It's that time of year again when I remember to update the blog and tell you everything that happened in 2018.
Looking back if I was to put a label on this year it would be "All Change". For those of you who know me well you'll know I don't really like change so it's been a bit of a trying year in that respect.
But all in all we have lots to be very thankful for as we have our health, family, a roof over our heads, a wonderful church family and we live in a beautiful place.
Harriet graduated from Harvey High School and had lots of celebrations making May/June very busy months. She then moved to UPEI in September to study Biology. She is living in residence this year which she finds interesting. She has made lots of friends and is getting plugged into church life at Christ Central Church Charlottetown. She has found a part time job looking after 3 children for 2 afternoons per week which she enjoys too.
Josh has had a busy year with 2 semesters at UNB and 1 semester on a work placement. He is going on an 8 month placement after Christmas as is currently set to graduate in 2020. He is very active as a volunteer firefighter and also plays war-hammer and other tactical games. He lives with Isaac and has converted a bedroom into a gym.
Isaac moved into an apartment in town with Badger his dog. He decided city living isn't all it's cracked up to be and moved back to Harvey and bought our old house. He's busy finishing the renovations on the house and Josh is his lodger. He is going back to St Andrews to do his block 4 then sit his red seal exam to complete his HVAC training.
David and I keep busy working full time, being involved in Christ Central Church Fredericton, looking after the pigs, chickens and dogs and renovating the farmhouse. We moved into the farmhouse in the spring and have made some progress since then. We now have electricity, walls, water, a shower, some flooring and a makeshift kitchen. We are currently working on our chicken hotel so we can have all our feathery friends together under one roof.
This empty nest stage of life takes some getting used to, we miss having the kids around and having to cook much smaller meals! Maybe once we've finished all the renovating we'll have to take up some new hobby or something!!!
Winter has come very early this year, we had our first proper snowfall in October which stayed for a good week. It then hit us with full force early November and we won't see grass now till April! This certainly makes doing all the farm chores very slow going. But hey it looks lovely and snowshoeing is fun.
We have no plans to travel next year, we really aught to make our house into a home. But if anyone wants to come visit we'd love to have you stay, and if you like doing DIY even better!
8 years in Canada
Some of the grad celebrations
