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An awesome weekend with friends
This last weekend, our friend Rick call us up to join them at their property on lake Schnarr in Ontario. We jumped at the chance. We have been there every summer and the kids just love hanging out and just playing with their kids. They have no running water or electricity so it is a [...]
Natalie’s Friend Birthday Party
Natalie has seen her siblings having their friends over for birthday parties so this year as she turned 5, she wanted to have her friend over too. It was a fun Monday afternoon. She had 4 little friends over which age ranged from 2-9 years. The party started at 1pm till about 5ish… They played [...]
Natalie’s New Haircut
Natalie does not like having her hair brushed. She finally asked me to cut her hair. So I did. Here are the before, during and after shots. It is so much easier for short hair, less shampoo, less conditioner and no need to use the hair dryer and no time wasted combing or complaining….
Spring Cleaning – Garage Sale
Now that we have been in Winnipeg for almost 3 years, and having all our stuff in boxes in the garage, we have discovered that we do not need most of the stuff there. So we have decided to sell a lot of it. Most of which are household items and “stuff”. So we have [...]
The Rosary and Mother Teresa
I received this story about the rosary, I not sure if it is true, I do not doubt it and it is a great story. I know the the power of prayers of these simple beads and I wanted to share it with you.
Andrew’s Negotiation Skills
Last night when it was time to get ready for bed, we asked Matthew to brush Natalie’s teeth. In the past we had given him 25cts to do it but he either didn’t hear us or ignored us so we asked Andrew to do it. Andrew said that he would do it for $1. We [...]
Creating a Vision Board
Last Monday, the weather was not very nice and it was pretty gloomy so we decided to go into the basement with our magazines and pictures to create our vision boards. Actually we created vision books, which is a little more portable for us.
Winnipeg Girls Try-a-Tri
Sleeping In Their Fort
Yesterday, Natalie and Andrew built a fort in the basement and decided to sleep in it. They asked our permission and we thought, why not? They were so excited, they brought that clothes, stuff animals, pillows and blankets down there and set up for the night. We were not sure how long it would last [...]
I love being with people
Kyle’s mum stayed with us for two night and just left today. We had a great visit and loved having her stay with us. She was able to relax and she helped with the weeding (yeah!) and played with the kids. We just love having her visit with us.
