Isaac at Three Weeks
Here’s Isaac napping on my arm; happy and content. Unfortunately he’s still in the hospital with Jennifer (yes DH posting again) with no foreseeable discharge. The doctors are calling him a “little mystery” so we wait and pray.
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Baby Isaac Hospitalized
DH posting again; don’t worry, this isn’t a permanent gig for me. I already have my own blog and am editor in chief elsewhere. Isaac on his second day didn’t want to eat and was very lethargic. Jennifer paged our…
Introducing Isaac George VanderPloeg
DH here guest posting our newest family addition. Isaac George was born Saturday June 4th 2011 at 3:25 PM, weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces and measuring 57 cm (22.5 inches).
Our Grand River Rafting Trip
Every day is an adventure, but some days an extra special adventure comes along. I’ve been wanting to go turbo tubing down the Grand River for a few years and this year we finally did it; my dad, my oldest…
Guessing in the Garden
In our yard, some things grow in containers on the deck and a few others grow in big planters. A strawberry hanging basket provided us with delicious fruit to snack on, and after three years, a pretty good raspberry patch…
He Is Kind Unto The Unthankful
Pondering Life in the Garden With the COVID-19, the world has become a different place. Some areas are harder hit than others with the virus, or with the lockdown restrictions. We live in Southern Ontario, Canada. Our area has had…
As I try to be thankful for the hard day
1:30pm finds my older two out playing in the rain. My youngest is napping. Meanwhile, I’m listening to one of Sarah Fink-Jensen’s Spotify playlists thinking about yesterday’s hard day. “We are not as strong as we think we are” by…
But If Not…
So yesterday Isaac fell down the stairs, and then had a bad seizure. I’m so thankful for the children God gave me. Chloe (10) was a huge blessing in getting me the phone for 911, then gathering what I would…
Roses, Exploring and 21,000 Steps
At their request, I woke my oldest two at 5:00 am to join me for a little morning exercise. They’d been asking to join me and then come home to have breakfast with mommy and daddy before he left for…
Little Denim Bucket DIY
I’m not a sewer. But I saw this tutorial for simple denim bags (or storage-y buckets) out of recycled jeans and thought perhaps I could do that. More importantly, I was pretty sure my daughter could. Chloe asked for a…