I have a couple minutes before I have to announce the clean cabin award. So far things are going well, only minor problems of a couple campers not getting along. One of my girls from 2 years ago returned. She has grown up so much! I love seeing her around. She is in such a nice cabin…and actually her’s is who is about to win the clean cabin award. Because they did a good job, not being biased.

Okay, we’ll we’re busy. check out the youth site.

I got my hair cut on Saturday and highlighted. I was waiting for it to warm up before getting it cut short again. The highlights are something new and fun I tried. I find myself looking at them every time I’m around a mirror. The girl that does my hair is great. She’s my age and does a great job. I think all the pastors and families go to her.

Well, all the snow has been melting. The sun has been warm and bright and our snow man is just part of one snowball now with sticks next to it on the ground. I’m going to miss the snow, but everyone up here tells us that the summers are gorgeous. I just wanted to share one last snow picture with y’all since it will all be gone soon. I took this picture by our house when we had our week of snow a couple weeks ago. I think these trees are gorgeous, and when they’re snow covered, even more so.

On a side note, I am feeling much better today. I made the mistake of eatin 5 chips with salsa…my stomach didn’t appreciate that, but it only took a little soda to fix. I spent the day finishing the puzzle that Grace got me for Christmas. I started it last night with just getting the border together. I’ll probably take it apart and put it back in the box tomorrow before Ruby gets here. I’ve always had the good intention of making pictures out of puzzles, but never have. So this time I figure it’d just be more fun to put all 1,000 pieces back together another time.

So thank you Grace for entertaining me all day long today! Tim doesn’t grasp the idea of why anyone would ever want to put a puzzle together. Although he did sit for about 15 minutes and help. He tried to tell me that I should have fun cleaning the house ’cause when it’s a mess, putting everything back in it’s place is like a puzzle. I do enjoy puzzles…but our house is totally different!

Sunday was good. Bad timing with the time change though. Tim read during the early service, so I was struggling to stay awake during service and Sunday school. It was nice to take a nap afterwards though. And then I subbed at the high school on Monday and Tuesday. They are looking to hire someone for a position that is open, so I tried it out and turned it down. It wasn’t something I would be passionate about. I was certified in Texas to teach elementary, and I was in the highschool doing special ed. I just don’t think God has geared me for that.

Monday night I stayed home instead of going to c-groups. I was very very homesick the week before until Monday. So I stayed home to spend some alone time with God, and then called Brianne. That helped a lot!

So Tuesday was my last day at the highschool. Then Tim and I gave our testimonies to the membership committee at church, working on getting our membership. Then I spent the rest of the day at Amanda and Connor’s. I got to hold Bria a lot, and stayed for dinner and American Idol.

Wednesday I went to the Jr. High youth group. I really enjoyed it. I learned a lot more kids names on Wednesday. Now I just have to pray that God will help me remember them. We split into small groups for discussion. I really liked me group. Great kids!

And then Wednesday night…or more like Thursday morning at 3:30 I was attacked with some type of stomach bug. Not a good day Thursday. I stayed in bed with our bathroom near by. Today I was feeling much better. But right now it’s late and way past my bed time. I’ll have to sleep in a while to catch up with my rest. Tim has been great all during this time. Anytime I needed anything, he was there. And constantly checking up on me. We had planned to go into the city Thursday, but when I had kept us awake from 3:30-4:30am and still was feeling horrible that morning, Tim backed out of his meeting he had and stayed with me. I was looking forward to getting to hang out with Adrienne, Maggie, and Ruby too. These meetings happen every month, so hopefully next month it’ll happen. I am very proud of Tim for taking care of me so well with me not feeling good. He kept me company when I wanted it, and left me alone with I wanted to be by myself. He brought me what I wanted, and made sure I was comfortable. What a husband! I love him!

So that’s my week.

This morning Amanda and Connor welcomed their baby girl. Amanda was set to be induced tomorrow morning, but Bria obviously had her own plans. Amanda called me around lunch time with the news, so I went shoppin’ for the baby and then Tim and I went up to the hospital to see how Amanda is doing. I got to hold Bria for a little while. She is so sweet and tiny! I didn’t get to see her eyes, but she cooed a lot in her sleep. What a sweetheart. Tim has work tomorrow, so I will probably go back to the hospital and visit Amanda again. They have family in town, so I don’t want to get in the way though.

On Thursday Tim and I walked across our lake since everything was warming up and melting we wanted to get our chance in while we could. Then Friday night and all day Saturday we got a really good snowfall. We didn’t play on Saturday because of how hard the snow was falling, and it was really windy. Today was a great snow day. Amanda and Connor came over with Davis (they were over last night too). And then Nancy brought Brittany, Brenden, and Brianna over. Apparently we and our land lords have the best hills on this side of the lake. It was fun riding down, but man, it was a work out to walk in about 15 inches of snow back up the hill. It still hasn’t stopped snowing, and shouldn’t until Friday. Church was canceled today due to the road conditions, but Tim will be going into the office tomorrow.

Tim sliding around on the lake. Right now, the snow goes up to his knees out on the lake!
A truck taking their fish house off of the lake.
My first time to shovel snow! (And wear my new snow boots outside!)
Our snow covered house.
Tim, Connor, Brittany and Brenden. They were pulling a snow tube and sled behind the snow mobile.

The other day Tim and I noticed that our clothes aren’t quite fitting as well as they use to, so I talked to some ladies in the church about what places there are in town to work out. One place in town lets pastors work out for free, so that’s great for Tim, but leaves me to find a place. Monday I was feeling so gross ’cause we haven’t worked out in about 3 months, so I got one of my pilates videos out. That felt wonderful. Then Tuesday morning I went to a yoga class at the church. There is a girl in the church that has to give a class for credit…so that’s great that I have a free class to go to. And then this morning, Ruth, our landlord/neighbor/one of the youth workers took me to her fitness place and used a guess pass to join her in the step-aerobic class. Man that was a hard class, but a great workout! I am exhausted after 3 days in a row of working out, so I think I might take a break tomorrow before I burn myself out.

Today Amanda called me with the good news that she went back to the doctor and he said that it’s possible for her baby to come any day now. He said he’d be surprised if it lasted ’til March 9th. So that is very exciting! She nannys a little girl during the week, and asked if I was interested in watching her the week that Amanda goes into labor. I’m pretty sure it’ll be able to work. If it’s next week then it’ll be Mon-Fri 7am-7pm or if in 2 weeks it’ll be Mon-Sun 7am-7pm. That’s a long time, but it’ll be fun, and I’ll make a little money. I’ll meet Tricia’s mom tonight. I met the little girl the Tuesday we moved here and then saw her again on Sunday. She is very sweet and well behaved.

Tim has a youth meeting tonight that I’ll go too with him and then tonight is Jr. high youth group. Then off to bed ’cause I’m exhausted!

Tim and I enjoyed a wonderful Valentines Day! It was perfect to give us a rest from unpacking too. We spent the morning packing waiting for the tv and internet guys to come out, and then we were on our way.
First we took a 30 minute flight around town and got an aerial view of our home and all to beautiful lakes in the area. I was nervous at first with being in such a small plane, but it was such an amazing experience. And Tim took some great pictures of our house and church from way up high.
After our flight Tim surprised me with a gift from our church. A night’s stay and dinner at the Arrowwood Resort. This was such a wonderful treat. And it made me relax and not think of everything that needed done at home. We gave ourselves a tour of the facilities, amazed by the indoor water park, and then went on to dinner. We were seated by the window looking out upon the frozen and snow covered lake. So beautiful and romantic!
An up and a downside to the night…our stay was free even for the church because we were woken up several times by our noisy neighbors between 1am and 3:30am. We called the front desk around 2:30 to complain, and it quited down a little bit, but the last straw was when they were messing with the adjoining doors between our rooms. So around 4am we packed up our stuff and came home. And slept great the rest of the morning!
I was really looking forward to ordering room service for breakfast in the morning and relaxing as long as we could before check out, so Tim was such a charm with waking up to cook and bring me breakfast in bed.
I am very pleased with our first Valentines Day as a married couple. And…we get to go back for a free stay at the resort on them, which we’re looking forward to!

Our house from the plane.
Our church from the plane.
After we landed.
The water-park in the resort.

Alright, so here it is. We picked up the Saturn today after it was finished being cleaned. I just want to go out and drive it. We saved our errands for today until after we picked it up, so I could drive some. Tim told me to hold off on the driving though ’cause I’ll have plenty of time doing that between Sunday and Tuesday. I’m just really excited…so hopefully that’ll help the drive to MN be better.