Today marks the very first day of the 2014 Olympics!  And I love love LOVE the Olympics! For three weeks straight, I sit on my couch at all hours of the day and I watch the most gifted athletes in the world do what they do best.  And I never get enough of it!  My […]

There are few things in this life more special than celebrating your first Christmas as a new parent.  For all the joy and excitement that comes with the holiday throughout childhood…bringing your own child into the experience trumps it all. Hudson was nine months old when we celebrated his first Christmas.  I honestly thought my […]

Did you know that I got engaged at home?? It was a beautiful Wednesday in July and I came home after work to the man of my dreams down on one knee, asking the question of a lifetime.  It was amazing.  He was amazing.  And he knew that asking me at home was – by […]

I once read that one of the things that ends up defining us the most as individuals is – ironically enough – the people we choose to surround ourselves with on a day-to-day basis.  They influence us…the change us…they become integral parts of who we become. I admit that I haven’t always made the best […]

Two weeks after Steve and I started dating…one of his grandmothers died. I remember waving goodbye to him as he drove away for the funeral and the sound of his voice when he later called me from his parent’s home.  It was a hard time for him.  It was a hard time for his whole […]

I was walking through a bookstore yesterday with the kids when I noticed one of my most favourite things about the new year; magazines with the words “year in review” scrolled across the top!  Ugh, every January, I have to stop myself from spending eighty dollars on everything from the best photographs of the year […]