Our new home has an incredible backyard! When the sun is shining the kids, their friends and I spend lots of time in the pool. When the sun goes down, the summer fun doesn’t end - we have a great stone fire pit that has been getting as much use as the pool. I love sitting around a crackling fire with friends on a summer evening, sharing stories and catching up. It beats sitting inside watching TV any day!

Growing up in Canada meant spending time in the great outdoors. I’ve done a fair bit of camping in my day; the annual family trip, summers spent at YMCA Camp Wanakita, oodles of canoe trips through Algonquin Park and my childhood years in the Boy Scouts of Canada. Seriously, I have the badge blanket and crazy campfire stories to prove it all.