Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Big Move

Welcome to Smallville!

We finally did it! We are now Albertans. We left BC March 23rd in 2 moving trucks, a minivan, and a pickup truck, accompanied by our good friends Dan and Jennie Lang, and 6 pets. We arrived at our new house the next day.



Dan & Jenn stayed for 5 days and did an AWESOME job of painting the upstairs of our house. They taught me how to fix and paint all kinds of things. I never knew I could take off the bathroom cabinet doors, repaint them, install new hardware and hang them all by myself! As Jenn would say....Woo Hoo!

So here's the before and after photos of our living room. I still need some artwork for the blank walls. New furniture would be lovely too, but not in the budget!

Janelle's quite happy with her school. She liked it from the first day. Calvin's still not sure. He hated school in Abbotsford, and says he hates it here too, although he also says he's made friends here. Keep praying for them!
I'm still unpacking, painting, cleaning, and shopping. Andy's working today, chopping up trailers. We're getting to know people at our new church (if I were a more experienced blogger there would be a link right here!). Our pastor called Andy this weekend to go to Tim Horton's with him, so that was cool.
So....welcome to Smallville, Alberta!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to blogland Smalls!! Thanks for updating us! It was fun to "see you off". Hope you are gettingsettled !
-Dan

Anonymous said...

A blog??? Rats. Now you are more technically advanced than we are.

We'd go out to Costco and buy a blog right now too, but Costco is an hour from here.

- The Greeks

Anonymous said...

Ahh, life in middle Alberta. CHILLY! ;p

Just got back from a nice loonngg weekend in Kelowna, where the sun was shining and my skin was burning ... Snicker ...

So glad to hear that you are settling in and making friends. However, Abby just won't be the same without you.

Ciao & keep up with the blogging! (In the 70's it was called voyeurism, but in this day & age it's perfectly acceptable!) ;p

— Bonz

Derwyn said...

You gotta watch out, now that you have a blog...cuz you've now gotta keep it up or your friends will abandon you.

Well, at least they'll stop looking at your blog...

See www.derwyncostinak.blogspot.com for a prime example...

By the way, I thought it was cool that you have a pastor called Andy... ;-)

Derwyn

Gabe said...

Hey guyz Yay you have a blog!! now We can keep in touch without raising any phone bills!! So I hope Calvin eventually enjoys school and that you guyz get internet. I love you guyz and I cant wait to visit i9n the summer

- Gabe (praying for you)

Anonymous said...

Whats a blog? I thought that was something you get when you can't go to the bathroom. lol. Glad you arrived ok and are getting settled. Maybe someday when I find out where smallville is we may come for a visit
Robin & Hawa

£ a u r i e said...

hey y'all - welcome......good to hear a wee bit this way.....and if you're missing the west - Canucks start in the playoffs 2night! ha, ha :) Hope to see ya soon......

Anonymous said...

Miss you muchly. Judi

Anonymous said...

Im glad you guys are doing good :)
If your ever in Lethbridge come say hi :D

Anonymous said...

You guys are getting pretty techie here - blogging 'n all. I can't keep up with my email, never mind having to do a diary (which is what I think of them). Just kidding! This is a great idea. I look forward to seeing and reading about all of your progress with the house and settling in. At least the weather is warming up now and you will have the summer to settle in before you're reminded of true Alberta winters. We love you lots and sure miss you all very much. See you soon.

Melody and family

Keri's Collage... said...

Welcome to blogland :)

Anonymous said...

Holy Jumping Jehovah's Witnesses!
You did it! You actually moved
away from God's country to the back
side of the other side; *you better
make sure to watch out for the "Others"!!!
Congratulations on your advancement into to land of the "Big Sky" country and I hope you have advanced success
there.
Really, Andy, please consider assisting me in finding some others
to purchase EcoBinder. I mean you
do not have to spray it or anything. Just promote it. I will
send you some signs; you can sell
it by the truck load to ones who will mix and spray it as an advanced environmentlly non impactive dust palliative. Very little time could go into making an extri grand a week. Make no mistake about it.
Well, just an idea. You always told me to have 10 per day at least. Didn't he Mo? This is one
that could, with very minor effort,
produce very major produce; as in
lettuce, cabbage, dough and other
like commodoties equally as loonie.
PS - Looking for a cute account/slash sales oriented gal that must be of athletic posture,
to assist me in developing a new life style and to manage and take care of the millions of ruples I expect to have in the course of the course.
Nice Blob by the way.
Congrats on you move; but I am sorry you are not a short drive away. I always took comfort in knowing that you were not very far away amigo.
Adidos for now.
de las Casas dy