new years @ vancouver

god is stirring...

as you can imagine it's hard to articulate what's on one's heart at times such as these, but it's true, there is a motion much like stirring that is going on in our hearts. it's as though we are awakening again to something greater than ourselves. stephen and i have known to a degree what god's desire for us as a couple is, but we feel more and more lately that he's only just scratched the surface...

it's just over six months ago now that stephen and i were married and it's been a journey. we have been blessed to be surrounded near and far by those who love and support us, and so therefore we haven't had a hard six months. we've grown and learnt and continue to love one another more each day. but of late like i mentioned god has really been stirring our hearts for more.

we have a burden as a couple for the injustice's in our world today, the things that go on around us that most aren't even aware of. a burden for the broken, the hurting, the lost and unloved. our hearts break the more we become aware of these confronting issues, at times there's a pull to run, to hide from them, to ignore the pain and suffering. but heavily outweighing that pull to run is the desire to see god's love heal our nations.

these are just thoughts for now, but in the next few months we believe that god is wanting to reveal the next few steps for us on this journey and we are asking for your wisdom, your support, your prayer's. please stay connected for what's to come and don't hesitate to dream with us....

oh ya, and keep watching! we are in the process of re-vamping our website...good things to come.

new fish*

where trying a new thing, lot's of small fish. well see how it goes, there way more fun so far.

My Barrista Art

Well a month & half ago, i changed career's again, back to some graphic design with some awesome guy's here in Kelowna. It's freaking awesome.

here's some of my work @ artigiano durring my last days there.






I miss these every morning though.

*sjb

Smiling Catfish.

We recently had some Death's in the fish tank, & our Cat fish is now very happy. Here's Amanda to tell you the tale. *sjb



Tis sad but true my friends, we were the proud owners of some black molly's just recently who have not survived the move. But as stephen mentioned we have observed the state of our catfish as much improved since the passing of the other fishies.

As "parents" do, we were watching him the other night and to our amazement we saw it...a smile. You may think us crazy but it doesn't matter to us because we know without a doubt that we have a Smiling Catfish.

power points.

we all have them, we all use them, we all know what they look like and how they function. you pick the location for say, the TV, you grab the cord, plug it in and "Viola".....Power!

am i right??? NOPE, not today, today looked a little different....

we picked the location for the TV, we grabbed the cord, we plugged it in and "Viola".....

POOF...FIZZ...CRACK...POOF...and smoke...lots of smoke...oh and then the realization that we don't have an extinguisher, and how does one go about putting out an electric fire if one were to occur?

needless to say, the female bryde was in a state of panic! lucky for her, she married an amazing hero of a man who swooped in, grabbed the TV (very carefully i might add) and quickly took it out to safe ground, where it continued to "huff, and puff" for about 30min.

so here we are, no TV and stuck with a monstrous power point.

We Moved*

Our Rutland Palace* from stephen on Vimeo.