Our first tree

So I know it's a bit after Christmas (yes almost Valentine's day) but I still had to post a picture of our first Christmas tree as a couple. I know I know, we have been married 4.5 years but the nesting-home-loving-want-to-decorate-for-the-holidays feelings didn't hit until this year. Isn't it so pretty!?!

December Revelstoke B.C. Trip

Here are a few pictures from our trip up to Revy over the Christmas break. Fun times with great friends! Pictures were takin' by my new friend Christin on her iphone, she is so talented and I need to get an iphone!

Christmas Eve

We did a quick tour up Timberline to get in shape for our hut trip in January. What a beautiful day we day!

we are back
this fall was busy
new apartment
new jobs
mt biking
and
stomach flues

Our 4th....

9/01 Disclaimer: I forgot to push the post button on this post.....My sister and I took a trip north to see our dad and stepmom, we had a GREAT time!! My sister took all of the pictures below with her cell phone, she is so talented!

 

This jeep that we were riding in broke down half way through the parade :( We had to push it off the route. I guess that is what we get for riding in a Russian jeep on our 4th of July

and yet another summer with a limited wardrob

Hi all! With it being Sept 1st today, Ben and I can't help but reflect over our summer....

He went to Thialand
She perfected smoothie making
He went to Whistler
She knocked some books off her "reading to-do list"
He road his bike a ton
She dislocated her shoulder....hence the title of this post.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not bitter about taking the whole month of August and half of July off to heal my shoulder, but my summer has definitely been less then eventful. It's okay, because I still had a blast because summer rocks! But I totally had deja va considering last summer I broke my collarbone.

So how did I dislocate my shoulder? Everyone asks "did you do it mountain biking?", no I wish. I did it off our local swimming hole rope swing and no, I wasn't trying to do a flip or anything. I just went off and as I let go, pop, out it came. Totally lame! But hey, I can swim pretty well with one hand and one dislocated shoulder! My brother Mike, was great, he put it back in for me pretty fast. With both his hands pulling my arm and his foot pushing on my hip, while I was leaning into Ben, tt went smoothly back into place. It felt so much better after that, but then I went into shock and wanted to puck and pass out. Which I didn't. So now, 5 weeks later, I finally got the go ahead to mt bike, yahoo!! With this cooler weather coming and hopefully rain for the trails, I'll have a good season this fall to mt bike!

(picture from here, I was going to put a picture up of a dislocation but after I did a google imaging search, I decided a rope swing picture would be much nicer)

Monday nite rides are back!!

They are back!

Ben and Mike made it safely back from Thailand. They had an INCREDIBLE life changing trip and want to go back! A BIG thank you to all who supported Ben and Mike, the trip would not have been possible without you! Here are a few pictures....enjoy!

Ben and Mike are in Thialand!!

Yup yup, it's not everyday that you get to say "Ya my husband and brother are in Thailand building orphanages." Makes them sound like saints! :O) But they are, and they are there, I swear! It's a 2 week trip with our high school youth group (18 kids and 5 adults!). I'm thinking they are going to need a vacation when they come back! Or at least a good fun mt bike ride. I got The Lodge (which I'll post pictures of soon!) to myself and Jon Stewart. Yes, Jon Stewart is staying with me while the boys are out. It's cool. I feed him dried smelly food and beer and he keeps his comments to a minimum. :O)

Here are some pics of what I've been up to lately....

This is a sweet bike ride Ben and I did a few weeks before he left. How beautiful is God's creation!?!

My garden a month ago, it's grown a lot more!! At least the weeds have...

My sewing studio, yes it's a mess! I need to clean it before they get back!!

I'm doing a 28 day detox/elimination diet. It rocks! I'm currently in phase 1 and feel like a rabbit.

I made a skirt out of curtain scraps. I love the print but it's hard to get the fit right.

Ciao!

4 years!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BENNY BOO!!!

I had to yell because he is currently in Thailand (more on that in a bit). If you can hear this....

YOU ROCK MY WORLD!!!!

Woah, we look so young!!!

r.i.p. forest andrews

it's been awhile since we've last posted....

our friend forest andrews passed away in a tragic long boarding accident June 10th, the day of his high school graduation.

it's a deep saddness we feel. it's been hard, his death has rocked our community. shock waves went out which God has faithfully turned into good. we have hope in our grief. but it's still hard....

forest was amazing! always smiling, a joy to be around and a talented artist and skateboarder. he will be greatly missed! but we know confidently we will see him again!

please pray for the andrew's family, for their lost and healing.

and please check out this song "you make beautiful things" by the band Gungor. they played it at forest's funeral.

China trip!

Went to China last week on business and had a blast! Food was great, nice weather (minus the smog) and even had time to relax by the pool for an hour. We also got foot massages 2 nights in a row, fun! The picture above is me getting a pedicure. I was a bit nervous considering he was using knifes but my feet turned out night and soft.