Post Christmas and looking forward to 2010!

Okay - so I totally missed taking pictures this Christmas! I have nothing to prove that it even happened, but I'll give you some of the details anyways...  We hosted our first Christmas at our place, having mom and Kevan out. They brought the turkey and stuffing though because I didn't want to screw it up! hehe. Then of course we had the extended family gatherings. Christmas was fun and we have been enjoying some down time, which is much appreciated.

It has been an amazing year, with a ton of changes, including both of us graduating and of course getting married. We are happy to be somewhat settled with the big changes. Jenn is working on getting a job in her field, so we hope all that goes well.  Lucas will be a certified personal trainer in march, and is looking to start working part time at a gym soon, so that's exciting!  We look forward to seeing what else 2010 holds for us... including the Olympics!

'Tis the Season!!

We have been having a lovely December - and today we celebrated Lucas' 24th Birthday!  We took him to the Q Steakhouse for a fancy dinner. I got him PS3 Need for Speed Shift for his birthday which he is enjoying so much! He also got a Best Buy gift card from mom so he enjoyed going there this evening to get some gadgets, including a web cam for his skype chats with his family :)


We went out and got a Christmas tree and decorated it a week ago, which was fun. We went out to Langley to chop it down, which was a fun adventure.  I also made a wreath a couple weeks ago. Our place is ready for Christmas!

Downtown Vancouver has a great outdoor skating rink - Lucas and I went down there one evening to take pictures. It was beautiful. Here is a picture of the skating rink, as well as some other photos Lucas has taken recently.

 

Atlanta Georgia... "on my mind"

Lucas and I are in Georgia right now, leaving tomorrow afternoon. We had the priveledge of being brought out for a conference for church that just so happens to be in Atlanta (at Perimeter Church) ... so we got to visit the Thompsons too!! It has been a huge blessing because we weren't sure when we would be able to come out next. It makes life busier (mostly for Jenn who is missing other work and school - which just makes her more behind!)... BUT IT'S WORTH IT!  We got to spend Thursday morning and afternoon with the family and we'll have a couple hours tomorrow before we leave to hang out. 

As for the conference, called "Transformation," we have been in the Children's Ministry Track learning about some of the things that this church does to run its programs (which are massive and entertaining... I'll show pictures of it) and learning about how to be effective in our ministry. They have shared a philosophy of a healthy church, which involves head (truth, biblically focussed), heart (passion and what drives you), which leads to hands (which is service reaching out into the community).  Pastor David is in the Spiritual Transformation Track and Eli is in the Community Track (so we've got all three covered). 

 

 

 

Halloween '09

For Halloween this year we went to our friend Stacey's party ... and after contemplating on what to dress up as (Lucas wanted to keep it simple and be Bob the Builder again - but I insisted that it had to be a couples costume) we decided to be Olympic Torchbearers. As you probably know, the torch was lit in Greece and brought in to Canada just last week, so we thought it would be fitting for this year and we should take advantage of that. Our torch did have a real flame (candle shoved down there), but we have no pictures to prove it. I guess you'll have to take our word for it :)

 

Youth in the Fall

As the Fall started up things with the youth have gotten into gear. Lucas has run some fun events so far, including a miniature 'Amazing Race' and a 'Book of Records" night where the youth made up and challenged eachother on random things such as ping pong bounces, stair races, or PS3 games. There were probably around 50 records made that night!

Charlie our Kitty!

This is our new family member (well, 1/2 a family member) Charlie! He is sweet when he is sleepy and a crazy boy whenever he is not! We got Charlie from my auntie Cynthia because she knew that Jenn had been wanting a kitty so bad! Lucas was surprised to discover how much Jenn would love him!! Guess he didn't think she was that much of a cat person! He is growing quickly.

July 17th, 2009... Our Wedding Day!

We absolutely loved our wedding day! It is definetly a day we will never forget! We got married outside on a very hot day summer day, at the Langley Golf Centre. Enjoy some pictures that captured the moments, taken by Photoart by Simpson.