Victoria Day in Bethany: 2017

For Victoria Day, we travelled to Peter & Julie’s place in Bethany and spent the weekend. Before we left to come home, I found out that I had been placed at Prince of Wales school in Peterborough for September and that we would be moving over the summer. When we we had a family dinner on Saturday evening in Bethany we shred the good news … Continue reading Victoria Day in Bethany: 2017

Family Day Weekend in Marten River_2017

For Family Day in 2017, we travelled to Marten River for a snowshoeing weekend. Stephen, Jill, Aaron, Chantale, Philip and Stephanie were also there for the weekend. It was a great distraction since for me since I had been working for the last 6 weeks to complete my final aspects of my Principals Qualification program, while at the same time working on my application to … Continue reading Family Day Weekend in Marten River_2017

Christmas 2016

Christmas this year began with the arrival of Blizzard. Blizzard kept us on our toes for the month with lots of pranks. On the first weekend of the month we went to Peterborough to have Christmas Dinner with Uncle Keith & Auntie Linda. While there we went with Shawn, Megan & Violet and took our family Santa Picture at the Peterborough Mall. This was Violet’s first … Continue reading Christmas 2016

Blizzard 2016

Blizzard joined us for an eventful December this year. Some of the highlights included a rivalry between Blizzard and a Storm Trooper, Blizzard getting his flu shot the same night the kids got there flu shot, gift wrapping the toilet, getting Santa’s autograph and Blizzard drawing moustaches on the kids faces while they slept. He arrived by bringing them each a lego advent calendar….   … Continue reading Blizzard 2016

Dinner with Uncle Keith & Auntie Linda (Dec 2016)

On December 3rd this year, the kids, Melissa and I along with Shawn, Megan and Violet had our second annual Christmas dinner with Uncle Keith and Auntie Linda. This year though we added something new. When we scheduled the dinner at the Old Stone, we did not realize that it was also at the same time as Peterborough’s Santa Claus Parade. So, what we did … Continue reading Dinner with Uncle Keith & Auntie Linda (Dec 2016)

Father’s Day Weekend 2016

This was the first Father’s Day Weekend in the past few years where Melissa was not working. It was also the same weekend as Stephanie’s wedding shower. So, what Melissa did was to book us in at the Holiday Inn in North Bay for the Friday & Saturday Night so that we could have a little family getaway. Friday Night We left Mississauga right after work … Continue reading Father’s Day Weekend 2016

Easter 2015

Visited the Allison’s: Saturday On Saturday we went to visit the Allison’s and brought Marley to meet Macklan for the first time. Marley was very well behaved, but quite excited and wanted to lick Macklan any chance she could. Then the kids and Macklan played for the afternoon and evening while we visited with Julie & Peter. The video below shows Macklan and Aiden having … Continue reading Easter 2015