Well for those of you who don't know we have relocated to "K-Town" once again. I know most of you will laugh at this but this time is the real deal. We registered Sam for Kindergarten at a school near by and we got a really, I mean REALLY great house. It's been fun unpacking everything that has been packed up since July when we moved from Kelowna to Surrey. Justin has been working six days a week and will continue that from now on. It makes for some crazy days. Especially since he's working 1-9 monday to friday and 6am-2pm on Saturdays. Unpacking the house with three children is more then a challenge. I take one step forward, unpack a box, and take 10 steps back, the children spread everything everywhere. It's been slow and frustrating. I don't do well with being unorganized and this unpack has been taking forever. I like to get everything put away and then the fun begins, the decorating. The children's rooms are set up and so is the main floor bathroom and kitchen. But the rest of the house is still scattered. I said to Justin the other night, "I look forward to when the children are all snug in their beds and I can do something other then UNPACK and organize. Like sewing, card making, twirl and frilling, painting, or any other hobby I haven't done since before I was a mother of three."
Speaking of the three, they are all growing and changing everyday. Sam is 4 years and 3 months and as strong willed as ever. He tests me ALL THE TIME. But with that also comes alot of tenderness. He's a helper, a hugger, a snuggler, and is getting more and more creative with the simplest things. He is learning to read and is getting really quite good at it. It amazes me how quickly he picks up words and letters. He actually can read one of his books all to himself. He really excels at school work and crafts. If we do a bit of each everyday there are few confrontations with him. Mattias is almost 22 months old. He can still be easy going but is learning he has voice. He is speaking new words everyday. And no matter what words I ask him to say, he will try his hardest to say it. He is so cute when he says Sam...."sssssssAAAAA"! He hasn't gotten the MMMMM part yet but soon. And he LOVES his "baby" Saffron. Those two are so cute together. They share a room and often at nap times or in the morning I'll hear them giggling and talking to each other. They both squeal and smile when they see eachother. I often refer to them as the "twins" because they are so close in size and age and seem to have a special connection. Saffron is 9 1/2months and is finally crawling. She really wasn't interested in doing it because she had no reason to. Both boys would always bring her toys to her, so she didn't need to move anywhere. It's fun watching her "commando slither" on the floor. Like she's in the trenches or something. She just got her two front teeth which makes a total of four teeth, including her two front bottom teeth. She's so funny now when she's eating dry Cheerios. Instead of just popping them in her mouth she insists on taking the tiniest bight off and savoring each bight. She's so easygoing but lets you know when she wants something. And she's a real character, a real "ham bone" my mom would say. She's great fun and my little sweetie. She has this girly, leadership, calmness about her. I am excited to see what kind of woman she will become.
As far as us, we're good. Tomorrow Justin and I will have officially known each other for ten years. Yep, I met him Ferbruary 10, 1998 after being transfered into his "Family Management" class. He was the first person to say hi to me and called me "Becky" at first because that's what he thought my name was. Those early days of our friendship were so fresh and trying. My uncle had just died suddenly of a heart attack and I was really trying to figure this whole life and death thing out. I know I met Justin for a reason. I had questions about life and death and heaven and God and he was able to answer them as best and Biblically as he could. One month later I accepted Christ as my saviour and then knew what this whole life thing was all about. And I no longer was worried about dying because I knew exactly where I was going, heaven. Yep there has been alot of laughs and rawness over these last ten years. There is nothing Justin doesn't know about me and nothing I don't know about him. We have always, from the very beginning, shared EVERYTHING with each other. It's something that's important to us and because of that I know we won't lose that. So ten years of friendship, almost nine years of being a couple, 6 1/2 years of marriage, and close to five years, if you include the pregnancy with Sam, of being parents....TOGETHER! I am more in LOVE with him now then I was all those years ago. He's a great Papa, husband and friend. Here's to another 70+ years. Cheers!
