Hydrangeas my Favorite!

My mom made a little display of them on the kitchen table and I thought I would share the beauty of them. HaHa I know cheesy. I Just love them. I wish they had a scent unfortunately they dont. I decided these flowers will be in my wedding either the green ones that fade into white or the blue ones. That will be decided at a later date. :) Stu actually bought me a hydrangea bush for my bday last year. Its now planted in the front yard and Im excited to see it bloom and find out what color it is hmmm....And now I would like to take a moment to give a little shout out to someone. ASHLEE I miss ya you are my favorite :) Love you lady (Hi doug)

DnA meets SS (Best trip of our Life!)

Sarah and I ventured down to San Diego last Thursday to visit with Doug and Ashley. Ohhhhh it was such a good trip. I was about a year since we both were down there, and Sarah calls Ash her lover, so in their eyes been way too long. Doug and eye just roll our eyes to that!

So on the thursday night we went to see Coldplay in concert. Man are they good performers. I had a ticket with my friend Jeremy from Bible School, and Ashley got Doug tickets for his Birthday, but Sarah was the odd one out with no ticket. Sarah was at first okay with it, but after realizing what she was missing out on, she decided that she wanted to go. So frantically all four of us were looking on craigslist. We had some leads, but they sizzled out. Then we found ourselves in the car, eating pizza on the way to the concert, figuring out "Oh wait, what we going to do? Sarah doesn't have a ticket!" We got there to the parking lot and a guy we had called of craigslist called up and said you still want a ticket, and we were like HECKA YEH, so sarah got one and was about to enjoy the show. If you want to see pictures go to: http://dnawyliephotography.blogspot.com/

On a whole the 5 days we were down there, was totally the best days of the year 2009, I don't think anything can beat that. Doug and Ash are so cool and, we are so thankful for having, close, supportive friends in our lives. I have enjoyed the time I have had with them to get to know them and the chance for them to get to know me. We had endless times of fun and laughter. We played cranium, ate out on the lawn close by for dinner, walked on the beach, surfed, ate out, got a stupidly over priced beard trim and also a new hair cut.

Two moments I won't forget from the weekend are:

I quote ash on within the first hour I get to their house, "Stu your English has gotten better!" I just looked at her with confusion across my face. Does that make sense? I am english and my english has gotten better. All four of us, just laughed, for the value of that statement. What Ash was meant to say is that ohhhh I can understand your accent more now. Oh quirky Ashley!

Second was when we went out for a dinner in downtown San Diego on Saturday Night at a Mexican Restaurant, and I was not allowed in because they wouldn't accept my English Drivers License. They needed my passport. I was like who carries their passport around on them, and to go out for a meal? I just couldn't believe it. So we decided to go elsewhere of course. And ohhh the service of the restaurant we went too, I will leave it at that!

Also a highlight I know for Sarah was getting to hang out with Linz and meeting her new boy friend. It was very cool in meeting Chad and getting to know him in the small time we had. Us 3 couples got to spend some good, funny times with each other and create memories that will live out history.

A blessing that I wasn't expecting was being affirmed by the LORD at church on Sunday Morning. We were able to attend with DnA to Flood down there. I say blessing and affirmation, because that is exactly what I felt when the service had finished. Clear Bible Teaching and application, and such a wonderful time respond to God through praise in song. We sung defiantly my favorite song, Hosanna. Lines from that song has been prayer for me for the past 2 months. I would like to share them with you. "Show me how to love like you have loved me", "Break my heart for what breaks yours". Especially the second line there has been a huge prayer of me. I want to have His life flow through me like a rapid, flowing river, and that one aspect is to have the heart of God's. Simply I just want my heart to break when God hearts break. And one area that is, is broken relationships.

I mean this with no exaggeration. The extended weekend down in San Diego was the best weekend ever! Thank You DnA, your the best :)

This is Sarah's favorite song from Dallas Green. Just wanted to share it with you all and if you don't know City and Colour, get to know them!

Hume Lake Camp

In June I ventured with our Youth Group to Hume Lake Christian Camp up in the mountains in central California. Clearly was going to be my first time, as I only moved over here 10 months ago and I have heard many stories about this camp before taking the bus ride down there all year long. So I had created this image in my head of what I thought it would be like when I got there. Well whatever image I had in my head was pretty much blown up in size or thrown out of my mind because I got it wrong. One thing it is HUGE, on like 300+ acres and is just crazy. Second is that I didn't expect it to be so Christ centered, because of the crazy things they do such as all the activities, Rec everyday, huge tech input and having a 1000 high schoolers there. So I my thought of the size, amount of activities and all the work it takes to run the camp was instantly blown up to an even greater perspective. And to my happyness I encouraged by the focus upon our Lord throughout literally everything. The simplesty of praying before and after anything, the solid time and focus of being in the word and hearing staff testimony of them telling us, that the week is all worth it when they hear what God has done in and through the lives of students there.

I was also able to spend a decent amount of time with the speaker there that week. Chuck Bomar. He is a Pastor in Portland and the director or College Leader (www.collegeleader.org). He was a huge blessing in my life and a big encourager, as I was able to pick his mind and thoughts and just able to share time with him.

What was huge and I am truly thankful for was the time I got to spend with the student from Crosstown Youth Group. I was able to connect with those I hadn't connected with yet and deepen the friendship I have with those guys in my small group. In those moments I was challenged, encouraged and able to share with them words from the Bible, challenge them and just simply enjoy hanging out.

Next year hear I come. I am ready now!

That week was a blessing in my life and I would like to share some pictures with you to join in with me on that week.

When the MUM came to town

So it has been awhile since Sarah and I have updated our not so anymore new blog, therefore I thought at the request of Ash that I would update from the past few months of our lives.

In March my MUM came to visit and what an enjoyable time it was. It had been since October 4th 2008 since I had seen her and she had seen me, so this visit had to be special. Was also the first time our parents would meet, bare my Father. Thus this visit had an added spice!

In the time of the visit I decided to go from house to house with my MUM as she stayed in 3 different houses from people from the church. Thank you Mike & Jill, Bob & Debbie and Ben & Darla. I know staying in 3 different beautiful homes was a treat for my MUM!

So I just want to share with you some pictures of her visit, as we went to Tahoe, San Fran and in and around Sacramento. Next visit we may venture elsewhere!