It was – as the saying goes – the best of times and the worst of times.  But in less poetic terms…it was actually 2004! I got engaged that summer…I started building a new home with my soon-to-be-husband…and we had a handful of amazing adventures awaiting us in the not too distant future.  It was […]

Last weekend, Steve and I packed up our munchkins and met up with some friends in Toronto.  With five little kids in tow, we hit up the zoo and a full day of overwhelming excitement!  It was apparently also the day that Hudson would fall head over heels for a little girl named Brooklyn!!!  For […]

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 […]

When I was in high school, a good friend of our family got married on the hottest day of the year. Their cake melted in the sun…one of the groomsmen got heat stroke from spending the day in a tux…and half of their guests left the outdoor ceremony for cooler grounds.  All in all, it […]

The first time I met Lindsay and Brad was in a dentist’s office.  For real!  We sat on little stools huddled around a computer next to all the dental hygiene equipment and talked about the beautiful plans that were in place for their waterfront wedding.  It wasn’t a typical “first date” but nonetheless…I liked them.  […]

My mother-in-law has the most remarkable garden.  So often, when we make the long drive down to visit, we’ll pull up in the driveway to find her knee deep in dirt wearing a giant, over-sized sun hat.  To watch her, you’d think that she was lost in another place…lost among her flowers and wind chimes…lost […]