Author Archives: Larissa Sevenhuysen

About Larissa Sevenhuysen

Born and raised on the West Coast, I went from a single working girl there to a stay-at-home mom on the Prairies in 2.5 years. Life comes at you fast, and you just gotta go with it!

Gampa & Gampa Visit

To Calvin, there is no distinction between Grandpa and Grandma. But it is a big step up from Papa for Grandpa and nothing at all for Grandma.

A couple weeks ago, Tim’s parents came out for a visit and to help with some yard work. The yard work took up the majority of the time, but lots of fun was still had.

This is the part of the yard that got worked on.

They brought their camping trailer, and Calvin loved to spend time in there. Mostly because there were snacks.

If there were tools around, Calvin had to help out!

Thanks for coming and spending time with us!

Date Night

Tim and I don’t go out all that often. You could say that we are bad at dates. When (or if) we go out to dinner, we are done in 45 minutes. We can rarely decide on movies to see. Often we decide that something we might want to do isn’t worth spending the money on. Not to mention we have two small children who are hard to shed.

But tonight, Jordan and Amy graciously let us leave the house without the boys! What were our big date plans, you may ask? Errands, of course!

First we hit up Target where I got a few things for a craft room I’m organizing, restocked our home pharmacy, tried on some dresses (me) and checked out the Lego and Nerf selection (Tim)

But because this was a date, it wasn’t all business. We stopped and played some Wii. I’ll give you one guess which character I was.

The next stop was Dairy Queen. Mmm…Blizzards! Oreo for me, something too chocolatey for Tim.

One of the main things we went out for was to look for a phone. Yes, we are stepping back in time and getting a land line. Future shop was closed, and Walmart was out of the cheapest ones. Neither of us were prepared for the price of these things!

So no phone yet, but we did get some expensive light bulbs for our kitchen. Yay!

And that is how the Sevenhuysens date.

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A Quiet Home

Today, after being here for a whole week, Tim’s parents left. It was a busy and fun week, with three extra adults in our small home the entire time (because Amy is temporarily living with us), and four on the weekend (with Jordan visiting), leaving the house in a natural state of disarray. But right now, as the boys nap, I will ignore the kitchen that needs to be tidied, dirty laundry that needs to be thrown in the washer, clean laundry that needs to be folded, floors that need to be mopped, and bathroom that needs to be cleaned, and enjoy some iced coffee and maybe watch a tv show or two.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: we love having company and any of you are welcome any time! But as sad as it always is to see grandparents leave (and any company really), having our home to ourselves is quite nice.

Calvin Quickie: Calvin Reads

Well, recites. Some words of stories.

He just started doing this today, and it is so cute! And also makes reading time a little more fun. :)

In this particular instance, he starts off a little shaky, but pulls it out in the end. Enjoy!

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Long Weekend with the Mortons

Our friends, Anna and Karl, who recently moved from Victoria to Regina, drove in to visit this past weekend. Aside from family, I have to say that they are the people who our boys receive the most loving from. And we love them too!

I won’t bore you with the details, but in general, the weekend was full of games being played, balls being kicked, coffee being made, and food being eaten.

Thanks for coming!

Larissa Organizes: My New Venture

On Friday, 6 days ago, I had a fleeting thought that it would be fun to be paid to organize peoples’s stuff. That thought turned into a text to Tim that read “You know what would be fun? Having a home organization business.” Then we texted back and forth a bit about it, interspersed with a conversation about what to have for supper.

I couldn’t put the thought out of my head, and I took to Facebook to see what people thought. I know the profession exists, but I wasn’t sure if the market existed with my peers and families (or individuals) like them. It turns out the need is there!

So over the next bit I will do some work for friends to build my experience and portfolio. After I’ve gotten some paid gigs, I’ll get some professional branding and stuff done, and go on from there!

While it isn’t a necessity for me to work, it will be a nice bonus. We run our household on a tight budget, and having something extra coming in would just help us save up for the inevitable mini van quicker, or we can fund more house updates sooner than what we could have before.

Plus, it makes me excited! I haven’t really stopped thinking about the whole thing since my initial thought on Friday. I have loved organizing spaces for as long as I can remember, and what’s that saying about finding a way to make money by doing what you love?

Larissa Organizes will be my working business name until I come up with something better. I like 7 Houses – Home Organization (my last name means “seven houses”, the number seven is a great Biblical number meaning perfection and completion, and my work would take place in houses). What are your thoughts? Do you have any better ideas?

This is what I would love to be able to do for people (click for source).

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Our Wedding Day

Today is our 3 year anniversary. Yay us!

I am not a sappy emotional person, so I will spare you an ode to Tim or our life together. Instead, I will bring out the ol’ wedding photographs.

All photos are by Vanessa Voth Photography, and you can view her original post for our wedding here (there are different photos than what I chose for this post).