A new chapter

It is with much excitement and some trepidation that we are looking ahead to the summer when our family will call Ottawa our new home!  Mike has been offered an amazing job as an assistant professor (tenure track) in the department of Neuroscience at Carleton University.
Eighteen years ago, when Mike and I started this journey together, we would have never imagined that we would be settling so far from home.  We planned to both become teachers and settle in the lower mainland with our three children.  Then God closed the door to teaching for Mike and instead opened the door to doing his phD.  Little did we know that it was the beginning of many doors that would be closed.  As these doors closed, new ones opened though with new opportunities.  
Moving to Toronto was a huge leap of faith and we had a lot of doubts.  Let's face it, most of you probably thought we were (and still think we are) nuts, moving across the country to live in a tiny apartment.  Truth be told, there have been many times over the past two and half years that we have looked around and declared that we are nuts.  But, we have endured, knowing that this is where we are supposed to be for this season of life, recognizing all the blessings that our family has had being here and knowing that it's a chapter in our life that we will always look back at with fond memories.
So, as we look back over the past eighteen years and look at how 'different' our lives have turned out then what we had planned, we see how much we have been blessed.  And, as we look ahead to our new lives in Ottawa, we know that this next chapter is part of God's amazing plan for us.

Bon Voyage

 

During March break, I decided to do a mother son trip with the boys and head east to Montreal on the train.  We went for two nights and had a blast.  The train ride was a lot of fun and a lot more relaxing than the plane.  I just had to convince the boys that it was not against the law that the train did not have seatbelts.

In Montreal, we spent a lot of time at the indoor pool in the hotel. 

 

 

(there was even a shark in the pool!)

 

We went and explored the port in Old Montreal, which was a lot of fun.   

 

 

 

 

 

We also enjoyed some yummy Montreal food.

It was so nice to spend some time with just my boys and all three of us had a fabulous time.