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14 Years

Tonight we celebrated our anniversary with a special dinner topped off with a chocolate fondue. Here’s how it ended. (more…)

Grandpa Hugh

It was a shock to get word from my parents that my Grandpa Hugh died on Saturday. He was my mother’s father (in Mandarin, my waigong). He was in his eighties and had been in and out of hospital lately, but still . . . The most upsetting thing for me is that we will […]

Gresiks Rule the World

Get this: my little brother is going to be on CBC Radio this Saturday! This month Ben did a project called The RPM Challenge, where he recorded an album in 29 days. This impresses the heck out of me. And now he’s been interviewed for the show Bandwidth, and if all goes well, you’ll hear […]

Recent Events

We were pleased this week to welcome the newest member of our family, Christian Paul, born to my younger brother Colin and his wife Amy in Burlington. Both Christian and his parents are doing well, and we look forward to meeting the little guy sometime in the near future. Won’t Lia will be disappointed to […]

A Month in Pictures

Mother’s Day Here’s my Mother’s Day gift from Shawn: Lia’s hand- and footprints preserved for posterity. Lia’s gift was sleeping in until eight o’clock! Family Photo Session One hour. Multiple wardrobe changes. Three sweating adults trying to get a one-year-old to smile. We’re very happy with the results. Weekend in the Golden Horseshoe Drove to […]