Ice fishing Fun

Good Morning all....It is a crispy morning here in the North...We got some snow yesterday as well...The sun is just shining over the tree tops this morning on the new fallen snow....How beautiful....!!...Well ice fishing is in full swing around here...My oldest son Jesse has taken up the fine sport as well....Which his Dad is thrilled about to have a regular ice fishing partner...lol...He jigs and checks see if the minnow is still on,which usually it is gone...lol..Daddy is buying a few more bags of minnows this year I think but its all good..

They caught this little guy last week....Jesse was just so excited when they came home he wanted me to get the camera and take a picture...He had to wear a glove he was not quite ready to hold the slippery fish with his bare hands......lol

Remembering a special friend.....

Good evening all...Well I was hoping this day never came...Last Sunday the Lord took home my dear friend Miriam....For over three years she had cancer....Which began in her ovaries but was later diagnosed as a deadly rare aggressive cancer that the doctors knew little about...She went through surgeries, chemo, radiation and more chemo but the cancer kept growing...This past November the doctors could no longer do anything more for her....It was just time...But she never lost sight of her purpose here and looked forward to heaven with a heart exploding with love for the Lord....She had such a beautiful, kind, loving spirit....She was a true joy to be around...She had a true love for the Lord and through all her suffering, she openly accepted that this was God's plan for her life..Her desire was that God be glorified for all things.... In her last days she was in pain and her husband asked her what he could do and she asked him to sing her to heaven..So for three nights before she passed they joined family on Skye from all over Canada and the US and they sang hymns together...Miriam loved to sing and loved music...At her funeral we sang all her favourite hymns...I think everyone sang with such joyful, loud, loving voices ..In my heart it felt Miriam was there with us singing these beautiful praises to the Lord...It was overwhelming and a wonderful celebration of Miriam's life... She will be sadly missed by many who are left behind...Her dear husband Nandor, 3 beautiful children Rebekah, Jessica and Jakob..A wonderful family and extended family and many, many friends...She has truly touched so many people through this journey, some that we may never even know but her love for the Lord always shined through and that's what inspired people and drew people to her...It was a long journey but it is finally over and she is pain free and perfect in heaven singing with Jesus...What a beautiful picture that is....

This and that....

Hello all....I hope on this fine Tuesday morning everyone is well....We are OK..We seem to have the plague here...It kind of goes around and around and each one gets it differently...We seem to always be germ infested in January every year..lol...Sooo hopefully we are all on the mend soon :)..Its snowing here today...We just had a few days and nights of really cold weather...Now we are in for some snow this week...Which is much nicer for the boys to go out and play in and much milder...Will has been ice fishing and got 3 pickerel- average size...(no lunkers...)..And a few perch...The boys were out fishing with him on Saturday and they came home empty.... We are getting lots of school work done in the past two weeks....I am just currently picking out our next years curriculum...Which is actually a fun job...Owen is doing JK right now...Learning his letters, numbers etc...and Jesse is finishing up K...He is very excited to start his new books ...They both are enjoying school...Well that's about all new here in the north....Until next time...

Happy New Year

Hello all....It was a great holiday season....Hard to believe its over and we are into January already....Well fishing season is in full swing around these parts..:)...Hubby has his ice hut out and has been quite a few times already...No fish to put in the freezer yet...The boys have enjoyed going out a few times with Daddy as well....They love the 4wheeler ride...:)...Jesse is showing an interest in fishing this year so Will is going to buy him a rod and see how he does....He would be hooked if he actually caught something...We are into school full swing and have actually had a very productive week...Got all our school done and I actually had some time to clean and organize the house...I rare occurance...lol...But well needed...I posted a few pictures from our Christmas gatherings...We had Christmas with my family a week early and then we headed to southern Ontario for a week and had a really nice visit with Wills family and spent a few days with our good friends Carolyn and Grant..We rang in the New Year with a bunch of dear friends and had a really great time...Lots of fun times and good eats all around....