Family Life & Kids
A Walk to The River
July 25, 2012
They walked down to the river to play. To build sand castles and cities at the river's edge, where the water is shallow and slow. I let them go, with kisses and bug repellent. It had been over an hour, at least, and I missed them. Their laughter and even ...
The View Around Here ~ The Week in Photos
July 20, 2012
That was fun last week, to recap the happenings with photos and a few words. I don't think posts like this will become habit, but I'm going to give it another go this week. Our driveway in the morning. This isn't the best morning photo, by any means. Mornings are ...
The Summer She's Thirteen
July 17, 2012
Watching your little girl grow from chubby-cheeked baby (we called her "chipmunk" cheeks) into a confident and beautiful young woman is the privilege of a lifetime. Watching each of our children grow into who they are is one of life's sweet parenting gifts. I consider it a privilege also when ...
The Blessing of a New Home
July 16, 2012
I love our new home. I think it may be the nicest place we've ever lived. Which is ironic considering our housing costs are lower now than they’ve ever been, which has been our goal all along. To lower our housing costs and “buy” ourselves more time. What is doubly ...
The View Around Here ~ The Week in Photos
July 13, 2012
Things are coming along well with the house getting mostly finished so we can finish moving in. Here's some of our week, in photos. Damien has been building beds for the girls. In the course of our move we gave away the girls' old beds because we thought they were ...
Making an Uneasy Peace with Process
July 9, 2012
When we made the arrangements to rent our chalet we knew a July 1st finish date would be pushing it. Our friend built this “cabin” himself fifteen years ago. It was a rustic, basic affair. There was electricity but no sewer, no running water. This winter when we met our ...
Montreal Jazz Festival
June 30, 2012
I'm going to bed now. Really I am. It's almost midnight, I'm very rarely up this late. But before bed, first a ridiculous amount of photos of our day. It started slow, at home. There was some computer stuff (working, reading and listening). There was some swimming. There was even ...
