March 14, 2012
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gourmet jelly beans. a wedding. and mud.
Today at our little Mennonite sewing circle (in which we get together and sew comforters and handbags and sometimes pajamas for the Needy in Other Places) Connie kept making coffee and I kept drinking it. That is why I am turning out blog posts at 1:00 a.m. I am a coffee wimp. Just a little gets me going for hours.
And I don’t know why I am posting when it seemed like everyone and his brother her sister had something to say on xanga today and these posts will get lost in your subscriptions. I loved reading all the wise and wonderful words of friends tonight right before my first attempt at sleep.
But in case you wondered about all the strange photos I uploaded the other day, here is the explanation.
I had a nice little spring post that I was planning about the awkwardness of springtime in Alberta and other little homely thoughts. And about the wedding of our friends James and Leah, which wasn’t homely, but happy.
But it didn’t get written.
So I’ll throw up the photos quickly.
Last weekend I was feeling all mellow about sunshine and spring coming. And gourmet jelly beans. Coffee and mango flavours are my favorites. But Tori eats the buttered popcorn and cinnamon ones. And Natalia loves the watermelon. Yuk.
It was also the weekend to eat little clementines. I bought 3 pounds on Friday night and there was one left on Sunday evening.
It was the weekend to put up gel window clings.
And play with Lego.
And to listen to Stuart Little on cassette from the library. Do yourself and your family a favor. Borrow the book and listen to it on CD as you look at the pictures. E.B. White is a master at telling stories that children love and that have deeper meanings for adults. He’s simply hilarious too.
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss is good too.
And so is Canadian Cattlemen.
It is always a good day to go mudding with your quad.
And to smile for the camera (if you are Tillie) and refuse to smile (if you are Liesl). Poor little pasty white faces and mother who doesn’t know how to run a camera and get good photos or take the time to edit them to make them better.
And then there was James and Leah.
James: 42-ish trucker who loves children, supports Gospel for Asia with all his heart, has been to India to see what God is doing there, and is never in a hurry. I went to school with James for one year and he is a dear family friend, even though we see him rarely.
Leah: young Christian single mom who sends her little girl to our little private school, likes black tea, reads her Bible voraciously, drives truck, bravely faces the ugliness in her past, and loves the word “awesome”.
It was a happy day.
photo by anna (thank you:)
I love weddings. And this is a good pair. As James says in his bit of a drawl, “Two imperfect people and Jesus.” Just like our marriage. And yours.
In the big United Church where the wedding was held, Jesus stands with the children and in the background there are oil wells. How fitting for this land of ours.
And just because I liked it:
Comments (17)
I enjoyed your post here. I did not realize that James was still single til Anna said she was going for his wedding. I went to school with that family for 5 years. I remember their brother Brian, he was in my class.
Love this random post. May I call it random? That wedding comment, “Two imperfect people and Jesus!” that is good. really good. I need to write that down and remember it.
Here’s to a sunny, snow free day for you!
Fun post & I too (like Tori) love buttered popcorn jellybeans-most people say “eww” when I tell them that. And I LOVE the last pic, too funny! but very true.
What a happy weekend! My kids eat their weight in clementines. I’m just glad they can peel them theirselves.
Those buttered popcorn jelly beans get me every time! I hate them and never know which ones they are.
Fun post!
my kids love audio stories. going check about stuart little at our library.
and thank so much for awakening my love for jelly bellies. those gourmet kind. now i will need to put them on my list. right up there with eggs and mile and such!
Gourmet jelly beans are sort of my weakness. I manage to usually say no to them, but sometimes I do cave in, and then have them all gobbled down before I even get home from the store.
Pasty shmasty. Those little girl faces are beautiful and adorable and precious. What little sweethearts!!
I loved this random post of yours. Hugs to you today.
I like this post. The wedding sounds special…perhaps even some good background history to it.
I hope spring comes soon to you. We are delighting in 70 degrees ALL WEEK!!!!
What a sweet wedding story ~
I loved the way that you described the couple who got married and their wedding in general.
And it was fun to see pictures of your life…just everyday stuff.
I wish I liked jelly beans. They look like they’d be fun to eat.
I love the description of the wedding! And my boys would be jealous of that four wheeler!
love me some gourmet jelly beans too. *anything gummy for me actually. even more than chocolate.* and audio books and wedding stories like james and leah’s…and edit shmedit as far as photos.
such sweet lil faces, sober and smiling. love it!
mmm.. i like gourmet jelly beans too. my brothers and i like to buy a box, and then play a game we call, “guess the flavor.” i think we created it late one new year’s eve waiting for midnight to come — high excitement.
clemintines too. those are favorites round here w/ my kids. they eat them like they’re gourmet jelly beans!!! 
the last bunch i got cost 8 bucks, and they were eating them so fast in the first few days i told them to slow down and save some. kate looked at me confused and said, “why?” and then i realized i guess that IS kinda dumb to buy food and expect the kids not to eat it, but save it!!! haha.
i like those squishy things that hang on the window. they’re so cute and festive. and the facebook quote – - makes me smile everytime!
Nice pics! God bless, ~ Pete
okay. everytime i’m clicking on your site i’m wanting jelly beans!!!!!
James and Leah sound like a couple I would like to meet. I have a heart for India and for single mothers as well.