summer update

sorry it's been so long since i posted - since we moved july 1 we haven't had net access at home so the internet activity has been super basic...thought all you sophia fans could use a fix and and overview of our summer. i'll try and post more soon.

sophia has discovered tattoos (temporary, that is - here she is showing off her latest)

this is what sophia got with her birthday money from auntie jenny and uncle mike. she LOVES it and puts it on almost daily to help cook. the over turned rocking chair beside her is her 'stove' where she cooks with her new pots and pans. yes, she is only 25 months old. i know.


lots of talk about babies at our house lately with my tummy growing and mega excitement ruled when jessi and mike and baby kael came to visit. sophia prefers to call him 'kael asher'. i did crop her filthy socks out of the photo. please note both the band aid (decorative) and the taattoo on the hand.


with the lovely caroline parsons at caroline and ben's canadian wedding. sept 2.

having a tubby at the sink at pine grove camp at papa don's 60th this past july. we had such a good time with all our friends. daddy did lots of dishes in this kitchen in his early ywam days, this was way more fun!


our last day with auntie rachel before she went to england..with one of sophia's faves - gelato!
(we miss you rach!) sophia actually refused the average vanilla cheapo ice cream that was her free kid's meal dessert just minutes before we came here - she had heard us talking about gelato...yes, she is being raised in little italy with GREAT taste!


reading with uncle mat. both classic a clssic sophia pose (she is an avid book lover) and a classic uncle mat pose too. august, our new house.


new vans skate shoes from auntie hannah and uncle nick, new clothes from auntie zippy (heather) and uncle super dave, new play dough from uncle mat... having a birthday rocks!


aunite jesssi left her glasses at the house so sophia thought she would wear then while taking a call. (on the calculator).

jamie and craig get married!

the last two days we have been happily up to our ears in wedding bliss.

our dear friends jamie and craig got married yesterday and we were all involved.
wade dj'ed, i helped do the flowers, and sophia was a flower girl.
here are some of our friend emily's beautiful photos of the day. we love you all!

sophia and ari

this is sophia and her buddy ari. ari comes to play with us most saturdays and he and sophia really love each other.

sophia got to go to ari's house to play the other day.
here they are wearing mr. potato head's glasses.

the crazy thing is that when ari comes to our house he is the more subdued one (see top photo) and sophia hugs and kisses him and won't leave him alone, and all the pictures from their play date at ari's house show ari smothering soph...pretty funny...

beautiful babe blowing bubbles by the sea

This is one of my favourite recent photos of Sophia. She was blowing bubbles with Wade when we were on the island. The black rubber boots are a favourite of hers, as is the hat, which came from Auntie Kelly and was an immediate hit because it looks like Uncle Ralph's winter hat. She knocks me out, she's so great.

pallisters first e-letter

Here is our first attempt at an e-newsletter, a snapshot of the last year, a brief overview of life and ministry and the scoop on our financials too.

Wade did a great job of designing it, but I cannot figure out how to send this in a small enough way to email it out. I really want to get this out in a timely manner, so I beseech you to take the time to download and read this update of ours.

For the front of the newsletter, click here.
For the back, click here.

If you would be so kind as to post a comment here, or email us and let us know you've read our news, we'd be most grateful. Lots of love to you all....

away...

sophia and i are away visiting my mum and dad on the island for the first week wade is in cambodia. we miss him very much and we are so, so happy for him.
we just went for a walk in the sun and the wind. it was an exploring walk with no purpose, yet in one walk i showed sophia about crossing the street to look for cars, how the wind blows your hair and how you can make your shadow dance. she discovered on her own the noise metal manhole covers make when you step on them. it is amazing to get to be the first person who tells someone all the stuff everyone just knows.

wade and sophia

Here are a few pictures of Wade and Sophia on our vacation that we took with Wade's family at the beginning of the month.
The last year has been a hard one for Wade, and one of the first times I really saw the strain was in a picture - his expression has just changed.
On this vacation we dug out a few old favourites - when Wade and I were first together we flew our kites a lot, and after years of them laying dormant, they came out of retirement. The expression on Wade's face in the kite flying photo says how much better things are going these days.



One of Wade's favourite things about Soph is that she is a speed demon. She is addicted to swinging on swings higher and faster. She has a remarkably high pain tolerance and she loves to stand on rocking chairs and all sorts of crazy stuff. Wade has plans to get her skateboarding as soon as possible. In this photo he is winging his legs up and down super fast and she thinks it rules. If he stops, he signs the sign language for 'more' and says "moh, moh, moh."



The other fave we dusted off on this trip was the giant bubble maker, a key tool in winning the hearts of my niece, nephew and godddaughter when Wade was courting me.

This being Soph's first bubble blowing experience, Wade commented, "I don't think Sophia knows that most kids don't have bubbles the size of their own bodies." I replied, "Yes, and she may also never know that some people consider Mc Donald's food." Heh. I'm funny. (And a downright hypocrite when it comes to their cheesburgers, too.)

uncle ralph

This is Sophia and her Uncle Ralph. Ralph lives with us and he and Soph have a pretty special thing goin' on. Sophia was the first baby Ralph ever held and he was pretty green in the whole baby dept. before her. He is now the uber-Uncle and has graduated through various bouts of diaper changes, nose wiping and baby sitting. He's the only other person besides us who has ever put her to bed. This may not seem a big deal, but those of us who knew Ralph BS (Before Soph) have to really reign in our desire to make all kinds of noises at how great he is with her. (Said noises would probably please and annoy Ralph simultaneously)

Tonight Uncle Ralph reached a new plateau of childcare. Ralph introduced Sophia to miso soup, and she seriously takes after her father in her love of asian soups. (The above photo is of her eating Hot and Sour Soup last Monday. Yep. I couldn't believe it. What 20 month old eats Hot and sour soup?) So, tonight Sophia got to have her first big bowl of miso soup all to herself, then Wade and I went out. I guess Soph and Uncle Ralph were running around and Soph gets sick...which is odd as she hardly ever pukes, even as a tiny baby...but really it was just one more thing for Super Uncle to add to his resume, puke-cleaner-upper and he then taught her how to say "Ralph Rocks!", though aapparently before bed it sounded like "Rocks! Alph! Yeah!". I couldn't agree more.

for all you fans out there....

This photo makes Soph laugh. She calls herself "Soo" and points to it and says her name.
I took this when we were out int eh garden playing with her buddy Ari. The best part is that she totally did this pose all on her own. Love that...