I see the light at the end of the tunnel

  So, we are nearing the end... I can see the light! Magnus has only a couple more days of exams and we are FINISHED! Yippee.. I am so exited, 

although I can't get too excited because he has another two years of intense apprenticeship with more schooling ahead, but this stage is over and onto stage number 202. 

We have a few more weeks in our 1.7 million dollar home and then we will wait and see if we get to housesit next year. I really pray we do, and I am almost 

convinced we will. It has been three years, so why not another eh? God has blessed us so much and the great thing about living this way is that we have had the privilege to see God's faithfulness in our lives and his provision.  Every year that goes by my Trust in God builds, and I think that makes it worth everything. Which is a good thing because we have a lot of work ahead of us... Immigration, visas, somewhere to stay in the Fall, job for me and the list goes on. 

But until all that stress starts to pile on - we are going to celebrate Magnus's graduation and his finishing with flying colors.  Not sure how we will celebrate, but we will! Magnus and I had originally, back when he started school, talked about doing a 

cruise or an all inclusive trip somewhere just him and I, but I think we will have to save that until our 50th anniversary, when magnus will actually be making more then $30,000 a year. =) we are going to Norway though and that is as good as any all-inclusive trip to Caribbean, just a little colder maybe and the people speak Norwegian instead of Spanish, but the bead and cheese is diffidently better there then down south.

Spring is Finally here!!

Spring is here, and man am I happy.. It has been a long winter and it feels so good to feel the warmth of the sun. That is one thing I do enjoy about living where there is all the seasons because you really appreciate the Spring time and especially the Summer. 

We are doing well and Mika has been so good these days. He is doing really well at playgroups, and at church, and around other kids.  Things have really changed in that area and I am so proud of him. He has been a lot easier as far as discipline goes and not testing me constantly. I was really on him a lot last month and I think it paid off. He is now obeying and listening most of the time. I think he was just at that ripe age of really figuring out what he could get away with. I am glad I didn't let things go and was on top of it because it is paying off. Of course things could change quickly so we shall see next month.  He is such a boy and it amazes me how he  just loves anything boy. He is fascinated these days with motorcycles and bikes, he loves bikes, but he doesn't even know what it is??? go figure. And any big machine we see, like a backhoe or a tractor, he gets so excited! I don't need to ever take him to a zoo, I just need to go and let him watch a construction site for a while and that makes him so happy. I am constantly amazed at the built in attraction for cars and machinery in boys.. I am convinced there will be these things in heaven because I don't think guys can exists with out them.  

A lot of people have been asking us .... are we staying or going? And we are staying. We have made a decision to stay here due to many things, but that main thing is that if we were to go to the States Magnus would have to do another year of schooling (they require 5 years of university) and we just did not want to go through that again. Magnus would have had to start school now online and go through the whole summer doing a ton of course and we were just not all that excited about that when he is graduating here in a month. Also, we have great friends here and I just felt that when I think of Mika growing up, I want him to grow up around boys his age and families that I respect, and we have that here. There are so many boys his age and Mika already loves them.  Another area is the economy in the States is a little shaky and we just weren't sure if the Firm down there would still give us a job in September.  Magnus has a job here with a big firm, which has it's good and bad things, but in all I think it will be a good experience and a good resume builder. So, yes, we are staying in Canada and I pray it is the right decision.