i have always struggled with getting so excited for things to come that i get caught up in the “will be’s” and “could be’s” of the future. so much so, that i sometimes forget to fully take in the “now”. when i was a kid i used to always say “i wish i was older, […]

HOLY TOLEDO!…. where has the time gone?!? remember back in the day when i used to blog every week? what happened to that?!!? i promise i am going to do my best to be better, life just got crazy all of a sudden and time got the best of me. it seems like ever since […]

“it’s okay to feel sad….” a recent conversation with a great friend reminded me of this. i was asked how i was doing. how was i really doing. it’s all very exciting and crazy but moving is a big deal, let alone to a new community. a new province. 8 hours away entering into a […]

ahhhh! i can’t believe it is actually happening!! we have a house! in cochrane! what the heck! that sure went by fast… 🙂 (to read the first post in this series, click here :)) while we were in new zealand last month, we got the exciting email with our POSSESSION DATE!!! (or… as our US […]

every year the amazing team at PASS and shoot and share put on the BEST photo contest ~ the votes are driven by the work and not the name as the photos displayed are anonymous, and the people are the judges!! better yet, this year over 27,000 photos were submitted with over 4million votes… WHAT!?!? […]

it seemed like a great idea at the time, and like most things, when jackie and i are together and we say we are going to do something. we ARE going to do it. for this particular occasion, that consisted of us following jeremy into an EXTREMELY cold pool that hasn’t been heated (or cleaned…) […]