So much to be grateful for! I am blessed beyond and seem to forget this more often than I should!
On and on I count, and it seems this week has been so much easier. A break through perhaps, I don't know.... but whatever it is let's hope it stays!
61. My last day of work for just over a year!
62. Well wishes and lunch with some great colleagues!
63. Meeting my friends newest addition, spending time at their acreage and watching our kids play and interact together. Seeing my kids go nuts over the tractor and wagon ride, the animals on the acreage, and their garden! They really want a 'farm' and that is definitely a dream of ours--to one day have an acreage!
64. Birthday pedicure. My gift from John and the kids was a pedicure--that is all that I really, really wanted. It has been 5 years since the last one! I was falling asleep in the chair, it was so nice!
65. Knowing that God always provides for us, watches over us and loves us more than I can possibly imagine!
66. Countdowns and excitement as we embark on a new journey.
67. Knowing that in a few more weeks, we will have our third little monkey with us, in our arms!
(pray that I find a doctor in Calgary though--lately I feel like I am switching countries not 'provinces')
68. Great friends who are willing to help out for this move and take our kids for us while we get everything packed, loaded and sorted.
69. Fun in the park, just the 4 of us.
70. Watching my wonderful husband with our kids and feeling so incredibly blessed for how involved, interactive and silly he is with our kids. They simply adore him and he gets the best giggles from those two!
71. Feeling in awe how everything has really come together. God is so good!
72. Listening to the cousins talk on the phone and how excited they are to be able to see each other more often and 'live' closer to one another.
73. Letting go and letting my kids help me clean. I gave then each a sponge and a pail of water to clean the cupboards out. The whole pail of water was gone by the time they finished, but they loved helping and I just let them be and praised their work!
74. Singing songs with my angels and hearing them sing their new 'made' up songs too!
75. The RCMP Heritage museum with my two bundles of energy (we were giving Daddy some 'quiet' study time).
76. Prayers from my little ones and hearing how they pray for one another.
77. Walks.
78. Ice-cream.
79. Confirmation from the Lord on areas that have been difficult, that I have questioned and wondered about.
80. New friends.
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Saturday, 23 July 2011
The timing of it all....
We are exactly one week away from moving, and I only have 2 working days left until I am off for a year. Some days I wonder why things happen when they do.... you know the timing of it all.
As if moving, packing, cleaning, changing addresses, ensuring deposits are received, arranging dates and times to pick up and drop off keys, confirming moving trucks, wondering if we have enough boxes, whether or not the truck will be big enough, trying to down-size more, isn't stressful enough. All of a sudden you throw this into the mix:
We had a big storm Tuesday night and at 1:00 am we looked outside and found that the tree outside our place split off. At first we thought it landed between our van and our neighbours
truck, but upon closer inspection we realized that it had taken out our back window. Our neighbours happened to be up and saw what happened. They also happened to have a tarp that we borrowed to tarp up the broken window until morning. The rain was unbelievable!
Talk about timing! The window is fixed now, but we are still sorting out the details as to 'who' is responsible for the damage. It is a city tree and two weeks ago our neighbour phoned and complained about it. The city came and 'trimmed' it. It also has some metal posts that are 'bracing' the tree. So obviously this tree had some issues and the city was aware of these issues. We will have to get the rest of the repairs completed in Alberta when we get back. For now the window was the main priority. The timing of it really stinks, but all we can do is pray that God will sort everything out and that the City will take responsibility for it so that we can get our deductible back.
As if moving, packing, cleaning, changing addresses, ensuring deposits are received, arranging dates and times to pick up and drop off keys, confirming moving trucks, wondering if we have enough boxes, whether or not the truck will be big enough, trying to down-size more, isn't stressful enough. All of a sudden you throw this into the mix:
We had a big storm Tuesday night and at 1:00 am we looked outside and found that the tree outside our place split off. At first we thought it landed between our van and our neighbours
truck, but upon closer inspection we realized that it had taken out our back window. Our neighbours happened to be up and saw what happened. They also happened to have a tarp that we borrowed to tarp up the broken window until morning. The rain was unbelievable!
Talk about timing! The window is fixed now, but we are still sorting out the details as to 'who' is responsible for the damage. It is a city tree and two weeks ago our neighbour phoned and complained about it. The city came and 'trimmed' it. It also has some metal posts that are 'bracing' the tree. So obviously this tree had some issues and the city was aware of these issues. We will have to get the rest of the repairs completed in Alberta when we get back. For now the window was the main priority. The timing of it really stinks, but all we can do is pray that God will sort everything out and that the City will take responsibility for it so that we can get our deductible back.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
One Thousand Gifts
I am not doing so well on my counting these days. I think of things, but am quickly distracted or overwhelmed with the not so pleasant things in my life, that I find I am spending more time stressing, worrying, lamenting in my own pathetic pity party, that I quickly forget what I was counting, and how much I truly am blessed. Oh, there are so many things that need to change, but I need to start with my heart, first and foremost. I am struggling, I am negative, I am frustrated and unfortunately my poor family takes the brunt of it, especially my husband.
Part of it is just wanting, wishing to be done this pregnancy. I don't do the whole 9 month thing that well. In fact I wish that the 'stork' would seriously just drop the baby off and I wouldn't have to go through the 9 months of well I won't say the word that I am really thinking here. I know that there are women who go through far worse than what I do and have had. In all honesty this one has been quite a bit easier than the first two, but still has its own unique issues. Plus this heat wave hasn't helped much. I made the mistake of taking off my shoes today at work and couldn't get them back on. Normally this wouldn't be such a big deal, but things are a little more strict where I work and dress code is highly emphasized and enforced. I will get off my little pity party now and get to the real blessings, the incredible ways and things that God does for me and my family.
45. A new place to live within our budget, in a decent (from what we have seen) neighbourhood, with all of the things that we were looking for (especially a fenced yard--even if it is small, it's better than nothing).
46. Great friends who are willing to be our references, check into things and complete a viewing for us! We love you guys and appreciate it more than we can say!
47. A school for my boy. We have been praying about this a lot. We knew that we did not want to put Zech into the Public School system, but found that the Private Christian Schools were quite expensive. Not to mention I was really late applying, he was on a wait list, and there was no guarantee he would get in. We also strongly believe that home-schooling is an option for us and we are extremely open to it, however, the timing is not right. So after a bit of praying and searching, I found a public school that offers a Christian program for free (well there is the $25 registration fee) and they even supply all of the school supplies that he needs. Plus it is close to our new home, he can take the bus home and it offers everything that we are looking for! A true blessing indeed.
48. Meeting family I have never met before (John's side) and feeling so incredibly blessed, encouraged, loved and supported. They are such wonderful people who are such an amazing blessing in our lives. It is so amazing how God works sometimes!
49. Counting down the last days of work (only 5 more left).
50. Air Conditioners. God truly came through for us today! I had maybe three hours of sleep last night as our place is an OVEN!! It has been so hot here and this has got to be the most poorly insulated place we have ever lived. All of the stores have been sold out of Air Conditioners, but after a quick prayer asking God to help him find one, John did and he also got a really great deal. I am one happy prego lady tonight and even the kids are asleep at a decent hour!
51. U-pick strawberries and seeing how much my little ones loved picking and helping us out. They want a garden so bad and that is definitely one of our 'Sun Stand Still' prayers.
52. Sugarless freezer jam.
53. Frozen strawberries for smoothies.
54. The arrival of many new babies, safe and sound and hearing, seeing the immense joy and love these families have for their new additions!
55. Hearing this little one's heartbeat loud and strong and seeing how excited its brother and sister are when they hear it too!
56. Zech writing letters for the first time. He wrote a Z, H, M and C. He was so incredibly proud of himself. I was pretty impressed as I haven't been spending any time with him on this, he just started doing it.
57. Hearing and watching my kids read the Bible. Zech has some of the stories memorized and he really does a great job 'reading' them!
58. BBQ's with friends.
59. Emails from friends who I have neglected and knowing that they forgive me, even when I don't deserve it!
60. New adventures that we are about to embark on and the peace of mind knowing that God is the only one we truly have to please!
Part of it is just wanting, wishing to be done this pregnancy. I don't do the whole 9 month thing that well. In fact I wish that the 'stork' would seriously just drop the baby off and I wouldn't have to go through the 9 months of well I won't say the word that I am really thinking here. I know that there are women who go through far worse than what I do and have had. In all honesty this one has been quite a bit easier than the first two, but still has its own unique issues. Plus this heat wave hasn't helped much. I made the mistake of taking off my shoes today at work and couldn't get them back on. Normally this wouldn't be such a big deal, but things are a little more strict where I work and dress code is highly emphasized and enforced. I will get off my little pity party now and get to the real blessings, the incredible ways and things that God does for me and my family.
45. A new place to live within our budget, in a decent (from what we have seen) neighbourhood, with all of the things that we were looking for (especially a fenced yard--even if it is small, it's better than nothing).
46. Great friends who are willing to be our references, check into things and complete a viewing for us! We love you guys and appreciate it more than we can say!
47. A school for my boy. We have been praying about this a lot. We knew that we did not want to put Zech into the Public School system, but found that the Private Christian Schools were quite expensive. Not to mention I was really late applying, he was on a wait list, and there was no guarantee he would get in. We also strongly believe that home-schooling is an option for us and we are extremely open to it, however, the timing is not right. So after a bit of praying and searching, I found a public school that offers a Christian program for free (well there is the $25 registration fee) and they even supply all of the school supplies that he needs. Plus it is close to our new home, he can take the bus home and it offers everything that we are looking for! A true blessing indeed.
48. Meeting family I have never met before (John's side) and feeling so incredibly blessed, encouraged, loved and supported. They are such wonderful people who are such an amazing blessing in our lives. It is so amazing how God works sometimes!
49. Counting down the last days of work (only 5 more left).
50. Air Conditioners. God truly came through for us today! I had maybe three hours of sleep last night as our place is an OVEN!! It has been so hot here and this has got to be the most poorly insulated place we have ever lived. All of the stores have been sold out of Air Conditioners, but after a quick prayer asking God to help him find one, John did and he also got a really great deal. I am one happy prego lady tonight and even the kids are asleep at a decent hour!
51. U-pick strawberries and seeing how much my little ones loved picking and helping us out. They want a garden so bad and that is definitely one of our 'Sun Stand Still' prayers.
52. Sugarless freezer jam.
53. Frozen strawberries for smoothies.
54. The arrival of many new babies, safe and sound and hearing, seeing the immense joy and love these families have for their new additions!
55. Hearing this little one's heartbeat loud and strong and seeing how excited its brother and sister are when they hear it too!
56. Zech writing letters for the first time. He wrote a Z, H, M and C. He was so incredibly proud of himself. I was pretty impressed as I haven't been spending any time with him on this, he just started doing it.
57. Hearing and watching my kids read the Bible. Zech has some of the stories memorized and he really does a great job 'reading' them!
58. BBQ's with friends.
59. Emails from friends who I have neglected and knowing that they forgive me, even when I don't deserve it!
60. New adventures that we are about to embark on and the peace of mind knowing that God is the only one we truly have to please!
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
One Thousand Gifts
I had one of those weeks where doubt overwhelmed me, where my faith was seemingly non-existent and my view of our Creator was, to be honest, completely ridiculous! I feel like the Israelites wandering in the dessert, doubting, rebelling, failing to believe and have faith, when God did all of these miraculous things right in front of them, every day, providing for their every need. I am one of them. God has truly come through and provided for us in so many miraculous, incredible ways and yet I still doubt, question. I am beyond blessed and have so many things to count, I just wish that I could get my head together!
32. A loving Father who always provides, and takes care of our every need.
33. Scripture, words of encouragement and hugs from this increbile man that the Lord has blessed me with. I don't know what I would do without my dear husband! No counting will ever be able to express how incredibly blessed and thankful I am for this wonderful man!
34. Answers to prayers when we need it most.
35. Amazing friends!
36. Singing Happy Birthday Canada!
37. Beaches, warm weather, sand in our toes, little hands taking mine as they eagerly run to the water.
38. These two, who we are blessed to have in our lives.
39. This precious one growing big and strong!
41. Little voices on the phone from far away sending b-day wishes and saying "I love you"!
42. Happy birthday sung by two beauties!
43. 32 years of life, I am so rich and so blessed.
44. Birthday wishes from near and far.
"..Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for theLord your God will be with you wherever you go."
Joshua 1:9
32. A loving Father who always provides, and takes care of our every need.
33. Scripture, words of encouragement and hugs from this increbile man that the Lord has blessed me with. I don't know what I would do without my dear husband! No counting will ever be able to express how incredibly blessed and thankful I am for this wonderful man!
34. Answers to prayers when we need it most.
35. Amazing friends!
36. Singing Happy Birthday Canada!
37. Beaches, warm weather, sand in our toes, little hands taking mine as they eagerly run to the water.
38. These two, who we are blessed to have in our lives.
39. This precious one growing big and strong!
40. A great OBGYN who is willing to work with us, refer us and listens to us.
41. Little voices on the phone from far away sending b-day wishes and saying "I love you"!
42. Happy birthday sung by two beauties!
43. 32 years of life, I am so rich and so blessed.
44. Birthday wishes from near and far.
Friday, 1 July 2011
Happy Birthday to my Princess
Dear Genesis,
We can not believe that our baby girl is two! Where does the time fly and with you it seemed to just fly by so fast. You are little Ms. Independent now and want to do everything that your brother does and more. You are just as active as he was and still is, but you throw caution to the wind and have this fearless personality. Jump down the stairs, why not! Throw yourself off the couch as a game, head first, is loads of fun. Climb shelves, ladders, you name it, all we have to do is turn our head for a second and you can be found climbing the shelves in stores.
I really want to keep up this tradition of writing you a letter on your birthday to ensure you always know what a blessed day this is and how much we truly do celebrate your 'birth' day. You are so special and such a beautiful gift from God. We are extremely blessed to have you in our lives and we feel honoured that the good Lord chose us to be your parents. We are humbled and extremely aware of the huge responsibility that brings and we know that we are going to make mistakes (a lot) but we really need you to know that you are so incredibly loved and not just by us, but by Jesus most of all. That seems to be our family 'saying', as every night we tell you that we love you and that Jesus loves you so much more. Your brother and you will now finish that statement before we even get the words out of our mouth.
You are definitely our princess and love to dress up, wear pwitties (pretties) in your hair. Daddy is the first person you run and show how beautiful you look and of course he whistles, twirls you and makes such a big deal as to how beautiful you are. You get upset now if he doesn't notice! You are also known as our 'warrior' princess. One minute you will be in your dress up princess outfits, and the next you are wielding a light saber, sword or Storm troopers mask. You like to 'wrestle' with Daddy and Zech and are really not afraid to literally jump in on all of the action.
You have a sensitive, sweet personality. You get concerned when someone you love is hurt and try and comfort them. It is so sweet to watch you 'kiss' the owies better, rub our backs and ask us if 'you ok'. You love your brother 'Riah' so much and get very protective over him. In fact we get scolded by you, when we get after him sometimes. You have even scolded some of the 'bigger' kids if you thought that they were not being nice to him. You really don't like getting in trouble and know when you have done something you shouldn't have. You even tell me when i get home from work whether or not you had 'time outs'. Not to say that it stops you from disobeying us! :o)
Singing and dancing is a passion of yours and has been for a while now. You love to make up your own songs and you love to sing songs with mommy. C is for Cookie has been a favourite and recently the B-I-B-L-E is another favourite. The Alphabet is another one that you seem to be able to sing if your big brother sings with you. You are so proud of yourself and clap for yourself once you have finished. We love that you feel comfortable and confident to do the things you love in front of us and we hope that never changes.
You are also obsessed with your babies and the baby in Mommy's tummy! I know that you are going to be an incredible big sister and an amazing help to Mommy! Your favourite thing to do lately is to grab my belly and rock it, singing rock a bye baby! So sweet!
The words, phrases and things you say recently never cease to amaze us. We often wonder where on earth you heard that sentence. You are a chatter box and have to keep up with your brother, but seem to have no problems doing that. We love hearing you tell us that you love us, we love hearing you pray and recite memory verses. You won't let us forget to say grace and now say it yourself. You seem to have no problems expressing yourself and telling us exactly what you want. You have this stubbourn tenacity, which we love but also hate sometimes. I hope that we can teach you how to properly use it, as it is a gift from God to be used in the right context!
There is so much that I can say about you and the beautiful little girl you are and are becoming. Happy two years our princess! We love you and cherish you more than words could ever express!
Love
Mommy & Daddy
We can not believe that our baby girl is two! Where does the time fly and with you it seemed to just fly by so fast. You are little Ms. Independent now and want to do everything that your brother does and more. You are just as active as he was and still is, but you throw caution to the wind and have this fearless personality. Jump down the stairs, why not! Throw yourself off the couch as a game, head first, is loads of fun. Climb shelves, ladders, you name it, all we have to do is turn our head for a second and you can be found climbing the shelves in stores.
I really want to keep up this tradition of writing you a letter on your birthday to ensure you always know what a blessed day this is and how much we truly do celebrate your 'birth' day. You are so special and such a beautiful gift from God. We are extremely blessed to have you in our lives and we feel honoured that the good Lord chose us to be your parents. We are humbled and extremely aware of the huge responsibility that brings and we know that we are going to make mistakes (a lot) but we really need you to know that you are so incredibly loved and not just by us, but by Jesus most of all. That seems to be our family 'saying', as every night we tell you that we love you and that Jesus loves you so much more. Your brother and you will now finish that statement before we even get the words out of our mouth.
You are definitely our princess and love to dress up, wear pwitties (pretties) in your hair. Daddy is the first person you run and show how beautiful you look and of course he whistles, twirls you and makes such a big deal as to how beautiful you are. You get upset now if he doesn't notice! You are also known as our 'warrior' princess. One minute you will be in your dress up princess outfits, and the next you are wielding a light saber, sword or Storm troopers mask. You like to 'wrestle' with Daddy and Zech and are really not afraid to literally jump in on all of the action.
You have a sensitive, sweet personality. You get concerned when someone you love is hurt and try and comfort them. It is so sweet to watch you 'kiss' the owies better, rub our backs and ask us if 'you ok'. You love your brother 'Riah' so much and get very protective over him. In fact we get scolded by you, when we get after him sometimes. You have even scolded some of the 'bigger' kids if you thought that they were not being nice to him. You really don't like getting in trouble and know when you have done something you shouldn't have. You even tell me when i get home from work whether or not you had 'time outs'. Not to say that it stops you from disobeying us! :o)
Singing and dancing is a passion of yours and has been for a while now. You love to make up your own songs and you love to sing songs with mommy. C is for Cookie has been a favourite and recently the B-I-B-L-E is another favourite. The Alphabet is another one that you seem to be able to sing if your big brother sings with you. You are so proud of yourself and clap for yourself once you have finished. We love that you feel comfortable and confident to do the things you love in front of us and we hope that never changes.
You are also obsessed with your babies and the baby in Mommy's tummy! I know that you are going to be an incredible big sister and an amazing help to Mommy! Your favourite thing to do lately is to grab my belly and rock it, singing rock a bye baby! So sweet!
The words, phrases and things you say recently never cease to amaze us. We often wonder where on earth you heard that sentence. You are a chatter box and have to keep up with your brother, but seem to have no problems doing that. We love hearing you tell us that you love us, we love hearing you pray and recite memory verses. You won't let us forget to say grace and now say it yourself. You seem to have no problems expressing yourself and telling us exactly what you want. You have this stubbourn tenacity, which we love but also hate sometimes. I hope that we can teach you how to properly use it, as it is a gift from God to be used in the right context!
There is so much that I can say about you and the beautiful little girl you are and are becoming. Happy two years our princess! We love you and cherish you more than words could ever express!
Love
Mommy & Daddy
Monday, 27 June 2011
One Thousand Gifts
Still counting, even though I missed last weeks. I still don't feel like counting, but know that I need to and that it will put things in perspective, which I need a lot of lately!
21. God-sized dreams.
22. Cheap, yummy food at depot and colleagues to share it with.
23. Finding lost files on the computer at work, just in time for a huge presentation!
24. Yummy eggless cake recipes.
25. Hugs from my husband, especially when I don't deserve them!
26. Hearing my nephew say 'hi' on the phone for the first time and listening to him giggle his little head off.
27. Incredibly exciting news from dear friends and time to spend with them! We are soo happy for them!
28. My boy's joy over his new jobs and responsibiilities that he has to do to help out around the house. (I never thought that he would take his jobs so seriously and is so proud when he completes them).
29. Hearing siblings apologize to one another, seeing them hug and say "I forgive you".
30. Knowing that big brother will look after his little sister at Sunday school and take good care of her when she cries because Mommy and Daddy left.
31. Seeing this little munchkin grow and develop in an ultra sound and watching the excitement on it's siblings faces as they see their baby on the screen. Zech copied everything the technician said, it was soo funny!
32. Knowing that God is in control and has a plan for us and will always provide for us.
21. God-sized dreams.
22. Cheap, yummy food at depot and colleagues to share it with.
23. Finding lost files on the computer at work, just in time for a huge presentation!
24. Yummy eggless cake recipes.
25. Hugs from my husband, especially when I don't deserve them!
26. Hearing my nephew say 'hi' on the phone for the first time and listening to him giggle his little head off.
27. Incredibly exciting news from dear friends and time to spend with them! We are soo happy for them!
28. My boy's joy over his new jobs and responsibiilities that he has to do to help out around the house. (I never thought that he would take his jobs so seriously and is so proud when he completes them).
29. Hearing siblings apologize to one another, seeing them hug and say "I forgive you".
30. Knowing that big brother will look after his little sister at Sunday school and take good care of her when she cries because Mommy and Daddy left.
31. Seeing this little munchkin grow and develop in an ultra sound and watching the excitement on it's siblings faces as they see their baby on the screen. Zech copied everything the technician said, it was soo funny!
32. Knowing that God is in control and has a plan for us and will always provide for us.
Monday, 20 June 2011
Catching Up
I am so behind and I apologize. These past couple of weeks have been so crazy! So I have a bit of catching up to do.
1. Wonderful Wednesday Giveaway
The winner of the Giveaway is Heather based on the Random Number Generator. Thanks for the comments and based on your comment Heather, you can choose which pair of Toms shoes you would like me to send your way (I will email you).
2. Zech had a day surgery at the beginning of the month and what was supposed to be a minor little 'day surgery' turned into one heck of an ordeal and a few sleepless nights. They prescribed the wrong pain medicine and our little man was shaking and screaming uncontrollably he was in so much pain. They also prescribed antibiotics, but gave him the wrong dosage, so he got an infection, had to go back to the hospital and then get a different dosage prescribed. He is much better and almost completely healed up now. We were pretty exhausted though!
(See, he's feeling much better)
3. Our little princess turned two! I will have to post an update and pictures soon! We had her Cookie Monster b-day party a week later and she had a blast.
4. I am so proud of my Husband. He is on the home stretch now with his last course for a bit. Pray for him please as he is preparing to write his final at the end of the month. It has been a long haul, but he has persisted and endured. I am so proud of his accomplishments and of the marks he has been getting while taking care of the kids, working part time, and ensuring that he is the devoted husband and father he is! I am also extremely proud and excited that he is the new Intern at Rockpointe Church in Calgary. Perfect timing (while I am on Mat. leave) and we can't wait to head back to a place we love, to be close to those we love! God truly works in incredible ways and this past year has been such a testament of that. It is hard to understand the reasons why, and wonder why we have been on the path we have, but all in His timing and according to His plan! So we head out at the end of July, will have the baby in Calgary and John will start in October (he has to be around to help me since it will be another c-section). Did I mention that I can't wait! :o)
5. I am 29 weeks pregnant now, so I am past the halfway point. I met with my OBG for the first time on Friday and she is really nice. She was referred to me by some former colleagues at the College. I was a little worried about how everything was going to work out with us moving back to Calgary to have this little one, but she did her residency there and will refer me to an OBG in Calgary. I also had a list prepared from my friends just in case. So far the swelling has stayed minimal, and my blood pressure has been great! I am huge though---yup at 28 weeks I am measuring 35 weeks! So another ultra sound has been ordered, which I really don't mind in the least. A chance to see my little one again and plus here I don't have to guzzle the water! I could write a post of all the things that you really shouldn't say to a pregnant woman (believe me, I get so many comments due to my size--that makes me feel great!).
6. I have 5 weeks left of work until I head off on maternity leave. Can't wait! Let the countdown begin!
7. We have done a lot of packing, and purging. Unfortunately most of the purging we have had to do has been FORCED. We have had mice issues (so disgusting) and they got into a lot of our things, so we have had to throw out quite a few things. This compounded with the mattresses we had to get rid of when we lived in Caronport due to "mold". I have not been impressed and as a student family, it is not exactly planned or in the budget to be buying new mattresses! Can't wait to move!
8. It seems the closer we get to moving and to John getting into Ministry, the harder things get (which we know to expect--it's biblical). For those of you that know his testimony and the way God has been working in his life, our lives, it has been a long road of challenges and hardships. None the less, God has always come through and I know He will get us through, but I struggle with my Faith and Trust in Him, so much for no apparent reason. I am so thankful for some pretty amazing, supportive and encouraging friends and family that we have been blessed with. I truly don't know what we would do without them! Thank YOU!
9. I am a Pinterest Freak! Thanks to Christina B, I am hooked. I even had to re-open a facebook account (which I didn't want to) so that I could access it. If you haven't heard of pinterest, you should check it out. Basically, anytime you are perrusing the internet, or blogs like I love to do, and you see something you like, you pin it to your 'board' and it saves it there. You can follow other people, see the best of 'Pinterest' and always have the pages, links, etc. you love right at your fingertips. I would always email myself lists of tutorials, links, blogs, etc. so that I would have them, or I would bookmark them, but now they are all nicely arranged on my boards. LOVE IT!
10. A Happy Father's Day to all of the Father's out there. Of course I will take a few moments to honour the Father of my three precious ones. I could not have asked for a better Daddy for my kids than John. He truly is incredible and has an amazing love for his family! We made him breakfast in bed (which he had to come downstairs to eat as Genesis insisted that she eat with her Daddy and there was no way I would let her take her breakfast upstairs to OUR bed), the kids decorated a 'crown' for him and some special cookies. Zech had me write on the crown:
"We are God's Mighty Warriors and we both love God! God loves you so much too!"
I think that was a pretty incredible message and really shows you how much my little boy and girl truly love their Daddy! I am blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life to be the father of my beautiful kids!
1. Wonderful Wednesday Giveaway
The winner of the Giveaway is Heather based on the Random Number Generator. Thanks for the comments and based on your comment Heather, you can choose which pair of Toms shoes you would like me to send your way (I will email you).
2. Zech had a day surgery at the beginning of the month and what was supposed to be a minor little 'day surgery' turned into one heck of an ordeal and a few sleepless nights. They prescribed the wrong pain medicine and our little man was shaking and screaming uncontrollably he was in so much pain. They also prescribed antibiotics, but gave him the wrong dosage, so he got an infection, had to go back to the hospital and then get a different dosage prescribed. He is much better and almost completely healed up now. We were pretty exhausted though!
(See, he's feeling much better)3. Our little princess turned two! I will have to post an update and pictures soon! We had her Cookie Monster b-day party a week later and she had a blast.
4. I am so proud of my Husband. He is on the home stretch now with his last course for a bit. Pray for him please as he is preparing to write his final at the end of the month. It has been a long haul, but he has persisted and endured. I am so proud of his accomplishments and of the marks he has been getting while taking care of the kids, working part time, and ensuring that he is the devoted husband and father he is! I am also extremely proud and excited that he is the new Intern at Rockpointe Church in Calgary. Perfect timing (while I am on Mat. leave) and we can't wait to head back to a place we love, to be close to those we love! God truly works in incredible ways and this past year has been such a testament of that. It is hard to understand the reasons why, and wonder why we have been on the path we have, but all in His timing and according to His plan! So we head out at the end of July, will have the baby in Calgary and John will start in October (he has to be around to help me since it will be another c-section). Did I mention that I can't wait! :o)
5. I am 29 weeks pregnant now, so I am past the halfway point. I met with my OBG for the first time on Friday and she is really nice. She was referred to me by some former colleagues at the College. I was a little worried about how everything was going to work out with us moving back to Calgary to have this little one, but she did her residency there and will refer me to an OBG in Calgary. I also had a list prepared from my friends just in case. So far the swelling has stayed minimal, and my blood pressure has been great! I am huge though---yup at 28 weeks I am measuring 35 weeks! So another ultra sound has been ordered, which I really don't mind in the least. A chance to see my little one again and plus here I don't have to guzzle the water! I could write a post of all the things that you really shouldn't say to a pregnant woman (believe me, I get so many comments due to my size--that makes me feel great!).
6. I have 5 weeks left of work until I head off on maternity leave. Can't wait! Let the countdown begin!
7. We have done a lot of packing, and purging. Unfortunately most of the purging we have had to do has been FORCED. We have had mice issues (so disgusting) and they got into a lot of our things, so we have had to throw out quite a few things. This compounded with the mattresses we had to get rid of when we lived in Caronport due to "mold". I have not been impressed and as a student family, it is not exactly planned or in the budget to be buying new mattresses! Can't wait to move!
8. It seems the closer we get to moving and to John getting into Ministry, the harder things get (which we know to expect--it's biblical). For those of you that know his testimony and the way God has been working in his life, our lives, it has been a long road of challenges and hardships. None the less, God has always come through and I know He will get us through, but I struggle with my Faith and Trust in Him, so much for no apparent reason. I am so thankful for some pretty amazing, supportive and encouraging friends and family that we have been blessed with. I truly don't know what we would do without them! Thank YOU!
9. I am a Pinterest Freak! Thanks to Christina B, I am hooked. I even had to re-open a facebook account (which I didn't want to) so that I could access it. If you haven't heard of pinterest, you should check it out. Basically, anytime you are perrusing the internet, or blogs like I love to do, and you see something you like, you pin it to your 'board' and it saves it there. You can follow other people, see the best of 'Pinterest' and always have the pages, links, etc. you love right at your fingertips. I would always email myself lists of tutorials, links, blogs, etc. so that I would have them, or I would bookmark them, but now they are all nicely arranged on my boards. LOVE IT!
10. A Happy Father's Day to all of the Father's out there. Of course I will take a few moments to honour the Father of my three precious ones. I could not have asked for a better Daddy for my kids than John. He truly is incredible and has an amazing love for his family! We made him breakfast in bed (which he had to come downstairs to eat as Genesis insisted that she eat with her Daddy and there was no way I would let her take her breakfast upstairs to OUR bed), the kids decorated a 'crown' for him and some special cookies. Zech had me write on the crown:
"We are God's Mighty Warriors and we both love God! God loves you so much too!"
I think that was a pretty incredible message and really shows you how much my little boy and girl truly love their Daddy! I am blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life to be the father of my beautiful kids!
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