i'm BACK! *phew* i'm sure many of you weren't sure this day would ever come....or maybe you've already lost all hope in me coming back & aren't even checking here any more. i hope not. b/c if it had come to that, then you would be missing this. so yes, i have been a terrible blogger the last couple of months. the only post i've made in the last 4 months was about socks. :S Mmhm, great post, i must say....but still quite sad considering the amount of time that's passed.

ok, so i have a wide variety of picture to share with you all! some go back to september! i know...it was MONTHS ago, but i really wanted to share them with you, especially for you Borgen peeps, i want to give you a bit of a picture of what my fall/winter has been looking like:

Shoshannah & myself on her birthday- early September.

YOUTH:
here are some pictures from the first youth event of this year...we have formal bowling! so much fun! Me and one other lady drove ahead of time and step up a little area in McDonald's. we set up table clothes & candles, with little "reservation" signs for the tables.

Chris- our youth leader serving us our supper!

Here are a few pictures of the Christmas party.

Darcee and Chantelle

A bunch of Senior guys.

Here are some pictures from Halloween. hehe, can anyone guess what i am??

if you guessed "fly in a flyswatter", then you would be RIGHT!






and now.....let me tell you about Manitoba winters....

ok, so i think that picture says a lot. we have actually had a pretty good winter. not too cold...that is if you don't count this last week. every day this week the average temperature has been -40 (with windchill) brrrrrrr! i remember being cold in Russia....but i'm seriously starting to believe that it's colder here.

My beautiful niece and nephews

(shiloh, luke, isaiah)

December 16-20 I went on a road trip with Eric, and Charlotte! we drove 14hrs (pretty much straight, except for short gas & bathroom breaks) i added a little map to give you guys a bit of a picture of the distance we went. our friend sho (picture of her at the beginning of the blog) is doing her SBS (school of Biblical Studies) out there and we decided to drive out there, spend a couple of days hanging out, and then bring her home for christmas break!

here we GO!

(Sho, Char, Me, Eric)

We spent one day in Banff, and decided to go the the hot springs. Problem? we didn't have bathing suits! lucky for us though, they rented out these beautiful bathing suits that must have been make in 1930.

Paul and Myself

we spent one evening with my cousins Jon and Paul. I haven't seen these guys in at least 4 years....so it was so awesome to spend time with them again

sho and char trying to take nice pictures of the 4 of us....eric and i were not cooperating.

and now CHRISTMAS TIME!! I had so much fun this christmas! Spending time with my family & Eric's family-decorating gingerbread houses-going christmas carolling-and just the joy of Christmas spirit! i love this season! what a joy!

Steph, my mom, and joc in the kitchen

Isaiah- he keeps on growing up!

Steph

the 3 cousins- shiloh, luke, and isaiah

me and lukie hanging out :)

all the family stuffed into our little living room :)

so that's all the pictures for now, friends! i haven't mentioned it on here yet, but this summer our family is going to be increasing by 2 new little babies! My sister Ruth and my sister Jocelyn are pregnant!! i will be moving in with joc and my brother Sherwood in April- helping them out around the house & with their 2 little boys. So i'll be living in the big city...which will be something totally new for me. but i am excited for the change!

ok, i'm all blogged out now! hopefully i will return sooner than i have been :) hopefully!