The kids are both happy that playgrounds are finally open again but they also enjoy the convenience of the swing I rigged up right in our campsite!
Hard to believe our first born turns 13 today! His timing is good too – his younger sister was very angry that she had to have a virtual birthday last month but now that covid restrictions are loosening up a bit and we can have “family bubbles”, Pace got not only an in-person instead of […]
I’ve been joking about it since about week two of quarantine but as we head into the third month of quarantine, the family decided it was time for me to have a haircut and beard trim. They also decided they should all help. This is the result… (and I wish I could blame the scratch […]
Hard to believe this toddler will be a teenager next week. (Still as messy though!) 😉
One of Pace’s virtual school assignments was to recreate a famous painting. Shea suggested one of the most famous paintings of all-time “Dogs Playing Poker” and I think the results were quite good…
Coronavirus is affecting us in ways big and small but one of the worst things is not being able to see the people you love in person anymore. So me and the kids threw together a “Virtual Birthday Card’ for Grandpa Ray as a placeholder until we get to see him in person! […]
There are so many examples in this pandemic of how we’re still operating (or trying to operate) based on our old systems, as if they are the only and the ultimate way to do things, rather than realising that we’ve also been given a huge opportunity to review these systems and even try to do […]
At a time when people should be minimizing any activities that may result in a preventable trip to the hospital, Shea and I have mixed feelings about seeing Pace get his skateboard out now that spring seems to be here. Honestly, he’s pretty skilled and safe (notwithstanding how it looks due to the timely snap […]
It’s amazing how the hospital can be both the location for some of the happiest moments of people’s lives (births of children, news about diseases being beaten and bones being healed) and some of the worst (a loved one doesn’t make it after an accident, grandma’s last breaths on the palliative care ward, the diagnosis […]
…picking away at a very important COVID post (well, very long anyhow!) but in the meantime, here’s a pic of how we showed we love nurses during this pandemic…
