One of the benefits of my renewed reading habit that I hadn’t seen coming was with my youngest Ezra. He has lots of energy and loves to be busy. His favorite thing is being outside, digging, collecting sticks and rocks, just being hands on with nature. Ezra is also very inquisitive so I didn’t thinkContinue reading “Reading with Ezra”
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Not so fast
Right now I’m supposed to be high in the air flying across the country. Having my boys experience looking out the window and down at the clouds. The force of takeoff as you rush along the runway and then feel the wheels come off the ground. Watching the trees as they get smaller and smaller.Continue reading “Not so fast”
Noah’s first day of work
Today I’m feeling proud as a father. Yesterday Noah has his first real full day of work. A couple of summers ago we hired my friends son, who had started a landscaping business, to replace our front lawn. Since we put it in it was terrible. The hydro seed never took and it was mostlyContinue reading “Noah’s first day of work”
After the storm
We had a pretty good snow storm over the weekend. Everything was canceled including school today. This afternoon things cleared up a bit so Ezra and I got out to play some. Running around the snow, making snow angels, some shovelling, and a bit of a tunnel / fort. It did us both good toContinue reading “After the storm”
Christmas shopping dates
One of my favourite Christmas traditions we have is that Jen and I each take our children for a one on one Christmas shopping date. We let them pick out and buy presents for their siblings and then have a treat of some kind. With busy lives we don’t always make time for individual timeContinue reading “Christmas shopping dates”
Epic Road Trip 2023
Though this might not have been as far as a trip as some of our past Epic Road Trips like 2017 and 2018, it was still an epic trip. Jen was her three month sabbatical from work and I took some vacation time so we could take the family trip. For years we had promisedContinue reading “Epic Road Trip 2023”
Starting back
Tomorrow morning I’m starting back to work after the second part of an extended parental leave. I’m so thankful that I was able to have this time to spend with my family. Throughout the leave my emotions ran across the spectrum really. Especially in the beginning it was all great. Jen was still off onContinue reading “Starting back”
First Camping Trip
For the past couple of years I’ve been slowly buying some supplies for camping. Lots of our friends and family love to camp and have been trying to get us to join them. We’ve been doing day trips to meet up with them and do the fun things without having to set up, tear down,Continue reading “First Camping Trip”
18 years
As a family we have a lot of celebrations throughout the autumn, we added one more this year, and then right into the winter holidays. Out of all those special days today, January 3rd, is my favourite. Today is the 18th anniversary from when Jen and I were married. We never have big celebrations orContinue reading “18 years”
Ezra
Jen told me from early on in our relationship that she would like to have ten children, while I told her I’d be happy with three. Like most things in our life we compromised, though she keeps getting closer to her number 😃 This past year has been yet another of ups, downs, and surprises,Continue reading “Ezra”
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