Fish Blender/Desk Lamp

You ever wonder what to do with that old blender? Why sell it in a garage sale or pitch it when you can make it into something else? I decided to make my old blender into a fish tank. I think I got the idea from one of those cheesy motivational posters something about "keep on swimming" or something. The poster had a picture of a goldfish swimming in a blender. I thought it was a hilarious idea. So when we got our new blender, making my old blender obsolete, I wanted to make one. It took me a while to figure out how to get the motor out, and how to install a light (oh I added a light to my fishtank by the way). And here it is. Tomorrow I will add a switch to make to cord longer (I have the original on there now) and so I can turn the light on and off, I don't want to cook the fish. I will add a picture of the fish when I get one. Till then enjoy my Fish Blender/Desk Lamp.

A Hiking We Will Go

Today Lynnette and I decided to go for a hike. Seeing as we had the day off thanks to Canada Day being on a Saturday. It was nice, as it turns out there is this really cool trail right down the road from our house. The hike was very nice, we even saw a deer crossing the trail about 15 feet in front of us. I was told there are also bears in these woods, I don't think I would like to see one of those. But I still think I'll hike there. So this adds to the list of things we can do with people who visit, there is a beach about 1 km from our home and in August we will have a fishing boat to explore the river. The Recreation Center even has a little league field if HomeRunDerby ever wants to go international.

Canada Day and Fiesta!

Yesterday was Canada Day! To celebrate we had the Lamos family (Dan, Linda, John, Jeremy, and Sarah) over for the afternoon and dinner...then we all went into Saint John to the harbor to see the fireworks. We had so much fun yelling and screaming after every firework, it was great:) The Lamos family was our first connection to Kings Valley. Dan has helped lead the New York mission trips the past few years and has become a great friend of ours. The Lamos family has been our family away from family, we look forward to doing many years of ministry together.

VBS...aka "Fiesta" was all last week...and this morning Linda Lamos (Children's Director) had the kids give a presentation to the church of what their week looked like. The kids were soo cute and did a great job singing all their songs. They even got visited by the "3 Amigos" aka--Pastor Dave, Pastor Brent, and Pastor Dan.

One thing that was promised to the kids if there were over 150 kids that attended "Fiesta" was that all the pastors would get a pie in the face...well the kids did it! And the Pastors all got pies in their faces, it was soo funny!






Here is our Sr. Pastor Don getting a pie in his face.


Looks good on Dave!


Dan, Dave, Brent, and Don

My 1st Cake

It's true, it may sound strange...but I have never made a cake until now. I have baked heaps of other things but for some reason I have never made a cake. It was a lot of fun, I felt like I was Martha Stewart, I really enjoyed doing it! It was a white cake with chocolate frosting, topped with powder sugar and hersey kisses. Dave doesn't eat cake so maybe thats why I haven't attempted it until now. Last night we had our new Pastor and his family over. (The Ingersoll's: Don, Janet, and Lindsay) They are such an awsome family, we had a great time with them over dinner. We had Dave's famous hamburgers, and my cake..... YUM! :)

Goodbye Border!

Before....

After...

The Mess...

What can I say...I'm not a border kinda of girl:) I have paint colors picked out for all the rooms but that will come later...but the border had to go! I wish I could say it was easy to take down but after a few hours of soaking and scraping...I would have to say to all of you, "Just say NO to border!" :)

This evening Dave and I went and helped out with VBS...the "Fiesta!" we had lots of fun! And on Sunday if they get over 150 kids at VBS then all the pastors get a pie in the face! Soooo we were up to almost 120 tonight and it is just the beginning of the week soooo looks like Dave's gonna get a pie in the face on Sunday!! Hehehehehe:)