The beauties of the North...

Good Morning all...It is a beautiful sunny day here....This morning about 730 we had a big bull moose in our backyard...Will said he looked fairly young ..Maybe 3 or 4...He came right up close to the house until our dog Hunter started to bark and he got scared and ran off down to the lake....But what big graceful animals....

We are under construction...

Good Evening all..It was a beautiful 24 degrees here today and sunny...All week actually it has been very nice...We are doing some home renovations...The old siding on our house has been taken off and new is going on ...Some windows and doors are being replaced ...Our deck is going back on....Very exciting....It is exciting to see the progress...I have been staining boards for the deck all week...Lots of decisions to make ...Colours, type of siding, windows...etc...We hope to get some work done in the basement as well...Get some insulation and floors done hopefully..!!.I am looking forward to having the basement as extra space...Busy place here in the North...lol.....Hunting season officially opens next Wed Oct 1..Soooo..My hubby is looking forward to that especially that he got a doe tag this year...Its just bow season first then rifle is some time late October or November..So time for me to paint the boys rooms...Been going to do that for a while...Well that's about all new here in the North...I will post some photos of the house as things progress along....Have a GREAT weekend and until next time.....

Jesse's First Day of School..

Good Morning all....Here in the North it was a brisk +2 this morning....Frost was on the ground...Fall is here...The days have been beautiful...The trees are just starting to turn a little..Fall is such a beautiful season...Well today was Jesse's first day of school...He went on the bus for the first time...He did very good....Daddy, Owen and I were there for the big event...He got on and was grinning from ear to ear...With his big back pack on ..He looked too cute....Momma was a big girl too and did not cry....;)) I was a little teary eyed as I walked away but I did good...No ugly crying...:))

Can not ride your bike buddy ...You would get to school about 3...lol...He has about a half an hour bus ride..The bus driver lives just up the road so he one of the first ones on in the morning...And one of the last ones off at night...So we will see how his first day goes???...I think he will do fine...Well have a great day and until next time...

Our day away....Celebrating our 7th Anniversary...

Good Morning all...It is a beautiful sunny morning and going to be a high of 27 today....All the kiddies are on their way back to school...My BIG boy starts next Wednesday.....We met his school bus driver yesterday....She stopped in to introduce herself....She is really sweet....We went out for our anniversary this past weekend..We took a drive to Temagami...About an hour or so north of North Bay...It is beautiful...Lots of untouched wilderness and many, many little lakes...People there build houses on the islands and actually live there year round...So for about 2 weeks in the fall and two weeks in the spring they have no access to their houses...They have to wait for the ice to be safe to drive on and in the Spring for the ice to melt....Not for me...I am not that adventurous...lol...But it is beautiful...We climbed the fire tower and had a view over the whole town....I did make it to the top....My knees were a little wobbly but I was good.....It was about 75 feet up...But what a view....We then headed back to North Bay and had supper...It was a very nice day!!!!!.....

This is the fire tower we climbed up..... Will and I at the top...There were a few other people up there and they took our picture... Momma hanging on ...lol...What a view...!!!! All the lakes..... All the beautiful wilderness......