Our Family & Our Life

We made vows to each other.... To God.... .. to love, honour and obey.... I loved you yesterday, I love you today and I will love you tomorrow.... Happy Anniversary! xoxo

"Officially" closer to her 3rd birthday  than her 2nd birthday! ,

We are currently well into week 2 of Colin's visit home and this week he didn't have to work. We've been enjoying spending time together and have stayed close to home other than a trip to Ajax and to my moms. On Saturday we drove out to Andrew's Scenic Acres to pick raspberries but when we got there, they were finished or 90% finished so no raspberries in our freezer this winter. Off to the blueberry field we went and there were loads. Easy picking Isla loved them too .... ... sadly she didn't pick many that ended up in the basket... They also sell flowers - pick and pay per stem. Not cheap either but it was fun. I didn't pick the sunflowers.... ... but wish I had as they are so pretty.... ... and amazing... I love them  - they are sooooo big - especially if you are just over 3 feet tall! Our next trip was down the 401 to Ajax. Aunt Lynn & Uncle Jim made sure we didn't go hungry and cooked up a lovely dinner while Colin provided a pie - bl

Wow, it's been so long since my last post that I almost forgot my blogger log in!! So what's up? Well, first off, a visa update.  A huge weight has been lifted and another prayer answered! Colin qualifies for Canadian permanent residence. YAY - but he can't get the visa yet because we don't have a clear FBI Clearance Certificate.  We have applied for it and praying that we get it within the six weeks Immigration Canada says it takes and not the "up to" 12 weeks the FBI website says it could take.  A bit of stress again as we have to provide it by October to IC and Colin couldn't get his fingerprints done in Brazil which we needed done before we could apply.  Worst case scenario is that we provide a letter explaining the situation but I trust everything will work out in perfect time and we can be a (normal) family unit again by the fall. Isla is doing well.  A month ago she was still 28 lbs but she is getting taller all the time. I was at the mall toda