Daniel's 1st Birthday

yesterday was daniel's 1st birthday. what a gorgeous little boy. i love him so much. kez made me sing happy birthday to him over the phone, but all he wanted to do was to eat it!
also, happy birthday to lou for sunday. hope you had a great day!

i have been a bit slack on the on blog over the last few days. i'll give you a quick low down on what's been going on. friday night i went and saw xmen 3. it was good. saturday we (as in the church) had a big parking lot sale/car wash. it was a beautiful day and i think we all got sunburnt. sunday was again a beautiful day weather wise. it was a busy day with lots of things happening. it finished with the promise of ice cream which turned out to be mcdonalds mcflurry, which was bitterly disappointing, i do love mcflurries but they are not nearly as good as they are at home. all i wished for was to be on lygon street with cath or beth or annie or jayne (or with any of my friends from back home really) and to be eating ice cream, ferrero roche and mint choc chip ice cream from il dolce freddo. i love that place. yesterday i spent the day in the office working on a proposal. then i spent some time in the 24/7 prayer room (this week at church we have 24/7 prayer going). and to finish my day i went and smacked some balls around - sandra and i played tennis. it was a really good time. we played and laughed and sweated (it was a warm day again) and i really enjoyed our time together.

i still have been learning a lot since i have been here. i guess that's one of the reasons why i am loving it here, things are different enough and still new enough that everyday i learn something new. i learn silly things like canadians don't generally use the word queue but they'll just call it a line. and that the way i say water, they think it should be spelt waugh-da. and then i learn some important life lessons, which challenge me to grow. whatever life (God?) throws at me - be it blessings, trials or temptations, i hope to be someone who can respond in a way that is wise, loving and not selfish.

p.s. flushy pants and co workers - my mother agreed with you - she didn't like the picture. i hope you are all satisfied with the new one!!! ha.