Olympics updates!

Well the Olympics are here and almost over. Which is bittersweet. It's been a lot of fun, but it's also cool to have the city back again.

My dad has been staying with us for the month. He's working at BC Place and Canada Hockey Place so he gets to see EVERYTHING.

Like Team Canada hockey practices and games!!!

So that's neat! and it's really nice to have family around!

Shawna (ME) has been working at Global TV for the duration of the Olympics doing graphics, which is funny because I never did any graphics before I came to Vancouver, then I learned them for the Canucks, and now I'm at Global!!! Awesomeness!

Sadly though, last week my grandpa died of a heart attack :( He was almost 89. It's sad, but I think everyone is doing ok with it. Not sure when the memorial service is yet.

Check out our Picasa page for LOADS of photos from the Olympics. TONS!

Christmas

Well well well... Hello (un)Faithful readers! Daaaaavid here. Just with an update!

The holidays have come and gone. Kind fo amazing how quickly they happened. Time and time again throughout december, Shawna kept saying "Christmas has such a build-up then poof it's gone!" And she was right. There was an incredible build to Christmas. Gifts. Decorating. Music. Eggnog. Then... AH! It's all gone by!

Regardless, the Christmas season started with a visit by my mom in early December. She was only here for a week, but it was really fun. We did lots of stuff. We went to the aquarium, watched Shawna's first 5k race and ate mongolian food! All in all a really good time!

But now it's done! She had a great time, and I am thankful for that. After that, it just became a matter of getting ready for Christmas. It was our first Christmas away from home. As much as we love and miss our respective families, it was nice to not have to run around and just spend it as the two of us. Hopefully the first of many together! It was a nice quiet Christmas. We went out and bought a little christmas tree. The idea is, when we take the decorations off, we can put it on the balcony and use it again next year. Hopefully the tree will survive and grow with us! :)

All in all a good Christmas. Shawna gota pompom sens hat and a gameboy color! And she knit me a scarf! Which Rocks. We had Christmas dinner with her cousin's family which was a blast. We are so blessed to have a family take us in like that!

So to summarize... Christmas 2009 FTW!

Happy news

Hello All!

First I'd like to show you our new fish, Mike Fisher. Wendy, our first fish, went to the big fishbowl in the sky. So we got ourselves a little baby betta.

He's super active and LOVES people...and very colourful! He's fun so far.




Other news. Shawna got work! I work in the Canucks team store AND with the in house entertainment, camera assisting and training on the Duet (graphics). Very cool!! not steady work, but work nonetheless :D

David's mom is coming to visit next week. and I have my big run!!!! My heel is getting good treatment so I expect to be able to run it no problem!

TootleOO

Autumn

Well we're past the one year mark! only 11 months till wedded bliss!

David is happily working away at his job at the box office on Granville Island. Shawna left Starbucks for greener pastures and is spending some time applying and interviewing for jobs she actually likes!

It's become quite rainy here, makes you really miss all the sun from the summer!

We're on the hunt for a new church that is a better fit for us, which is ok. We settled too soon when we got here and are eager to find a church with great community and more youth.

New photos are up from the fall! We did a little bit of travelling and we both had birthdays!

That's all the news for now. I'm sure David would have more interesting things to say..but he's too cool for school

bye!

September!

Hello everyone!!


Great news!

David got a job!! He started last week with the Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island! Full time! HURRRAAAY! We're very happy.

I've had some interviews and some work here and there which is good, and not Starbucks, which is better. Hopefully something full time comes along very soon :D

The wedding is almost in a year!! Can you believe it! Planning is going awesome since I quit. David is definitely much better at it then I am. We'll be spending Thanksgiving with my cousin and their family. Hurray! We wanted to go to Victoria, but it just wasn't meant to be.

I signed up for a French class, but it turns out I was much too advanced for it...so now I have to wait until January for the advanced class. But my 5K running course starts Monday so there is something new for me to do :D

Also, I like the CFL now....so here's hoping to get to some games.
We bought tickets to see the Senators when they are here in March! VERY exciting!!!! But so far away.

Anyway, I think that's all the update for now!

Thanks for readin!

Church on the ocean

Hello Hello!!


Not much new in the way of our life...David still looking for work, and me still waiting on time passing about work. Same OLD.

I (Shawna) quit planning the wedding. David took over and is already doing much better. Yay!

I took some photos with my phone of the amazing church service we had this morning on the ocean. ON THE OCEAN. This city is unbelievable



So Amazing....that's the Kits pool...a POOL on the ocean!! Awesome.

They also baptized three people in the ocean. Very awesome. I still have to post my baptism video... which I will get around to. But for now. Here is David's!

continued

 

The Bedroom with its purple and blue scheme

 

The bathroom with its lime and cyan scheme, based off a painting given to me by Meagan which is behind the doof

 

We are just outside the building walking to the beach. It's that close

That's all the photos for now, but once we have real internet we will try to keep the Picasa updated with our adventures!!

Shawna