Addy and her daddy, all bundled up after the pool!
The first family swim!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas 2009
Well the craziness of christmas has come to an end:) We had a great first christmas with Addyson, and are so grateful for our family who spoiled her rotten! She was a little overwhelmed at times, bu that was due in part to her teething. That's a whole other story! Christmas eve was church and appy's with the colbourne side. After that we headed over to my parents to sleep over! We woke up christmas morning, had waffles, coffee and cranberry mimosa's..it was all delish! I am pretty sure that we spent all christmas day opening presents as i had to open addyson's and my own this year, things take a little longer:) So we did our gift exchange with my parents, got dressed and headed out to my brothers and SIL place for MORE presents, a wonderful turkey dinner, and than MORE presents from my granny..I wasn't kidding when I said it was a giftathon!!*grin* Boxing day was the colbourne Christmas with more great food, the kids get more toys than they need, and a wonderful walk around the neighborhood to see all the pretty christmas lights, and to get the nephews energy run out!
Overall we had a really good christmas this year, and are so thankful for our best gift this year, our daughter. It was such an amazing experience spending it with her. The reality hit at times, such as when I was writing her card on her gift, from mommy and daddy..tears I couldn't hold back..it was just one of those surreal moments. We are so blessed! and of course so grateful for the one who made this all possible...my Jesus!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The true meaning of Christmas
About a year ago this time, my dad came to me with a proposal, well more a proposition. My dad had a dream to start an society to help woman and children in critical need in our town. So a year ago we began what is call Life Exchange Ministry's. My dad asked me to sit on the board which I was more than happy to do as this is something that I am passionate about. We have been doing some small projects this past year and focusing on raising money for some future endevours we would like to take part in, but God had a big plan for us just a few short months ago. It was God's time that a young school teacher just happened to call my mom's place of work, and just happened to be calling asking for support for her program. So my mom just happened to mention our society, and a meeting was set up. We have started off with doing lunches for these kids. Three times a week my dad takes them subway. So who are these kids. Well have you seen Freedom Writters the movie? first of all if you haven't, rent it! and if you have, its a very similar situation. there are 17 kids in this class. These kids are kids that society was ready to give up on. But this young teacher wasn't. So she started this piolet project. We decided to do this lunch program as these kids are highly malnurited and just getting a proper lunch can do so much for their focus, consentration, and much more! already we are seeing such a big change. Last week we also provided them with a christmas dinner! The big thing, that I got to take part in happened on Friday. Each kid got to make a list of specifc items they want. We picked the categories such as deoderant, toothbrushes, ect, and they picked their favorites..and man, do they know what they like:)! So I had the priveldge of doing the shopping, oh my, what an adventure!! but so much fun! So this Friday was the big day for the kids to get their stockings. Talking to my mom yesterday brought tears to my eyes, and still till this day! My dad was just going to go and drop them off, but the teacher wanted him to stay! What an experience, watching 17 teenagers unwrap their gifts! My dad was so overwhelmed at the experience. I was so worried that i didn't get them all exactly what they asked for, because that is what i am use to in my level of society..but not these kids. All they kept saying was wow, I can't believe I got what I asked for..the toothbrush I wanted, the socks I wanted..not the Wii I wanted. how amazing, how sad, but how amazing this was. The one the broke my heart the most..was one sweet boy, who my mom describes as quite withdrawn. He asked my dad if it was ok if he waited till christmas to open his because it probably would be the only thing he got to open on christmas..I still tear up as I write this. So this christmas, I hope this little story reminds you how blessed you are. I know things can be tight, and hard at times, trust me I know. But I also know how blessed we are, with clean homes, roof's over our heads, and presents to open with loved ones this Friday. So remember the true spirit of christmas, what Christ came to earth to do and if given ANY opportunity to pass this love along to anyone around you please do, don't hesitate that your gifts, food, love, open door isn't good enough, I have learned this week that it is MORE than you could even imagine! MERRY CHRISTMAS.....Love the Colbournes;)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Jesus My King
Sunday we had a guest preacher at church. He is one of the youth pastors at one of the churches in town. I have to say I was quite impressed with this young mans message:) And it really got my thinking of this truth that he spoke of.
So here is my summary in my words; my thoughts on the subject.
There are two very different views the bible gives us of christ. There is Christ our friend, friend of sinner, lover of our souls. This is a very important concept to grasp and what really makes that personal relationship we have with christ real. He is my best Friend, as many of us say. I talk with him, walk with him, listen to him, cry out to him..he is there, and by grace I am free to have that unique relationship with him. This title of friend makes our relationship with Christ somewhat casual, which i have always appreciated, and one of the things that I love about my savior. Comes as you are, they tell us, and most times, that's how I present myself to him. Broken, humble, unrighteous, at fault, sinful, real...just me. And I know beyond of a shadow of a doubt thats how he wants me to be; that is how he created me to be, just me. As I know, I was created in his image, which some days is such a hard concept to grasp. But on the other end of this scale, sometimes I truely believe, especially in our generation and the ones coming up, we have abused this relationship. Sometimes we cross that line and treat him like we do anyother friend. We take advantage of him, munipulate him, don't defend his honor, don't keep our commitments to him, don't respect his values and morals when we are in his presence, which is always. we take the lords name in veign without even uttering a word. We break his heart as we bring him to our level. We abuse Grace on a daily basis, and forget the price that was paid in order for us to receive this amazing gift, and a gift is what it is!!
I now, more than ever as a mother I am just starting to finally grasp a hair of what my lord did for me that day when he let his son hang on that cross. There is no greater loss than that of a child, and that is why that and that only is the sacrifice he made..so where am I going with this?? well, as i said at the begining of this note, there are two very important roles Christ is to play in our lives, our friend..yes, but there is another huge role that he is to play in our lives that I feel so many days we forget. That christ, is my king. not just the king of kings and lord of lords..but MY king, YOUR king. So what do you think of when you think of a king..I know I think of powerful words such honor, respect, awe, reverence..do we attach those words to our relationship with christ? I was a womans conference a few months back and the speaker was talking about the path to beauty. The one major factor that makes us beautiful is having the fear of God in our lives. People have misconstrude that concept for many years, but what it truely means, what it really really means to fear God, is to have the utmost, powerful, fall to your knee's reverence to him...do we have that? Do we worship him as our king??? As his birthday approaches next week I pray that we all can remember that we are not just celebrating our savior, or friends birthday, but our Kings birthday. I know we talk a lot, especially lately with the economy about not putting emphasis on gifts but focus on the real meaning of Christmas and spending time with family, ect. But as you do exchange gifts, if you do exchange gifts, think and remember the first christmas gifts given. They were not handed to the baby Jesus as a have to, or I will put it on my credit card, or to do it because...they were given in reverence, to the king of all kings, of us, of you and me. My heart is challenged this week, to bring a new level or reverence to my father, my king. I am not sure yet how that looks every day, but I am on a path to discover as he deserves it more than anything..he deserves everything.
So here is my summary in my words; my thoughts on the subject.
There are two very different views the bible gives us of christ. There is Christ our friend, friend of sinner, lover of our souls. This is a very important concept to grasp and what really makes that personal relationship we have with christ real. He is my best Friend, as many of us say. I talk with him, walk with him, listen to him, cry out to him..he is there, and by grace I am free to have that unique relationship with him. This title of friend makes our relationship with Christ somewhat casual, which i have always appreciated, and one of the things that I love about my savior. Comes as you are, they tell us, and most times, that's how I present myself to him. Broken, humble, unrighteous, at fault, sinful, real...just me. And I know beyond of a shadow of a doubt thats how he wants me to be; that is how he created me to be, just me. As I know, I was created in his image, which some days is such a hard concept to grasp. But on the other end of this scale, sometimes I truely believe, especially in our generation and the ones coming up, we have abused this relationship. Sometimes we cross that line and treat him like we do anyother friend. We take advantage of him, munipulate him, don't defend his honor, don't keep our commitments to him, don't respect his values and morals when we are in his presence, which is always. we take the lords name in veign without even uttering a word. We break his heart as we bring him to our level. We abuse Grace on a daily basis, and forget the price that was paid in order for us to receive this amazing gift, and a gift is what it is!!
I now, more than ever as a mother I am just starting to finally grasp a hair of what my lord did for me that day when he let his son hang on that cross. There is no greater loss than that of a child, and that is why that and that only is the sacrifice he made..so where am I going with this?? well, as i said at the begining of this note, there are two very important roles Christ is to play in our lives, our friend..yes, but there is another huge role that he is to play in our lives that I feel so many days we forget. That christ, is my king. not just the king of kings and lord of lords..but MY king, YOUR king. So what do you think of when you think of a king..I know I think of powerful words such honor, respect, awe, reverence..do we attach those words to our relationship with christ? I was a womans conference a few months back and the speaker was talking about the path to beauty. The one major factor that makes us beautiful is having the fear of God in our lives. People have misconstrude that concept for many years, but what it truely means, what it really really means to fear God, is to have the utmost, powerful, fall to your knee's reverence to him...do we have that? Do we worship him as our king??? As his birthday approaches next week I pray that we all can remember that we are not just celebrating our savior, or friends birthday, but our Kings birthday. I know we talk a lot, especially lately with the economy about not putting emphasis on gifts but focus on the real meaning of Christmas and spending time with family, ect. But as you do exchange gifts, if you do exchange gifts, think and remember the first christmas gifts given. They were not handed to the baby Jesus as a have to, or I will put it on my credit card, or to do it because...they were given in reverence, to the king of all kings, of us, of you and me. My heart is challenged this week, to bring a new level or reverence to my father, my king. I am not sure yet how that looks every day, but I am on a path to discover as he deserves it more than anything..he deserves everything.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Six Months old!
Well we are half way to one; man is that scarry! my little miss is 6 months old today; I can't believe it! This last months we have seen a lot of changes in our little girl. She is really starting to develop in her mobility, and verbal skills! I was reading in one of my baby books how by nine months a baby should be making his or her constanence sounds like baba and dada..well this one has been doing that for the past three weeks:) She loves to say dada..no mama...come on now! but we are working on that:)hehe
She's gotten so much stronger with her toys grabbing them from all different angles, starrying at them and analyzing them, especially her soother. What a fasinating thing those soosies are:)
She has finally learned how to roll from her stomach to her back as she has been doing the other way for a couple of months now!
She also learned to sit up this month, and not the hunched over version she had been doing for a while but really sit up and she is doing so well at it!
She is a little food obsessed like her parents. She stares down everything we eat, and thinks she can have it! we will see how beans go in the next couple of weeks:)hehe She might not be liking solid foods so much after that. I will be back with pictures on that one! Whatever is in your hand she thinks is hers, especially cups. She loves cups, mugs, and of course most importantly starbucks cups! shocking, i know:She survived her first flu, not so much fun. but we made it! It was a rough long week as both Dave and I were still recovering from our batch with it, but thanks to the help of pedilite we made it! Her lovely teeth are still moving around, her eye teeth are still pressing up on her poor little gums but still nothings cut..so we wait patiently. I was a horrible teether so there is no suprise that my kid would have a tough process with this as well.
She loves to laugh, and smile, and make dinasour noises. She can get quite loud now. She is more of a ham all the time which we are just loving. She makes Dave and I laugh and smile so much, she truely is our earthly joy!!
Happy six months birthday girl, words could never express how much we love you and how much joy you bring to all our lives!!!
Friday, December 11, 2009
A Split Second
A split second changes everything, sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse.
We were all set to go out tonight to a church christmas production. All day I had this not right feeling in my stomach but figured it was just my nerves as the snow flakes were kissing my windshield, a sight that is beautiful but not pretty on the roads. Ever since my car accident three winters ago, my nerves get shaky during this time of year. But as the evening approached the snow was staying away we got ready to go. We headed over to my parents place to drop of the princess. Just before we were about to walk out the door, their phone rang. as we listened to the message, we knew good news was not on the other end, so my mom ran and picked it up. It was one of those phone calls you dread getting...did you hear....so in so was in a car accident and died on impact. my heart sank. The person we lost was an old family friend. His dad was my dads associate pastor at our church in Vancouver. he was 21..6 years younger than me, 60 years taken to soon. This was a boy who broke the odds. He was born with a medical condition that almost took his life at a young age, but God spared it...so why now? these are all the questions we ask. but we thank God that he is with his father now...
The moment the phone call ended the tears ran down my face. I knew I couldn't leave. To sad to go anywhere like a production, and to fearful to get in a car and drive a far distance on the highway and most importantly to far from my baby. I think i will just keep her close to me the next couple days, weeks, years! its so wierd now being a mom, and hearing of these losses...it hits so much harder. because that was someones baby, and that thought is unimaginabal.
So pray four our friends, pray for this family as this grief will be overwhelming especially at what is suppose to be such a special time of year...
We were all set to go out tonight to a church christmas production. All day I had this not right feeling in my stomach but figured it was just my nerves as the snow flakes were kissing my windshield, a sight that is beautiful but not pretty on the roads. Ever since my car accident three winters ago, my nerves get shaky during this time of year. But as the evening approached the snow was staying away we got ready to go. We headed over to my parents place to drop of the princess. Just before we were about to walk out the door, their phone rang. as we listened to the message, we knew good news was not on the other end, so my mom ran and picked it up. It was one of those phone calls you dread getting...did you hear....so in so was in a car accident and died on impact. my heart sank. The person we lost was an old family friend. His dad was my dads associate pastor at our church in Vancouver. he was 21..6 years younger than me, 60 years taken to soon. This was a boy who broke the odds. He was born with a medical condition that almost took his life at a young age, but God spared it...so why now? these are all the questions we ask. but we thank God that he is with his father now...
The moment the phone call ended the tears ran down my face. I knew I couldn't leave. To sad to go anywhere like a production, and to fearful to get in a car and drive a far distance on the highway and most importantly to far from my baby. I think i will just keep her close to me the next couple days, weeks, years! its so wierd now being a mom, and hearing of these losses...it hits so much harder. because that was someones baby, and that thought is unimaginabal.
So pray four our friends, pray for this family as this grief will be overwhelming especially at what is suppose to be such a special time of year...
Off to a crazy start!
Well, this month has started off pretty crazy for us around here:) First dave had the flu, than I got it and now my little princess is recovering from it...I have never cleaned up so much barf in two days!!:) I feel I have entered a new level of motherhood with being puked on so much!
Needless to say I am a little weary of life, but know that good things are around the corner and we can only go up from here!
I still love this season and am so looking forward to the next couple of weeks with family and friends! This is such a special christmas as it is the first with our angel and she is at such a fun age for it!
Off to a christmas production tonight as long as the weather holds off, than tomorrow we are going to go on a little train ride at one of the nusery's in town..should be fun! they have real life reindeer to, so I am excited to see and show addy those!
Than sunday we have our church production.
this week will be filled with baking cookies as two of my mommy friends and I are doing a cookie exchange this year! should be fun and tasty:) than next wekeend we are heading into the city to celebrate my brothers big 3 0 birthday, and hopefully to one of my favorite places to go at christmas time, van duesen gardens! Than after that...its the big wekeend! Full of food, fun and family..the three F's:)!
It looks like everyone is very busy getting ready and enjoying this season so far I pray. I am hoping you all are staying warm and cozy inside and healthy and safe!!
Merry 14 days till christmas!!!
Needless to say I am a little weary of life, but know that good things are around the corner and we can only go up from here!
I still love this season and am so looking forward to the next couple of weeks with family and friends! This is such a special christmas as it is the first with our angel and she is at such a fun age for it!
Off to a christmas production tonight as long as the weather holds off, than tomorrow we are going to go on a little train ride at one of the nusery's in town..should be fun! they have real life reindeer to, so I am excited to see and show addy those!
Than sunday we have our church production.
this week will be filled with baking cookies as two of my mommy friends and I are doing a cookie exchange this year! should be fun and tasty:) than next wekeend we are heading into the city to celebrate my brothers big 3 0 birthday, and hopefully to one of my favorite places to go at christmas time, van duesen gardens! Than after that...its the big wekeend! Full of food, fun and family..the three F's:)!
It looks like everyone is very busy getting ready and enjoying this season so far I pray. I am hoping you all are staying warm and cozy inside and healthy and safe!!
Merry 14 days till christmas!!!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
kick of to christmas
This sat we had our first official christmas event...cutting down the christmas tree with Daddy D's side of the family:) It was a gorgeous day...just a little windy! but miss Addy did great! I on the other hand have not had the greatest week. Stomach flu....barf..literally. So its been a tough one for me. COmbine that with a child who has decided to party in the middle of the night instead of sleep, well, thats probably what shut my immune system down and how I got sick..but anyways, so is life. Its tough though as I was all excited to enjoy this month Naseua free. Unlike last year! but i guess better now than on christmas day! But yes, still frustrating. Its been 5 days now and I still feel off..so pray I get better soon please! I am learning very fast this crazy world of being sick and being a mom...not an easy combination!!!geesh!
But back to yesterday, it was a great morning of cutting the tree, a big family lunch, hanging out, decorating, snacks....christmas is coming...I can smell it in the pine needles and I am so excited!!
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