Our week of adventures

Well, I’m really not sure where to start? Mike was stuck in Abbotsford for an extra day, the bathroom flooded the first night I was here and now Ben might have the measles. Our first week here has been very eventful, and not in a good way.

Our car decided that last week the clutch would start to go. We didn’t realize what had happened until Saturday night when we took it on the freeway again. Emergency visit to our friendly neighborhood mechanic/elder was our first step. He thought maybe he could fix it enough for us to get tour new home, but when he finally saw it he had to get a new clutch and that meant that we had to wait until Monday to get the part. In end it took longer than even Randy thought and Mike got to Gardom Lake just before midnight on Monday.

I however decided to get a ride with my parents. They were going to help us bring everything up here, so we rearranged a bunch of stuff and Ben and I fit in the back seat. Thank you so much, I can’t imagine what Ben would have been like if we had to wait with Mike. Anyway, our trip was uneventful and I spent the afternoon/evening with Ryan and Joanne’s family. When Ben and I came back to our cabin to settle in for the night, I flooded the bathroom. I really felt silly, because I couldn’t fix it. In the end I ended up getting Ben out of bed and hiked with him on my back to Ryan and Joanne’s, then Ryan rescued me from my little flood.

What else? Oh yeah, I just thought that Ben had a rash last week and it went away mostly and this week I just thought he was cranky because we moved, but the “rash” came back. He seems to have the measles for all we know and I have exposed everyone here @ camp. Boy do I feel stupid, I should have gotten him checked out last week.

I’m really hoping that not all our weeks @ camp are this eventful. We are enjoying our time here and Mike loves getting his hands dirty and looking forward to the planning of the Encounter Program.

So far the people are very welcoming and we look forward to each day that we don’t have to eat leftovers. In other words the food is really good.

Please pray Ben recovers quickly, so he can get back to being himself. He isn’t even enjoying the adventuring outside right now. Also that through our time here that Christ will shine through us so we can do His work for the glory of His kingdom.

**We took Ben to the dr. today and he has a viral cold that lead to this rash that can look like measles.

The Journey Begins

Today was to be our big move but out car needs to be repaired. So Mike is staying here until monday sometime to get that dealt with, but Ben and I are moving today. My parents are helping us out big time by taking the two of us up there with all of our stuff.

Please keep us in your prayers as we travel and throughout our new adventure. This summer will be fun but will come with its own challenges for our family.

I will try and keep this up during the summer, but please don't expect too much, I don't know how much I will be on the internet. If you want to get a hold of please e-mail.

Thank you for all your love and support.

Bloody Nose

Here are a couple of pictures of Ben after he got his first bloody nose. I think there will be many pictures of his injuries, as long as I have a camera near by. Sorry they are all wanky, I forgot I was taking them upside down.

Sunny Dayz

Ben and Gabby had a great time outside today. I just love the summer time and enjoy taking pictures so much more when kids are warm and happy.

Seasons Greetings!

Today we went to the Zoo with Ben's girlfriend Gabby and her parents. I guess it was like a date or something. Anyway it was a beautiful day and there is nothing better then taking the kids to the Zoo when they are not going to freeze while you are there. There were many other people waiting to get in when we left just after lunch, I guess we weren't the only people with this great idea.

Ben was really getting into looking @ everything. It's exiting to see that he notices thing more and is understanding why we are there.

The bear was finally out and was having a good time playing. It was so crowded that we had a hard time getting close enough to see.

I guess it was silly face time when we were @ the Zoo.

Here is my silly face.

Another couple of silly faces.

Mike and Jim conversing while the rest of us enjoyed the animals.

Ben with Gabby and Patti in the background.

Gardom Lake Bible Camp Here We Come

Well, we never seem to sit still for very long and we are nearing our latest move. Mike applied a little while ago to be a director of a new program starting @ Gardom Lake Bible Camp for this summers. He was accepted and ever since we have been trying to figure everything out for our family to move in just over four weeks for four months.

Mike spoke @ Gardom Lake two years ago and we @ least know where we are going but right now there is little that we do know. The camp is near to Salmon Arm and Ryan and Joanna, my cousins, work and live there. Mike will be working as the director of the encounter program for the entire summer. That includes some physical labor and all the prep that goes into a new program. I, for what I know for now, will be taking care of Ryan and Joanna's kid's. It will look different during the school year and during the summer, but I will be watching them.

Somethings we don't know are; Were we will be living for the second two months. How the job pays exactly. How we will be feeding ourselves the first two months.

All of these things will make for an interesting summer. I'm writing this letter for a few reasons. I really just love to share what new things are happening in our lives with all our family and friends and well, we need a lot of prayer.

Some prayer requests. Ben is growing strong, healthy and fast, meaning that he grows out of clothes sooooo fast still and we need to clothe him through out the summer. Prayer for our financial situation, we really don't have much money @ all right now and getting almost everything for the entire summer before we go will be hard on our wallets maybe even impossible. Maybe prayer that we will be more dependant on God to provide for us. That prayer can be so scary sometimes. This move will be a big change for us and we need prayer for Mike and I do understand each other through all these changes and that we will do the best for Ben in all our changes. Also one more financial need is that school is getting hard on our family and that this summer job of Mike's and a student loan will get us through another year of school and that it will not be a burden during the summer and we can live in the moment of being @ camp. Pray that for us and my parents that this will be a nice refresher and we will all learn to love each other more from our time apart because we will be moving back to my parents in the fall. Also that we get rest during this busy summer. Also and finally that we will keep in good health.

Thank you so much for your love, prayers and support. You will never know how much you truly mean to both Mike and I. (Sorry the picture is so old, as a photographer I never seem to take pictures of my family all together.) The day we will be moving is April 26th.

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Daycare finally started

This week I now have two girls coming to our house for daycare. Ava and Gabby, Ava is in the picture above with me. This was just before her nap today and she was getting so tired. It has been an interesting week trying to get the kids all settled into a routine with all their different nap times. It doesn't help with @ least two out of the three not feeling so good because they are getting new teeth. The only thing I wish that could be different is that the weather would be a little nicer so we could go to the park and all get some fresh air. So here are a few pictures to introduce you to my charges.

Here is Ben checking out Ava's soother. He as never liked his own but if someone else has one he will take it from them and see what the fuss is all about.

Ben checking to see if Gabby was sleeping. I sometimes hear things and I check like this. Not sure why he thought he needed to check like this, it was clear she was not asleep.

Ben and Gabby playing in the same area of the basement.

Mike got his bean bag chair last week and Ben is having just a good time with it.

This is what Ben does when the girls are sleeping. Well...he does it when they are awake too.

Here Gabby and Ava are playing together in Ben's room.

My mom and dad had Monday off so they spent a little time with me and the kid's.

One little interesting note about the kids is they are all younger then 1 1/2 years. It will make doing some stuff rather interesting. We have fun when we can and try and sleep through the rest.