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Spring, a Birthday, Easter and a shed...

Spring here is wet, wet and more wet with some wind and then more wind thrown in for fun. We are ready for better weather. It's coming I am told but we've been waiting all April for it so I am inclined to think that we will be wet for a while still.

Ruby has turned 1! How fast that year went. It was filled with so much excitement and joy - we could not imagine our lives without our yelly, curious, growling, happy baby. She is busy as she is running and climbing but she is so happy, claps when excited and has a few words like ball and woof. She loves being outside, nursery rhymes and her sister. We had a celebration for her and she was surrounded by love - it was wonderful. 

Easter was low key and quiet but we celebrated with family and it was nice. The Easter bunny came and hid so many chocolate eggs, Sally was pumped. 

Work on the property hasn't stopped. Justin has been burning and chipping limbs (of which we have piles and piles). He has since put up our first building of many... a shed to store all the tools and gasoline for our saws and the chipper. It's a relief to finally have some place for him to store all the things he works with all the time instead of it all being under a tarp. 
The girls are growing and I am loving the decision to lengthen my maternity leave until October. I wasn't ready to return to work full-time and I've so enjoyed my time with my girls, teaching them and watching them grow. It will be hard returning to full time work in October. 

Life is good. Slow paced and quiet but good. Its hard to believe we have been here for 9 months already. Time flies...

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  1. kwatsonMay 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM

    Best decision to wait until October. So happy you've made that decision although I do miss working with you.

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