Friday Favourite Moments #14 2026

This was a big week of favourites, and included some of my favourite things!

1) Couch moving (and other post-reno tasks)

One of the big things which needed to happen after our reno was moving the couch from our old living room to our new one. The couch had been hard to move into the old living room and then the reno made the doorway about two inches smaller. Thus, I'd been nervous for a month that it wouldn't fit through the door and would have to stay in our old living room forever. The night before we moved the couch, I was actually awake in the middle of the night for a couple of hours. That's how worried I was. So while my friend and three of our kids left to clear out our second storage unit, Dave, Tim, Sam, and our other friend moved the couch. 

I was so relieved to come home and have it in our new living room. I didn't even want to be home when the whole process happened! (And no, our couch isn't that big -- it's just that our doorways are small.) I'm so thankful for our friends.

2) Easter Sunday and "flowering the cross"

 

I always love the Easter service at our church and it's one of my favourites of the whole year. This year's service was an especially memorable Easter as we "flowered the cross." Basically, this is a tradition where you cover the cross with flowers to signify the new life that has come from it. I hadn't heard of it before but my friend, Alissa, saw the cross covered in chicken wire in the middle of the sanctuary and said, "Are we going to flower the cross?!?!?!" And we did. It was such a joyful part of our service. Our one pastor explained it and then said, "This might be holy, joyful, chaos" and that was a perfect way to describe it.

 

This was one of my favourite things I've ever done on Easter. After church we had Easter Dinner with Tim & Janice, and while I have no pictures, that was also a favourite moment.

3) New coffee maker

 

My cousin got this coffeemaker and then my aunt got one too. My parents used it at my aunt's and thought we would like it, so they ordered one for us! We set it up this past week and we love it! You can make a single serving of coffee or espresso and it's so easy. We've gone through a lot of coffee beans this week making coffee. And now Dave and I will no longer have to negotiate who gets the last cup in the pot! I especially love that it doesn't use "cups" so there's not extra waste. Dave loves that he doesn't have to pre-grind beans.

 

4) Flowers and tea time with our best friends

 

Remember how last year we visited a botanical garden and had a tea time? (You can read about it here, if you want.) Well, this year we decided to make it a mother-daughter event with our best friends. Rachel, Janice, Tessa, and I went to the gardens and wandered through the exhibits. This year was called "Bloomland in Oz" so it was fun to see all the Oz touches! Then we had the most delicious tea time together. It was such a fun day!!!  

  

 

5) Reading Nook

Since the renovation, we have some much bigger spaces in our house. One of those spaces is my and Dave's room so we decided to create a reading nook. We ordered a rug, picked up a comfy chair from IKEA, and set it up. We need a light and a side table (and some books and some time to read!) and our reading nook will be complete! Sam helped me put together the chair earlier this week and that was a favourite moment for sure.

6) Church night

Dave and I are Jr Youth sponsors and last night we had a supper at church with the Jr Youth. We played games and it was so fun! We're going to be doing this weekly for the next bit and I think it's going to be a favourite (but exhausting!) evening in the week. And it might also mean that my "favourite moments" posts are going to be late for the next few weeks as I came home last night completely wiped out! Jr Youth are ENERGETIC!!!

So those were my favourite moments from this week -- lots of friends, flowers, church, and post-renovation activity! How was your week?