The best dairy free hot chocolate ever! <3

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons canned coconut milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 4 1/2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1 dash ground cinnamon
• 1 cup boiling water

Directions

1. Stir together coconut milk, vanilla extract, sugar, cocoa powder, and cinnamon in a large mug. Add boiling water and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Amore senza limite.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

you will not stand at all.

Grandma <3

Grams, you were such an amazing, beautiful, strong person!

It was 2 years ago we were told you only had days. You fought so hard, for so long.

I can't even imagine the pain you went though, and how hard your last weeks were.

We miss you dearly, but we know you're in a better place now, no longer suffering and at peace.

A memory:

I was about 6 years old. I was lucky enough to go on vacation with my Grandma and Grandpa. I don’t remember where in Kelowna we were, but camping somewhere anyway. We had just pulled in to the campsite, and my Grandma had sent me off to play while they unpacked the RV. She warned my not once, not twice, not even three time….but four of five times, NOT to go into the creek that ran behind the camp site.

Well, Me and my adventurous self, and fantastic listening skills went off playing Pocahontas and singing “The Colors of the Leaves”. How could Pocahontas not go into the creek? She was Pocahontas! So engaged in my game and already forgetting what my Grandma had told me, I headed to the creek, and decided to cross it. I put my first foot in. It was cool and felt really nice cause it was so hot out. I took another step, and then another, but this time my flip-flop did not come out with my foot. I knew right away I was in trouble. What was I going to do? How was I going to get my fancy sparkly, jelly favorite flip flop out?

I panicked and ran to Grandma crying. She looked at me and said, “I told you”. She went into the camper without another word to me. I stood there for a second, knowing I should have listened to Grandma. She came out a minuet later with a coat hook. I looked at her funny. She just asked me to show her where I was playing. Still crying about my shoe and knowing I was a ‘bad girl’, she got down on her hands and knees and started fishing with the coat hook. It seemed like forever…she fished, and fished for that stupid flip-flop and then she found it!!!

Grandma had saved the day!

I will never forget all the great times we shared!

The Rebelution

I've been reading a great book written by 2 young christians.

"The Rebelution"

http://www.therebelution.com/blog/

believe in your beauty-

You're beautiful. You're strong. You're smart.

 You have the potential of so much greatness.

You're a women, a girl, a madame. 

Believe in your self.

Do not find faults or flaws. 

Find your beauty, strength and greatness'.

Embrace you, your body and all you stand for.

You are beautiful!

you, your self, me, myself.

"What defines me, is not what defines you.

What drives me, is not what drives you. 

I love what you do, not what you love. 

I am me, and you are you."

-TBB

We are blessed with this amazing day, and even if it's not one of the best, it is still your blessing from God almighty and He loves you dearly!

Victoria, BC

Sammy the seal

The sea shore

Our kayaking adventure

Starfish in our kayak

Home Run for Life III

Team Stollery Children's Hospital & Team Cross Cancer

5 days of non-stop baseball, good friends, 2 great causes, and over half a million raised!

Fort Edmonton

COLDPLAY!

Best concert of my life, No band will ever top Coldplay's amazing performance last night!

My favorite part by far, was when they sang 'Green eyes' in the crowd!

Everyone was dancing and singing along the whole show. 

I am so totally and crazily in LOVE!!

Exams are DONE!

DONE, DONE, DONE, DONE...DONE!!!

School is done, grade 12 is done.

Sun shine, sun shine, summer time.

YAY!

EXAM TIME!!

Study, study, study...and more studying!

Pray they go well, and I don't stress out to much! 

It's hard to believe that once exams are done, I am a free girl....FREE GIRL! 

Stop and Shop 'O9

It's that time of year! 

The time of year, when local designers fill the old hanger and sell all their latest and greatest collections! 

Yippeee.

Support your local fashion designers! 

http://www.stopandshopshow.com/

Stop Canadian Seal Hunt!

Last year, over 205,000 seals were killed in the name of fashion and greed.

These are God's creatures we're brutally killing.

 http://www.lush.ca/shop/saveourseals/

PUT AN END TO THE CANADIAN SEAL HUNT!

Farmers market

I love spending my saturdays at the farmers market!

It's so up beat and full of life. Plus I can support our local economy while buying organic! 

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On top of our usuals purchases, this weekend I found a gorgeous necklace that was made with beads from the Hudson Bay Company and the pendant was a cross from Ethiopia. I totally fell in love with it!

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While we were there, we bumped into an amazing friend! Seeing her made my day!

Poland

Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Auschwitz

Czech Republic

My bday! 

Terezin

Terezin

Bunk beds

These sinks were required to be put in my the Red Cross, but were never used!

Registration office

Terezin jewish ghetto

Germany

Jewish memorial- memory void

Berlin wall

German parliament tower

leaving on a jet plane.

I'm so darn excited for my trip to Europe!!

It's a short trip, but I can't wait to take it all in!!

I leave bright and early tomorrow morning. 4 hour plane ride from Edmonton, 2 hour layover in Toronto and then off to Berlin, Germany. 4 days in Berlin, then off to Prague, Czech Republic for 3 days, Then to Krakow, Poland for another 3 days, and from there we fly home!!!!

XOXO

Bowling