Strickly Speaking

They like to take all the pillows off the couch and build boats or walls or forts or hideouts. It's a rare occasion that they put them a...

It's a new year and I'm still taking pictures on the third!  Blaise is always, always busy, moving, doing, getting into trouble. ...

I am not the most spirit-filled person at 6am. Especially when it's 6am and I am changing wet sheets on the top bunk. True story. I w...

I stack a few plates to make room on the kitchen table for my computer. Ella Fitzgerald is singing about New Years Eve and Blaise is happily...

It seems as though we are finally settling into a bit of a routine and it seems to be working. The boys are doing well at school and I'm...

Blaise has been such a ham these days. It's such a fun {but ridiculously busy} age. He's dropped his morning nap and has started to ...

Nobody sits still in this house any more. Not even me. Only I wish I could. But I digress. Needless to say, life is BUSY! Blaise wants...

Last week worlds collided. Our best friends from Uganda came to visit us from New Jersey! The Hallahans {you can read about our times in Uga...

I am breathing a huge sigh of relief. We made it through the long weekend. It was long. And full. And crazy. And fun. But I'm kinda glad...

There are moments where I ask myself, Did the last two years even happen? Because everything seems the same. I seem the same. They seem th...

Two months to the day that we arrived back in Canada we were sleeping in our very own home. At long last. We moved in last week and it'...

We've been back in Canada for almost three weeks now.  It's actually really surreal to be back. In some ways I almost feel like...

I'm not sure if one is ever truly "ready" for any big life change; getting married, having a baby, moving to another country. ...

In exactly one week, I will be checked in at the airport and getting ready to board our flight outta here. Yeah. In my mind, it still se...

a bit sick and feverish saying YES to snacking and why do we need three square meals a day anyway? cuddling and nursing babies bac...

In my ears The Oh Hellos  - Through the Deep, Dark Valley I've been listening to this album on repeat. Over and over and over again a...

Usually I write my best blog posts when I'm lying in bed. In my head. And then I'm too lazy to write them down on paper. And then I ...

I've been doing a lot of processing and ruminating lately.  I've always yearned for authenticity in friendships. This yearning ...

Time is moving at a pace that's far too quick for me. I keep being astonished every time I look at the calendar - seven weeks - no SIX w...

As of today we have two  months left in Uganda. My thoughts exactly.