Why We're Here

After Wes had worked tirelessly to pull off a concert in our small town with non-local bands (a really big deal here) it was really encouraging to read about the event from the band's perspective, check out their blog:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=127645629&blogId=475838640

The groups were super talented and the youth loved it!

Good Job Auntie Teri!

Love Jayson and Emily


Ok, so maybe some translation is needed here. Emily is saying, "Good job Auntie Teri", then she goes on to say something else in her own language which we don't understand yet. Jay was saying that Auntie Teri was going to be a policeman but I think he realized that wasn't quite right halfway through. We'll have to teach him to say "police officer".

Get Your Back Off the Wall

Hey, we've been waiting for the opportunity to catch our kids dancing to Family Force 5's song "Get your back off the wall". In the following video, Jayson is featured in a dance he made up called "the ladder" and Emily, well, she's just rockin' out!

See for yourself!

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Jayson: Boy, 6 lbs 0oz
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Auntie Anna: Girl, May 3rd, Big, same time of day or night Christy was born
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Uncle Rob and Auntie Karin: Boy, May 7th, 10 lbs!
Grammy Parker: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs, 1oz, 8:01pm
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Granddad Parker: Girl, May 12th, 8lbs
Teri the Auntie: Boy, May 12th, 8lbs, 2oz
Uncle Mark: Boy, May 15th, 6lbs, 7oz
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, May 20th (his birthday), 7lbs 11oz

Recapping the past little while...

Hey so things are busy, especially this week. I took advantage of an incredible opportunity. The public schools here are not keen on Youth Pastors walking through their hallways, but God has given me an answer. This week I took a position teaching Guitar during C block at a local high school for this second semester. Now I'm not saying that I'm going to walk down the halls thumpin' kids in the head with a Bible, because that's not my role. My main goal is to teach guitar and build relationships with the teens and teachers of this community.

Well, anyway it's going well. I had my third class today. The kids are great. The violin students are a bit of challenge, not because of attitude but because I don't know violin! haha. Well I know enough about music to get them going on arpeggios, scales, etc.

Here's the latest Pool.. which, will be closed soon! Get your guess in!

Jayson: Boy, 6 lbs 0oz
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, 7lbs 11oz
Teri the Auntie: Boy, 8lbs, 2oz

An actual web log

Yeah, I'm getting tired of the snow. There's still over a foot of snow sitting on our lawn... crusty on top from melting, and now it's in the -10's again so it won't melt any more. The good news is, the sun is shining and it warms up our house quite nicely. It's definitely sunnier here in the interior, just... well, consistently colder.

Christy and I have been tired lately, but she's the only one with the reason to be. She's preggo and I'm... well, I guess staying up too late, occaisionally up with the kids at night and it has to be due to the sleep debt of years of not getting enough. Because really, it looks like enough sleep but I'm always so tired. One of the things that I've found really works is a present I got from my dad. Yes my dad found a deal, that was already on a deal, and got it for a deal. So I bring my grounds to the office and occaisionally enjoy an Americano, which is always tempting to keep all 4 shots for myself. But *sigh* yes I really should share with the rest of the staff. It's actually enjoyable to share, especially with the Children's Pastor. He loves coffee just like me. The other Pastors have to have it more like "Flavoured hot water"... sort of like church coffee. Which I dislike by the way.

On to other things... I'm moving into a new role at the church. I'm now going to be called the Pastor of Youth and Worship... officially. Kinda cool, but also very daunting.

Anyway, Christy said I should write more and I haven't, really. But once in a while I'll share little things I guess and maybe someone somewhere out there in cyberspace will read my blog and be like, "Hey, I read your blog". And I'll be like... "cool". And then they'll be like, "yah". And then I'll be like "Peace out homie", which really isn't me if you knew me.

I'm out!
Wes

PS - keep checking and guessing our baby pool! Pool will close March 1st, so that no-one can be accused of cheating.

Updated Baby Pool!

Jayson: Boy
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, 7lbs 11oz
Teri the Auntie: Boy, 8lbs, 2oz

Fun in the snow

So we are settling in to Quesnel. The other day (Wed) we went to Lebourdais park and did some sledding with our (Jayson and Emily's) new sled! I didn't think we would have a problem, but we had just gotten a dump of snow and it was very deep! So since the kids couldn't walk in it themselves (it was up to Emily's waist in parts) I had to help sled them up the hill too. Well, at least I got a work-out out of it.

I'm including some of our exeriences in the snow on this blog. Enjoy!

Daddun

PS - Make a guess for the baby pool!