"I'm back..."

So here are a few updates for you friends.
Christmas is underneath this post:)

The holidays were wonderful, and now I've returned to the land of early mornings and late nights, textbooks, papers and summaries, endless cups of tea, and to my surprise - a foggy and frosty land.

It was great to catch up with my roomies, who I missed quite a bit of the holidays. They are fantastic! So we hit up a Thai food restaurant for a roomie date, and we ended up having the whole restaurant to ourselves!

First weekend back we had a Discipleship retreat in White Rock. It was nice and laid back, and was the usual cold and rainy January weather - so we tried to stay as dry as possible. But it was nice to reconnect with the group of people we started the year with, and to refocus our aims for the semester ahead and to let the Lord refresh.

Rika, Kari and I hit up a basketball game that was one of the most intense games I've yet to see. It was pretty shocking - and we won.

Some of the boys had the brilliantly odd idea of making 40 litres of jello. And it worked.

And I had a ridiculously sore sore throat of death for a weekend, so the jello worked its charms down my painful throat.

Those who are familiar with 'Tim Tam Slammin', may also be familiar with their cousin - the Penguins. These cute little cookies are just as wonderful and delish. So the three of us dived into a cup of tea and some penguin chocolatey goodness to kickstart the beginning of the semester.

Following it's 3rd year of tradition - our quad took off to the opera Carmen. It was a tad scandalous, but entertaining and a fun night in the city.

So as you can see, things are going pretty well so far. Nothing to out of this world.

But your prayers for diligence would be wonderful, and that I'm diligent in spending time with the Lord as well. Thanks for reading!

Joy - wanna email me and ask me to read your blog so I can see what's new? ;)

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES...

Christmas time was absolutely wonderful. Our grampa made it out to visit, and we loved having him out. Lots of food, lots of tea, lots of conversations and laughs made the holidays wonderful.

After getting home, Dad and I went on our traditional Christmas tree hunt. This year, we were a tad late on our pick - but it was our fastest hunting experience thus far - and our tree was amazing.

Enjoyed getting together with some stellar friends.

Had the annual killer game night with the ladies!

Finally caught up with some long-time highschool pals:)

And ice skating with friends:)
Christmas Eve caroling...

New Year's Eve totem pole

So that's a overview of the holidays in a snap of the fingers. It was so wonderful to be home, always a little sad leaving and going back to TWU to homework and studying. But it was fantastic to have a break and let the brain chill.