Atoz

I am wondering if your response will be similar to my moms "And you have time for that?!?" .....
Back in June I started a small project for fun with the kids and it kinda has taken on a life of it's own. What I started, unbeknown to me at the time, was a series of super hero trading cards....(here is where you just raised your questioning eyebrows).... I have now named these cards ATOZ and am selling them in packs of 10 and 22. Of course this is not what I set out to do, it has just all happened because the kids loved them so much. and now I am just about to release the third series of cards. The cards are made up of local people (kids and their family) plus animals and nature. Each character has a Nick name, super power, weakness and team.....


and now what you've all been waiting for-- a glimpse at some of the cards from the soon to be released series.



Presenting for the first time, what you will see no where else on the Internet.....

Pinky













moon walker















Razorback
















You'll have to buy a set to know their super powers and weakness.
if you would like your face on a card or would like to purchase your very own cards respond here and I will get in touch with you.

This is how God is

I have a good friend in BC who often inspires me in my spiritual walk.(Your probably going to read this Tracey so I'll say Thanks)Her and her husband Greg radiate God and this story she posted in her Blog touched me and was so fitting since our church just started a preaching series on Confession.
You can read it for yourself if you want but here is the quick recap:
Their son accidentally dented a stranger's car and the fellow went to his insurance to make a claim. While Greg and Tracey waited for the damage total they prayed and where faithful. After a few weeks they heard from the man and he said he would not file a claim and that their debt was forgiven. But he didn't stop there, in my opinion his act of kindness combined with the final words he said to them was worth more than the money they saved. He said "Be sure to tell your little boy that this is how God is, we make a mistake and he forgives us without making us pay for it."

Jesus

..for his name sake we will suffer, we DO suffer. Maybe suffering is a dramatic word for here in Canada but yet we do suffer in small ways.
I was recently interviewed (via e-mail) in regards to some volunteering I do and when asked why I started volunteering, my answer included the name of Jesus...it went like this, "

There are so many reasons I volunteer but I know that the root of them all is in my relationship with Jesus. Because I want to spread His love around so others will know it too."

Since I was e-mailing my responses I had time to think and review, I liked that. Though when the reporter got my reply I was called and asked to reconsider that answer because she suspected that it(the part where I mention Jesus) would not pass the editor. -Maybe I should substitute faith or religion instead of the whole sentence about Jesus.- ... I declined on the reconsideration, I wrote Jesus, not Faith, religion or Christianity for a very specific reason and thus that was the answer i gave. The reporter accepted that and passed it on to the editor but what do you know, last week I got the article and the editor edited out that part of my response. Now sure Media is media, they have the liberty to select what they put in the article, but you see this entire article was typed up word for word... reporter question, my answer, reporter question, my answer, and those two sentences had to go because of the name of Jesus.
so many questions roam in my brain.
Does our country really have freedom of religion?
Can the media not even report simple sentences that are authentic and true to me?
What can i do?
Should I do something?
Is this really a big deal?
What are your thoughts?

Camping Shots

Girls and their frog princes! What can you do?
Mud Fight!!!
Anyone up for a little watermelon ball?
I took these shots when we were camping a few weeks ago. We had a ton of fun. What a great summer.