Because I'm a Snowman...

A few years ago at Christmas time, my cousin Desiree and I went to Save-On and found a dancing snowman. He sang the song "Cuz I'm a snowman.. Ya, do do do do do do" We were amazed at his slick dance moves and his smooth sultry voice and stood there in the store dancing and singing along with him for about five minutes (no, we really dont' care what others think.. haha)

That Christmas, we sang it at our family gathering, and everyone thought we were funny (or strange..), but my Auntie Esther especially loved it. So the other night when we were baking/making movies, we decided to dedicate this song to her. I had to cut out the beginning dedication part so it would fit, but once again I hope you enjoy!! Let me know your thoughts!

Baking Fun

This if the debut of me having a video on my blog. Wow. I'm turning over a new leaf. Will write more, but my cousin and I are kind of crazy and like to have a lot of fun with no inhibitions. Here's a sneak-peak into what happens when we bake together or hang out together.. (and yes, we do this normally without a camera too..) Everything you see here is improv. Let me know what you think! We're thinking of making a comedy video that people can insert when in a sad mood.. :)

Trust and Anger

I have this picture on my desktop, and on rainy days I love looking at it, because it reminds me of warmth and incredible beauty!! All is beautiful around me as well, but I do enjoy this pic, so thought I'd start the post off with it (the island in the background is Bora Bora).

So I just realized that if I posted more often, I would not have fifty million pictures per post. So my apologies for the delay in posting and for the long winded posts!

This was my youth photo taken by Jason Brown (Revival Arts Studios). Fantastic shot! I'm leading a grade nine girls small group at church this year! And it was fun to have our pics taken professionally for the website!

Jocelyn and I went to the Canucks game last Friday night against LA kings. Canucks lost 4-2. I really do not pick the good games to go to. Or maybe it's them? Hopefully next time we'll fare better!

Me and my curly hair!

My buddy Freud and I... At school there was a career fair and the undergrad psych club had a booth.. We had some fun snapping some shots! :)

Chad and Bobbi were gone this weekend, so I got to take care of their dog and cat!! Every morning I had to laugh, because Tiga would be on top of his dog house waiting for me. haha.. Have never seen that before!! But he was always excited to see me, would jump off the roof and starting jumping around everywhere. Crazy, hyper dog!

We went for a "walk". HA! Yah, I went for a jog was more like it and I was really sore the next day!! haha.. Was kind of fun at the same time, besides the fact that I was soaking wet by the end!

I tried getting a group shot, but evidently I was zoomed in and Tiga would not sit still!! haha.. I think he's about to jump on me...

Amy and I went on a mini roadtrip to Vancouver the other day because I had to pick some stuff up. I was supposed to document the roadtrip, but alas, this was the only picture I got!! haha..

Amy squared

Kristen

Okay, so this picture is a work in progress, but I figured I would post it, because I took SO long trying to get it!! haha.. I was trying to take a picture of the stars and it semi turned out. I think the combo of my lens getting dew all over it in the middle of the picture and the moving clouds kind of ruined it. But I will keep trying, so stay tuned!! One of the things on my list of 100 things to do before I die is to take a good picture of stars!! :)

It was beautiful tonight, so I figured I would snap a few shots of the huge oak trees in the yard. I figured I should check out the giant flowers again too.. Always good for a picture!

I love the light in this picture!

This last weekend was great in that I got a fair amount done!! A lot of it consisted of marking, but after that I was able to get a headstart on homework for the week!

Lately two things have been heavy on my mind: trust and anger. I recently came to the shocking realization that I don't trust God. Sure, I trust Him and know He's trustworthy, but I look at my life and see that I don't fully believe that. I started wondering where that shift happened. When my brother died, i really wanted to trust God, trust He had a plan and would take care of me. However, a year and a half later when my dad died, I think I shut down. I already hadn't been dealing well with emotions that were coming up, and I felt really hurt and abandoned by God. The funny thing is that I have only realized it now. I kept logically telling myself all the things I knew, meanwhile ignoring what my heart was saying. So now I feel as though I only want to trust God when I am 100% that the outcome will be the way I want it to be. Which isn't really trust... Along with this, I have realized that I had a lot of unexperessed anger towards God. Once again, in my logic I told myself that I couldn't be angry at God. So I wasn't. And I stuffed everything down and it was all good. But it's not and it has been bubbling inside me for quite some time.

Upon realizing these feelings, it was incredible just to pour out my heart and to be honest about it. What an amazing relief. Yet now it is difficult to know where to go from here. I desire to know God and I want to follow Him and have a relationship with Him and so I am continually striving towards that while trying to be honest with myself and God about where I am at and how I am feeling. So far it has been hard, but good. I am learning a lot. :)

Catching Up

Kristen, Amy and I decided we were going to "study" together for our Theories of Counselling midterm the other day. I think they studied and I sat attempting to distract as well as take pictures! Only one more midterm to go!! (Okay, I only had two, so it wasn't that big of a deal...)

I got a haircut yesterday! I was washing my hair and thought.. "no more growing the hair, let's cut it!" So I called my hairdresser for a walk-in appointment (okay, so that would be my mom...) and voila! There's a pic of me with it straightened, but based on a logical guess, I think it will look shorter when in its natural curly form. So I will post a pic of me and short curly hair next time I allow it to be curly and down! :)

Sad moment: My last fish died the other day. It was actually really sad to take him out of the tank and now it's been sitting in my room empty. The water will probably go murky and smell up my whole room, but I"m still trying to decide whether to buy more fish or to get rid of the tank. Oh the decisions! Any suggestions?

A random picture of me driving the other day while waiting at a red light!

These pictures are a little late, but my friend Heidi and I went golfing on Thanksgiving weekend and it was GLORIOUS! I hadn't golfed in a while and it felt SO good to be out there again! We went to a course called The Falls in Chilliwack. It's all on a mountain and the views are breathtaking! Plus, it was an absolutely beautiful day. I had never golfed there before and shot 104, which wasn't bad considering... On this course, you need to be able to hit straight, otherwise your ball is off the cliff or in the woods. But I thought I was fairly straight shooting! I'm looking forward to going back! Especially since I get to drive a golf cart!

I decided why not stop during my game for a few shots of myself and the leaves...

The Falls.. I'm assuming these are representative of the course name..

Got a bit hungry while playing...

So, this last weekend, i feel as though I am finally caught up on the school spectrum of things! For the first time this semester I'm actually looking ahead at what is coming up rather than the things that I need to catch up on from the previous week. It feels SO good. I had one midterm and actually only have one more, which is nice! I just have lots of huge projects coming up in November! But for now, I will try to enjoy October..

I have been learning a lot about myself lately, which has been good, but exhausting. Lots of stuff coming out that I didn't know was there, but it is good to wade through it all.

This weekend I am looking forward to getting even more caught up on school and hopefully taking some good pics! I just got a new gadget for my camera that I order a couple of months ago and I'm really excited to try it out! So stay tuned for some new and interesting pictures! (I will tell you about the attachment when I have the photos).

I also am back at the gym again! My pool got winterized for the winter last friday, so on saturday i headed back to use their pool!! So far I am up to swimming 2.1 kms (104 laps) and my goal is to eventually get to 4km! It feels great though!

And that is all for now.

A Very Sad Game...

Warning: the following post contains a lot of pictures, mostly posted for Cheryl, but it is the progression of a sad, sad night.

This was enough reasons to be sad right there...

On the way to the game-pretty excited!

Oh yay, it's going to be such a great game!

Oh! Philadephia scored.. dang.. and there are a lot of Flyers fans..

Philadelphia scores again less than a minute after the first goal

Canucks score and we get food!

Philadelphia scored...

Philadelphia scores...

Philadelphia scores...

Philadelphia scores...

Canucks score! There's hope!

When the game is 6-2, you have to find exciting things to do! hehe..



The amount of points Cheryl thinks we need to score in order to redeem ourselves...

Trying to be happy after the ultimate low point of the game.. Canucks have a two man advantage during a power play and Philly gets a breakway and scores... again

And Philadelphia scores their eighth goal.. and as you can tell, the seats are quite empty at this point.

But at the end, a fight broke out in order to redeem the cross-checks from the other team...

Our sorrow over the game..

But as one fan yelled when he left "We still love you!"
Not sure why we do, but we do.