Boys will be boys--always. And no one has a more powerful impact on them than you, Mom. Surprise! Your boy wants to please you, an...

An unforgettable trip to the gates of heaven and back As Marv Besteman lay in a hospital bed, visions of celestial beauty were the la...

I had all these great plans to blog this week and I just never found the time or energy. This week was month end and the stress and pressur...

Oh Sunday evening... why did you have to sneak up on me like this?? Pox on you. This past week seemed to fly by. Julie started her da...

Lately, I think I may have forgotten I have a blog. Always lots of things going on here and not much time to write about them. Between worki...

  Hello Friday!   Tonight Ian, Sam and Julie will head up north for our church's Fall youth retreat. It's Julie's first o...

 Today the children returned to school. While I'm sad the summer is over, I'm relieved to fall back into our regular schedule. We...

It's late on Sunday night, and I'm sitting in my favourite spot in my whole house - my recliner in my bedroom. The window is open a...

My four days at home are over. Back to work tomorrow. I completely forgot about my job while I was home. For the life of me I can't re...

  It's Friday afternoon and the sun is streaming in through every window. I am at home, and I am happy. Ian and Sam are attending Fan...

Today was very exciting at our place - Matthew took his first steps! I had just arrived home from the office and immediately went to see h...

I'm so excited it's Friday and I get to be home with the family for two whole days. I'm going to putter my heart out, and play w...

Every morning I come into the office and see this. It irrates my OCD. Ahh....much better.

Julie has been longing to make some new friends here in our new neighbourhood. Looks like she's been pretty successful, don...

It's a slow, rainy afternoon here, a perfect day to curl up on the couch and blog. We're all doing our own things right now but will...

It's the end of the long weekend and I'm refusing to go to bed, because once I wake up it will be time to get ready for work and the...

It's a long weekend for us here in Canada and I'm happy to be home with my family for three whole days.   I can hardly believe ...

This past weekend was lovely. I'd taken off Friday and Monday so it was like a mini-vacation. Much needed, and very enjoyable. Thursda...

I've been a very lazy blogger lately. Seems like there's always so much going on and I don't have a lot of energy left at the en...