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P.E.I

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Leah
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Our days in P.E.I are pretty easy to summarize: Beach. Lobster. Friday Night Lights. We spent the first day at beautiful Basin Head beach. Sam was the only one brave enough to jump off the bridge into the cold water. … Continue reading →

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Heading to P.E.I.

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Leah
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We left Halifax early to get a head start to our next destination: P.E.I. We decided to take the cool confederation bridge (12.9km) route rather than a ferry because we didn’t think we’d make the ferry times (and there was … Continue reading →

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Beaching and Lunenberg, NS

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Leah
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It was a beautiful day so we decided to head out early to catch some rays! We first headed to Queensland Beach – recommended by my friend (who gave us lots of tips for our itinerary!). We spent several hours … Continue reading →

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Leah
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We started the day off picking up a few groceries and having some breakfast. We have a pretty sweet location with the VRBO 3 bedroom apartment we rented, so it took no time at all before we were starting our … Continue reading →

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Road Trip Out East Begins!!

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Leah
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We are finally taking our long awaited vacation! (Insert eye roll here. Yes, I know we travel all the time!) What I mean, is we finally have all 5 of our kiddos with us and they are ALL coming! It’s … Continue reading →

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Monthly snaps

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Leah
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Summer is whizzing by and before we head off on some family vacays, I figured I’d better get all caught up! The teens ran a church service one week: We had a hilarious doctor’s appointment where Josh told the doctor … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Leah
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I was thinking that when you have teenagers, you can rename Mother’s Day, “Revenge Day”. This morning Rob got the boys up early so they could come and “cuddle with me” as we have in years past on Mother’s Day … Continue reading →

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The problem with teenagers…

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Leah
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When your kids are little, you are usually exhausted.  It is so physically demanding: chasing after them, getting them dressed, fed, bathed. You can’t just tell them to do something, you usually have to do it with them. You rarely … Continue reading →

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Rob’s Christmas Eve poem

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Leah
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It has become a tradition that Rob writes a poem for Christmas Eve summarizing our adventures over the year. He then reads it to us all after we’ve read a bunch of Christmas stories and done the Nativity Play. Here … Continue reading →

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Christmas Celebrations

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Leah
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I better squeeze Christmas festivities in before NYE!  We had everyone from 6pm Christmas Eve until 9:30am Christmas Day. Not enough time but we make do! On Christmas eve day we went to church with the boys. We then came … Continue reading →

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I am a Mom, Stepmom and wife who by day also doubles as a Speech Language Pathologist in private practice. I started this blog because I want to document our journey as a family as we grow, change and continue to “blend” into our blended family. This is the place where I share the amazing adventures of raising my flowers and skids. Click Here for more.

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