What is summer without camping? For Brad, it’s no summer at all. For me, it really depends on where we are camping haha but Surveyors Lake in British Columbia is IT! It’s a short 3.5 hour drive into the mountains and it’s about as pretty as you can get. Picturesque  Brad’s parents, our boys and Rachel and her kids headed out Friday morning while the rest of us drove out after work. By 9pm, tents were pitched, campers were leveled and we happily sat around the campfire until 2am! Way past my bed time haha Saturday morning we were up early and raring to get to the beach. Everyone but Bob and ..read more

My friend Jess and I collaborated on our daughters Christmas presents this year and bought them tickets to a close-ish Shawn Mendes concert. To say they were excited was an understatement, my living room was full of screaming and excited crying when they opened their boxes Christmas morning haha 5.5 loooong months of waiting later, we finally hit the road for a 5 hour drive full of giggling, eating and napping. The five of us were more than relieved when we finally pulled up to West Edmonton Mall’s Fantasyland Hotel. Jess had booked 2 different theme rooms (one for each night) and we kept it a ..read more

Ugh it has been a looooong time since I’ve posted, too long actually. Reegan recently pointed out my last post was Halloween! What!? Life got totally crazy and my blogging took a backseat, but not anymore, I’m making a blogging comeback! So…..here’s a quick catch up. I made through my first Christmas without my mama, and it was HARD. My grandpa and uncle came over Xmas morning and when they left I bawled and bawled. But I survived it. On top of Christmas stress, we sold my moms house (my childhood home) cue more bawling, two weeks before Xmas. Then we bought a new house for ourselves and sold ..read more