a handful of happenings + having it all.

oh hi.
here are a handful of happenings in our life right this minute. or at this general point in life-time:

1. we are eating a lot of clementines.
2. there is a wasps nest outside our third floor balcony. and as non-luck would have it, the builders accidentally forgot to fill a small one inch hole in the brick which leads to a vent which is the perfect little access point to. you got it. OUR HOME. they sent a guy in a wasp suit and one of david Suzuki's wasp hats to spray the nest. but guess what? they sure are still in our condo. we wake up in the morning and have to check every room for wasps with a toxic non organic spray to kill them on contact. in the past twelve hours? 7 wasps. cue the horror film music because we are living it. not awesome.
3. mark is moving to Toronto in one and a half and yes we are counting weeks.
4. we are going to costa rica in three weeks.
5. marcus is taking hip hop classes. his swag is out of control. well, besides the five minute segment of class where after the kids ask ninety eight times, the teacher finally gives in. cues up gangnam style. and lets the pre mini hip hoppers do their best psi across the room.
6. tonight we build a wooden race track that reached from his bedroom all the way into the living room. then I put him to bed, decided to rock his world come 7 am. and left the race track out only to add his new Disney die cast planes to the line up. point me.
7. i heard something that caught my ear last week. something about 'can you have it all?' the answer was yes: of course. first, only you can define what it all is. and once you have a clear outline of it 'all', only you can create. you don't stumble upon a life where you can have it all. you create it. and if it seems at some point like you don't have it all, then you need to stop and re evaluate what it all is anyways. i just liked that. we value family, friends, experiences, travel, opportunity, health. and chips. always chips. and with that clear list, it's so much more fun to attack life and create it all. right? especially the chips part :)

having it all.

boating in beautiful BC

 

strawberry picking in Penticton

 

this is us.

i hope this weekend was filled with pumpkin spice lattes, strawberry picking, race-tracking, fort building, juicing, sleeping in until 8 am ... or you know. whatever else your all entails :)

happy fall!
-kare + m