Love...

It is amazing the things you can fall in love with... places, animals, people… This summer I spent a lot of time with my new puppy, Daisy. It was an immediate love that I had for her. I have loved getting to watch her grow over the summer. It has been a privilege to teach her new things and care for her. This summer I also fell in love with a boy. His name is David and he is 7 months old. What an amazing baby he is. For a week in August I got to go up to Jackson's Point Salvation Army Camp with a group of moms and their kids. For an entire week I got to cuddle this little baby and feed him and sing him to sleep, while his mom got to have time to relax a little bit. It was wonderful. It is funny how love for certain things often stirs up love for other things in your heart. Africa, missions, orphanages and the list goes on, are some of the few things baby David stirred in my heart. He reminded me of the call God has on my life to help and care for those who are unable to care for themselves. I love remembering how much God loves the little children and how much we should as well and man do I ever love this little boy...

Where did July go???

Wow, so it's already August? I can't believe it! I don't know where the time has gone at all. Summer is going well. I am kind of doing well at accomplishing some of my summer goals. Let’s see.... I have visited camp 3 times already; Daisy and I have gone to 2 weeks of puppy classes so far; I have gone on a road trip (with a ton of driving) and swam with polar bears; I have reconnected and hung out with some of my friends from the city as well as I have hung out with some of my friends that stayed home from MWSR this summer and yesterday I took Grant and Erica to Ontario Place. I am also continuing to do my school placement and loving it a lot. Some of my other goals are half way being done and hopefully I'll be able to keep checking them off my list. I also had my birthday in July. As of July 22nd I was 23! I can't believe how old I feel already. So that’s about it I believe for my summer so far. The pictures below are from my road trip and swim with the polar bears.














Daisy is all ready for her camping/road trip!



And she set right to digging holes once we had arrived at each new camping site!



We stopped at this AMAZING used bookstore along the highway. I love old books! While the store is in a random location, it is well worth the stop! There are just shelves and shelves of pretty much any type of book you could hope for.



Yeah for polar bears being up close! Really really close!



Got to love the scenery while you drive! (Although my mom wasn't so keen when I took a picture while driving, go figure.)