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okay ... Truly long overdue! Pardon my inconsisentsies when it comes to blogging ... gosh life just gets so darn busy! SO this is what we're up to :)
Exams: check! End of the Year services, ceremonies, and banquets: check! Completing our Third Year: CHECK!!! Mr. Hartin and I are so thankful to be done our third year of school! If you don’t know already, mr. hartin and I are at school – he is studying for his BA in religion (majoring in biblical theology) and I’m studying for my BA in religious education (majoring in counseling). We're loving it but were more than ready for a break!
And so, I welcomed summer with arms open wide, ready for a change :)
I love change! change of pace, change of sceanery, change of environment, change of faces once in a while... I love all of it! Change brings with it hope ... for new things and chances to see beauty in different faces and places.
hmm.. what else... oh, our dear sister just set the date for her wedding at the beginning of July (along with our other bazillion friends who are getting married this summer). So that means a trip to Ontario for us !! :) !! Needless to say I am so very excited and can't wait to see my family. AND whats more, I'll get to see (for the very first time) my newborn niece (or nephew). He/she is due sometime in late May. They're a beautiful family and we love them very much.
Gavin, Juls and Kieran
It's as if it's in the Cranna genes to make lots of babies. Often (maybe too often) when our close friends as us if we're pregnant yet, our disappointing 'no' is almost offensive to them ... as if we're failing an expectation ... lol. We can't wait to have babies and don't want to wait too long, but first we'd like to get school out of the way (or at least that the plan ... whether or not our plan will play out the way we thing - which they rarely do - is in the hands of our Loving Father). So ... maybe we can wait a little longer ;)
In other news we finally caved and bought ourselves a cell phone. Yes, yes - we reluctantly joined the rest of society. We figured it was a pretty wise decision with Sophia and all. Speaking of which, Sophia is having some issues and will need some parts replaced... I suppose we can't really expect much less from her, after all she is 30 years old (Sophia is our car by the way, click here for a formal introduction - she's quite lovely). Anyways, we've concluded cellphones and functioning vehicles make for a far more convenient life and so this is where we find ourselves :).
There have definitely been some unexpected bumps in life lately for us, but we are really trying to have trusting hearts - that are set on walking in the ways of our Father. I know He is a good God and sometimes this is all I can cling to and its more than enough.
Well - Tonight we're having friends over for dinner. On the Menu: A tender Roast Beef, roasted in a coffee/gravy marinade, with mushroom risotto and asparagus and beans tossed in a honey-garlic balsamic dressing (Yes ... we do eat real food somtimes - contrary to my previous blog post)
Thanks again for visiting our blog and seeing whats up with us. We'll be posting soon.
Love mr. and mrs. hartin
