Decorating Will's Room

We never gave Will's room a theme. I guess we were sort of waiting to see what kind of things he liked. A week or so ago I decided to start decorating his room in planes since he loves them all of the sudden. I am attempting to do this 100% with materials we already own. I want to decorate his room for free :-) So here are some photos of my first idea for decorating:

I started out with some scrapbook paper that was given to me a while ago

Then drew what I figured would make good pieces to a plane

Then cut out those pieces

 Then pieced them together

Then I super glued (with the glue gun and glue sticks that were given to me) the wings in place

Then did the tail

And then I punches holes in the planes. I did the holes in different spots on each plane so that some would point up, some down, and some going straight.

Then I tied string (white thread that was given to me) and hung them up!

Cool, huh?! And it was all free! William loves it and so do I!!

How's your August been?

Is it just me or has August flown by? I can't believe we are heading into it's last week! The days are starting to get cooler (about 60 or so) and the evenings are getting darker. I think the sun starts to set around midnight or 1 am and when I wake up at feed Jennifer at 4 it is completely dark. It won't be long until we will have the normal daylight hours.

The kids have been doing great. It is such a relief now that they are both dual citizens! The Lord really worked it out. It's amazing to look back and see all the things He did to make it happen. On top of that He gave us safety as we drove to Calgary and back. It was such a long trip...just about 4 days to drive there and 4 days to drive back. We were so excited to be able to see so much wildlife: 1 beaver, 3 black bears, a grizzly bear, ptarmigan, bunnies, sphinx, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, bison, horses and cows. It was pretty neat.

I wish I had more time to post, but I don't. So, I will add a couple pictures from our trip. have a good weekend!

God is working!

Well I am so sorry that I haven't posted in so long! A lot has been going on. My sisters were here for the past 2 weeks. We had soo much fun and I am so thankful they were able to be here. They got to experience everyday life in Inuvik as well as everyday life with my kids. They taught me so much and I am so thankful for them. We had a great time.

I have a couple praises which are accompanied with prayer requests. First is for my Sunday school class. I teach the 5-9 year olds. This past week my lesson didn't really lend itself to teaching salvation but I prayed and asked the Lord to give me an opportunity to present the Gospel sometime throughout the class. The Lord used Psalm 23 and the Good Shepherd to give me an opportunity to talk about salvation. Some kids were distracted but one student who is just 8 years old listened very very closely. When I told them that we are sinners and sin isn't allowed into heaven he looked up at me with a very worried look on his face and asked, "then how can I get into heaven?" What a wonderful question to hear! I then went on to tell him how he can know for sure that he can go to heaven. He never told me if he got saved that morning or not but I know that if he didn't he is very very close to getting saved. The Lord is working in his heart. Please pray for him.

Another amazing praise is for the opportunity that the Lord gave me this past week. I go to a Healthy Babies program a couple times a week. It is a moms and babies group funded by the government. I have been going  since William was just 5 weeks old and have been praying for an opportunity to witness to the director, Tammy, since then. Well, back in April she asked me to come and teach a Bible story at the program the way I would teach it in Sunday school. So in May I taught about Jonah. It went really well so she asked me to come back in July. So last week I went with my sisters to teach the story of Creation. We also did a craft that said what God created on each day. It went pretty well. We had 3 kids and 5 adults there. Afterward the director, Tammy, took a craft home to teach it to her daughter and I saw many moms reading the little booklet that said that God created the world. I am still in awe that I went into a government funded program and taught that God created the world. God is good! Please keep praying for that little ministry I have there. God is working!

Canada Day, July 4th and yummy cake!

We celebrated Canada Day on July 1st. Shane got us all matching "Eh Team" shirts. We had a great day and William LOVED the parade. 

Our July 4th was a little less eventful but still a great day. We wore our patriotic Red, White, and Blue :-) My kids are pretty cute in Canadian and American colors :-)

Here is Shane giving the challenge at the youth/young adults activity last night. We have a youth/young adult night every other Friday and a church activity once a month. We try to do something at least 3 Fridays of the month. So far it has been going great. We usually have between 10-15 youth/young adults. 

And this is the yummy cake mentioned in my title. I made it wheat free, egg free, and nut free and it was sooo yummy! I will share the recipe with you. You have to try it because it is sooo easy to make and tastes so good!

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c +6 T. sugar
3 T. cocoa
3 t. Baking powder
1/4 t. salt
3/4 c. milk
3 T. oil
1 1/2 t. vanilla


2 C. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
3 1/2 c. hottest tap water


Heat oven to 350. 
Mix first 5 ingredients in ungreased 13x9 baking pan.
Mix in the milk, oil and vanilla with a fork until smooth.
Spread to the side of the pan.
In a bowl mix the brown sugar and cocoa.
Sprinkle onto cake batter
Pour hot water over batter 
Bake for 40 minutes. While warm, spoon into dessert dishes and top with vanilla ice cream. Spoon pudding from the pan onto each serving. 
Enjoy!!

Father's Day

This photo was taken on Father's Day. Shane is a great father and we are so thankful for him!

These next two photos remind me of the poem "Footprints In the Sand." The Lord holds our hands when we   need help but sometimes we just need Him to carry us instead. The Lord is always ready and willing to help us through rough times and carry us through even rougher times.

I love the William is looking at his baby sister. He loves her so much. 

Half way through June!

Seems for the past 9 months I couldn't wait for June to get here and now we are already half way through it! I can't believe how fast time has been going these past few weeks! Jennifer will be 2 weeks old tomorrow! Already! I just can't get over it.

I am counting down the days until I see my sisters. They will be here July 11! I am so excited for them to see where I live, meet my friends and church family, see how much Will has changed and learned, and of course to meet Jennifer. It will be so nice to have them here!

Then just a week after they leave we will be packing up for our first road trip as a family. We will drive 4-5 days to Calgary then after spending a couple days there drive to Edmonton then start the drive back home. It will be so much fun. We are looking forward to showing William so many new things. One of the things we are most excited about is taking him to the Calgary Zoo. William LOVES animals so he will really enjoy that!

Well, have a good week everyone!

She is here!

As most of you already know, Jennifer Liz Marie Gordon arrived on May 30, 2012 at 4:26 pm. My water broke at 3 am but labor never started naturally. It would have, but we had no idea how long it would take. Once the water breaks you only have 18 hours to get the baby out before infection can happen. So, they thought it best to induce me at 10 am. I was in active labor by 1:15pm. The labor pains came strong and not gradually like natural labor. By 4 I decided I wanted an epidural. Once they got the epidural in it was minutes later that Jennifer was born. I guess my body just needed to relax. I am praising the Lord for giving me such a quick recovery. I am in very very little pain and feel up to most my regular chores around the house. I am trying to rest but I just can't rest when my house is messy lol. So, I will slowly get things back into order and rest in between things. William loves his little sister. Although she is only 5 days old I can't imagine life without her. She     fits perfectly into our family and we just love her so much!! Thank you, Lord!