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Girls on the Road: Adventures with Gramma and Grandpa
This week was the girls’ road trip to visit with Gramma and Grandpa in Creston, coincidently coincided with our moving into the clinic! They love spending time with their grandparents. It isn’t just...
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Gramma and Grandpa Skills
The fun continues on the other side of the mountains. Today Sugar and Spice went fishing with Grandpa, and cleaned up! None of those fish are grandpa’s, by the way…. He was too busy assisting his...
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Natural Horsegirlship at the Dude Ranch
Every year Jason and I give our girls a choice: they can have a birthday party, or get a birthday present. This year, for the first time, they decided to forgo the party for their special present...
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Wine Wednesdays: Lusitano Estate Pinot Noir
It’s been so long since I’ve written a Wine Wednesday post, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been drinking wine! Tonight we were eating smoked pork hock cassoulet and roasted garlic mashed potatoes,...
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Me, my two besties and Michael Franti
It’s been three weeks since I went to Vancouver for a girls weekend with my two best friends… But that shows you what kind of busy I’ve had since! I really needed a getaway… With starting the clinic, I...
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Walking with a Dozen Irish Wolfhounds
This weekend we slipped away over the Misty Mountains to Mission, BC, for a 24 hour getaway. The whole purpose of our trip was to go walking with the BC branch of the Irish wolfhound club. Before we...
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Tomorrow I meet my puppy!
After a harrowing drive over the mountain passes (stopped three times for accidents and avalanche) I arrived this afternoon in Calgary. Tomorrow, my mom and auntie and I will drive up north of Edmonton...
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Introducing Tully! The Extended Version…
My mother, auntie and I drove up to Mistyglen in Northern Alberta today. As I write this, we’ve just left Edmonton in the dark to return back to Calgary for the night. My mom is driving, and Tully, my...
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We’ll be in Vegas with Bruno, Sam and Ed
Jason and I decided that this year was going to be about us. So like 20-something’s in tank tops, we are flying to Las Vegas the May long weekend for the biggest music festival in the world. Last year,...
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Two old fogies at Rock in Rio
Last weekend Jason and I escaped for a weekend away (no kids!) to Las Vegas. Our reason for visiting sin city was the biggest rock concert in world, Rock in Rio, and we had a blast! This is an actual...
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My least favourite stopover in the world is getting family friendly
I’m on my way to Ethiopia, with an overnight stopover in Dubai. I was dreading this visit; the last time I had to fly Emirates with my three year old twin babies, my airport experience was nothing...
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The real reason I just left for Ethiopia
It’s been a while! But I am off to Ethiopia for another trip volunteering with Vulnerable Children Society. A couple of nights ago of the blue, one of my nine year old daughters asked, “Why are you...
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Follow our Ethiopia trip on Instagram!
This past week, my friend Tawnya and I have been volunteering in Ethiopia at Vulnerable Children Society’s Love and Hope Centre. See what we are up to on Instagram!
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Melkam Bal! Our wild Meskel night in Addis Ababa
There are certain places that are famous for their celebrations. Last night, my friend T and I experienced the wonderment of the crowds, blaring music and smoky pyres of Meskel in Addis Ababa. If you...
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Camel Bones and Canopy Walks: Adventures in Vancouver with Uncle B
Last weekend I went on a short notice trip to the Lower Mainland. A cultural society asked me if I’d do some facilitation work for them in Chilliwack, and I wanted to, but I had the kids in tow (Jason...
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Where we live… Some people say this place doesn’t exist
Sometimes we forget in daily life how lucky we are to live in this gorgeous place! Yes, our Kelowna family does almost everything in the video (although not every day, of course.) We love living here...
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Walking 15 Irish Wolfhounds
It’s now becoming an annual Christmas tradition… This weekend we went on a lovely walk with 14 other Irish Wolfhounds and their people down in Mission, BC. Our own year old baby, Tully, had a blast...
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End of this season of my life, and this blog
Some 11 years ago I started this blog. I was flush in the nesting phase of life: building a marriage with my new husband, preparing for adding two children, and focussing on the family we were...
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