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our successful garage sale

6/14/2010 12:10:00 PM
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Saturday was the day we had our garage sale here at GFA. The forecast was supposed to be rain and thunderstorms. Well....we got sunburns. Because it was sunny, and not raining like it was supposed to, I knew that God was going to do something great! Before we could even get all the stuff out on the lawn there were people pulling in to check things out.

The reason we had this sale was to raise money for the YWAV India Vision tour. YWAV stands for Youth With a Vision, a group made up of GFA youth. There are 2 going from the Canadian office, one being my brother, and the rest are from the U.S. office.

We made signs and stood out by the road with them to suck people in. It's amazing how well that works.

We also had a bake sale. Muffins, pies, brownies, rice krispie squares, soda.... :)

So at the end of the day we counted up our hard earned money and we had raised more then $500! God has answered our prayers and given us a very successful garage sale.

work. and then play.

6/11/2010 10:11:00 PM
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Work and play makes for a satisfying day. Especially with my GFA family.

Dylan and Cassandra are going to India in July on a youth vision tour. And tomorrow we are having a garage sale to raise money for this. Up until now we have been taking donations and we had to sort through all of that today. We have soooo much stuff to sell! Hopefully it doesn't rain and we get lots of people going through buying things!

After that we had a bbq and played with water balloons which turned into a war in which you would use any water you could find.

Joan (now nick-named G.I.Joan) was ganged up on by the kids and is armed with a jug filled with water and a water bottle. I think she won. :D

Bean bag toss!

Then we played soccer for awhile on our new property next door. Now, not only do we have enough people for soccer, we have somewhere to play it!

It was a nice sunny day-awesome for a picnic and it was especially nice to laugh and play with the family.

reminiscing this and that

6/11/2010 09:17:00 PM
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My friend, Patrick, and I were reminiscing about the one and only day we had a really good snowfall this past winter. After work we went out and made a snowman along with Becky. Yes, we had wet jeans, soggy shoes, and really cold hands, but it was a good day. :)

There are no photos of Patrick because he was behind the camara, but he prefers it that way. And I wouldn't want to be the one to reveal his identity. :P

"...that's why it's hotter under the water..."

6/07/2010 08:55:00 PM
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"Under the Sea" was the theme of Adina's party yesterday. There were 10 little kids here and they had a fish-shaped cake, went fishing, had a treasure hunt, and got to take a real live fish home with them. This was a big event that took lots of preparation on my mom's part and it was a big deal because it was Adina's first real birthday party. She also just turned 8 which means she no longer has to be in a car seat. BIG DEAL!
I was the privileged one who took her on her first drive (to church so that we could get her out of the way in order to do last minute surprise preparations ;) without a car seat and she was sooo happy.

Fishing for peices of the treasure map.

Victory!

So, that's why it's better down where it's wetter

Photography: VP Studios (Click on the title to go to link)

e and j series-the continued.

5/30/2010 02:35:00 PM
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And so begins the E and J series on my blog. That is, Elizabeth and Jessica. The fact is, the "series" has really been going on for as long as both of us can remember, it's just new for my blog. I thought it would be cool to record some of the fun we have even though we're kind of grown up now...and lots of things have changed. THIS remains the same, folks...the 2 of us...still friends, able to start back up again where we left off - no matter how long it has been.

the adventures of... ?

4/29/2010 09:29:00 PM
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New discovery: I love running.
New discovery: There are really neat trails on the side of the mountain near our house. Dang, I wish I knew they were there sooner.
New discovery: Lots of firepits up there!
New discovery: Do not throw other peoples water bottles over the side of mountain. (Will explain later)

Tonight we went for a hike on our new-found trails. My brothers, Dylan and Reuben; sister, Adina; other "brother", Alex. (Neighbour who is here so much he is now one of us:); and me.

Cool blurry photos

This is something that we found along the way. Reuben: "I think there's a dead body in there."

It was empty! Looks cool though...perfect for Adina.

These are stairs that go from the bottom to the top. We came to them on our hike and the boys wanted to go up. This is where things get fun! I let them go up and me and Adina hung out here ...about halfway. The boys were gone for a few minutes and then suddenly I see them running back down with a lady on their heels yelling and swearing at them.
I guess Alex saw this random water bottle up there and thought it would be a good idea to throw it over the side. Turns out it was her water bottle. I thought I would wait and talk to the lady...but decided against it. As soon as the boys made it across the street...we booked it! "Let's run guys!"- me. "I'm following you!"- phsyco lady. But I guess she didn't plan on takin' the trail; we didn't see her after that.
What was she going to do? Beat the kid?

It was quite comical. We made jokes about her all the way home....like how she will haunt those trails now. :P