Christmas Stuff and Scott's Induction

Nanny was with us for the weekend which was so nice:) On Sunday, Scott's parents came up to be there for Scott's induction service in the evening. It was a great service! All different people from the Baptist Convention were there as well as many church members and friends- and Scott was officially inducted as the Pastor of the church! Frankie (Scott's dad) spoke, and afterwards we had snacks downstairs. the interim pastor, Watson Williams and his wife were both there, too- which meant a lot to the church people and to us:). Paul, our friend from up the st who is the anglican minister, also came and spoke some words of encouragement to us from his seat. It was such a welcoming and encouraging service- our church is so awesome, the people are so amazingly friendly and I feel like we are family to them! And it was sooo nice to have members of our families there as well. We feel so blessed!:)

Frank, Judy and Nanny at our church

Paul-our friend/the anglican minister

Scott being officially inducted by Bruce Alcorn

The next day, Monday, we all went to brkfst in Fred. b4 Frank and Nanny drove back to Halifax. Mama then stayed with us for a week! It has been such a blessing, esp. for me:), to have mama here with us this week, it has been great to have the company. We've made Xmas cards, and also done lots of Christmas baking together! We made Festive bon bons, Chocolate bon bons, shortbreads, sugar cookies and butter tarts...sooo yummy! Also- nanny told us to take Judy out for a nice dinner this week- so we all went to Boston Pizza which was sooo good-thanks nanny!! And then saw Stranger than Fiction which was OK (Scott really liked it:).

Brkfst at the Coffee Mill in Freddy

Baking with Mama

Sugar Cookies in Fun Shapes!

For the Scrapper Girls: Ok guys, I hope this counts, but instead of working on Pages, mama and I made some cards! I wasn't going to put them on here- because you know, I'll be giving them to people who check this blog! But I figured I had to show my work for the weekly scrapping challenge!! I really enjoyed trying new colors instead of red and green, too!

The Tall Cards

The Small Cards (ps-I LOVE these silver rub ons-only 2.50-2.99)

Mama's Jeweled Card

Mama's Card's-hope they inspire you!

An Awesome Trip Home to NS

Ok everyone- this is the biggest post I've ever done- lotsa pictures! We had a great time home visiting family and friends in NS! I was able to meet up with Danielle (Carabin), Elliot and Rick at Starbucks dwntwn, where Danielle and I took some crazy pics which somehow got deleted off my camera-bummer!:( Anyways, we enjoyed our new common favorite drink- a pumkin Spice Latte, yumm:) After that, Scott and I met my mom, Dave and nanny at Smitty's where the Carabins came by to visit! It was great to see everyone together!:) We also saw my father who lives dwntwn aswell, and later had a belated b-day dinner for nephews Luke and Bradley at Scott's brother Graeme's house!
I had stopped taking Diclectin (anti-nausea drug)- and then quickly realized I still needed it, so stared taking it again that day at lunch. Since I'd been off of it- my body took a couple days to adjust and for like 3 days I was totally wiped out- I could hardly get off the couch, I just wanted to sleep all the time! Anyways, I'm feeling much better and well rested:) now.
Tuesday I did some scrappin' alongside Mama Kohler when I wasn't too tired to think:) In the evening I went over to Christine Walsh's and visited with her while our hubbys went to the Hayward Lectures at Acadia. Sarah Marsh also came over for a bit and it was so great to see them both!! And the boys as well:):) We at chips (my new craving), shared some prego moments:), and did a little scarapbooking-actually, Christine did 4 pages! She's fast...
On wednesday mom and nanny took me shopping for maternity clothes so I didn't have to keep wearing my one outfit everyday:)-it was so great- they got me a pair of jeans, grey cords and black pants, a fleecey zip up and a purple turtle neck from old navy maternity! Thanks guys!!:) I'm really happy about my new clothes!:P Mom had to go to work so nanny and I spent the rest of the day shopping for Xmas gifts for Scottie and chillin' at Starbucks b4 heading home- we had a great time:)!
Thursday we said bye to Scott's parents and headed to the Valley. Lenore and I hung out while Scott and Devin went to the Hayward Lectures. It was great- I got to scour thru some of Lenore's scrapbooks and we also went to 'too much fun' Scrapbook store and a consigner's shop for some baby clothes! When the boys got back we played some Dutchie and the boys won:( We stayed the night at Karen and Earle's and then in the am we picked up Nanny and headed back to McAdam! It's been so nice to have nanny here for the first time! She likes it- but of course finds it very quiet:)

Mom and Elliot at Smitty's

Me, Nanny and Elliot

Elliot and Auntie Dee:)

Danielle and Dave

Christine and the boys picking a b4 bed video:)

Sarah between 2 pregos!

Me, Mom and Nanny out for lunch b4 shopping

Me and the beautiful nanny at Starbucks

MMM...Pumkin Spice Latte

Us at Devin and Lenore's

My new shirt, pants and 17 week belly!

And now something for the Scrapper girls:

Venice Page

Detail- the page pebble is over italy on the background map and there's a dot where abouts Venice should be.

Florence (Firenze in Italian) Page

The title close-up ( white rub ons and chalk over top)

Exciting Weekend

Hey there! I'm pretty pumped about this weekend- starting...last night. Wed. nights we always watch Lost with Miranda and Tony (friends our age from church/library) and Tony always brings yummy treats- I try to also have something out, but who am I kidding- I love when ppl bring treats! It's like a surprise every time! Last night was pringles, last week pretzels, week b4- BBQ chips...mmm. So after Bible Study we gather at our place and watch Lost as well as chat for a while- it's fun:).

THEN- today was special because it was my first day volunteering at the elem. school to help kids with their reading, one on one. It was really cute and fun to be involved like that. Who knows about the subbing- my name is in, but so far no calls. Anyways, after that we went into fredericton and Scott dropped me off at starbucks for an hour where I read and enjoyed a pumpkin latte- mine (and Danielle's too!) new fave drink. It was nice to do that, since I used to hang out there in Hali. or Dart. all the time! It was fun:)

OK so THEN tomorrow Devin and Lenore our good friends from the Valley are coming to spend the night with us! Yeah!!!! We are really looking forward to seeing them again!!

THEN, on Sunday, after church guess what? We're going home for 4 days!! We're coming down for seminars at Acadia in the Valley, but hope to see lots of family and friends while we're home. If you need to get us, call Scott's parents!:) I'm very excited, esp. since Danielle is coming up so we can get together on Monday! Yeah! Weird thing- last time we were in Hali together we were at Starbucks and SHE was pregnant. Now the tables are turned, and we'll prob meet at Starbucks again:)!

THEN, on Friday morning when we come back we're bringing Nanny home with us! Yeah for Nanny! She hasn't seen our place yet and I want her to meet some ppl so I think it'll be a good time! Well, that's all the excitement for now- Scott's gone to bed, we just finished watching Nacho Libre, which was funny and silly, but REALLY neat because it was mostly filmed in Oaxaca Mexico, which was my favorite place in Mexico of everywhere I went! It was nice to see so much Mexican landscape, too- I found it really depicted parts of Mexico exactly the way I remember it. Cool. Good-night! PS- Doesn't the sun on the ticker look like it's almost halfway?? I know! Exciting!:):)
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First snow

It's November 6, and I woke up this morning to everything covered in white. Knowing Dee would be excited, I decided to let her know and assume she'd want her sleep interrupted for this. I was right. It's all quite magical when the first snow hits. I just hope it's gone by tomorrow. It's not quite Christmas yet (although someone has put some decorations up in our house already!). By the way, Dee has a new post below, so don't let this post keep you from checking that one!

A Scrap Page!

Hey there (especially my scrapbook girls)- here is a page I just completed- except for journaling, which I will do (Christine!:). All this talk about scrapping got me motivated to do it. Also- Scott and I went for dinner to a friend's house the other night and the wife is an avid (and very good:) scrapper. I was so impressed that I took pics of my favorite pages! (Of course I can't post someone else's work without their permission, but when I need some inspiration, now all I have to do is look on the computer at her pages! Anyways, this page is from when Danielle, Rachel, Jen and I went to the louvre, Paris, 2001. We didn't actually go IN, but this time when Scott and I went we spent a 3 hour morning there. We took a break and then went back for more, but when Scott's backpack went thru the security machine water started pouring all over the floor! His waterbottle had leaked and suddenly the security lady was calling for "cleaning back-up" in french. That's when we decided to skip the second trip to the Louvre, and do something else:).


The true color is better in the first pic (no flash), but the 2nd pic is a bit clearer (with flash).

My 15 Week Belly!

Hey there- I know, I know, long time no belly picture- but so far there has not been much belly to see! Here is a pic where you can kinda tell I'm pregnant. Everyday it seems to grow a wee bit more- it's exciting, and not as scary as b4- especially since I feel so much better now:) So here it is- a real belly- on me! Weird!

Whoa! Now there's a face! This is my"I'm so happy we're out for dinner!" face at Boston Pizza, our fave restaurant, in Fredricton.

Yeah! Feeling (mostly:) all better and out for dinner- it felt like we were dating! Hehe!

Frosty came to visit McAdam on Thurday morning and was a wonderful reminder that Christmas is on its way! Yeah!