...
Since our move south a couple years ago we have had fewer opportunities to spend time with our parents and siblings and this has been the one thing that I have missed the most. After having family around for almost two weeks I realize how much I cherish our time...
Merry Christmas! Our family celebrates Christmas for twelve days, starting on December 25th and ending on January 6th, the feast of the Epiphany. I suppose that there are actually thirteen days, but Christmas day doesn't count in that number. For so many people...
For the last several year, our little family has gone out into the wilderness, or semi-wilderness, and cut down a tree for Christmas. It has been a family tradition that my children and I really enjoy. This year we also cut down a tree... from a string... that hung at...
Making an orange pomander is a simple winter activity that leaves your home smelling deliciously like Christmas. To make an orange pomander you will need:an orange, small navel oranges work best for little handswhole clovesa piece of ribbona wood skewer, a small nail...
Every week we visit the public library and return home with two very large bags of books. It is no secret that we love books, all sorts of books. Yet, there are some books that are so beautiful and captivating that we return to them, time and time again. These...
Advent started a couple days ago, on Sunday, and continues on for the four weeks leading up to Christmas. For our family, Advent is a time when we prepare our hearts and home for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. This year we have set up our Jesse tree, Advent...
Late last week a cold arctic wind came blowing through the valley. We packed up our van while being pummeled by cold slanting rain and then made our way up into the mountains on snowy roads. Our friends organized a lovely weekend family singing retreat with...
This morning Teddy crawled into our bed for a snuggle. He snuggled for a bit then got up and looked out of our bedroom window. Immediately he took note of the white landscape and proclaimed in his very loud voice "ss-no! ss-no!". My two other bleary-eyed children...
Our family just made a quick trip to Kamloops to visit friends over the weekend. It was such a nice change of pace. We went to the public pool together which was a fun treat. I avoid taking my three children to the public pool because it only results in having the...
Early last week we woke to rooftops covered in shimmering frost. An icy northern wind whipped through the valley and like much of Canada temperatures abruptly plummeted below zero. After a week of frosty weather every plant in our yard was jolted into hibernation....