This past weekend we had a bunch of family over to our house because Cooper, our youngest son was baptized. One of Ben's aunts asked us if we knew we wanted to build and run a B and B in our home when we had originally bought it. At the time, the thought of a B and B or any home based business had never even entered our minds. We hadn't even thought about additions or anything like that. We just really liked the space in the house and we loved the size of our backyard and the privacy that it has. So I told my aunt that we don't really think things through and we don't think about things very long we just do them! And that is certainly the case with the B and B! But it has definately turned out to be one of the best things that we have ever done.
So far in October we have 15 nights booked between the 2 rooms! Which is awesome. I still have yet to figure out if there is going to be a pattern for when it will be busy or slow. I really wasn't expecting October to be busy, but I did think that July and August would be busy. And I was wrong on both accounts! July and August were not very busy, but October is going to be. Go figure!
Ben made it into the SMD academy for his business! For those of you who do not know, that is a huge honor. Because Ben achieved his SMD promotion this year, he is going to be reconginzed at a world class event in Georgia that is put on by WFG. It's an all expenses paid trip, in the middle of October and I get to go along for the ride!! It's going to be an amazing time. And then at the end of October we are going to be going to Mont Tremblant for another huge WFG event. Our Ottawa office is hosting a Super Saturday training event, and there is also going to be an awesome team party while we are there. It's going to be a great weekend!
All in all October is going to be a very busy month. It is just incredible to see how our businesses are growing and are becoming more and more successful. God is continually working through us and is making some really awesome things happen in our lives.
Over the last couple of weeks our backyard and B & B have been transformed yet again. We have been busy trying to get the cabin(aka Ben's man cave) completely weather proofed and ready to move into. The outside of the cabin is almost done. We still need to put up the veranda and paint some of the outside walls, but I think other than that the outside is done! It is looking very, very good!!
Gardening - who knew it was so much work! I have discovered that I am a big fan of perenials, that's the flowers that you plant, and then they just keep coming back year after year! I have to make sure that I water them, and cut off the dead blooms at the end of their season, but other than that they pretty much take care of themselves. Annuals are pretty easy too, they just bloom in season, and then they die and then that's it. But then there are other plants, and I have no idea what you call them, but you have to dig up the bulbs and put them somewhere warm enough so that they don't freeze over the winter. I didn't know that you had to do that. I still am not sure how many of these plants I have in my yard. So far I know of one. Although it's a bunch of work, gardening is great. I love that when you work on it you can see results pretty much immediately. The yard looks better every time Ben's parents and I do any one small thing. We planted some grass this week, and it just looks fabulous. It does take years for the roots of plants to take, and then for the plants to grow and create flowers or blooms. The first set of plants that I have took 2 years to bloom!! I guess gardening will aslo teach me some patience!
Our backyard is looking awesome, our businesses are growing, our kids are cute, and wonderful, and our families are truly amazing, what more could we ask for!!
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