your love is better than icecream, better than anything else that i've tried...
well... it's been a LONG time since i've written in here.
i've been busy mowing lawns and soaking up the sun, and a lot has happened in the last few weeks!
one of my roomies of two wonderful years moved out in june. it's a weird transition to have an empty room, and to miss her presence in the house. i love you beth, and wish you all the best in BC! miss you babe.
also, the day we had waited for, for almost a YEAR finally came... MICHAEL'S GRADUATION!
it was such a wonderful and fun day, i only worked till lunch that day and then spent the afternoon lazing around with michael. i gave him his grad present (a zippo lighter, the new michael buble cd and a 2-year subscription to "car and driver" magazine), he was excited to say the least! then we picked up adrienne and she did my hair and we all got ready, took a million pictures and then it was off to grad. the evening was fun, the food was good, and we had dancing lessons. we learned how to do the foxtrot and how to swing dance, and we got compliments from the instructors, they couldn't believe that we hadn't danced before! we stayed up late, we had fun and then we continued the fun all of the next day. i love celebrating, it's so refreshing!
another big thing, is that my little jackson became a christian! he is excited about it, and informed his mom that "a few days before this one" he asked Jesus into his heart. so sweet, i love jack!
and another EXCITING moment is: JOHANNA IS ENGAGED!! so crazy and exciting. keep your eyes on your mailbox jo, something good is on it's way! congratulations babe, i love you and am so excited to celebrate this with you all year!
something kinda sad is that i quit my job at sugar mountain, it was a good time there, and i was sad to leave, but i just don't have the energy to work evenings there after mowing lawns all day. plus shannon left too, and it just wasn't the same without her!
and then finally, this past long weekend was a great one, spent at the cabin with both mine and michael's families. it was a good time of relaxing, laughing and boating. i love the cabin, and both of our families, so it was great. on a sadder note though, july 1st marked a full year of being without Grandpa. in some ways i can't believe he's been gone that long, and in other ways it feels like longer. Grandma is doing amazing, she's so strong. and I've been encouraged at the amount of things I've learned this past year from thinking about my Grandpa, he continues to teach me. i love it. we got together as a family on monday, we spent time fellowshiping together over roll kuchen and watermelon. my uncle set up a slip and slide for the kids, it was so fun to watch them!! nick is my cousin that is 3 years old, and he's hilarious. he didn't really understand how to do the slip and slide, and so he would go where there was no water, and he wouldn't slide. so josh decided to run behind him and push him the rest of the way. nick thought it was hilarious and would laugh the whole time, while filling his face with water! it was fun. then we watched a slide show of slides of pictures that grandpa had taken a long time ago. to see the world how grandpa saw it. it was really cool to watch. then we had a time of sharing, and it was so nice because it wasn't sad and depressing, but rather it was people telling happy memories and stories that had us all laughing. i think this is how Grandpa would want it to be, and i love that. plus i love how well michael fits in with my whole family. it's great.
other than that, i'm just trying to enjoy the heat, work hard and avoid mosquito bites as much as possible. i got stung by a bee on my ear the other day, and it's puffed up something fierce. i'm not a big fan of it! but, things are good, the sun is warm and people are wonderful. things are changing but i'm finding myself content amidst it all, and that is good. now i'm off to bake cookies for a dear friend that needs a little cheering up, and tomorrow i'm going to church to hear my mom preach about peace.
life is good. go for a walk, get a slurpee, take some time to look around, and soak it all in. enjoy.
i've been busy mowing lawns and soaking up the sun, and a lot has happened in the last few weeks!
one of my roomies of two wonderful years moved out in june. it's a weird transition to have an empty room, and to miss her presence in the house. i love you beth, and wish you all the best in BC! miss you babe.
also, the day we had waited for, for almost a YEAR finally came... MICHAEL'S GRADUATION!
it was such a wonderful and fun day, i only worked till lunch that day and then spent the afternoon lazing around with michael. i gave him his grad present (a zippo lighter, the new michael buble cd and a 2-year subscription to "car and driver" magazine), he was excited to say the least! then we picked up adrienne and she did my hair and we all got ready, took a million pictures and then it was off to grad. the evening was fun, the food was good, and we had dancing lessons. we learned how to do the foxtrot and how to swing dance, and we got compliments from the instructors, they couldn't believe that we hadn't danced before! we stayed up late, we had fun and then we continued the fun all of the next day. i love celebrating, it's so refreshing!
another big thing, is that my little jackson became a christian! he is excited about it, and informed his mom that "a few days before this one" he asked Jesus into his heart. so sweet, i love jack!
and another EXCITING moment is: JOHANNA IS ENGAGED!! so crazy and exciting. keep your eyes on your mailbox jo, something good is on it's way! congratulations babe, i love you and am so excited to celebrate this with you all year!
something kinda sad is that i quit my job at sugar mountain, it was a good time there, and i was sad to leave, but i just don't have the energy to work evenings there after mowing lawns all day. plus shannon left too, and it just wasn't the same without her!
and then finally, this past long weekend was a great one, spent at the cabin with both mine and michael's families. it was a good time of relaxing, laughing and boating. i love the cabin, and both of our families, so it was great. on a sadder note though, july 1st marked a full year of being without Grandpa. in some ways i can't believe he's been gone that long, and in other ways it feels like longer. Grandma is doing amazing, she's so strong. and I've been encouraged at the amount of things I've learned this past year from thinking about my Grandpa, he continues to teach me. i love it. we got together as a family on monday, we spent time fellowshiping together over roll kuchen and watermelon. my uncle set up a slip and slide for the kids, it was so fun to watch them!! nick is my cousin that is 3 years old, and he's hilarious. he didn't really understand how to do the slip and slide, and so he would go where there was no water, and he wouldn't slide. so josh decided to run behind him and push him the rest of the way. nick thought it was hilarious and would laugh the whole time, while filling his face with water! it was fun. then we watched a slide show of slides of pictures that grandpa had taken a long time ago. to see the world how grandpa saw it. it was really cool to watch. then we had a time of sharing, and it was so nice because it wasn't sad and depressing, but rather it was people telling happy memories and stories that had us all laughing. i think this is how Grandpa would want it to be, and i love that. plus i love how well michael fits in with my whole family. it's great.
other than that, i'm just trying to enjoy the heat, work hard and avoid mosquito bites as much as possible. i got stung by a bee on my ear the other day, and it's puffed up something fierce. i'm not a big fan of it! but, things are good, the sun is warm and people are wonderful. things are changing but i'm finding myself content amidst it all, and that is good. now i'm off to bake cookies for a dear friend that needs a little cheering up, and tomorrow i'm going to church to hear my mom preach about peace.
life is good. go for a walk, get a slurpee, take some time to look around, and soak it all in. enjoy.