Enjoyed another Smith Family Rebellion, where we all try to gather in one place, hug each other, eat a bunch of food, laugh out loud, and talk even louder. We were only 44 of a possible 68 who inhabit this area... so it was just a modest representation of who we are! Of course without many of the Giesbrechts it was a more impartial representation... but they were all involved in a large church wedding in West Valley. However, everyone there got to see Grandma...

It's a beautiful fall day, sunny, and warm. Tim and I enjoyed the morning together at the Farmer's Market in Chico with a great cup of Java. Eli is off with his Uncle Jim fixing something that may or may not have been broken in the first place, and the girls are serving at an 80th birthday party for a friend. Kathy and Wilbert are home from their Northern Saskatchewan adventure and they brought a trunk load of Tim Horton's coffee (praise God!) and Mom Smit...

Twenty years ago today, I turned 26, and my loving husband had one of those defining moments where something comparatively vague becomes cataclysmically clear. After wishing me a happy birthday he looked at me ever so seriously and stated in absolute shock, "I can't believe my wife is almost 30!" When he came to, we discussed the relativity of time (that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant!) that 29 is more accurately nearly 30, and that he wasn't gettin...

Buenos Dias. This is Eli. I'm doing okay - considering! My toe is broken which is real disappointing because I don't get to do much with my cousins but hobble around behind them, and my sisters and especially Dad are a pain teasing me. Harvesting was good - most days! I learned a bit of Spanish, a bunch about the machinery, and a lot about Mexican women (they can be bossy but they make good tacos). I worked 12 hour days for five weeks, and it's good to be finish...

Hi everyone, this is Eden. First of all, living in a full sized house again is great! Lots of space, three showers, an upstairs that is higher than three steps and a washer and dryer. But it takes a lot more time to get around and there's a lot more space for mess! For this reason I prefer MY "step saver" kitchen. Wednesday and Thursday of this week were spent hand harvesting a fifteen acre orchard with our cousins. Naomi keeps saying that it was so fun and ...