creativelykate

A few weeks ago my hubby managed to get a couple days off work, which is often difficult for him early in the summer...so of course, we made sure to use our time as best we could.  We headed north to Wyvale, Ontario to spend a couple days with his Uncle, who has been renting a cottage there for over 10 years.   It's become a little tradition for us over the years to always make time for a visit.  But needless to say it's also become increasingly difficult trying to fit it in to our busy schedule.  This year we even had to take two cars just to make it happen.  But it was certainly worth it in the end.  We lucked out with the weather and the kiddies had a blast...as they always do! A throwback to 2010 at the same cottage!  Dancing on the beach with my little cousin...fast forward almost 10 years and now she's the one leading.  All grown up but always makes time for her little cousins (Hudson, Georgia, Jack and...

The unpredictable and stormy weather we had that day is what ultimately set the perfect backdrop for the most bad ass team photo ever taken.  But you can't always anticipate the weather, so instead we had to hope for the best and thankfully that day the weather gods were on our side.  Truthfully, the weather was probably the least of our concerns.  We had such a small window of opportunity to get the shoot done in order for the finished product to be ready and sent off in time for it to be printed.  Basically everything over a period of a few days had to fall perfectly into place...and luckily it did.  The entire team was excited and ready to go that evening.  Our photographer (Tim from Timothy James Photography ) arrived just before seven as the sun was beginning to settle behind the trees.  The lighting was just right.  He tried several team photos and poses before managing to capture the perfect shot!  The funny thing is, when it ...

Sometimes I wish I could hire a photographer for every event that we host, because most of the time I'm just too busy to be taking photos.  Thankfully my neighbour and my sister-in-law stepped in this time around and managed to capture some great shots.  But clearly we didn't think to include myself or my hubby in any of them...or half the people at the party -ha!  You guys were not forgotten though, I promise!  We loved having you all there!   So in continuation with my last blog here are the rest of the photos from Irelynn's 2nd birthday...    Have a great weekend! Katie xo

So far our summer holidays have been a blast!  We're at the baseball field nearly every night, but loving every minute of it.  Between summer camps, mini getaways and baseball tournaments I feel as though we haven't had any real down time.  But the weather has most definitely been on our side and it's safe to say we've been making the best of summer 2019.  Needless to say I've had no time to work on my blog, but so much to write about...starting with our Canada Day weekend. When you share a country's birthday...you know you're going to have fireworks for life!  Irelynn Grace turned 2 this past Canada Day and much like last year we celebrated our little girl, our 7th wedding anniversary and quite possibly the best country in the world - CANADA (no bias there -ha!). Although we celebrated on a much smaller scale it was still quite the party!  We literally threw everything together in less than 2 days and relied on decorations from last year as mu...

Summer 2016... A few years ago my hubby and I started considering a backyard play structure for the kiddies to play on.  At the time we envisioned one of those assemble yourself kits that you can purchase from stores such as Costco or Home Depot.  And so the initial search began...we looked high and low for the ultimate play house.  Eventually we came to the realization that what we wanted and what we had budgeted for didn't even come close.  It was at that point we started to backtrack a little and reconsider our original plan.  Perhaps the play house would have to wait and we most definitely needed to start saving.  My mom opened an account for us and right away we started putting money into it.  For nearly one year we saved every birthday and Christmas gift the kids received from family.   Summer 2017... Fast forward a little (to the following summer) and we had finally put aside enough money to purchase something substantial....