Major on the Majors:

(This is something that our Director talked about this summer as a kind of mission statement for Frontier. I really appreciated it and think it would make a good personal mission statement.)

>ministry before money
>the word before the world
>hope before humanism
>caring before counting
>character before competence
>peace before power
>prayer before pride
>joy before judgement
>service before self
>faith before fear

Do I really value these qualities? Do I display them? Do I direct others towards them?

Someone I Want To Be Like...

Ok, Can I just say that this girl (pictured below) is amazing!!



Notice our AWESOME matching jackets?! Yeah, she made them. Mine is even "prego specific".
It's not just because of her mad sewing skills though, that I want to be just like her.
-Meghan has a totally "out loud" relationship with God. It just radiates out of her.
-She has a huge, generous heart for people that takes priority over most everything.
-When asked how she's doing, Meghan says it like it is. "This course I'm taking is draining everything out of me, but that's great because it means more room for God!"
-She's so hard-core.
-Just being around Meghan makes me want to pursue a deeper relationship with God. I don't know many people who can make it as easy and natural to incorporate God into normal conversations as Megan can.

It's so encouraging to be around people like Meghan. She's a great example of someone I want to be like.

Nothing like it...

I've been learning (or re-learning) some things about myself lately...

-God is calling me to raise a big, adventurous family. I am SO excited (and nervous!!) to dive right in!

-I really like dancing to hip-hop and pop music when no one is around.

-I actually like being lazy.

-I love having people over and being their host. I've just been burned out of people for so long that I forgot that.

-Certain music inspires artistic urges in me. Yesterday I pulled out my sketch book and painted for the first time in years.

-I LOVE having a clean house.


I really like that even now I am learning new things about myself... it keeps things interesting.
:)



PS. An awesome family friend put together this website for Tim and I as a baby registry type thing. She's been keeping it updated and trying to encourage people to join and such. Here it is: http://babytaylorbump.webs.com/
(Thanks Sheila!)
Have I told you how excited I am to meet this baby??!! Babes is dancing in my belly right now! I love it.

...

Summer is gone just in time for Tim and I to go on vacation.
We left Camp on Thursday and have had a couple minutes of sun since then.
We headed out to Kananaskis to camp with a couple of Tim's friends. It was really fun to spend the weekend with a bunch of babies and pregnant women. We did, however, threaten a few times to leave to go south to get away from cold rain and (get this) FLUFFY SNOW! Ugh.
I am now sitting in Starbucks in Canmore in the warmth, with a deliciously warm cinnamon dolche latte.
Today is Tim and my anniversary, and to celebrate Tim went paddling with Brad and Ken. Haha. I did give him permission to go, but it's still bitter sweet. :)
I love him so much!! This has been the best year of my life!!

I wish I had my camera cord here...
-There are red strawberries hanging in our window and I have eaten 2 so far!!
-We have 3 cherry tomatoes growing on our plants.
-I've been harvesting awesome little carrots for about a week now.
-My belly has like tripled in size since that last picture was up. (I'm 17 weeks now!!!)
I've felt baby move 4 times now. SO EXCITING!!! And, we decided on names.
Jaxon is going to be such a jealous pooch when babe comes along. He's been sleeping in our tent the last couple of nights. It makes it like 10 degrees warmer in there. Specially when he sleeps in the bottom of our sleeping bags. Spoiled boy.
:)

Well, it's time to go pick up the boys from the river...

14 Weeks and Counting...

I'm 14 weeks now and babe is over 3 1/2 inches long. The First Trimester is over and I think that Tim and I can relax a little more now as the risk of miscarriage goes down drastically.
I'm getting so excited. I find it VERY hard to be patient and wait... I just want the stages to come faster.
:)

Well my parents and Lanny have been here for the past week and it has been quite nice to have the time off with them. I have to admit though, I've had to take a couple of breaks as I am not used to this much consistent interaction. Haha. I must be getting old or something.

U-13 Wilderness Camp starts today. (Dad is speaking at the campfires). Only 3 more summer camps left! Crazy. This summer has gone by so fast. Sometimes (like right now) I like to pretend I'm not working and slack off... and then sometimes (like right now) I feel bad about slacking off and head back to work... but then other times (like right now) I get hungry right before I head back to work so I let myself get distracted a little longer and go eat some food.

The End.

How Does Your Garden Grow...

I was feeling quite discouraged about my little "garden". The tomato plants were very little and weak looking, my cucumbers don't look like cucumber plants, the carrots were tiny, and the strawberries looked maybe alright...
But then one day it was like Nordegg garden season opened, and everything started growing and looking green and such. I'm still feeling only slightly hopeful, but things are looking up.

My Tomato Buds:



Strawberry Buds:



Delicious looking Carrots:



Something else that is slowly growing:



(No weight gain yet, just a growing bump)
Babe is now between 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 inches long.
Apparently the size of a fig... which doesn't help me, because I have no idea how big a fig is.
I also read that my uterus is now bigger then a grapefruit... CRAZY.
:)

By the way:
A huge answer to prayer... we got a midwife! We are so excited and thankful that they picked us.
Basically, there is a huge interested in midwives, but not enough midwives to go around. So they do interviews and such and see which couple is the most compatible client. Tim and I had an interview with 2 very nice midwives and found out that we were 1 of 15 couples trying for 4 spots. Not that great of odds, considering this is our first (so usually harder clients). But we prayed about it lots and really felt at peace about whatever happened. A little over a week later I got an email that said that they are very excited to work with us. Tim and I did a little dance with joy. :)
Thanks God!

There's a Baby in my Belly.

Right now Babe is as big as a blueberry.
I'm due somewhere around February 5th. (A birthday present for Andrew :)
This means that I am about 7 weeks preggers.
I feel sick when I'm hungry and when I eat to much.
Just great.
:)
We're SO excited to have a family.
Frontier Staff have already started making fat jokes.
I want ice cream all the time.
Mint Chocolate Chip to be exact.

Tim and I are moving into a bigger trailer within the next couple of weeks.
It has a baby room.
WOOHOO!!