~ Scott and Kelli ~

Happy Easter!

2007-04-08T14:00:00.000-05:00

Hope you all have a great Easter! You all are in my thoughts and prayers!

Love Kelli and Scott & the kids

Greetings from Toronto

2007-01-21T07:49:00.000-06:00

Hi guys,

We left Thunder Bay on the 30th. We were supposed to be leaving at 5 am but instead we left at 9 am! My dad had to drive the Uhaul truck, my brother David had to drive his own vechile and us in our van.The Uhaul has to be one way vechile. I had to ask Dave to tag along so that he could take dad back home.I am glad they tagged along with us. They were great helping us and to celebrate New Years! My two oldest kids, Abigail and Noah took turn to ride with my dad, and David. THey switched back and forth every time when they stops for gas or for some meals. They had fun! We were about half an hour behind them all the way to Toronto. We kept trying to catch onto them. My dad claimed he drives 90 mph ???? We stopped in Marathon for gas and lunch, but not for long! They took off before us! They told us to meet them in Wawa cuz my dad needs some gas. HE said it s more cheaper there?? So within five minutes we got there and they were already gone!! We drove to Sault Ste Marie and we couldn't find them knowing they wouldnt leave without us.. and it was getting late. We waited for like ten minutes for them,,assuming the possiblity they were behind us because of the gas back in Wawa. We found out from the lady at the gas station telling us she spotted the Uhual truck and the SUV vechile parked across for 20 minutes and left .. they left ten minutes before we got there! So, we figured they'd stop in Sudbury for real. We left Sault Ste Marie and drove and discovered the fog was getting bad.. We got in Sudbury safe but the fog was still pretty bad. We couldn't find my dad and Dave anywhere. We tried the cell phones but they were off?? WE drove all over Sudbury hoping for a chance to spot them through the thick fogs. Indeed, we did! THey parked by the hotel on the other side of Sudbury! We found out that they got there ten minutes before we got there! So, next morning.. they left ten minutes before we did once again. The hotel was near the highway to Toronto so it was good. We stopped in Barrie, for some gas and for some lunch but dad and Dave aren't there. We got in Toronto 2 30 ish pm. We got to my cousin's house and found out that dad and dave were there 30 minutes before we did. We talked with them. They claimed they had the cell phones on ??? lol. The trip was fun but long! I got to see the house that Scott found for me at 4 pm. I loved it! A lot of spaces and georgous. We celerbated New Years with my cousin and her husband at their house. The kids got to stay up with their boys. We had a sleep over. We had New Years' breakfast together with auntie and uncle and cousins and of course my dad and dave joined. Dad and Dave helped us getting settled in afterward. Took us alll day and all evening to get all done. Abigail and Noah were having a hard time adjusting here. NOah was the hardest. Ezra and Faith adjusts well but Faith didnt do well at nights for the first few days. The kids are getting a lot better accepting the fact that we'd be here for the time beings. I still have few boxes to unpack.. Thank you for thinking of us! <3

Happy Holidays!!!

2006-12-27T08:44:00.000-06:00

Now that we have been offically packing for the past month.. We are leaving in three days. We have packed up a lot of things and now the boxes seems to be taking up all the spaces in here. I cannot stand the mess around here.Still have lots to do..We still need to get more boxes! We are going to load up the truck on the 29th. After all those boxes loading up, I'd have to clean all over the place and then we'd leave on the 30th. I'll be living 16 hours away from my childhood bestfriend, my adopted sister, and my family and friends..I hate goodbyes but I d come back often to see all of you :)

Anyways.. Hope you all have a safe holidays! See you in 2007!! :)

Good News!

2006-12-03T17:46:00.000-06:00

Scott found a perfect place for us to live. 5 bedrooms, three bathrooms, three floors house, full rec room basement, perfect for the kids to hang out with their toys and everything..private fenced backyard.. Thanks so much for your prayers.. I really appericate that. It's hard to find a house in a such short time!

2006-11-30T22:39:00.000-06:00

Scott left this early morning to go to Toronto for a week to find us a place to live. We are looking into renting a house four our entended family. Please pray for him to find the right house for us to stay in. I am realllly nervous because what if the house isnt what I wanted!? There are few houses really stand out to us and Scott is checking them all out. One house is really stand out to us that has ultities included and really good prices .. and have more than three bedrooms and suchs.. really nice place.. We'd have to wait and see.. I really appericate all of your prayers! :)

Expecting

2006-11-24T21:57:00.000-06:00

A young private sought permission from his Commanding Officer to leave camp the following weekend. "You see," he explained, "my wife`s expecting."

"Oh..." said the Officer, "I understand. Go ahead and tell your wife that I wish her luck."

The following week the same soldier was back again with the same explanation: "My wife's expecting."

The Officer looked surprised. "Still expecting?" he said, "Well, well, my boy, you must be pretty bothered. Of course you can have the weekend off.

"When the same soldier appeared again the third week, however, the Officer lost his temper. "Don't tell me your wife is still expecting!" he bellowed.

"Yes sir!" said the soldier resolutely, "She`s still expecting." "What on earth is she expecting?" cried the Officer.

"Me." said the soldier simply.

~via-e-mail~ :)

Top 10 Things You'll Never Hear Dad Say

2006-11-16T09:48:00.000-06:00

Top 10 Things You'll Never Hear Dad Say

10. Well, how 'bout that? I'm lost! Looks like we'll have to stop and ask for directions.

9. You know Pumpkin, now that you're thirteen, you'll be ready for unchaperoned car dates. Won't that be fun?

8. I noticed that all your friends have a certain hostile attitude. I like that.

7. Here's a credit card and the keys to my new car. GO CRAZY!!

6. What do you mean you wanna play football? Figure skating's not good enough for you, son?

5. Your mother and I are going away for the weekend. You might want to consider throwing a party.

4. Well, I don't know what's wrong with your car. Probably one of those doo-hickey thingies--ya know--that makes it run or something. Just have it towed to a mechanic and pay whatever he asks.

3. No son of mine is going to live under this roof without an earring. Now quit your belly-aching, and let's go to the mall.

2. Whaddya wanna go and get a job for? I make plenty of money for you to spend.

1. What do I want for my birthday? Aahh, don't worry about that. It's no big deal. (Okay, they might say it. But they don't mean it)

via~e-mail :)

2006-11-15T15:50:00.000-06:00

I am so glad for the blogs. I have hardly used this blog but when I came across to some people I knew from Dorion Bible Camp and some youth groups I used to hang out. I checked out their links and they connects to the other blogs.I was surprised to see all those familiar people I knew. Some people may have changed, some people havent changed at all. It is always good to know they all have been doing well! God is good to us all! :)

"Come up hither"

2006-11-11T22:07:00.000-06:00

I came onto the bible online and discovered this..

Question was: "In Revelation 4:1 who is told to "Come up hither"? Revelation 1:1-3 The Revelation was given to John and in Revelation 4:1-2 he was taken to heaven in the Spirit to see the things that are going to happen in the last days. Some teach that Revelation 4:1 is talking about the rapture, they are wrong. The rapture is not a Biblical teaching".

Well, that is interesting...what I see in the bible about the raptures.. Christ will come unexpectedly, since the time cannot be calculated. Believers living in this time will receive transformed bodies. I can see a lot of verses that would say about the raptures...

what do you think??

2006-11-05T21:49:00.000-06:00

Today, I went to see my mom's grave with my dad and my kids. I met my brother David there. We all saw the deer grazing about the gravesite. I think the deer were eating the flowers that were planted on the graves. I saw the beautiful small tombstone that is laid on the ground where my mom is buried. We picked the grey one with the cross and some flowers decorated on it. IT seems weird for me knowing my mom's body is now 6 feet under and my mom isn't there. Really comforting to me knowing where my mom is. Inside of my head is always arguing with my heart like why my mom have to go BUT I have a peace inside of my heart knowing where my mom is. I really miss my mom very much. I missed our cuppa of tea together.. our heart to heart talks... all the things we do together.. I miss those times. I thank God for all those memories I had with her. My dad took the kids to the complex for a swim afterward. We ended up there for four hours and had a lot of fun :-)

Funny~

2006-11-02T13:04:00.000-06:00

I liked this picture.. hope you do too! :-D

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2006-10-09T08:47:00.000-05:00

Today is my oldest daughter's birthday. She is now 7! Happy Birthday, Princess!
We love you!

So, we had our first Thanksgiving without my mom. My dad did a terrific job at preparing a feast. They were soo delicious. My brother made perogies and I made blueberries,lemon, pumpkins pies, cinnamon twists, buns,marshmallow salad,and a BIIG ham..yum! My dad made turkey,potatoes and all the works.! I told my dad that my mom would have been so proud of him for making a terrific dinner! :-)

So.. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!

Growing Up

2006-10-01T14:20:00.000-05:00

I noticed that my oldest daughter's pants are getting shorter. Today, she is wearing the pants she hardly wore which of course,is already started to get too short for her!
Here the conversation I had with my oldest about the pants..

Me : " Well, I can see your pants are starting to get too short for you now"

Abby looked at the pants..

Me: " Well, You need to stop growing!"

Abby: "I need to grow up so I won't be a little kid anymore.."

Me: " Aww, I guess that means you are not my little baby anymore."

Abby: " I always will be..."

Our children are growing up too quickly before our eyes!! We need to cherish our time with our children.. and thanking the Lord for blessing us everyday for His precious gifts.

Welcome to Autumn!

2006-09-22T09:59:00.000-05:00

The weather is so beautiful today. It's wet day! The leaves are changing everywhere! I think I will prepare a nice hot drink and to enjoy my day today! .. :)

Been awhile...

2006-09-19T14:17:00.000-05:00

It has been a while since I have last blogged. Lots has been going on throughout the summer. Taking care of my dear mother as she entered the final stages of her life. She went through a lot! My mom,Janet Wolframe slipped into the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ her personal Saviour on August 30th. I am trying to adjust around here..,getting my children back onto homeschooling, their sports activities, and things like that.. I am still finding so hard to believe that my mom is really gone. I envy her that she get to see Jesus first :) :)

Goodbye Mom, I love you! <3

Lies, All Lies!

2006-07-22T22:15:00.000-05:00

Lies, All Lies!

Who was able to procure a blessing for her favorite son by lying?

Sarah
Rachel
Tiffini
Rebekah

Which one do you think?

~ my bestfriend ~

2006-07-18T11:38:00.000-05:00

This is my bestfriend, Amanda. I have known her since we were tiny. Our mothers brought us together and we have been buddies since.
Amanda, thank you for being my true friend. Thanks for being there for me thick and thin. You are like a sister I never have. I love you dearly.. I thank God everyday for you.. His gift that He has given me...a special friend :)

Decision

2006-07-17T13:12:00.000-05:00

Scott and I both decided to hold off the move til next year. Scott is going to Lakehead as a part-time student for now.

Vice President of Peas

2006-07-06T18:02:00.000-05:00

Tom was so excited about his promotion to Vice President of the company he worked for and kept bragging about it to his wife for weeks on end.

Finally she couldn't take it any longer, and told him, "Listen, it means nothing, they even have a vice president of peas at the grocery store!"

"Really?" he said. Not sure if this was true or not, Tom decided to call the grocery store. A clerk answered and Tom said, "Can I please talk to the Vice President of peas?"

The clerk replied, "Canned or frozen?"

~via-email~ :)

Cow Puzzle

2006-07-05T19:49:00.000-05:00

This is a cool puzzler. See if you can follow it - out loud is even better!

1. Say COW before each word:

> Cows
> About
> Talking
> You
> Got
> I
> Long
> How
> Look

2. Say COW after each word:

Cows <>
About <>
Talking <>
You <>
Got <>
I <>
Long <>
How <>
Look < >

3. Say COW before and after each word:

> Cows <>
> About <>
> Talking <>
> You <>
> Got <>
> I <>
> Long <>
> How <>
> Look < >

4. Start at the bottom and read the words upwards:

Cows
About
Talking
You
Got
I
Long
How
Look

Happy Canada's Day!

2006-07-02T23:54:00.000-05:00

Happy Canada's Day!

It has been sometime since I have posted.. sorry guys!! :)

It was raining on and off yesterday. We get to see the fireworks right after the rains stopped. They were geogeous!
Before we went to Hillcrest for fireworks, Noah had an "accident." For some time, the 4-5 years old boy has been bullying at my son. This time, Noah came home bawling with a red blood on his hand. My stomach hit the ground!I checked him out and good enough,it was right side of his head that the boy threw the huge rock at him! We went over and confronted the mother. The mother was "sweetly" saying sorry.. but then nothing more. It took her five minute to come back and told us that her son wont come to the door. I was diqusted so I had to report to the supervisor,so he went over to their place. An hour later, the parents brought the little boy over to our place to get him to apolgoize to my son. The mother said she s going to watch him more at the park.. ( we'll see )
I had to give him ice pack for his head and the bleeding has stopped. I gave him polysprin to prevent infections.. Poor guy!! :(

Kidney Stone

2006-05-15T14:57:00.000-05:00

I was rushed to ER on MOTHERS DAY cuz I was in A LOOOOT of pains from back, side and front around where my cervix is .. oooooh mannnnn IT was soo painful. Way worse than childbirths!! I was throwing up twice, had a chill and everything. I thought I was having appendix. SO my husband and I dropped my kids off at my parents for my kids to spend time with their Nama ( my mom ) as she is out of the hospital for a day. I didnt want to spoil their time so had to drop them off.. Scott and I took Faith with us and went to ER. I was really crying so hard and paced around and I had to hold my back and my front stomach where the cervix is.. Two security guards saw me and rushed me to get the wheelchairs and demanded me to sit in there and I gave the triage nurses my health card.. I caught her lips saying " What is that for" ." Whats wrong with you" with a dirty expressions and she looked at me from top to bottom and gave me a dirty look saying go sit down and wait..The guard was upset at that nurses and one security guard took me and told me to sit down in the wheelchair .. I couldnt sit cuz it was too painful .. So the security guard wheeled me straight to ER... the nurses and doctors were already waiting for me.. I found out that my dad told my neighbour who is supervisor of ER.. she phoned the ER in advance to look after me right away :) :)They had to give me bag after bag of morphine til I was able to ease my pains and then rushed me to cat scan and found I have kidney stone. I was there alllllll day til 9pm ish .. I visited my mom at the hospital right after for an hour and then got home ... I am still in pains.. I am still passing the kidney stone..they gave me the filter so i can catch the stone and then put it in the contiainer and bring to the ER so that they can see the stone..and take to the lab so that they can see what type of stone .. so that they can tell me what diet I need to change..

I was forced to give Faith formulas cuz I was on meds and I was on noratics which can harm her... it ll make her sleepy but then will make her stop breathing.. so had to give her formulas.. Faith hated it .. really wants me instead of the bottles .. she was haivng hard time all day and allll night.. poor girl .. I was able to nurse her this morning.. AT LAST!!

Ballet Recital

2006-05-08T20:35:00.000-05:00

Last night, we went for our girls ballet recital .. The girls did an awesome job! We are really proud of them. The theme of the recital is "Sleeping Beauty" International Dance Academy hired the ballet couples from Winnipeg Royal Ballet" We enjoyed the evening! Faith was really good the whole time.. she slept for the first half and she watched the whole second half. She was in the carseat right beside me.. she liked the music.

June ' 04

2006-05-07T23:02:00.000-05:00

That was from June '04.. We took the kids to Benny Birch Birthday Party and got their face painted..Abigail with her long brown hair, Ezra in the centre and there's Noah! :)

~17 degree Celius ~

2006-05-03T17:41:00.000-05:00

Wow, today is so beautiful after a week of rains and nasty chill weather. My kids has been spending outside all day today playing at the park up front of our house. Scott is almost done with his essays. He will be graduating at the end of this month. Scott's parents are coming down to visit for ten days in two weeks time, for Scott's graduation. Been a while since we have seen them last.

Good Night, Sleep Tight

2006-04-26T22:02:00.000-05:00

Tonight, I got to read this with Abby and we laughed together before I tucked her for the night..

Good night, sleep tight,
Wake up bright
In the morning light
To do what's right
With all your might.

Variation: Line added between first and second "Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite"

Good night, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
And if they do
Then take your shoe
And knock ‘em ‘til
They’re black and blue!

Struggling ...

2006-03-23T23:19:00.000-06:00

I am really struggling to load some pictures in this blog... anybody know??? Maybe step by step would be helpful.. :(

Moses and the Red Sea

2006-03-06T22:20:00.000-06:00

Scott and I were having a conversation with my mom the other day. I cannot stop thinking about how amazing Abigail is with her thinkings. When Abby was visiting with my mom. They were watching a show about Moses and the Red Sea.. My mom said that Moses seperated the Red Sea. Abby had to correct my mom by saying," No Nama, Moses put his staff in the water and it got seperated." Abby read her bible all the time and when we makes mistakes, she was the one who corrects our mistakes!

Licorice

2006-02-06T22:25:00.000-06:00

A scientist from the University of California claims that the licorice is just as effective at fighting tooth decay as flouride. What's next? root beer mouth wash?

Where does human babies comes from?

2006-01-27T16:58:00.000-06:00

"Where does human babies comes from?" That was the question from Scott when he asked Abigail when Scott was studying for his school.
"It is the Lord that put it there", replied Abby innocently.

Which is so true! .. I have thought of this so often..

God blessed people who have babies.. if God doesn't wants us to have babies, we wouldn't have any one of babies... I have often thought of people go through rough times trying to get pregnant... God has reasons for this to happen to women..maybe because the timing isnt right. When women get pregnant, that is a greatly blessed by God! :)

Christmas

2005-12-28T01:38:00.000-06:00

We have had a really good Christmas together as a family. Noah made the comment to us about the gifts. He said,"Christmas is not about getting the gift, Christmas is about giving, so Santa is giving us the presents." I was amused by his comment.. The pastor asked us those questions during the Christmas Eve service and there are some things that I have been thinking about since then and would like to share...

Why did God pick Shepherd?

Why did God pick Wisemen?

What an interestings questions which I have never really thought of. Jesus was born by the Virgin Mary who was sworn to be married to Joseph. Whilst Mary was giving birth to baby Jesus... An angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds.. assuring them not to be afraid as the angel brings them good news... so why did God pick shepherds?
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem during the time of King Herod... When he found out that the King of the Jews has been born, he was distrubed by the news so he sent the people to search for the child and to report him so he could go and worship..They went their way and the star was leading them to where the child was. They brought the gifts for Jesus. They opened the treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, and of incense and of myrrh... They were being warned not to return to King Herod...
Why did God pick the wisemen?

Getting ready for exams and essays

2005-12-03T00:25:00.000-06:00

oh boy!

Scott is studying hard for his exams and essays due next week before his Christmas holidays. He is pretty stressed, not as bad as last year. Scott is also busy with applications he is trying to send out to any universities he wants to attend that has the program he really wants to take. He has been spending alllll day and alll night at the university library studying to get it over with. I have been handling the kids well alone. Abigail and Noah are getting so excited about Christms coming. They have been bugging us about putting the light up outside on our house. ONE MORE WEEK then Scott would be able to after he put all the essays and exams behind him.
Scott really wants to be part of the christmas fun with us so I am going to wait til he is really DONE with these so he could join us.

By the way, Happy Birthday, David! (my bro) :)

Updates!!

2005-11-27T19:55:00.000-06:00

\Hi guys,

It sure has been a while since I have posted. I have been busy getting ready for Christmas. I'm done putting the grid on the window to make some snow all over. It looks really lovely. I am going to put the garlands and the lights up on the window along with the red bows around the garlands. I guess I do admit that I am really looking forward to Christmas. I just couldn't believe how the time have flown. I am really dreading for the cold we are going to face ahead during the winter season. I am really hoping for mild winter but, I don't think it is going to happen!!
The children are terrific. Abigail is doing wonderful with her readings and spellings. She is sooo good in math, she has made grade 1-2 math so easy!! I am so proud of her. Noah could write his name and he is practicing his ABC's in writings. Ezra is only three and I put her in with us so she could draw a picture or playing with her puzzles and suchs. Faith still sleep a lot and she is just a sweetheart!!! I am enjoying my time with Faith as she is still small and so cuddly. :)

Winter's Back

2005-11-19T21:40:00.000-06:00

( groan!!!!!)

The snow is back! Abigail is sooo excited about snow than the rest of the family. She is already planning on doing things for Christmas for instance: baking for Santa, making snow queen ( snowman ) making map for Santa how to get to our Christmas Tree. Abby was so concerned that Santa would get lost!! lol. She is already asking for a TREE!!! uhh November??? I told her not yet, it s still November.

I am not at all thrilled about the Winter. I am dreading to face the cold. Snow is beautiful to look at but, cold is something else!!! I am hoping for the mild winter I have heard about but we will have to wait and see!

Marina Park

2005-11-01T16:02:00.000-06:00

Sitting on the big hill
with all the colourful leaves falling down from the trees
warm sunshine on my face
soft, cool breeze against me
gazing out at beautiful Lake Superior
viewing the Sleeping Giant
watching the water moves about
water spalshing against the rocks
wondering what that sounds like
seagulls squarming around
geeses swimming about in the lake
wondering what that sounds like
people walking by with their dogs
people jogging by
friends talking,while walking past me
wondering what that sounds like
feeling so peaceful
no noises to listen to!

Nothing Exciting....

2005-10-29T22:05:00.000-05:00

It has been a while since I have in this blog. Nothing exciting to share or anything. Things around here has been busy, sure but nothing exciting to tell. ( sorry) heheh

Super Dress

2005-10-13T11:48:00.000-05:00

I d like to share something with you which might humour you. I just had my fourth child this summer. When I was reading this from my email and I find it a bit funny because I kinda could relate to it.

Shortly after the birth of their second child, a husband offered to take his wife shopping for a new dress. He endured more than two hours of listening to her complaints about which figure flaw each dress accentuated.

As she emerged from the dressing room, having tried on the last selection, she asked for her husband's opinion. By this time he had learned just the right things to say. "It's perfect!" he exclaimed. " It makes your waist look smaller, your legs look longer, and slenderizes your hips."

Just then another lady in the dressing room spoke out. "If there is a dress here that will do that, I'll buy them all!"

2005-09-28T17:14:00.000-05:00

This is my first post. I will not be writing just like my favourite fiction authors, or write as a philosopher will write. I will just write just simple as I could be.

I have been spending a lot of time poundering about my future with my family. I have been stressed out with the thoughts about moving and all that. I realize that I have to rest in God and to live through Him. A lesson for me to learn to rest in God and have more faith in Him.. I guess that shows that I will have to spend a lot more time with God than to worry about everything in life. I realize that I dont give myself enough time to have some alone time with God everyday which I should have. Hmmm.....