Bikes! And the 10K!

 

We are all excited to ride bikes! Well, it seems it has been a long time since I have gotten on a bike outside. I ride stationary bikes for exercise all the time! Since there are not many places to ride bike in PNG I have never owned a bike there. And the last two times we have been home, I have been pregnant or taking care of a newborn. SOOO this was my first time riding a bike in 14 years!! WOW! It felt good to ride again!

Naomi was also excited to have her first big girls bike with training wheels!

And Jonathan was very excited to have his first gear bike!

Naomi was also excited to have her first big girls bike with training wheels!

Thank you Nannie Joyce for blessing the kids with bikes!!

It was a cold day!! But we walked and jogged in the 10K that our church did in order to raise money for their 2 missionary families (including us)! It was fun to be a part of it all! And we are so thankful for all the funds that the church raised for our tickets back to PNG!!

The crew who walked!

Family and Fun with Kayaks!

 

I never know what the kids are going to be doing when they say "Look, Mom!" 😀

We are enjoying the beauty of God's creation just outside our door. We are thankful for the peace and quiet we get to enjoy here!

We never know what the lake will look like each day... Jonathan looked outside when he woke up one morning and said, "Mom, we are floating!" 😀

But the kids were SOOOO excited when it was warm enough to get the Kojak and Paddle boat out! Unfortunately winter returned again so we haven't been out too much yet. But I do believe it gets warm enough for spring way up here in Nova Scotia! There are buds on the trees!

Jacob finally got new glasses!!

What we do when the lights go out... life without a back up generator. We are used to having a back up generator in Papua New Guinea because the power is very unreliable. Here in North America it takes a lot for the power to go out... but then they fix it in a few hours! So thankful!

Enjoying some "reading" and relaxing time!

But Jonathan is actually reading and he is a FAST reader! And he LOVES it!

We have enjoyed getting together with family!

Happy Birthday Dad and Poppie!

 

Jonathan loves his new hat... just like Grandpa!

We celebrated Poppie's birthday together with a little bit of ice cream...

And some Pizza... we enjoyed a Cauliflower crust... restaurants have everything these days!😋

Always a reason to celebrate by dressing up in Tinker Bell's costume... with batman and hulk added in... and don't forget about the Dr. Seuss sneakers. 😁

Daily happenings in March

They LOVE to paint!

And do puzzles!!

Jonathan got his first tie and Jacob taught him how to tie it... he caught on very quickly!

I also got some new clothes for Naomi.... they are both growing so fast and so big!!

We really enjoy the sunrises and sunsets here!

 

Storms, Family and Lost Treasures...

We had lots of family times inside our lovely home during quarantine and storms.... here they are watching a storm come!

Making some delicious bread for school lunches.

The beauty of the calm after the storm!

Jonathan wrote his name in the snow. 😊

Enjoying Sunday dinner out with Jacob's parents and grandmother. Yum! Fish and Chips!

We are all excited that Jacob got out his violin again!!

Jonathan is very excited to learn!

While I was sorting through our storage boxes, the kids found some treasures... PNG things as well as Jacob's Davey Crockett hat, which he bought when he was 10 years old!

Jonathan was quite excited about his new sword and Naomi too, because she got his old sword!

We visited Jacob's grandmother and learned lots about the family!