Tomorrow, April 9th, is the first day of 5 Minutes For Mom’s 2010 Ultimate Blog Party!!!!! Are you excited???? In case you don’t know what a blog party is….for this blog party everyone writes an introductory “party” post. Then people hop around the internet looking at all the blog party posts finding new friends & blogs to read in the process. Cool, huh? Oh and did I mention there are prizes???? Yup! If this sounds super exciting & you want to participate just click the big button above to join the fun.
Now for the part about little ol’ ME!
Welcome to my blog…Merry with Children (formerly Merry and Dewey in Canada). My name is Merry (really!). I am an American living in Canada with my wonderful husband, Dewey, and my little boy, Evan. About 5 1/2 years ago I decided to move to Canada, marry my husband, change jobs and become a stepmom to two great kids (Will & Nicole). Talk about upheaval! Shortly after the big move, I started blogging. Back then I blogged to keep family & friends up to date on what we were up to…..now I blog for me! Don’t get me wrong….I love followers, comments, etc but I love the writing and camaraderie with fellow bloggers even more!
This blog is all about my everyday life. I write about what we do, things I find that I enjoy and things that the kids like. I also try to post at least one recipe per week. Don’t forget to check out my Recipe Index for lots of great recipes! I love taking pictures and I keep hoping to get the time to focus on improving my photography skills…until then…bear with me!
In my “real” life, I work full time in sales. I sell process control equipment to oil & gas companies. Sounds boring, huh? That’s what I get for being an engineer! My favorite things in life are friends, family, traveling, reading, photography, cooking….and tons of other hobbies I don’t have time for!
More about me in pictures!
June 28, 2007 – One of the best days of my life! Evan was born! (photo by Shari Gorman)
My family! – picture by Ever After Images
My guys – Dewey & Evan…aren’t they handsome!
My great girlfriends: Justine, Andrea & Diana (that’s me on the right). A girl is only as good as her girlfriends! (There are more girlfriends that aren’t shown here by the way…don’t want anyone feeling left out!)
Learning to love living in “The Great White North”!
Me & my beautiful sister Victoria!
In Mexico on a trip just me & Dewey.
Okay…enough random pictures of me and my life! Thanks for stopping by & I hope you will write your own Ultimate Blog Party post. If you do….let me know & I will definitely stop by. Please leave a comment and I will return the visit!
Oh…and I’m supposed to tell what prizes I would want to win….Hmmmm….hard decisions…..I think I would want to win the $200 Apple gift certificate from CmomGo or one of the many custom blog design prizes. Who am I kidding….I would take any of the prizes!
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I know I'm early but I'm like a kid at Christmas waiting for the party to get started. I'm also in Canada (Ontario). Where abouts are you? I see from your photo that you've developed a knack for shoveling – a great skill to have up here.
Stop by my party post if you get a minute – http://www.thescentpeddler.ca/?p=133
Take care,
Kelly
Kelly – I'm in Calgary. Yep, I'm getting good at shovelling. I really don't mind it most of the time. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi! Just popping in to the UBP. My 1st time! I'm a step-mom too! Feel free to read about that adventure at my blog. Nice to meet new friends. I follow you on google now!
Bridgette Groschen
The Groschen Goblins
http://www.groschengoblins.com
ooh, i think i will do this. i'm glad that it's a few days long. i hate stumbling upon something and it's over!
Hi there! Just stopping by from the UBP! I have to say, I just LOVE your name! It is beautiful and it seems to fit you very well.
I'd love for you to stop by my blog!
Hi Merry!
Stopping by from UBP but you knew that already.
I can't believe i vlogged my post…lol.
Hardly anyone did it.
But I like your pics. Nice.
Dropping by from the UBP10 and wanted to say "hi"!
Hope you have a GREAT weekend!
Cute family! I, too, have more hobbies than I have time for. Sigh.
Party on!
Nice to meet you! I totally want to just up and move to another country sometime; that's so awesome that you actually did! The picture of you with Evan is so precious. Have a great time at the UBP!
What a cute family! Visiting from UBP, I can't wait to read more as I look around! Stop by FTSN for a slice of peanut butter pie when you have a chance!
http://www.fromthesamenest.com
~ Michelle
HI Merry!
I'm stopping by from sunny Florida on the UBP! You are a brave woman to change your life like that! Good for you! Stop by if you get a chance http://themommaven.com
Hi Merry! I too started my blog to keep people updated, but it turned into a place for me to express myself. Same as you followers and comments don't matter so much, but the friendship is always welcome. I am now a follower of your blog.
Yay! Another blogger in Canada. I am in Ontario though.
Nolie's Ultimate Blog Party Post
Nice to meet you through your pics! Enjoy the party
http://frugalityinthemaking.blogspot.com/
Stopping in from the #UBP10!!! So fun meeting and tweeting new bloggers!!
Love your post!! I love posting recipes too! I have a guest chef feature on my blog!!! Maybe you would like to be featured sometime with a recipe?? LMK when you come visit!!
@Susieqtpies at Scraps of Life http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com
Following your blog and you on twitter!
Saying Hi from the Ultimate Blog Party!
Visit my party post
I also have a whole bunch of giveaways going on if you wanted to check them out!
My Current Giveaways
Hey again! I live in north AL, in the Huntsville area. Where did you grow up?
Kelly – I grew up in Guin & Winfield Alabama. Southwest of Huntsville.
I'm popping in from the UBP!
You blog sounds so cheerful and sweet!
You have a beautiful family Merry! I LOVE your name.
I'm going to follow your blog now. I'd love for you to stop by my new blog and check it out. Follow if you like 
I'm also on twitter and following you. Inthknowgivawys is my twitter name and here is my blog. http://intheknowgiveaways.blogspot.com
Just stopping by from the party. Love your site and love your enthusiasm for life. Can't wait to read more!!!!
What a great looking family….Love your blog and will be back to read more…Blog hopping and having a blast…..so many great blogs….This is a GREAT party.
I have a Fun $100 Gift Basket to give away and all it takes a comment.
I am number….294 and 295……
Teresa
http://teresa-grammygirlfriend.blogspot.com
http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com/
Love you blog! I just wandered over from the UBP10. Your blog title got me singing the theme song from Married With Children "LOve and marriage, love and marriage…" Do you remember that show? I used to watch it all the time! I am now following you on GFC. Hope you have a great weekend. Come check out my blogs when you get a chance! Thanks.
~Allison
http://the-winfields-7.blogspot.com
http://luv-books.blogspot.com
I LOVE the title of your blog-how perfect!
Nice to meet you-stop by my blog if you get a chance: http://www.thesassyone.com
Happy Partying!
Beautiful family! Happy Partying. =)
Really nice photos! Calgary eh? I have never been there, but have heard it can be nice at times. Tends to go right from winter to spring to fall to winter, I have been told? I would think there might be a short hot summer though with all the farming that goes on.
Just stopping by from the party…
You're very brave to uproot your life and move to Canada for love. Canada is happy to have you!
Merry is a beautiful name
I love the title of your blog. I clicked on your link at UBP because I had to see the blog that went along with the title.
It's great to meet you, and your pictures are great. I hope to chat with you more soon!
Fun pics!! WOW that is a LOT of snow to shovel!!
Hope you are having fun at the BLOG PARTY!
Jenni ("Miss Tutu")
and Mom Blogger $100 Cash Contest
My UBP blog post: How to Make a Tutu blog – hope you will stop by and say hi!
Happy UBP 2010!
Hey! Someone I know at the party!
We're not that far from Calgary, sometime if I get the chance to get over there I will give you a call for sure.
I love the photos!
loved seeing your life in pictures I have been meeting so many great bloggers on the UBP hope you find the time to stop by my blog as well
Lovely photos, beautiful family. I am stopping by from the UBP. Hope you are enjoying all the fun. Great to meet you! Please come by and enter my giveaway. It ends tonight at Mid. Hope to see you there.
http://sixcherriesontop.com
Hi! You have a beautiful family, and I love the positive spirit of this intro post. Would love if you'd visit me over at #225 at the UBP: http://tinahollenbeck.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-ultimate-blog-party.html.
Hi Merry!
Nice to meet you! I'm here from UBP. You have a beautiful family – the easter egg dye is my favorite post. I'm a new foolower, oops, I am often a fool, but I mean follower.
Stop by sometime for some cupcakes and a game, oh, and of course a prize. I hope you'll decide to "foolow" me back. Hehehe, I crack myself up.
Kelly
http://kellysluckyyou.blogspot.com/2010/04/ubp-partygoers-welcome-win-25-target.html
Visiting from UBP and hello from another working mom. Your family is beautiful. You are a transplant from US to Canada, I am a transplant from the former Soviet Union to US. I bet my change was bigger, but it was definitely for the best. Happy partying!
Stopping by from your tweet on the UBP!
Hope you have a great week. I enjoyed reading about your family.
If you have a sec, come on by and enter my giveaway for a $50 Amazon gift card.
http://www.ourhomeschoolhome.com/2010/04/ultimate-blog-party.html
So nice to meet you! You have a beautiful family
happy blog party week and feel free to stop by my blog too!
Love you blog header picture – I always wear blue toenail polish! Your family is gorgeous! Oh – so I have to ask: coincidence your husband's name is Dewey and your son's name is Evan? Are you Red Sox fans? If you have no clue what I'm talking about, there was a player named Dwight "Dewey" Evans.. That's what happens when you're a former sportswriter like me – your mind goes in those directions!
Hi! Stopping by from the UBP. Love the toenail color!
Thanks for all the wonderful comments! I think I have a beautiful family too tho I realize I am totally biased. I have soooo enjoyed "meeting" all of you and visiting your blogs. We should really have this party more than once per year!
Cheryl – We are not Red Sox fans….I had never heard of Dewey Evans before. Too funny!
Thanks for joining the party! And great idea to tweet out your link…
I love the newborn photo… aren't they just so amazing? I look back at my girls newborn photos and can't believe they were ever that tiny.
You're blessed to have such great girlfriends.
You and your sister look so alike!
Talk later,
Susan
Beautiful family! I actually know another Merry! I think it's an adorable name!
Hi Merry! I love the name and the nail polish in the header. Nice meeting you at the UBP. Enjoy your evening.
Found you from UPB10 and I love your blog! Following you now! I hope you stop by and follow us as well! Have a great week!
http://theartsymom.tk
Thanks for visiting me over at My Real Review!! I'm in Canada as well (but over on the west coast where we don't see snow like that!).
Happy UBP week! I'll be by again later tonight or tomorrow to watch your Monday Mingle
Hi Merry,
I enjoyed getting to know you better through your post. I will be back to read more! Enjoy the rest of the party, and thanks for stopping by my blog.
You have a lovely family.
Stopping by from UBP (and twitter)!
Oh my goodness Merry, I'm adding you to my Reader. Your recipes look DIVINE! Can't wait to try them out in our home.
Happy partying (UBP10)
New follower from UBP. You have a beautiful family. I hope you stop by my blog and enter my giveaway while you are there.
http://prayingthroughchaos.blogspot.com
Stopping by from UBP! I'm also a big fan of photography– I have a DSLR camera that I'm learning how to use little by little. Cute blog name by the way!
Sooo nice to meet you, Merry!
Just stopping in via UBP…winding the party down.
You have a BEAUTIFUL fam!
Although I presently live in the sunny south of the US, during a piece of my childhood, lived in Alaska…a piece of the Great White North!
If you get a chance, come visit me at:
http://wemmicks-in-training.blogspot.com/
God bless!