Sept 2016 WW Introductions

Hi! I'm Jolene (call me Jo if you want) Esau  from Swanson, SK. I'm married to Patrick (Pat) Esau for 16 years and I'm 37, he's 39. We have 3 boys:


Colby Blaine - 14, loves hunting, fishing, camping, snowboarding, hockey but not schoolwork or singing (very unfortunately but we're working on him). He's quiet and good-natured and has his father's sense of humor.


Zachary Brett - 12, loves dirtbikes (tho he's not allowed to get one), hockey, snowboarding, biking, uni-cycling or actually anything to move quickly on wheels. He's almost legally blind (his docs say because he was preemie) but he wears contacts and most people don't know how bad his eyesight actually is - barely 20/50 with contacts, 20/60 with glasses.

Wyatt Benjamin - 3, talks a lot and comes up with a lot of winners. Feels like he should be able to do everything his brothers do, for example he has a large scrape on his arm from trying to cat-walk his bike. He's extremely agile, has been scaling the fridge and tall dressers for 2 years but we're working on that too. He loves to sing, songs like Tender Is The Love Of Jesus and Christian Hymnal songs. We feel pretty lucky to have him.

My better half owns and operates a welding shop and I do books, payroll, etc for him. Our boys have spent the summer working for him, for their Uncle Arlen (punching and bending in a welding shop), for Uncle Rennie (farming), for Carlin and Warren (both have chicken farms) and Uncle Jeff (log building and mowing yard).


I love to sew, quilt, organize, read, garden and shop! I've come to the conclusion that i must like to be busy or I would surely be able to not have so much going all the time. I love chai tea and coffee and chocolate and bright colours and home decor and shoes and purses and sweaters and many other frivolous things. I like to write. I sort of have a love-hate relationship with writing. I took the summer off from writing (completely, except my happy journal) and it was delightful.


I just wrote a list of fall things to do. And then I wrote a List of fall things to do. This is the second:

• Roast marshmallows over the fire.
• Take a walk.
• Wear a favourite sweater and warm socks and sip hot tea outside.
• Build a bonfire.
• Read a book.
• Sleep out in the tent and make breakfast over the fire.
• Visit the zoo.
• Go to Kinsmen Park with a picnic lunch and enjoy the rides.
• Cuddle with favourite blankets.
• Sew a quilt.
• Drink hot chocolate.
• Eat supper in the field with the harvesters.
• Ride on a combine, swather, grain-truck.
• Stay up late and watch the stars.
• Light the candles.