Monday, April 23, 2007

we luv our truck!



A few months ago, we came upon a conundrum. The conundrum was that we had no car with which to drive to Colorado. We kept praying and felt that we would see something happen, either tons of money with which to rent a truck or somehow, we would get a car.

Then lo and behold, my brother, Sam, gets a new job (which was also an answer to prayer), which also included a new truck. John came up with the brilliant idea of using Sam's old truck to drive to Colorado and then selling it out here where he could probably get more money for it.

It could not have worked out more perfectly. We bought a hitch to put on it, rented a trailer for a lot less money than a truck would have been, were able to use it for the first few months out here (and now we're going to buy it) and were able to use it to pick up fun freecycle things like our fridge and oven! This really was a huge answer to prayer, and one of the many stories that we have of God's provision since we got married! We love our truck!

On another note: we celebrated John's 24th birthday with our dear friends Jim & Kelly and new friends Dave & Katie Yauk (Kelly's sister & brother-in-law). We ate yummy cheese fondue and a free French silk pie from the grocery store (the price was marked wrong and their policy is that you get it free if that happens), and finished with a crazy game of Catch-phrase (boys v. girls)!







Two more pix: we celebrated our five month anniversary with yummy Moet champagne (I'd always wanted to try it!) YEAH!



And an Easter pic!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

loving freecycle...

While we were in England, visiting friends after the wedding, we heard about freecycle, a Yahoo group where people give away their old stuff for free. John and I eagerly signed up, needing many things still for our apartment. Last weekend was our most productive weekend so far, picking up an oven, a fridge-freezer (see pic below), a futon, two computer monitors and a scanner. This is the best website ever! God has been totally blessing us with His provision since we got married, and He continues through this wonderful website!



And yes, we painted last week! Fun pix here too!






Tuesday, April 03, 2007

my family...

My brother just recently sent me these pictures of his daughters, and I just have to post them up because they are so gorgeous.

This is darling Adi Ciel:



And gorgeous Emma:



Sam and Adi:



And Emma again:



News: we just finished painting our bedroom and it looks gorgeous. We took some pix and will post them up soon! The bathroom was a disaster however, and will need redoing sadly. But we've had so much fun, feeling like we're making the place more our own place! I love painting! We're hopefully going to start the living room/dining room this week, depending on John's energy when he gets home from work. Here's an example of just some of the few colours we had to choose from!

Lilypie First Birthday tickers Daisypath Anniversary tickers