Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my blog! We are a family of four living in St. Stephen, New Brunswick Canada.
It's located right across the border from Calais, Maine and that is just perfect for our dual-nation family! Keith was born in Hamilton, Ontario and I in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We met at college in Dubuque, Iowa and have hopped around North America from Wisconsin to Ontario, down to Pennsylvania and now to New Brunswick. We LOVE it here!
The pace of life fits our family perfectly! We came here to begin our Masters in Ministry program together at St. Stephens University. We recently found out that if we begin school before we establish residency here in NB that we would disqualify ourselves for any financial aid if we ever needed it. So we won't be starting that until January.
Staying at home with my kids, Alinea & Jacob since they were born has been my joy. I have missed NOTHING in their lives, it has been a choice we will never regret making. As they edge up in age I find myself with different challenges and I so look forward to finding others who are facing them too.
Nice to meet you, please feel free to stay and chat!
For those of you who care you can find Alinea & Jacob in this video at these place:
.47 - Jake's Bed in his tepee 1.46 - Alinea's back - putting clothes pins on counselor's shirt - right corner 2:15 - Jacob 3:51 - Jacob playing soccer (he's the white shirt w/ the ball) 4:04 - Jacob 4:11 - Jacob - yellow shirt 4:21 - Jacob - rocket launch - yellow shirt 4:30 - Alinea's next to the person launching the ball 5:48 - Alinea's knee in the pretty skirt 6:00 - Jacob reading his bible 6:13 - Alinea's hair in the back row 6:39 - Jake serves himself some bacon
It was an amazing first camp experience for both of them and it's so wonderful to have these memories captured for them here.
1. On Christmas Eve I open 1 present. I open pajamas or an ornament. No toys! The best for last I guess, or the best for Christmas morning.
2. On Christmas morning I wake up (I'm an early riser) probably no one is awake yet! If no one is awake I have to wait and wait and wait. Staring at the presents does not make it easier to wait!
3. Finally someone wakes up! It is my brother Jake. Then my parents wake up! Time to open presents.
4. After that my parents go to get the camera to take pictures of our faces when we see our gifts. I stick my hand in my stocking and usually there is candy, small activity books or small gifts.
5. After presents we eat breakfast and light the last candle on the Advent Wreath. My Christmas is probably not the same as yours but it is Christmas.
Today is World Aids Day. Does it matter? How does it affect our families?
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27
One of the ways we can help is to give to a project called (Red)emption that a good friend of mine is putting together.
Alinea, Jacob, Keith & I all feel that this is God's heart for the nations. Please contribute if you are able. It's only $10.00, but together we can change the world.
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