Hello!

Hi there, blog world! I've missed you all.. the last two months have been some of the busiest ones of my life. I took alot of pictures along the way though, so look for a long newsy post in the coming weeks!

Have a great weekend everybody!

Thank-you...

... for your prayers. Mom and Dad made it safely home early this morning. :)

Our crazy life!

Over the last few weeks our family has been sick on and off with Mom being the worst. This weekend it was my turn! Mom and Dad are a bit under the weather as well. So it's a nice quiet weekend here. We have had a few different things going on that I wanted to share with you all...

Life with Alexia is wonderful. She is very cute and always seems to have a new thing to show us! She is very smart for her age....

Her first time coloring (at our house)

Saying "hi" to Clare

Outside with her buddy, Ralph

Wednesday we had a large snowfall all day and part of the night. We ended up getting close to 10 inch. at our house!

My friend Tannis lent me a book last week called "Arms Of Love". What a wonderful book! It was truly inspiring. It's a book about two people who are very different. She is a lovely young Christian lady who is a photo journalist. He works at the same TV station and uses any woman he wants... until she comes along! It's about courtship from a Catholic perspective. He does come to the Lord and changes his life completely....

A good read

Big news!!! My Aunt Gwen, Uncle Robin, cousins Mary and Leah moved to the area last week! Nathan is in school near Toronto and Natalie is in the U.S. for music school. My Uncle was a pastor in the Guelph area for 11 years. They were out west before that. He took a job as pastor of Cedarview Alliance church in Barrhaven. They won't have a house for at least a month so right now they are living with my Grandparents across the road from us. I will tell you guys more as the story unfolds...

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Enjoy the sunshine!

My Day

Mom and two of her dear friends went out today for some "lady/mother" time. They had a great time together.

It was great to see you ladies! -Sally

I did some cleaning today while Mom was out :) I was vacuuming and then thought... why not scrub our main room floor? So I did and it looks great - nice and shiny! Mom was very happy (and you know when Mom is happy, everyone is happy!)

The baby birds I told you about flew away this morning. They were so big that they were almost falling out of their nest! I will miss them... not their mess though :(

Louise is coming for a visit and overnight tomorrow. We have not seen each other much since my birthday so I am really looking forward to her coming.

I hope you are all having a nice week.

-Erin

Noah Update: Good News!

This was an email that was sent to my Mom-

Hi Sally,

Thank you so very much for praying for dear Noah. The Lord has most assuredly inclined His ear toward you and the others who've been praying, and has granted us our petition.

Noah is indeed home! He was discharged from the hospital on Monday. Imagine? A six hour major brain surgery on Thursday, home on Monday morning!! To God be all glory, honour and praise!!

He is doing amazingly well. Yesterday, I hear, he walked down to their barn and has been enjoying the WII Fit his brother bought as a physio tool. His swelling has reduced considerably and his healing has been taking place at a remarkable rate.

Please send the photos to me. I've already prepared 3 poster boards full of photos and comments, and am working on the fourth. The first three have already been delivered to their family. If you know of others who've been praying, please ask them to send along photos as well. Seeing the faces of the precious saints who've undertaken on their behalf has blessed them so very much.

Warmly,
Debbie


An update about Noah:

Thank-you for praying - please pass this around,

Sally H.


I received an email but it was a bit unclear about which day it was - I think the email went out Monday. Noah is walking in the hallways - only hooked up to a heart monitor and eating well. A final P.S. at the bottom of the email indicated that they had just heard from Steven (Noah's Dad) and Noah is going home - from what I can gather that would be maybe Monday or Tuesday. I'm really not sure exactly. Praise God! Thank-you for all of your prayers. This very serious surgery was just last Thursday. I know he has a lot of healing left to do but what a wonderful blessing if he can continue healing at home. Their home is not near the hospital so this will be another blessing for them. If you are able, "Debbie Y" is collecting photos and notes from people who would like to bless Noah in this way. Noah and his family has asked that they would like to see who the prayer "warriors" have been that have been praying. Joanna-Lynn (Noah's Mom) said that their family would like to pray for you too!! Debbie's email is: pauldeb@xplornet.com

P.S. I have since received word from Debbie and she has kindly updated me and sent along pictures of Noah as well.

Sally

Update On Noah

Thank-you for your prayers. I will send more updates as they become available.

Sally H.

Here is a quick update on 16 year old Noah. Thank-you for your prayers and for spreading this need around so others could pray too.

Noah is doing well for the delicate surgery he had. The surgery ended up being almost 8 hours which was longer than they anticipated but the doctors were able to do everything they wanted which going into the surgery they were uncertain about. They were able to deal with the veins and knew going in would be removing part of his brain. They were also able to remove the aneurysm. The surgery was Thursday morning and they had him stand and speak on Friday morning (very briefly). He appears to be doing well. He has been given lots of medication to keep him quiet so he is able to keep healing. He seems to be remembering and the doctors are optimistic. He had a small seizure which they are hoping is from the shock to the body from this surgery or from the medication which was first given to him on Thursday night. Please continue to pray for him and his family and that there would be no more seizures. Noah's family is very grateful for the prayers of God's people. We will give updates when possible.

Our Weekend

We had a very busy weekend past! Scott had his final OYO Concert on Sunday (Ottawa Youth Orchestra). He has been there the last year but with going to University this fall he will be in the University Orchestra.

Mom went on a silent retreat with a good friend over the weekend. Mom's time there was a real blessing for her. She had some wonderful times to just sit and have some quiet prayer time.

Dad and us three kids watched a good movie on Saturday night. All you history people out there would really enjoy it!! I thought it was a nice story and really enjoyed it myself. Dad did say the best part of the film was seeing Clark Gable being put over the side at sea after he passed away (most of the film was at sea) but then Dad is not a huge CG fan! It is at the A. library if any of you are interested in seeing it.

Daddy also helped get my ATV in great working order on Saturday...that was exciting!! It felt great to be driving about in it again.

We have got alot of rain over the past few days so everything is greening up beautifully! All our perennials in the flower garden are coming up nicely. I am going to start planning the vegetable garden out this week with Mom. We were given some garlic to try planting last fall. They are coming up great Mrs. L!

Have a great week everyone.

-Erin

Coming soon...

I wanted to let you all know that I will be getting some pictures and possibly a slide show as well from my friend Caroline to share with all of you about my missions trip to NY. I will do a longer and more detailed post then. I had some great experiences and can hardly wait to share some of them with you. Thanks for your patience!


-Erin