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My BLUE eye boy...

How did i end up with such a beautiful blue eye boy??? His eyes just take my breath away sometimes... and being a girl with hazel eyes, and always wanting blue, they just suck me in!! He is just a little cute, BUT A HANDFUL!!! SOME would say he is just like his Uncle Philip.. and wellllllllllll, they might be right. As NZ'ers put it, "He is full on!" haha, i like this statement, it says it all in one simple line... FULLLL ON!!!! But, he is still a joy, and he is becoming more and more lovey every day. YES, sometimes he will only get me a kiss if i promise to put him down after he gives me a smooch... BUT, he will give me one! ha. Miles and Levi are reallllly best of friends. Miles will sometimes have a fit when i put Levi down for a nap, as he's telling me: "But momma he is my buddy!" And they i say, "welll, Buddy needs a nap!" I love having 2 "full on" boys... but maybe, justttttt maybe, a girl next wouldn't be so bad... wink wink.

Haha......

NEVER GIVE YOUR MOM YOUR PASSWORD !!!!! This is just for Bryce......love you guys !

i LOVE my grandparents....

I LOVE MY GRANDPARENTS....

I have always been very blessed to be so close to my fathers parents, my Grandma and Grandpa. Soooo many good memories of growing up with having them around.

I was always Grandpa's "Buddy" and I will always treasure how special that made me feel.

My Grandma is the BEST cook, and how i wish i learned soooo much more!!

I desperately need some beef stroganof, gooood pot roast, the BEST mashed potato's, wacky cake, sour cherry pie, apple pie, rhubarb crunch, and the funnel cakes we used to make!!!

AND how i wish i could drive over to Grandpa's and say "HEY, lets go blueberry picking!!" OR "HEY lets make homemade ice cream today!!"

I reallly miss them terribly.. BUT i am sooo thankful they have and ARE apart of my everyday.

I LOVE YOU GRANDMA & GRANDPA!!!

Wish we could be listening to some good records together and eating something horrible for us!!

Pictures from Bryce's B-day!!

These pictures were too cute to keep to myself! YES, and the super yummy home made from scratch chocolate cake, WAS gluten free... It was very very veryyyyy good... BUT for some reason the batter smelled "off." I am now starting to think maybe the smell was there so that i would NOT eat the entire bowl of chocolate cake batter... cuz i just might have!!

immigrantion....

Immigration.... it sounds as bad as it truly is.... and THIS TIME i am the immigrant in a foreign country... ugggg. Bryce has been filling out numerous papers, getting lots of information gathered, and calculating what a Visa will cost me. Its a pain. And we have only so much time to complete it in.. this is the tricky but. YES the paper work is a pain, YES the $bill$ will be outrageous, but the time space? Ha, wellll thats almost undoable... Bryce asked me today, "Soo how would you feel about a mini vacation?" Without trying to sound too excited, i softy said: "Well, if i have too...." OF COURSE i would love to fly by myself back to the States, by myself, get some paper work done, in the States by myself, visit my family, by myself, and eat lots and lots of cheap junk food i have been missing..... by myself.. haha. It would be realllllllly hard to leave Miles behind because i know his schedule and body so well. Will his "care taker" do exactly the same as I would considering the Diabetes and Celiac?? Probably not... I would worry a lot. But, i would get to see my friends newest baby, see my BEST FRIEND-aka-my momma, my family, and numerous very very close girl friends i have been dying without! SOOOOOooo, IF this "vacation" is meant to be, i will embrace it with veryyyyy open arms, and try to manage my time in the Land of the Free to the best of my ability... Wal*Mart, here i come!!!

Bryce's 28th Birthday

On Friday the 12th of February, my man Bryce, turned 28... There is something about getting farther and farther away from 25 that says "time isnt getting any slower..." I know thats how Bryce felt on his birthday. YES, in the grand scheme of things, 28 is a spring chicken, BUT when you are 28, you know you have left the club of "young 20's" behind... I was thinking the other day and ya know how somethings things just hit ya?? I had the thought "WOW, i am gonna die one day, and... its gonna be AWESOME!" haha, now dont get scared, I just had the rare moment of looking at my life through eternities eyes, and I am stoked to be with Jesus. Seriously, stoked stoked stoked. I was telling Miles just the other day, that in Heaven there are "no more tears, no more pain, no more insulin shots, and you can eat alllll the wheat you want!" You should have seen his eyes. He saw and BELIEVED the big picture. He accepted instantly the joyous plan that Jesus has for us, and that he wants us the live in Peace... FOREVER, in no pain... FOREVER.... wrapped in our Saviours Love... FOREVER. At the end of me telling Miles about the awesomeness of Heaven, he asked me "why??" And I had the privledge to tell him... "Because Jesus loves us, thats why..." His child like faith answered plain and simply: "OH, well lets go now then!"

I better get outside!!!

ewww, not the best picture of me, look past it! haha

NO snow here in NZ.. thats for sure!! Its mid February, and normally I would be cuddled somewhere under a blanket refusing to come out till April or maybe even May!! But this year I am in a country where December-February is hot and the flowers are out, and if you live near the beach,well, you better be there every day... no excuse. Wellll, we live near the beach, walking time 3mins, and I still make an excuse sometimes... shame on me!!! BUT, i am taking an oath, as of today, to take charge of my summer and enjoy it while it lasts, BECAUSE before i know it, i WILL be under the covers at some stage this year freezing my toosh off... BETTER enjoy free heat now, then pay for it later!!!

1st Timothy 6:17
"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."

its wayyyyyy about time!!!

Our New Zealand Home!!

Wow, months and months have pasted since my last post.. but i think i get a little break, with diabetes, celiac, selling our home, packing up, moving half way across the world, and starting a new job, SHOULD give me a little allowance. right?? WELL<>long for Monday some wks...)) Bryce is loving his position, and we are slowly learning what camp wants from us, and what we can bring to the table. Our first year here will just be learning the ropes, getting to know everyone, and the schedule, then, BAM-O, next year will be more designed from us. We are reallllly excited about our kids living at camp, we can already see positive outcomes of it. Miles, of course, is a little Super Star.. haha.. i dont know how he does it!! Levi is still our little blue eyes, and veryyy energetic and LOUD, wow the 2nd child is never like the first, eh?? We were planning on getting a dog, butttt some circumstance have changed, sooo, looks like no dog for us... AT LEAST for a little while... he he he... Well, this is all i can write while the boys finish up breakfast, and i try to drink some bitter tea i made -yuck- and then we HAVE to go the store... no milk or bread.. yikes! Soo good writing to you all!

Yes, that right, Levi is drinking from a fresh coconut...

Our view of our part of the beach! At veryyyy low tide, we are out about half a mile!!