Derek.Steph.Katie: 2010

Wow we can't quite believe its already the Year of our Lord 2010.. where did 2009 go? It seems like yesterday we were preparing to lift up our house back in early 2009. I guess when you renovate life is busy... at the end of 2009 Dave and Julie were up in Smithers for a holiday and also for Dave to work on our electrical in the basement. They were at our house every single day although they didn't stay at our house, they may as well of :) we had a lot of fun with them around and Katie thought it was the greatest showing Julie her new bed every time they arrived. Yes we no longer have a crib in the house Katie is now in a toddler bed and is loving it.. It was quite the realisation for us that she is no longer a baby anymore. I think the first time I totally realised it when Katie was holding Myca from Glen and Ivy and this took me back to when Katie was a baby and she was being held in the same way by Jody and Jillian from Gerry and Beth.
Two more babies were born into our extended family in the last few months.. Daniel from Roze and Phil and Emily from Steve and Cece. We are thankful that all babies and mothers are doing great, despite there being some concerns with Cece. The Lord protected her and things are looking on the up again.
Now we are eagerly awaiting the birth of Colin and Mirella's first born in Sweden. We pray that things may go well at the time of delivery. This will make Steph a blood Aunt for the first time and will be Katie's first cousin on that side of the family. So we hope and pray that we may soon get together but we leave this in God's hands.
Derek had some time off during Christmas and New Year and we used these times to get out snowmobiling, icefishing and gting. It sure is great to get outside at this time of the year and we have learnt to really bundle up against the cold.
We are really counting down now.. only 6ish weeks till we leave for Australia, Lord Willing. We are watching the news broadcasts with interest particulary the ones concerning the extra security measures. We are sure most of you heard about the bomb scare on Christmas Day the guy that tried to blow up a plane going to the US. Because of this there were extra baggage limitations regarding carry on luggage and they have also implement full body scanners in many airports around the world. We will be leaving at the heightened time of security surrounding the Winter Olympics which are being held in Vancouver. It does give pause for thought but we also know all of our lives are in God's hands and we can rest secure in this thought.
We have been explaining to Katie that she will be going on an aeroplane to Australia to see Opa and Oma and Uncle Ed and Uncle Rick and in order for her not to be looking forward to it everyday we saw but not today. And now Katie has been saying "I'm going to Australia. But not today!!" She comes out with the funniest things, we can't wait till everyone in Aus will get to meet her finally. And we look forward to her interacting with our friends kids over there..

here are some pics of the last few months..

Jamie, Katie and Bradley