Canada, here these girls come!

This afternoon, Kelly, Ada and I are heading off to Ontario to visit Kelly's parents. I am excited! Looking forward to the time of girl talk while we drive and we are going to work on reading through Experiancing God together, which will be really wonderful. I am hoping that I can spend some time reading a "fun" book too, while I am there. I am starting "Three Cups of Tea", and I would also like to read "The Shack". Anyhow, I will probably offline until Sunday. Have a wonderful weekend!

I <3 this man

photo: Andy Stenz
My husband is amazing. There are so many good qualities I could post about him on my blog, but I will spare you, I just thought I would let you know that he is the more then I could ask for in every way. Yesterday I rented a movie and really wanted to watch it in kind of quiet so I could actually hear it and pay attention (ok ok, I rented "He's just not that into you") so, he took the kids upstairs and they played. Then after awhile I paused it to have some ice cream (which he scooped btw), and then shortly after he took the kids up and put them to bed. Which btw, is NOT easy these days, Adi acts as if we are pulling her toe nails out when it is bedtime. The other night she cried straight for like 2 1/2 hours straight, no joke. I was so amazed that he came down after a little bit and had already gotten them to sleep (at 8pm might I add~they have been going to bed past 11pm because they have been fighting it so much). I am so blessed by him. what an amazing husband.
This morning, after our daily dose of Transformers Animated, the kids and I are heading out to Jonestown Road to do some thrifting, and shopping. SO excited.
Tomorrow Kelly, Adi and I leave for Canada!!!!

Photos from Andy

Today 6/1/09

Happy first day of June!
Things are going well here. We had a wonderful supper yesterday with Jen and Kevin. They are friends of Adam and Kels. So nice. It was the most beautiful day yesterday and looks to be a copycat today too. It is beautiful. So, we are doing bath this morning and then heading out for a walk on the hill, and for some lunch. I am making homemade meadow tea. Delish.
On Thursday Kelly, Adi and I are heading out to Ontario for the weekend (which will include a stop to IKEA on the way home!)and it will be a vacation for me. I cant wait.
I finished my devotional "To Walk and Not Grow Weary" which will check off my counseling section of the MDP, and now I am moving on to reading "Experiancing God". Looking forward to starting and reading that with Kelly. Should be a wonderful and growing process for us to work on that together. Really excited.

Things to do today:

Bask in the sun
Relax and take a deep breath
Listen to my Bob Dylan station on Pandora
Have fun and appreciate my children
Be patient and kind
LOve.
Be quiet.

Saturday

Here is a pic of the kids with Abbey and Sophie. They love to play!

Here are pics from Gettysburg. So much fun!

Off to a parade!

"Geddeburger" aka Gettysburg

We had a wonderful day yesterday. Ben came home from his interview (we are waiting to hear back from them) and we were both kind of frustrated. Have I mentioned that we are smack dab in the middle of the terrible twos with our daughter? Ha. Yeah. So, we decided to pack up the Jeep and head to Gettysburg.
Wyatt: "Daddy, where are we going?"
Ben: "To Gettysburg"
Wyatt:"Gedde(hehe get it?) burger?"
Ben: Hee heee whooo ha ha ha snicker snicker
Me: Wyatt James Geddeburger. Hee hee ha whoooo hahaha
It was so funny, and then as we stopped at the visitor center in Gettysburg, we had to walk this path, and the workers there are all dressed in the hats and the button down jackets and Wy said to Ben "cowboys". Well I didn't hear Wyatt say that and all of a sudden Adi pipes up, "Look Mama, Cowboys!" Everytime one of these workers left and passed us on their way to the car to leave for the day, Adi would yell "Hi Cowboy!" Oh my gosh it was so hilarious. Then this one man dressed in civilian clothes (not cowboys ;)) she said, "Hi" and she looked at me and said "Seatbelt" ... Yep she thinks that a belt around the waist is a seatbelt. These kids keep us going all day with the giggles. It was hilarious. (pics to come soon)

We walked and had malts in what was the oldest malt shop in Gettysburg. Had a nice ride home.

Today we shopped a bit and hung out and then I finished my book. Jodi Piccoult "The Pact" pretty darn stinkin' good. And pretty much the first time I have read a book that was almost 400 pages in like 4 days or something like that. Wow.

Tonight we have small group with James, Leigh, and Adam and Kelly. I am going to sleep over at The Stoaks so I can volunteer at Paxton again tomorrow. Wooohooo. Then, next week... We are going to Canada! Well, me and Adi and Kel are. The boys have yet to get their passports. Anyhow, we are going to Ontario to visit Kels family. Can't wait!

Wednesday

Nothing much up with us for Wednesday. Ben has his interview right now. He might actually be done with it. I am sitting on the couch with the kids getting motivated to go start the coffee pot. Today seems like a two cup of coffee type day. I am really tired! I have a headache too and the weather doesn't help. I decended the trecherous driveway and made my way to the mailbox today. Yike.

We cancelled Ben's phone yesterday to save some money which is kind of a relif because since he stopped working at Sullivan the phone barely gets used.

I am really jazzed because Mom Stoak is planning on making some delicious soup for supper. I am really excited because first of all it is soup and it is on their diet, so that means it is diet food for me, which is a plus, and also means that I only have to help with clean up, and I don't really have to cook. Since we have gotten here, I am in charge of cooking for everyone. I don't mind it, but since I am feeling a bit down today it will be really nice to just have it done for me. Yay.

I have been drinking a smoothie each day too, helps me to stay full and it is delish. I bought some organic yogurt and I have fresh fruit that I blend all up. It is so yummy and hopfully helping me to lose a couple.

Things are good nevertheless. Working on flash cards with the kids and going to do some art projects this afternoon. Hopefully learn a bit today! :)