Just in the nick of time

We loved driving around with California plates all this time. It was a pretty good conversation starter, but the time has come to turn in our cool plates for even cooler ones.

Registering our truck in Ontario was a long process that God had His Hand in once again. I will just say that because of the delays and complications, enough time went by so that we were able to avoid the Duty charges that we would have had to pay if we had registered our truck right away like we had tried to do. Everything just fell right into place the day before Ken left for California, May 27.

This was the last of the details that needed to be taken care of for our move to Canada.

From our Work Permits, to

bringing our belongings in, to

our Social Insurance Numbers, to

our Ontario Drivers Licenses, to

our Health Cards, to

Filing Tax Returns (both), to

The Vehicle Registration.

As I said before, God has gone before us every step of the way.

So much to be Thankful for!

Hard at Work

Lisa leaves Thursday to go back to Oregon after being with us for six week. She has been away from Salem for six months and is eager to get back to set up her apartment, see her horse and find a job before she starts her last year at Corban (now University). It has been so much fun having her here and

of course, the time has rushed by too quickly, but it has been so neat for her to be involved with the "everyday" part of our lives here. She has gotten to know the people we work with and they have gotten to know her. There have been coffee runs with her Dad, walks along the river, a little sight seeing and some adventures with Katie (tonight its Sushi and a move). There has been lots of laughing, good talks, and many moments to cherish.

She was able to earn some money and was a great help to us in many ways. She did everything from the dish room, to the lawns, (mowing, weed-eating, trimming), to working in the dining room, to setting up meeting rooms, to helping me in the office. I really don't know what we will do with out her!

Master Bedroom

People here thought that we would love our American Flag room. How fitting, we were from America. We would appreciate a bit of Old Glory over our heads when we slept.
Although the person who painted this ceiling did a wonderful job and I can just imagine the neck and shoulder pain that went with the project, we just couldn't do it.

Not only was the flag on the ceiling, but all the trim, baseboard included, was red and the blinds behind the sheers were navy blue. Very Patriotic! This is how we found the room when we arrived.

After

Ken painted the ceiling and the trim Swiss Coffee and we left the wall color a light taupe.

Some of you have heard the story about the Bed, but here it is again in a nut shell. It is always good to hear and remember God's Blessing and how He really does care about the little things in life.

After summer we drove to the boarder to get our temporary work permits and take care of some things, one of which was to buy a bed. We did some switching around with beds when we moved, as the double mattress that was Lisa's (which was mine when I was a teenager), landed in the dumpster before we left Palomar. The queen that was ours went into Lisa's/Guest room and we finally have a bedroom big enough for a king size bed. So the shopping began. We had kept some $ aside for just this purpose and in talking to the Chairman of the Board and chatting about what we were needing and wanting to do while in Windsor and Detroit, he said he knew a guy who owned a mattress store. He would give us a deal. Great! We headed over there the next day and chose our mattress. The owner said "You will need sheets and a mattress cover. Do you need pillows? OK." We were quickly trying to calculate as he was adding items to our list. We hadn't heard what kind of a deal he was going to give us, so it was a little unsettling. Well, to make a long story short, we walked out of there with out paying a dollar (or loony, if you will). It was his way of supporting our new Ministry and GBCC. It was such a blessing. Anyone who has gone to buy a mattress lately, knows just how big of a blessing it really was. it was delivered about a week later!

The reason we were looking to buy a king size bed, was the headboard that we had been keeping safe for all those years at Palomar, was built by my Dad. When we built our home in Nevada City, we had to cut down some beautiful Oak trees in order to build the house. Ken and Dad found a mill there in Grass Valley and Dad took some of the lumber home and built this beautiful headboard.

We still have to add the fininshing touches to the room, but we are happy with it. Oak is not really "in" right now, so we are having a little trouble finding things to go with what we have.

I am open to ideas.

Mothers Day 2010

Katie and Lisa treated me to lunch at PF Chang's

Some other special "Mom" pics from a few years ago.

So Thankful for our Mother's!!

Happy Mothers Day to all the special women in our lives!!!

Shop Class

We are very thankful for Katie's school. It seems that in Ontario they still offer those fun electives that we remember. Katie has taken shop class all year and has come home with some beautiful projects. The cutting board was first and then came the box. It was fun to hear her use words like Drill Press and Ban Saw, Planer, Sander and Table Saw. She even used a Dado blade.

It was all a little foreign to me, but Ken has enjoyed talking with her about all the tools and methods that she has learned about.

Katie has also been able to take "Food and Nutrition".

(We used to call it home economics).

The difference is that, even though they have a class room set up for cooking, they cook very little at school. Lately she has had homework assignments where she has had to make something at home and then we evaluate it. It is a wonderful system!

Gingerbread Muffins!!

The assignment: Breakfast food. She made French Toast with vanilla and cinnamon.

Love having Breakfast for Dinner!

It is too bad they didn't have these sorts of classes when Lisa was in high school. But then again, I don't remember "Fashion" as ever being one of those electives.