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The other night I was looking through my Dad’s old missionary journal with Zach. So fun since Zach knew all the places he was talking about and even saw my Dad use words that he used (the Tahitian/French slang). We … Continue reading
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Rob and I flew to Denver a few days early to spend some time with Gabe; in particular to go to the temple with him for the first time. We arrived early on the Tuesday morning and went for lunch … Continue reading
The month of February flew by. It was a super busy month. We celebrated Josh’s birthday, as well as my mom’s 80th. Unfortunately my mom fell and broke her pelvis – darn ice – the week before her bday. This … Continue reading
One of my favourite things to do with my kids every year is to attend Youth Leadership Conference.It’s a yearly conference put on by our church for youth ages 14-18 at the University of Waterloo. I volunteer as a “house … Continue reading
On the Sunday, the boys and I decided to get out and do some temple hopping. We only have one temple around here, but often when we travel we try to go see the temple in that location. Pretty cool … Continue reading
My oldest niece, Melanie, is getting married this coming week and I wouldn’t miss it for the world!! I have such fond memories of little her (she was 4) when I lived with my brother and sister in law while … Continue reading
In our faith, you get baptized when you are 8 years old. We don’t actually believe in the concept of “original sin”, so babies and children are seen as completely innocent and pure and therefore have no need for baptism. … Continue reading
I think it’s a hard thing to wrap your head around the concept of teenage kids coming together from the same religious community and attending a 4 day conference, in the middle of summer…. and them LOVING it. They spend … Continue reading
We only have all the kids every second March break, so we try to make those trips wingdingers. On the off years, Rob and I still go away on our own. Two years ago we headed out to Utah, where … Continue reading
The next day we made our way to the Trail of Hope – which is where the Saints walked for the last time as they headed to the Mississippi river. Along the trail are all the plaques telling stories about … Continue reading