Something to do with Love:

My Birthday Present.
Isn't my husband the BEST?
I had actually even stopped pursuing getting a puppy, and then all of a sudden we were skipping a wedding and driving 3 hours to pick him up.
Jaxon's great. He sits on command already, eats like there's no tomorrow, beats up a dog 3 times his size, and follows me around everywhere I go.
I think it has something to do with Love.

Coffee Cake and Breakfast Shakes...

...that kinda almost rhymed.
Haha.
But it is an amazing breakfast.

I'm super excited that spring is on it's way... I love spring because it means that summer is just around the corner. And I have a feeling that this summer will be a good one.

There are a lot of changes going on right now at camp.
We have a fairly new maintenance manager, who is doing fantastic things around camp. (like getting rid of that hideous trailer by the parking lot, for those of you who have been here before).
Two of our senior program staff, and our assistant program director are leaving in April. They will leave gaps that will be hard to fill. We trust that God will provide all the staff we need. But perhaps you could help God out a little... if you know anyone who would be interested in working at a wilderness adventure camp... or more specifically anyone who would want to be our kitchen manager, starting... now. You should tell them to get ahold of us.

Lately I've been working a lot on our backcountry food prep. That means that I cook meals and then dehydrate them and prep them for our backpacking overnights. I quite enjoy it. It gives me a little project to call my own and baby a bit.

But that's really all I have to say, because not much has been happening here except cabin fever.

Being married is awesome. Tim is awesome.

Does anyone know anyone giving away cheap/free puppies? Preferably a larger breed? Because I REALLY want a puppy. I think Tim is actually getting tired of me talking about it. Haha.

And I think things might get a little too random if I keep typing, so I'm going to stop before it gets out of hand.

Goodnight.

You know you're turning into "suzy homemaker" when:

-you get really excited when you get a new used stove.

-you sit for an hour watching your tomato plants grow.

-you feel fulfilled when people like a new recipe you tried.

-you spend the whole day cleaning and it energizes you.

-you ask your husband if he has any mending he wants done just so you can sew something.

-you have two kinds of cookies cooling on the counter.

-you research dirt so you can start a garden in the spring.

-you read a cooking blog every day.

-you like being in your house more then anywhere else.


I'm turning into such a lame-o.
I love it.

:D

I made him into a Sudoku addict...

Is anyone else just LOVING the weather we've been having?? Cause I sure do. It's a treat.

Tim and I actually went rock climbing on Monday. Yes, I said rock climbing. It got us pretty pumped and we promptly started planning our summer vacation. :D

The second Adventure Race was completed this last weekend. It went super well. I liked having two in a row, as it made everything go so much smoother. The two teams that Tim and I were cheering got first and second place, so that was cool. (am I allowed to say things like that?)

Now we're in Edmonton eagerly waiting for Donna's wedding to be done... I mean... we're here to join in their happiness. :P
We were helping out with decorating tonight and WOW, what a gong-show. I LOVE Tim's family, SO MUCH... but I pretty much hung out where the people were not. Heh heh.

Anywho...
Later Days...

One Foot of Snow.

Well I kept meaning to update this silly blog, but life it seems had other plans.
Now I've got a bit of a breather, so how about I tell you what I've been up to?

Tim and I took a quick trip to Kamloops for Andrew's Birthday and for some good ol' quality family time. It was super fun, but we missed his surprise party.
Right away when we got back... and I mean within a few hours of our return, we jumped right into hosting the Prairie Aviation Survival week. Sunday was all training for them (and Tim, who helped teach part of it), and prepping their food (what little they got) for me. Then on Monday we headed out. We hiked them out for about 2 hours to an "unknown" location. Next we dropped them off in their 3 or 4 man teams at their "crash site". Then we (Tim, myself, and 2 leaders from Prairie) tromped over to the leaders camp and made ourselves at home. The funnest part of the first day was that we had hiked all our gear out the night before - all 70lbs of it... each. Let me back up a bit.
The location we had hiked out to was actually only about 15 minutes from camp. We just took them in in a round-about fashion. Also, we as leaders did not eat the same as the students. While they had barely enough food for 4 people for 1 day, let alone a whole 5 days, we had leftovers every meal. So we had decided that we wanted to hike our heavy packs in the short way. So we did. And then we convinced them that the little packs we carried in on Monday, containing pretty much only water, was all that we had to survive on.
Anyways. We spent the week eating, sitting by the fire, playing cards, eating, checking up on the students, sitting by the fire, eating. It was great.
It ended up being a fairly easy week for the students because it was fairly warm and sunny out. Each group built a lean-to with pine bows and ended up being warmer then we were in our tents.
But moving on.

Immediately following Prairie, the first of 2 Wycliffe Adventure Race's started. I've talked about the Adventure Race's before, in this blog and in my newsletter, so I won't say much about it this time. It was a super good weekend. The weather was amazing and the teams did fantastic. We've got the second Race this weekend.

After the Adventure Race Tim and I had 3 days off. We had worked for 9 days straight, so this was a welcome treat. Today is the third of those 3 days. They have been mostly restful days, though today was not as good, as Tim and I both have symptoms of Strep Throat. If you could be praying for us that would be awesome. This weekend would be a bad one for us to both be sick.

Well that's about as good an update as I can muster right now. My fingers are cramping up from typing so much. :P Hahah...



PS. Jill, we've been pounding your "miracle tea". We both actually like it quite a bit.

Finally an Update...

Well, this might not be exactly the update you were looking for... but I need to do this for the sake of my grieving process.
Yesterday (Sunday the 31st) in Edmonton, I had a miscarriage. I was only 6 weeks pregnant, but we were already pretty attached to the "little fart", as we called it. (by "it" I mean he or she). Anyways. When it happened I felt a solid peace from God and knew that it wold be alright. Sometimes though, knowing that God is in control doesn't really make it hurt any less.
I took today off work so I wouldn't have to face the crowds just yet (the staff), and so I can have the chance to process what's going on inside of me.

I covet your prayers as I ride this emotional roller-coaster.







I promise I'll do a real update soon!

Finally an Update...