SO almost a year has past since I updated my blog. Many times I would log on with the best intentions of writing something about my life but it never happened. As I approach the new year I am encouraging myself to blog more often!
So much has happened in the last few months, here is a brief synopsis:
1. The biggest change is that we moved from Ontario, back to BC! It was a big change but we are loving being back with all our family and friends.
2. I am starting my second semester of the UBC Teacher Candidate Program! I have a classroom in Coquitlam that I am assigned to for the year and I have an upcoming practicum in January! I am teaching my wonderful students a unit on Canada, specifically the symbols, the Charter and about the diverse people who make up Canada. Basically, what makes us Canadians? The end is near for my schooling and I will be so happy when its over and I can simply teach!
3. My husband has gone through many changes this year as well and he is looking for a pastor job at the moment. He is toiling away at construction jobs that he tolerates so that he can provide for our family! I am so grateful to him for all his hard work and we are continuing to pray that God would provide him with a pastor position so he can get back to doing what he loves!
4. I am now an Auntie!! My husband's brother and his wife had a beautiful baby girl named Sarah Isabella and I can honestly say she is the cutest most wonderful baby! I delight in the role of being her Auntie and I can't wait for the next new months when she begins to talk and walk! I knit her scarves for Christmas and I have the cutest pictures that I will attach soon!
There are many, many, many other things that have occurred over the last few months, but it would be too much to recount, so I will bid the blogging world good-bye until my next post!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
I Got the Fever
I have the Baby Fever! First of all it is usually around this time of year that I begin to nest like crazy and want babies! This year it is even worse, perhaps because so many of my wonderful friends are having babies :) I think that God is on a mission to teach me about being content and patient, and I have to realize that he has a plan for my life that cannot always be completed on my timetable. ~SIGH~ Don't you love it when God is teaching you something?
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Tag, I'm it!
So I read this little game on Sara's blog and basically it means that anyone who reads my blog and has their own has to do the same:
Pick up the nearest book over 123 pages.
Turn to page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
I actually haven't read it yet but I saw Oprah rave about it so I wanted to read it.
"Then on holy days, when people come from all over the country to hear the services in the cathedral, we gather farthings galore. 'It seems to me we might man the bridge on holy days only and give you a fire out of the proceeds,' said Phillip. Paul looked anxious."
Nothing to spectacular or moving, but its a game.
Now, I am going to watch the Academy Awards!
Pick up the nearest book over 123 pages.
Turn to page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
I actually haven't read it yet but I saw Oprah rave about it so I wanted to read it.
"Then on holy days, when people come from all over the country to hear the services in the cathedral, we gather farthings galore. 'It seems to me we might man the bridge on holy days only and give you a fire out of the proceeds,' said Phillip. Paul looked anxious."
Nothing to spectacular or moving, but its a game.
Now, I am going to watch the Academy Awards!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Ummmm...
I just realized how long that blog was, it doesn't look that long when you are composing it! Anyways I forgot one thing, my husband has decided to start a blog of his own, the address is:
http://youneverknowthatitcouldbenothing.blogspot.com
http://youneverknowthatitcouldbenothing.blogspot.com
The Happenings of Recent
Well again I have taken a great leave of absence from blogging. So much has happened in the last few months, I finished my crazy semester and am in my last semester of my degree, how awesome does that feel! In the month of December both Sam and I were super crazy with activities and hospitality. Here is a summary of everything we have done in December and January:
- Formal Christmas Banquet, and Sam sang with the men's quartet and it was awesome!
- FINALS, I finished them!
- December 12th, bought and watched LOST Season 3 in less than a week.
- Sam's 25th Birthday, I made the best cake for him and will get the recipe to all those who asked for it!
- Our 2nd Annual Christmas Eve Party, which was on the 23rd this year because of conflicts. We had 6 of our closest friends over and made them a gourmet meal, with my famous potato skins! Sam wanted to experiment to and made gourmet burgers. They were on foccacia bread, one had crispy pancetta rounds and white cheddar and the others had tomato, basil and parmesan. Each were topped off with homemade roasted garlic mayo! They were amazing!
- Christmas Eve Service, I sang in the College and Career Girls Choir (we do a special number every year) and Sam had a repeat appearance with the Quartet
- Christmas! We were super spoiled this year and just spent a quiet time, just the 2 of us, it was really relaxing and fun.
- New Years! We were supposed to go into Toronto to see the Plain White Tees and the cast of We Will Rock You, and many others, but weather intervened so we went over to a friends and played Wii, it was so fun. Therefore, Sam and I have decided that it will be our splurge item from our Tax Return!
- I got Grey's Anatomy for Christmas, so we have watched Season 1 and 2.
- Sam got all three seasons of Arrested Development and we watched all of them, that it probably one of my favorite shows now!
Wow, that is a lot of stuff! On top of all of that, Sam and I were faced with some really challenging times with his job. Needless to say it is a super long and complicated story, which ends with us giving our resignation on December 26th (yes, we were faced with the decision over christmas day). So there are a lot of changes coming up in our lives. Sam ended his job on January 31 and we are beginning to look and pray about a new position that is closer to home. God has been good and is using this experience to bring us closer to him because the next months are going to be leaps of faith!
Well, that essentially updates our lives! One last super important thing is that it was my birthday on February 7th! I am 23 years old now! I got so many great gifts, like all three Anne of Green Gables movies, but I also got some money, which is now put aside for some really awesome things! I love Willilams Sonoma, it is one of my favorite stores and I am going to go and purchase a Le Creuset Stovetop Kettle in Lemongrass Green, 2 Stainless Steel Baking Sheets and Grapefruit Counter Spray. I am not quite sure why kitchen things get me so excited, I guess it is just one of my quirks! Well that's all for me and I am going to aim to blog more often!
- Formal Christmas Banquet, and Sam sang with the men's quartet and it was awesome!
- FINALS, I finished them!
- December 12th, bought and watched LOST Season 3 in less than a week.
- Sam's 25th Birthday, I made the best cake for him and will get the recipe to all those who asked for it!
- Our 2nd Annual Christmas Eve Party, which was on the 23rd this year because of conflicts. We had 6 of our closest friends over and made them a gourmet meal, with my famous potato skins! Sam wanted to experiment to and made gourmet burgers. They were on foccacia bread, one had crispy pancetta rounds and white cheddar and the others had tomato, basil and parmesan. Each were topped off with homemade roasted garlic mayo! They were amazing!
- Christmas Eve Service, I sang in the College and Career Girls Choir (we do a special number every year) and Sam had a repeat appearance with the Quartet
- Christmas! We were super spoiled this year and just spent a quiet time, just the 2 of us, it was really relaxing and fun.
- New Years! We were supposed to go into Toronto to see the Plain White Tees and the cast of We Will Rock You, and many others, but weather intervened so we went over to a friends and played Wii, it was so fun. Therefore, Sam and I have decided that it will be our splurge item from our Tax Return!
- I got Grey's Anatomy for Christmas, so we have watched Season 1 and 2.
- Sam got all three seasons of Arrested Development and we watched all of them, that it probably one of my favorite shows now!
Wow, that is a lot of stuff! On top of all of that, Sam and I were faced with some really challenging times with his job. Needless to say it is a super long and complicated story, which ends with us giving our resignation on December 26th (yes, we were faced with the decision over christmas day). So there are a lot of changes coming up in our lives. Sam ended his job on January 31 and we are beginning to look and pray about a new position that is closer to home. God has been good and is using this experience to bring us closer to him because the next months are going to be leaps of faith!
Well, that essentially updates our lives! One last super important thing is that it was my birthday on February 7th! I am 23 years old now! I got so many great gifts, like all three Anne of Green Gables movies, but I also got some money, which is now put aside for some really awesome things! I love Willilams Sonoma, it is one of my favorite stores and I am going to go and purchase a Le Creuset Stovetop Kettle in Lemongrass Green, 2 Stainless Steel Baking Sheets and Grapefruit Counter Spray. I am not quite sure why kitchen things get me so excited, I guess it is just one of my quirks! Well that's all for me and I am going to aim to blog more often!
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