It has been awhile since I last posted. Life has been busy and writing has been put on hold as we try and get everything done. I thought I would write an update on what has been happening around here, before the snow flies. We have been busy in the garden, August and September were filled with picking, canning and freezing as we tried to … [Read more...]
Exploring
We are fortunate to live near the St.Lawrence river, where on July 1, 1958 a portion of the river was flooded during the St.Lawrence Seaway Project. During the 3-4 days that it took for the river to swell into the river/lake we see today it covered and submerged 10 small communities and over 200 farms. One of those communities was the town of … [Read more...]
Sharing a Garden – Part 3
We've been gone for a few days on a family camping trip but are home again now and are getting back into the regular routine. This week we are visiting my sister Koryn's garden. Koryn and her husband have a small acreage where they have a lovely garden plot. They have expanded this year to be able to put in more of the vegetables their family … [Read more...]
Sharing a Garden – Part 1
There are many different reasons why people may decide to share a garden. For us and our family it allows for diversity in the vegetables that we have access to, and allows us to share some of the workload. Between my sisters and my mother we have five gardens on the go, all beautiful and unique. Over the next week or so I would like to share … [Read more...]
Sandbanks Provincial Park
We have just come home from our mini camping trip, we were able to go up to Sandbanks Provincial Park with two of my sisters and their families. We had a wonderful time, the weather was great, we only had rain Friday morning while we were packing up to go home, and the kids didn't mind. This is the first time we have taken the kids to the … [Read more...]
Celebrating Adoption
Today is a special day for our family. Three years ago we became an "official" family, we headed to the courthouse with our boy and stood up and said, "he is our son". Today we celebrate adoption and our beautiful family! … [Read more...]
Easy Meal Planning Hacks – (With Menu Printable)
Recently, I wrote an article about how I get everything I need done (not always what I want) during the day and week. To expand on that post I am writing in more detail how I use a meal planning menu to save time, money and reduce stress in our home during busy seasons. You can read the original post here. The following menus are what we use in … [Read more...]
Our Chocolate Free Easter
Every year we host an Easter egg hunt for all the kids in our family. Yesterday we had a great day, despite the snow. We have come up with some great ideas for things to put in the plastic eggs and whoever can/wants chips in to keep costs down. This year we included Lego pieces. We bought a few small sets and put the pieces in the eggs. We … [Read more...]
Friday Fun
Today was a beautiful day, so we packed up the kids and dogs to head out to my parents place for a walk in the bush. Our walk started out great, until we realized the snow in the bush has not melted as quickly as we thought. Lori and I kept breaking through to our knees and sometimes our thighs, not a leisurely walk. We made it to the lane way … [Read more...]
Living T.V Free
The idea to put our television away started as a challenge to ourselves, we thought it would last a few weeks. We had no idea that it would go on this long. It all started back when I was on leave with our eldest son. I realized that throughout the day, from the time we got up to the time we went to bed our TV was on. It was always playing in … [Read more...]