Birthday Boy!
Sunday, June 27th, 2010 Posted in Family, Our House | No Comments »We celebrated the birthday of a wonderful 7 year-old! For his cake he asked me to copy some Playmobil toys--his Pteranodon on a tree. [photopress:IMGP0901.JPG,full,pp_image] [photopress:IMGP0898.JPG,full,pp_image] [photopress:IMGP0908.JPG,full,pp_image] [photopress:IMGP0910.JPG,full,pp_image] [photopress:IMGP0911.JPG,full,pp_image] Enjoy! Diana
13 Years and Counting
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Posted in Family, Our House | No Comments »On the evening of our 13th wedding anniversary Pete and I treated our four children to a four course dinner. We pretended that we were at a very nice resturant with a dressed up dinnner table and served them waitress ...
On the Road Again
Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Family, Our House, Travels | No Comments »We are traveling in Europe for a couple of months! We'll be spending most of our time in the Netherlands. We hope to use this opportunity to reconnect with long-lost family, see the sites, and learn some Dutch. We're headed ...
Back in the UK
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in Family, Our House, Travels | No Comments »On Tuesday, Jan, 12th we arrived safely in the UK after a month in Hamilton, ON. Other than missing our connector flight in Paris and Emma sleeping on my lap during the entire trip from Toronto to Paris we had ...
Home for the Holidays
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Posted in Family, Our House, Travels | No Comments »We are finally home in Canada again. We left our British home on Wednesday morning for a few days in London. We were to fly out of Heathrow Friday morning but due to foggy weather conditions our flight was delayed ...
Crafting Weekend
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Crafts, Family, Our House | No Comments »As many of you know I spend a fair bit of my spare time crafting. Whether it be cardmaking, scrapbooking, or quilting I like to make something every day (it doesn't happen every day unfortunately). I had to opportunity to ...
Making a House a Home
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Family, Our House, Travels | 5 Comments »[photopress:IMGP8326.JPG,full,pp_image] Several people have asked for pictures of the house we're living in while in England. So I went around the house taking pictures of spaces and unique little touches. [photopress:IMGP8342.JPG,full,pp_image] The back garden from an upstairs window. [photopress:IMGP8333.JPG,full,pp_image] A view from within the garden. ...
The Garden
Sunday, September 6th, 2009 Posted in Crafts, Family, Our House, creation | 1 Comment »I work very well with specific goals in mind. However, I don't always meet my own goals. I'm sure many a mother can relate to the idea of wanting to accomplish something, but not being able to fit it into ...
We’re Home!
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in Family, Our House, Travels | 2 Comments »We arrived home from England on Monday evening. The kids recuperated from jetlag fairly quickly. We only had two nights where a certain someone woke up at 3 a.m. ready to play. We're happy to be home. There's something comforting about ...
Finding a New Home
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Our House, Travels | 6 Comments »Hello everyone, Just wanted to let you all know how our first day in England has been. The adventure has certainly begun! We left Hamilton at 5:00 am EDT and arrived at the hotel in Solihull at about 2:30 am UK time. We ...