Net's Trip

My family and friends back home mean sooo much too me & living in Canada now I don't get to see them very often so it was soooo amazing how God provided a way for me to go "home" for 2 weeks! A while back TWO of my friends on separate occasions called me asking if I was willing to do the photography for them for their weddings & I told them both that I would LOVE to I just got to get a way to get there. So in exchange for the photography of the weddings, which just HAPPENED to be 2 weekends in a row...one of the brides paid to fly me in and the other one paid for me to fly home. (isn't God cool!) I mean what are the chances of these wedding being two weekends in a row!!! One in Michigan ( my friend Missy's) and the other in Indiana ( my old roomie & friend, Heather's). Also two locations that I called HOME! So this gave me a lots of opportunities to see tons of family and friends! Unfortunately I was sooo busy when I was on my trip that I didn't get to see everyone that I wanted to:( But I'm sooo happy that I got to see the people that I did. Did I not also mention the other things I got to do and be a part of while I was on my trip, (God is so cool with timing) My friend Candy had a baby shower the weekend I was in Michigan, so I got to go to that...and Leah ( my sister ) turned 30 while I was home so we got to through a SURPRISE Party for her!!!! Fun times!

I got to hang out with my nephews...Jensen & Peyton!!

Peyton & Jensen...what cuties!!

Missy's Bachlorette Party....

Missy, Me, Jenny, & Heather...good friends from camp!!

Here's an example of one of the photos I did for Missy's wedding...

Good old camp friends...Jenny, Heather, Joe, Angie, Missy, Lisa, Me, & Christina

Candy's Baby shower...I made homemade baby wipes & gave her the recipe & ingredients to make them herself...(Thanks Corinne for the idea!!)

Lara, Me, Candy, & Leah...little did Leah know that we were having a SURPRISE Party for her 30th right after the baby shower!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAH!!!

Me, Lara, Leah, Bethany, & Val

Leah's Birthday...

Lara, Me and our cousin Ben @ Wesley Chapel (the church I grew up in)

Me & my awesome parents....

Me & my lil sis Lara:)

I got to surprise Jaena with a visit!!!:)

I also got to surprise Jill with a visit!!

Hanging out with the Mowat cousins was a blast, we had a spaghetti dinner at Stephen & Michelle's place....

Heather's Bachlorette Party...

Here's an example of the photography that I did for Heather's wedding...

IWU friends...
Amy, Lara, Val, Alichia, Heather, Julia, Katie, Me, & Janelle

My Family!!!
Mom, Lara, Leah, Me, & Dad

Hanging out at the James Dean Festival with:
Katie, Bill, Val, Lara, Leah, Alichia, Janelle, Me, & Bethany

Me & Ashlyn got to hang out over dinner...

I thought that this was interesting, I saw this in the airport...what have we come to that we are so impatient that we need a vending machine to buy an IPod!!??! Don't get me wrong I love IPods...but I thought this was just funny!!

The view on the way home....

KV Youth Leaders Prayer & BBQ Night

KV Youth Leadership

Last week we had a Prayer/BBQ Night for our KV Youth leaders in preparation to our Kickoff this coming Wednesday, September 12. It was awesome coming together as a team again to lift the teens & ministry up in prayer. Remember to pray for us this week as we start the new school year @ KV Youth:)

Sandra, Mel, Brent & Corinne

Travis & Dave

Sarah & Heather

Dave, Nick, Troy, Randy, Shawn, & Jeff

Our Home Sweet Home

Well it started with Shutters...then we painted our front door & it is finally complete with the addition our new flower box!!! Home Sweet Home!:)


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WORK IN PROGRESS


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What do you think??

Our 3 year Anniversary!

3 Years ago today...we said I DO!

Wow it's hard to believe that 3 years of marriage have flown by! It's fun looking back at all the up's & down's, turns & twists we have gone through as a married couple. The best part of it is that we have done & gone through all of them together. God has blessed us & we want every day to be able to give back to him. Can't wait to see what God does next! I love you Dave! Happy Anniversary!

SMILE:)

Tonight after we got back from going to dinner & a movie, we were pleasantly surprised by a cake on our door step from our Senior Pastor Don & his wife Janet.
Thanks guys, that means alot!

Soulfest 2007

Last week we got the privilege of taking some of our amazing teens & leaders from KV Youth to Soulfest 2007! What an awesome time we had, God provided over & over & over again!! Last year...if you remember seeing a post about Soulfest...we camped on a ski hill (2 miles from the showers & bathroom) with no shade in 110 degree weather, we still had a blast but it was a bit rough at times....This year, we got an amazing campsite near the pond, the weather was in the 80's & 90's & everything else!! It was wonderful!! Plus we decided this year not to cook all our own meals (praise the Lord) and got the Soulfest meal plan, YUMMY it was awesome (not junk food, really good food!) Besides all that God provided such a great time for our group! One of the teen girls had never been to a Christian rock concert before, let alone never had gone on a vacation, so it was soooo neat to see her sooo excited about her experience. Plus the worship times were incredible...makes me sooo excited for Heaven....we worshiped with 10,000 people @ Soulfest, I can't wait to Worship with the whole body of Christ in Heaven!

Dave, me & our tent....

Daily Group Devotional time in the morning after breakfast....also the time we shared our "High's & Low's" from the day before.


The Revival Stage

Sara, Me, Stephanie, Holly, & Sarah

Me & my hubby:)


Worship session with Chris Tomlin & Charlie Hall

Chris Tomlin on the Big Revival Stage

Worship....

Candlelight service....
This little light of mine...I'm going to let it shine:)

The Africa Tent Experience was amazing & sad....you listened to a MP3 player of a story of a child's life....you were that child & you listened & saw pictures of what your experiences would have been like if you were that child in Africa. The hardest part was when you visited the clinic to find out if you were negative or positive with the HIV virus....then you saw several pictures of faces with a positive mark stamped over them...representing the lives lost from Aids....very moving experience.

We were even privileged to have a baptism service at Soulfest with just our youth....Bethany got Baptized!!

Awesome...


MxPx on the Inside Out Stage

Dan & Dave after the MxPx concert...

Great year @ Soulfest....