Ending Summer with a BANG!!!

Well summer has come to an end! We had a great summer. We went on many vacations camping, cottaging and just hanging out with family and friends. We also celebrated Sawyer's first birthday. However now we are off on a new adventure. We are becoming Westerners and are moving to a small town (about 240 people) in Saskatchewan called Carievale. 

We already really like Carievale and are looking forward to seeing what this place holds for us. Unfortunately, it has been quite the adventure getting here. We shipped our belongings her on August 10th and were told they should be here by August 22. The box did not end up arriving in Winnipeg until two days later. We are now being told that our box will not arrive until September 5 or 6th. So the only belongings we have with us is what we could fit in our vehicles (which is not much considering we are moving here). The U-Haul company has decided they are going to charge us a new fee every time we turn around or talk to them. So this process has cost us a lot more money. They also told Greg that when they bring the box to us they are only letting us have an hour or two with it and that I will have to unload it. Now this is all fine and dandy but I have a one year old running around and Greg is working so unloading this box is not going to be the easiest thing and many of its contents are too heavy for me to lift on my own. We are in the process of talking to them so hopefully something will work out. All I know is I would not recommend U-Haul to help you with moving ANYTHING!

On top of our stuff not being here. We are now dealing with insurance companies and trying to figure out what to do with our RAV. We unfortunately got t-boned in Winnipeg on the way here. No one was hurt, thankfully. So this week has been spent figuring out what they are going to do with our vehicle. It is being said that they are probably going to be writing it off. We are hoping we hear this week so we can take the next step with our vehicle. 

So far we are loving Carievale. It is very small town and for those of you who have ever watched Corner Gas, it is exactly like that. People have helped us so much since our stuff is not here. Lending us pots and pans. Buying us groceries. Giving us a bag of meat and lending us a table. Their generosity has been so encouraging. We are living in the oldest house in Carievale. 111years old. I absolutely love it. However it does need some work, but it has so much character. I will post pictures of the house and the work we have done on the house at a later date. 

I hope everyone is enjoying the end of summer and for those of you that are returning to school I hope you have an awesome school year. 

 This is a picture of our last night in Niagara. We had an amazing evening with my siblings. So much fun going to the Butterfly Conservatory, out for dinner and playing tourist around Niagara Falls! Love these guys so much. Shout out to ROB. We MISSED you!!!

 This is our RAV after it was hit. So sad. It looks awful on the outside but I kid you not when I say it does not look like anything happened on the inside. Only the air bag out makes is look different.

 Sawyer playing outside on out deck. She loves playing in the big backyard, but I think it is Edgar who likes it more. he loves to bask in the sun on the deck during the day.

 Welcome to SASKATCHEWAN!

Sawyer hanging out on the couch one morning! I honestly just thought it was a really cute picture of her.