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Thursday, June 28, 2007


The Big Move Is HERE!

Howdy, everyone! Well, the big move is finally upon us. Jon, Elena, and I will be travelling in our car across Canada from Vancouver to Ontario and then on to New Brunswick and back to Ontario. Tomorrow the moving truck is coming to move our stuff and today is CRAZY move day! We are working hard to pack everything in time and Elena is working hard playing with every box and piece of tape and cord that she can (when we aren't looking of course!)

Just to let you know, this website will continue to exist while we are away, but our photo gallery and Beth's Blog will not be available for about a month as we get settled in our new place.

We love you all and promise that we will post lots of wonderful pictures of our trip in about a month or so and let you know how it went.

Love,
Beth, Jon, and Elena

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

BEACH FUN, OUR ANNIVERSARY, AND THE BIG MOVE!!


Elena has been having a blast playing on floors these days since she has learned how to crawl backwards and is on her way to crawling forwards. Right now she does this thing that looks like she is doing a full body push-up and then lunges forward. It's amazing how far she can go! Elena with her shirt on her head looking very proud!

OUR ANNIVERSARY!

Jon and I celebrated 3 happy years of marriage on May 30! We celebrated the occasion by taking Elena to experience her first day at the beach, at the beach where Jon and I first decided to date one another. Then Jon and I spent the evening dining at one of our favorite restaurants, Banana Leaf, a Malaysian food place. After dinner Jon took me to Fisherman's Wharf to look at the boats and see the beautiful skyline at sunset.
Jon and I at Fisherman's Wharf.
Elena, the bathing beauty, and her first experience of sand!
Elena and her daddy explore the water and mud.
Elena poses with her mommy.

It turns out Elena's eyes have turned my colour and are now a grey-blue with a brown center just like Mommy!
Elena makes a grab for the camera!
Jon and I spent part of last Sunday at a birthday party for one of our church friends and someone took this great picture of all three of us together (a rarity). It was a Greek restaurant and Elena experienced her first pita bread and her first taste of spanikopita. She LOVED IT!! Our friend Amber noted that Elena was all dressed in purple...she was a purple pita eater...hehe!

ELENA AND THE BOXES

Elena has been having lots of fun with all the boxes everywhere around our apartment since our moving day is quickly approaching. Jon and I decided if Elena liked boxes so much we would put her in one...here were the results.

"Playing in a BOX!" says Elena.
"Wow, this is fun!"
"Hmm, Daddy is closing the box...""Okay, I'll just stay in here, Dad..."
"Whoa, now where is Daddy taking me?"
"Daddy, are you sure this is how I should go to Ontario?""Um, can I come out now?"


Moving day is June 29th and we are mostly packed. We are tearfully saying goodbye to life in Vancouver and starting over anew with joy in Ontario. Jon was offered a job this week as a teaching assistant for the professor of theology at MacDiv and Jon very happily accepted. Jon will be teaching on subjects that interest him, grading, and assisting the running of the courses. Jon couldn't be happier about it.