Happy Halloween!

Dear All! It was so good to hear from all of you. I thought I would add a few pictures since it has been awhile since I have added any. I took this picture yesterday at work. We actually got quite a bit of snow here, Matt had to brush a good layer off the car. It was so beautiful! This kids all loved the snow too, they didnt really know what snow was either. It was neat! The kids had so much fun with all of the Halloweeny things. We had candy, decorated cookies and had a blast. The kids are so cute all dressed up and I think the grown ups did pretty well too. The bottom picture is my in my nurse outfit and Denise in her personal trainer outfit her slogan was, Come see me if you want a hot body like mine. It was SO funny. Melissa (the one on the far right) is a roman goddess, she switched to an angel later though because people just werent getting it! haha. It was oodles of fun! As I am writing

I am constantly being interrupted by our doorbell. The kids coming here are so cute! I am also giving the parents a little business card to let them know I am up for babysitting anytime. It isnt the perfect weekend since we will be gone for the next three weekends, but hopefully there will be a few calls as the extra money would come in handy! Other than that, things are going pretty well.

I am on the countdown for my birthday... 3 MORE SLEEPS! I am so excited. tomorrow will go by fast and then Friday we go home yipee! It should be a lot of fun. hehe. I am still curious about what is under the sheet, but I am hoping that it is a good present!!
Well I am going to watch Transformers with Matt and get a few other things done. I love you all so much and I hope that you have a really super day. How many trick or treaters did you get???
Love Matt and Amanda

Post 50! yea baby!

I cant believe that I am already at Post 50! Im so glad that all of you faithful readers are here to share in this monumental moment! So I did notice that none if you have been by... thats ok, but you all know how curious I am and I am trying to picture what you are all doing. Maybe you are all shopping a birthday present for me... speaking of which Matt got me mine today. My present is big.. too nig to take home for my birthday.. I get to open it Sunday night. I dont think that I asked for anything big.. so it is really puzzling me. Im so curious, but I will NOT peek! It is on the shelf that Matt made over the stairs, it has a green sheet over it. I have no idea. Arent you curious now to? And dont you go asking Matt behind by back. :D
Other than that I didnt have anything really out of the ordinary happen at work today, the kids were SO excited about the snow. It was so fun to watch them experience it and figure out what it was. The kids were also pumped that it is Halloween tomorrow.
We had Chicken Alfredo for supper. It turned out really well and actually tasted great. We are having leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Anyway. It is time for me to get to bed. I have to be a nurse tomorrow hehe. It should be a lot of fun! I hope you all have a really super day! And dont forget to comment. I really missed you guys today. But I still love you!
Love Amanda and Matt!

Happy Monday!

Hello Friends!
Things here are going quite well. I had a very good day...between kids eating the paint and the toilet overflowing made for an interesting day! It was all good and we were able to laugh about it all at the end of the day.
I made Pizza for supper and it was quite delish! I got the homeade frozen dough from the superstore and it was frozen at the time and I put it in the fridge and when I looked at it today it had already rise quite a bit. I was worried but it all worked out good. I put everything on the Pizza and boy was it delicious. I was also working on folding some laundry but I got tired of that so there are still three shirts that need to be folded. hehe.
Tonight I am working on some thank you cards for the people that organize our GEMS program. We are doing the etiquette badge with the girls and we are going to be learning about how it is important to be thankful. :D it should be a lot of fun.
Other than that I had a pretty routine eventful day. The kids definately had thier cute moments today and I got along really well with my coworkers. What else can a person ask for. Matt had a good day too... he isnt really chatty so I think he is tired. He is studying right now and when he is done we are going to settle down and watch a House rerun. It should be a nice relaxing evening.
Love you all and hope that you have a super evening. Dianna I would love a call anytime. I am free all week.... so far.
Love you all!
Matt and Amanda

Im going to explode!

I am sitting here on the couch and I do belive I am going to explode. Last night we had a good time at Biblestudy, Barret came too so that was a lot of fun. We talked about how free grace is and what God expects from us in order to recive His grace... It is so overwhelming to be reminded that our price for Grace and eternal live is our love and belief. So that was fun. And then we played a fun acting Game. we had a lot of fun.
We got to church on time this morning and as we were walking out of church Aarons grandfather Opa Versloot asked me if I thought it was Soup, Meatball or horseshoe weather. I told him all three sounded fine and then he said Good! Come over and invite all your friends. I invited Aaron, but he couldnt come. All my other friends could though. It was a lot of fun we talked and laughed with all the people there and ate and ate and ate, which brings me to the part where I am exploding.
Matt is reading the rules to risk for me right now so I should go play with him otherwise I will have no idea what is going on. I loved all your comments and I actually did get all my list done yesterday. I couldnt find a toothfairy costume so I am going to be a nurse in scrubs instead. haha. It should be fun! Ill try to remember to take a picture for you and post it. Also, sadly Matt did not sell his ski boots... maybe next year. And one more week and I will be in PEI. I love you all and dont forget to comment!
Love Always,
Matt and Amanda

Super Saturday!

Alright Dad, I changed the time.. I hope it worked. Things here are going well, I was going to update last night but it wouldnt allow me to sign in and Matt thought it was a sign since we were watching the movie I got him for his birthday and it is much nicer when all my attention is on that and im not clicking away. haha. We had a nice night. Before we came home we got some Pizza Hut pizza for family night. That is what we now call friday nights, that is the day we have an easy supper and sit in front of the TV. It definately brought home memories for me having the pizza in my lap driving home to watch a movie. Matt was even there for some of our family nights and he had the same feeling haha. The Good Shephard was a good movie, I dont think I quite got it all so I might have to watch it all again. That is alright though since we dont have a lot of movies we will have to watch one again, it was really long though... I think it is just because the guy always has to think so long :)
So that brings us to this morning. I woke up to my alarm, it is set for the Christian radio station here. I just love waking up to it, it makes me feel so happy in the morning. So today it started with some really god songs so I didnt hit snooze and then a kids show came on for a half an hour. It was called paws and tails. Today they were acting out the story of Esther. So FUN! I really enjoyed it and I think I will listen for it again next saturday. I got up had a shower and now I am here! I have a lot of things to get done today.
1..I have to get a halloween costume for work. I think that I am going to be a tooth fairy. So fun!
2. I have to get groceries. We are out of a lot so i am anticipating an expensive day, so no junk today.
3. We have to pick up some money from the ski swap, We are trying to sell Matt's old ski boots, so hopefully they go. We are going to have a nice look around too
4. Bring money in the bank to pay for things
5. Clean my house
6. Do laundry
7. Cook some Turnip stumpot for lunch
8. Go to Biblestudy tonight
9. Relax? Maybe?

So I should get moving, Matt is still in bed so I think Ill do a little cleaning before we leave but I was hoping to leave soon... So I might have to rush his sleeping in. Have a super saturday and I loved all your comments that was so encouraging for Matt too to hear that from you. Please really continue to pray for him that he will be able to understand and retain the knowledge. I love you all and am looking forward to seeing most (as in the ones I will not see) of you next week when we come home.
Love Always
Matt and Amanda

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'm back!

Hello all,
I missed writing last night. I tried to find a computer that worked last night but it couldnt find its server treee thing whenever I was trying to log on. I wasn't sure if it was me or the computer, but no one else was using them either because they all had laptops. I was wishing I had brought mine. It was fun people watching though. And I was reading "The Healer" by Dee Henderson. IT was so sad though... I cried in front of Matt and Barrett. How embarrasing is that. Barrett just looked at me rolled his eyes and said " girls" and kept studying. I even stopped reading my book when i felt teary so it wouldnt happen but Matt looked at me and I started bawling and laughingat the same time.
Matt got his mid term results on the other one I talked about he got 94% I'm so proud of that guy. He has been working so hard...so GOOD for him!!
We home home from studying in time to watch House last night, so that was all good and interesting. Then quick as a wink it was morning again. I didnt want to get up, but once I made it things were great. :)
Both of our days went pretty well. Things are pretty normal and we came home and had a nice supper and did a lot of dishes. Now we are just sitting here relaxing and I am going to get my GEMS lesson ready. So sorry to cut things short again, but I really should go. It was nice to give you an update again and I hope you havea super day tomorrow. I will probably write again on Friday. Love you all so much,
Matt and Amanda

Happy Monday!

Today has been just such a great day! I think Matt had a good birthday. We saved presents for after supper because we didnt want to be too rushed in the morning before I went to work. I had a good day at work today. It was such a slow day, not in the sense that it was dragging, but we were so efficient we had so much time to just sit around and chat. It was wierd but so nice and relaxing. It was fun!
After work I was sneaky and I went and got a DQ Ice Cream cake for Matt cause they are his favourite. I hid it right by the vent and put the air conditioning on. I left the parking lot but I was too close to the intersection and I couldnt get past the two lanes to get in the turning lane..so I went strait... on the highway. ooops. So I kept driving and took the first exit and safely got myself turned around. I was late picking matt up but he didnt really seem to notice. Then I snuck it into the freezer and he didnt even notice. Then I cooked some chicken alfredo. When I opened the jar it smelled like baby food... yuck. I was a little worried that Matt's specialy supper would not taste good at all. But the end result was definately tasty. haha
He liked his presents too.. I got him a snowscraper for the car, some body wash, chocolate and a previously viewed movie from blockbuster. I wasnt allowed to spend a lot since we already got speakers for both of our birthday. So it was all good and just a few things to make it special, because it doesnt really FEEL like your birthday if you dont have presents to open. He especially liked the cake. It was all good!
I just finished making some cookies. We are watching TV right now and just relaxing. So I hope that you all have a great evening. I wont be posting tomorrow because Matt is studying until after 10 tomorrow night. But I should be back on wednesday. I still look forward to your comments. Love you!
Love
Matt and Amanda