H1N1

So I thought I would blog about our experience today while getting Maija's H1N1 shot. We showed up to the Avenida Mall clinic at around 8:30-9 am, and lined up for only about 5 minutes, and got a number, and a time to come back. We were told we could come back between 10:30-11-30 am, and wait for our number to be called. We went for a long walk, and we had breakfast, and went to the park, which was so much nicer, than sitting outside in a long line up.
We came back, at around 10:15 am, and they were a bit off in the time for when to come back, so we went to check out a kids' clothing store, and then by 12:30 we went in after our number was called. I was so impressed with the nurses, and other health care workers. Considering they were dealing with hundreds of crying children, they were pleasant, and professional, and boy were they working fast! Our nurse was so kind, and well, I was also SOOOO proud of Maija, she didn't even cry at all (the nurse said she was her best girl today! I was so proud of her!)! It was a good experience overall. Although I know it took just as long as it did for people to get the vaccine last week, it was so much better than it would have been to sit in a long line for hours, and hours....

Happy Birthday Wyatt!!!!!

I just wanted to send out a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the nicest, coolest, kindness guy ever. Happy Birthday Wyatt, Maija and I are so lucky to have you in our lives. You are a great father, an awesome husband, and my very best friend, thank you! I don't say it enough, but I am so grateful for you, for your listening ear, for your sense of humor, you really make me happy! Thanks!. Our lives are a lot like our hikes, and poor Wyatt has to spend a lot of time encouraging, and pushing me forward, and I am so glad for that! I love you Wyatt!

Memories....

I have to admit I am not the greatest at keeping my journal up to date, but you know what is fun, reading back on it! I just spend the last hour reading back on my dating days, it was fun, and neat to see how much thought, and prayer went into finding Wyatt. It was also a laugh to read back on funny moments with roommates (hello Trois Rivieres!).
I found that I tend to express my feelings about people a lot better in writing, most of my entries finish by talking about how cool and awesome my hubby is! ...also I have never before referred to Wyatt As my HUBBY! So yes Wyatt, I love you, you are cool.
But what I loved the most about reading my journal, is seeing the role that Heavenly Father has played in my life. It is great to see how blessed I am, and how lucky I am to have the values, and believes that I do have. It was great to look back on moments like my mission, finding Wyatt, and my wedding day, so if any of you guys are like me, remember that although it is hard to write the journal, it is a really uplifting, and fun experience to read back on it.

Girl's camp

A few months back I was called as Camp Director for YW's camp, and I was super hesitant about the whole thing, how could I leave Maija for 4 whole days!?!?! I prayed, thought about it, and then realized that Wyatt is a very intelligent, and capable man (did you guys see the last post? the guy is a genius!), anyway, with a big prayer in my heart, I left for camp, and it was GREAT! The girls were wonderful, the spirit was there, and the activities were, although tiring (the hike was SO long, and my pants were literally in pieces when I got back down the mountain), VERY fun, and more importantly, Maija, and Wyatt were A OK. Although, I have to admit, I was glad to know they missed me, that evening I got about 45 minutes worth of hugs from each of them! I love my little family!! I will post pictures soon.
Camp Impeesa ROCKED!

Drum Master

I really should have posted about this a long time ago. Wyatt has been working on a project for almost a year, on and off. But he is finally getting close to completing it.

When Wyatt and I got married he owned a set of drums, which he unfortunately had to get rid of since we moved into a condo, at that time he decided to purchase an electronic drum set, and was pretty happy with it, since it allowed him to play without getting us kicked out of our home ;) But then a few years later, in the typical Wyatt way, he decided "hey I should just build my own electronic drum set!" and so he has.

He has made the frame for his set, written the program that allows the set to actually work, design a circuit board for the electronic component of this project. Honestly my explanation of it won't even do it justice, so if any of you guys are interested, and will like to learn more, click here, and you can learn about the design, theory, schematics, and more regarding his Drum Master Brain. It honestly blows my mind!

Here is a picture of his set, I find it really impressive, this guy REALLY never ceases to amaze me!

Maija's Room

So we painted Maija's room about a year ago, but sadly it took us so long to paint it, that I was too scared to actually damage the walls, and put holes so that we could put pictures up..Yes I know sad! But finally after a while, and some encouragement from Wyatt, I decided that I needed a project, and Maija's room needed some color, so I went all out, and painted a mural on one of her walls...Here is a picture of me working on the mural.



Maija has Grandma days every Friday, so thanks to grandma, I was able to dedicate a good 8 hours to this project. Maija loves puppies, and lately is really into Spot books, so I thought it would be cool to do a picture that, she is really into, so here is the final mural.




This type of project is actually not as hard as I thought it would be, and it was great fun just painting away, so if anyone is looking to do a mural, and will like some help painting, please let me know, I really did have lots of fun doing it! and I have some left over paint. I used sample cans from Rona, so the whole project was only about $38 total, and it really brighten up Maija's room.


Maija wakes up, and falls asleep lately saying "Puppa" or puppy. I'm so please with it, mostly because the person that it was intended for really likes it! I got the Maija stamp of approval!
For the other wall, we decided to keep within the same theme (art, painting), and I used photographs taken by Wyatt, and a painting done by our very own resident artist MAIJA!! I really like how it has all turned out.



So finally after a year, Maija's room is done! Thanks Wyatt for all your help, and encouragement! I was really freaked about drawing on our nice clean wall, but looking back, I'm glad I did it!

Oil Paintings- Cardston Alberta Temple

So I finally finished, I still have to varnish the painting, and eventually frame it, but this is a quick preview of what the finished, unframed painting looks like. I'm very proud of it, as this is my first completely original work. Wyatt took the photo, so this is not a copy of someone else's painting.
Unfortunately you can't really see the details, for example the trees have a lot of green highlights that you can't see in the picture, but overall it does give a fair impression of the final work.