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Leigh is such a great person to be married too! I love spending time with him. I love how he always serves me. He is a great friend, and he is so thoughtful. I love how he only likes specific things, but he really loves those things... alot - like food..., and I realize I laugh a lot around him. He also will always try to put God first no matter what - trying to do what's right so that he doesn't waste his life! I love how that challenges me to do the same too. I love how easy going he is, and how kids love to be jumping on his head, like our nieces and nephew, and our God children, even to the detriment of his back. I love how he loves mini videos, and making commercials, and playing drums so that people have to dance! I love how he tries to sing, and it's always off-key, and.... I love how he always tries to make time with me the best it can be. This anniversary was no exception! We had another great anniversary - we were given a gift certificate this summer for ...

Leigh took me to a movie on the weekend, called Across the Universe. We both loved it sooooo much. I have to admit I was a little apprehensive of going thinking that it would be too dark or emotional for me... but from the moment it started I was hooked. They did such a good job of using the "new mix" of Beatles songs and incorporating it into the story. I think Jim Sturgess does an amazing job. I may consider seeing it twice, but that seems a bit extravagant.

Hey, this is our buddy Alther from Indonesia. It was so great to have him here with us this summer. He has gone back home now, and is hoping to start Mission Adventures there next year!

Leigh and I are really enjoying this season. Summer was really full and busy with our mission adventures teams, and now we have had a chance to really rest. It's been so nice to sit back, relax, and enjoy the day. We've been able to be home from work at a regular hour - around 5pm. Our new office space is only a few blocks away so when we get home Leigh starts cooking supper while I go for a walk - it's been fabulously peaceful. The sunny weather has really helped, and we've been able to take time to read the Bible together in the morning, and talk about things, which I'm really enjoying. I really have a great friend in Leigh. I enjoy the time we spend together, and I think it's amazing how well we work together as a team too! This is a photo of us at one of our friends parties. Lately we have been able to pursue more of our passions with our available time. Leigh has been getting together with a few friends of his and developing videos - a dream and ...

Hey all Here's the promised video that Wade and Leigh and Hillary made and won 2nd place for (see previous post)

Exciting news! Leigh , Wade and our other friend Hillary , filmed a commercial for Utilikilts and entered it into a contest and won 2nd prize! Utilikilt is a company founded in Seattle, Washington, that produces Men's Ubifurcated Garments, or MUGs, for short. The original utilikilt is a cross between a traditional kilt, with stitched-down pleats, and a carpenter's tool belt. Apparently some men tired of wearing trousers in the summer heat drummed up this idea, and went for it, and it is a fast growing trend! Check out the review of their victory! P. Wade Pallister for “Rock Your Freedom”. During the debate at the bar, someone pointed out the fundamental difference between the Grand Prize winner “FIRE”, and this one: FIRE is the SuperBowl halftime commercial, and Rock Your Freedom is the regular TV ad. Wade did an excellent job focusing on the kilt and creating a very strong “lifestyle” message. We also liked how he was not the focus of the ad: all the shots are centered o...

My God-daughter looked up at me awhile ago while skipping down the street and exclaimed that when she grew up she was going to be a "butterfly" and added "flutter flutter flutter flutter". I have a huge soft spot for butterflies. I haven't bought many things recently but the couple things that I did get might display some sort of a theme. A butterfly purse (with cute change purse) A butterfly thermos A butterfly mug (the striped one is for Sarah) And my mother-in-law bought me these SUPER cute tea cups 2 Christmas' ago. That's right the common factor is coffee... You need a purse to buy a coffee. You use a thermos to keep the coffee hot You use the mugs to drink the coffee You observe people drinking from the cute teacups while you have a cup of coffee

So our first 2 programs in MA were hugely successful! However we ARE TIRED!!! It's been 10 days of busyness and then a quick trip home to visit family and attend Jason and Blanca's wedding reception (see previous post) and then it was another 10 days of working with teams. We had 4 teams here recently. One from Colorado, one from Calgary, one from Edmonton, and one from Niverville (that's in MB). We had a great time with these guys but the late nights (11:30pm) and early mornings (7:30am) were fast catching up on us, and I was worried I wouldn't make it through...you really start getting cross-eyed when you're tired, and saying weird things, and of course you have to learn to curb you edginess with staff and others - but we did, and of course GOD MOVED! and our participants lives were changed, and now we get to rest for awhile - HALLELUJAH!!! We start again Monday July 23. Our theme (as you can see from the top) is Lazarus Wake up Dead Man! from the scripture in t...

Jason and Blanca held their Canadian wedding reception this weekend in Kerrobert Leigh and I were able to attend Sarah came too! She drove out with Ariana. Leigh was asked to MC with David. It was a pretty good size guest list. The decorations were beautiful. I did a toast to Jason and then Glenna and I sang them a song together. This is Glenna in yellow... It was a great weekend of seeing friends and family again - just a bit too short! (*sigh)

Sarah turned 19 on the 13th of June, and we had a good time celebrating. She got some cute pj's from mom and dad in Australia, and Wade and Jo had us over for dinner - Greek! Yum! Joanna then made Sarah an authentic Australian Mud cake - with pink whipped cream and yummy fruit. On a totally separate note, MA summer has started and taking over every moment of our lives, from 7 am to 11:30pm. It's going really well though. It's at this time of year that we forget that there is another whole world outside of MA. Our theme is pretty cool though, and we are using these old school records that we found as part of the set.