Yesterday we spent most of the day weeding and watering our garden in Ft. Vermillion. It was a beautiful day, 24*C in the shade at 7:00 p.m., nice sun, etc. Along about 8:30 it started to cool down and you could smell that delicious scent that you'll only find in the north. It's a woodsy/fruity/heady scent, one that makes you glad to be alive, and glad to be living more north than south!

It's also a scent that is stronger when you're about to have a thunderstorm. And we had a really nice storm last evening. It rained enough to almost fill the cistern here where we're staying, and that's a huge benefit :)

Today has been beautiful. Sunny, but not too warm, and everything is fresh and clean looking. Elias and I went into town to wash clothes at a friend's house, and he thoroughly enjoyed playing outside with my friend's little boy. Now we're home again with the laundry happily drying on the line, (gotta bring it in before dark...but that's a few hours away! lol) and the kids ready for bed. Good night :)

Ok, so I haven't posted in a while. We are now living further north...and in a "tin can" (travel trailer) to boot! The "tin can" is temporary, but the move isn't. We're really happy to be here, and are looking forward to settling in for a while, Lord willing.

In other news, it's SPRING!!!! How exciting! :) Things are greening and growing like crazy. I can hardly wait to help some poor unsuspecting soul plant their garden, then wander by every few days to watch the progress. :)

Have a good week!

It seems that life goes in fits and spurts. There are tons of things that need to be done at home, but Hadassah had a friend over for a sleep-over last night, and we brought her (the friend) half way to town to meet her mom, so we decided to come on in and do some shopping/web work.

The weekends get more and more hectic. And yet, the results this weekend--the most hectic to date for me--were so wonderful I'm almost ready to do it all over again! It's a great feeling to have your daughter tell you with shining eyes "mom, I had a great weekend, and the best part was being with you!" Praise God. You've gotta know it isn't me, but Him! (And thank you, Eric for all the hard work you put into the weekend, too!)

And so now we're headed into another week, with what feels like scant time for the fun stuff. Perhaps we'll go home now and tackle the duties so we can have more time later on.

Have a great week!

Well, it looks like winter is officially here. We have now seen double digits below zero, Celsius. And there is enough snow to enjoy pulling the kids on sleds!

Today was wonderful. We spent the morning at church, had a delicious potluck, and then hung out at the Borges' house. Some of us went for a nice walk before settling down to some serious conversation, the rest stayed home with the littler kids. After Sabbath we got to talk with Michelle in the Philippines! It was awesome! Then we had supper and played games. And then had more serious conversation ;). All in all it was a terrific day.

I guess three of us will be heading over to clean the church, then probably come home and crash. It'll all be good. Goodnight!

Wow! What a Monday. So far there have been two very sticky spills in the kitchen, two school subjects accomplished, four important phone calls fielded, and multiple rows lost on the most recent knitting creation. Yikes! And we still have about 4 hours until the kids can sleep...if we can survive until then....

In other news, it's only one week before hubby gets back! We're all so excited! He's been very busy and faithful working on his intensive classes, and we look forward to greeting our returning champion ;)

And now I'll retreat and continue work on this week's sermon...