Some of you know that our oldest daughter and I as her support person are going through DBT Skills Training (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) and have been for almost a year now. This therapy is designed to equip Alex with skills that she can use throughout the rest of her life to deal with emotions, stress,... Continue Reading →
Noah isn't a kid that just loves playing basketball, he is also a kid that loves to watch basketball. He likes watching videos of past plays and during the season, he always wants us to record the games so he can wake up and watch them before school. His favorite team is the Raptors and... Continue Reading →
40 years ago my Mom who had no sisters and my dad who had no sisters, to their surprise had a little girl. I was a strong willed baby right from the beginning and that hasn't changed a whole lot. 😉 For as long as I can remember I loved celebrating anything. I believe that... Continue Reading →
I love theatre and can honestly say I have since I was a toddler. Childhood friends can tell you about the hours we would spend on weekends acting out my favorite movies. Becoming someone else and engaging in their emotion and personality always fascinated me. I was even more impressed with the acting ability of... Continue Reading →
Toronto for March break was our Christmas Memory gift as a family, we bought Raptors tickets and were all excited to experience Toronto. Sandy came when he was Ella's age, but for the rest of us, this was our first time. We arrived Sunday evening to our AirBnb apartment in Scarborough. Already Noah was full... Continue Reading →
Heritage Day or Family Day (depending on your province) has been a holiday for a few years now. For the past few years we booked a night away in Halifax with friends & family as something fun in the Winter stretch to look forward to. This year we didn't plan a getaway and about a... Continue Reading →
When Sandy first started working for Automattic he was the only employee living in Nova Scotia. Today we have 8, which is pretty awesome for our small province within a worldwide distributed company. Since our company is distributed we are given an allowance to have holiday dinners within our own areas and get together with... Continue Reading →
December was a busy month for our family and because of the kids extra curricular's it was hard to fit in some of our past Christmas traditions. I was excited for the Christmas Break to arrive so we could catch up on some of the family time we needed. The break started with our annual... Continue Reading →
There are only a few places that I really truly feel completely comfortable. I have more anxiety than I would love to admit. And I often feel as though I am an introvert trapped in an extroverts body, if that makes any sense. I dislike conflict and try to keep a smaller group of people... Continue Reading →
New Orleans was hard to leave, it would have been great to have a few more days to explore, but knowing we were coming into an amazing week with the Fisher's it made it less difficult. We spent our last day in New Orleans riding the street car to the French Quarter and exploring. I... Continue Reading →
I really planned from the beginning to blog every few days like I did last summer about our adventures, but with so much travel in the first 8 days and then the excitement of New Orleans it ended up being too far from my mind. What have we been up to? We started our trip... Continue Reading →
Birthdays are definitely one of my favorite things. I love celebrating and have for as long as I can remember. As a child we were always able to pick whatever birthday party we wanted and invite all of our friends. My Mom was born on Christmas Day, so birthday parties didn't really happen for her,... Continue Reading →
I Dream of Summer 