Yummy Food!

For Christmas I wanted a bread maker, in fact for a while now I've wanted one. When we moved into this house we figured it wasn't going to fit. Which is ok I guess but I still wanted one!

A few weeks ago my parents dug out their bread maker and brought it here to Toronto for me to borrow. I was so excited! I love trying out new "toys".

Last night I finally got to make some bread. Arnold headed out and got some yeast for the bread and I got everything together. I made the "rapid-rise bread" and it takes about 2 hours. Arnold stayed up for about 1 hour then he had to get some sleep. I stayed up for all of it and WOW was it worth it.

My first bread:









Blessed: I am blessed with warm clothes. Lately our house has been 'chilly' and I am very blessed with warm clothes and the ability to put warmer clothes on when I'm cold.

December Game: I know I've done count down calendars before but I love this one. It keeps the kids going until Christmas. It's a Milk chocolate Count Down Calendar:

My Latest Project

On one of our first nights in this house we are in now (and almost 1 year ago) Jenn and Jason came and stayed with us. They brought their sweet little girl, Mya, with them. I love that family, they are adorable! Check out my post with them in it "Sweet Nothings".

While they were here we were going through some of my cross-stitching stuff and found some stockings. Jenn and Jason picked out one and I made it up!! It's now all finished and in the mail (well I'm *hoping* already there!).

Here's what it looks like (hope you don't mind me sharing Jenn!)



















Blessed: We are blessed with a gift that God has totally given us. Being able to host people in our house (be it 2 days after we move in with Jenn, Jason, and Mya, or a year later with 13 adults and 3 kids!). It's a wonderful gift. And thankfully friends of ours have the same gift and help us clean up while over!

December Game: I LOVE getting together with friends. Even more so at Christmas time. We had our fondue and here are some of our friends:

Auntie Jaime's Christmas Gingerbread Open House and Silent Auction

On Sunday after church we did some running around and went to drop by Auntie Jaime's "Christmas Gingerbread Open House and Silent Auction" at Christine's house.

Jaime is this incredible friend from Church. We met her our first day there (thanks to Karin) and have loved her ever since! She has been so welcoming into her home for Ladies Bible Studies, helping out with the Kids Klub at church and even allowing our little one to come *years* before he should so we can help out with the youth. It has been so inspiring to get to know her and realize what a passion she has for kids and for this mission God has blessed her heart with.

On Sunday we went to the silent auction. People had donated gingerbread houses and they were up for auction for raising funds for Jaime for her trip to Ireland. She has paired with Greater Europe Mission for her time in Ireland. Right now she is working on having all of her support in line. Things are falling into place, faster some days than others. But this helped her out just a bit more. We were so happy to help out in anyway we could.

Since it's not in our budget right now to support Jaime I thought I would "push" her information onto friends and maybe, if God leads you, you can help her reach her goal and get on her way.

I know that our family will miss Jaime more than words can express but I also know God has a very big plan for this woman's life and He will bless her more than she can even imagine while she is there.

For more information on what Jaime wants to do and how she is doing check out her website here.

Without further adieu here are some photos from the silent Auction:













































Blessed: Our Family is blessed by the young adults that come to our house to "hang out" ever other week. We have a group of them that come over, eat supper, and just chill out. We get to visit and re-connect with each other. Since Sundays are so busy at church sometimes we don't get to see each other! It's nice to have that time together. And they bless our family so much by the love they show us and the love they show our children. Thanks guys!

December Game: Speaking of the YAH group we have a fondue once a year, at Christmas time. It's always our last one before we break for the holidays. This year was great timing! It's tonight!

Church Christmas Concert!

First off, I'm sorry! I seriously thought I was doing this right but I'm not! I couldn't get these updates to actually post on their own. I'll post this and an 'update' post!


Today was our Church Christmas Concert. It was good. So much singing and some great times had by all. The kids did a little thing. It was so cute!

I managed to snag a few photos and here's what I have. I hope to post the video this week:















Blessed: I'm blessed by the tutorials of how to post things on blogger, now, hehe!

December Games: I love this part of Christmas: