Kate at Camp

This summer I had the privileged as an intern to go to Camp Dia-best. This is a camp that is held each summer at Camp Rotary specifically for children with diabetes. There were also 2 other interns from other nutrition programs selected to go; along with two registered Dietitians. When we arrived on Friday evening we were told that we would no longer be known by our real names but we were each given camp names; so for the rest of the week the camp staff and children referred to me as Tangy.

Our days were filled from morning to evening. We were responsible for posting all the nutrition information for each meal and snack on poster board around the dinning room. During meal times we were each in charge of one cabin. It was our responsibility to make sure that the children accurately counted the right amount of carbohydrates that they consumed. During snack time we handed out snacks and counted carbs. The afternoons where great as we spent them on the beach swimming with the kids.

One of our big jobs was during rest time. One cabin each day would come to the chapel to play nutrition games that we had created. We made these games to help them know how to create a balanced meal, how to read labels and better visualize what a proper portion of food was. This is me with the dietitian Spicy; we were in charge of the label game.




Camp wasn't just all work for us as we got to play and party with the campers as well. This picture was taken the last night during their carnival.

Josh's Graduation Party!

While Micah's Minnesota family was still down visiting, Deja (our sister in law) hosted a Graduation BBQ party for her husband Josh! Josh had been going through blocks of school to complete his electrician papers. As of this summer he is officially done! What a blessing it was to share in this special day with him along with many friends and family members.

Frank and Lilian's Wedding

July was the month of weddings for us. We had 3 in a row! The last wedding we attended in July was a renewing of vows by our dear friends Frank and Lilian. We first met Lilian two years ago when we moved to Moncton. Right away her outgoing and loving spirit made us feel so welcomed. She opened up to us right away and told us about her dear Frank who she had married 3 years earlier, before coming to Canada with her family and they had been praying for Frank to receive a visa so he to could come to Canada. Our prayer group prayed for him every Friday night and one year later we greeted Frank into Canada. It took Lilian a little more time then Deborah to plan the wedding so this summer we were blessed to attend their wedding ceremony.


Now the difference between Canadian weddings and African weddings (besides everyone being MORE then fashionably late : ) is that the Africans NEVER stop dancing. They dance up and down the aisles, people dance around the bride and groom and the best part was when Lilian's brother Calvin and friend Lea danced the cake knife and server up the reception aisle!!


Now the dancing didn't stop there. After the speeches and eating all the guest headed to the dance floor to learn some new moves. Here is Calvin teaching Micah how to really bust a groove!

After all these weddings Micah has really turned into a dancing machine!!

Family Supper

Once we got back from the wedding we had the honor of having Micah's Minnesota family along with his parents and grandparents come and join us for a delicious supper. We had a wonderful time together enjoying a feast of Rhonda's seafood chowder, ribs and strawberry short cakes for dessert. We hope that the next time you all come to visit, we will be in a bigger house!

Ben and Jo's Wedding

After Deborah's wedding it was time for our vacation to Dunham. We left early July 10th and spent a whole day driving. We had so much fun driving the back roads through the states to get there.

We even drove through MEXICO....hehehe....Mexico Maine that is. Micah made me get out and take this picture of him!







We stopped half way along the ride for a nice picnic lunch by this beautiful lake. The weather was a bit warm for driving but we finally made it there that evening.


We had a wonderful week hanging out with family as we helped Ben and Jo prepare for their big day. Our days were filled with long "to do" lists as we all helped to prepare for the big day. At night we enjoyed having hot drinks in our hands, games and fellowship.

The wedding took place on July 14th. It was a beautiful day for an outside wedding. Guests began arriving early in the morning as most people were staying at the YWAM base for the night.





After the ceremony, the wedding party along with family went to take pictures on a beautiful hillside that was very special to both Ben and Jo.


The day was so much fun because we got to meet up with friends and family that we had not seen in a long time. The Peterson grandparents along with Joan arrived early in the week, Mike and Anna Cains drove from Toronto, Dave and Kate Turner came from Montreal and our dear friend Rob flew in from...well I don't really remember where he is now, but I know it is far away. The reception was a blast as we were entertained by Jamie and Marie-Helene Morell. The night ended with a very fun Quebec wedding dance!

The next morning all the guest enjoyed a delicious brunch, which was prepared by the brides maids. We had so much fun at the wedding that even baby Miah was tired out the next day.


That afternoon family and friends joined Ben and Jo as they opened many wonderful wedding gifts before heading off for more honeymooning!

Deborah's Wedding

Our July started off with Deborah and Jean-Luc's wedding. This wedding was very special for us to attend because of the journey that these two love birds have gone through. Last year Deborah flew to Africa to marry Jean-Luc. Throughout the past year we have all been earnestly praying for him to receive a visa to come to Canada. Finally on May 13th, 21 of us from our church gathered at the small airport in Moncton to welcome this man that we had heard so much about.

From that day on, Deborah put us all to work planning the wedding for July 7, 2007. She did an excellent job, putting a wedding together that quickly. After been friends with Deborah and being involved with the African community for over a year we should have figured this was not going to be your typical Canadian wedding. As 2:00 approached, the church was fairly empty as it was only filled with Canadians. It was about 3:00 (1 hour past the time on the invitation) when the church became filled with many people and the bride began to make her way down the aisle.


The wedding was filled with lots of cheering and dancing! Afterwards we enjoyed a delicious African feast and yummy wedding cake we all danced the rest of the night away learning many new moves!

We Are Still Around!

I can't believe that summer has come and gone just like that! We have been so busy over the past couple of months with get together's, work, school work and weddings that we have almost forgot how to blog...but don't worry we are BACK!! We will be posting all about our summer adventures so be sure to keep checking in cause there is so much to tell you all about!

Time for an up date!!

It has been so long since we last up- dated that I don't even know where to begin in our new adventures.

The long weekend in May the Stewart's made the long track to Moncton to visit with Micah and I for the weekend. We had a fun time with my mom and dad enjoying each others company. We went shopping (while mom and I did), ate Chinese food, went swimming (everyone except me...the water was too cold) and played phase 10.



The rest of May was pretty boring as nothing really excited happened.


The 1st day of June however was a different story!!! Micah treated me like a queen for my whole birthday. I woke up to a nice breakfast, we went out for a yummy supper and after my women's prayer meeting Micah had organized a surprise birthday party for me. It was so much fun. We had yummy treats (carrot cake and Deborah's home made African donuts!), I was blessed with a lot of very nice gifts, and of course there was dancing....a lot of dancing!









My Birthday weekend just kept getting better. On June 2nd my best friend Deanna was in Moncton to stay with us. We had so much fun staying up late talking about the awesome things that God is doing with his people. On Sunday the band from my university (Life Support) was leading worship at our church, this is why Dee was down visiting. After church we went to a wonderful couples house from our church to enjoy a yummy lunch with the band.




Also that weekend our Christian Ranger (kind of like the power rangers only better) friends where in town.






























So on Sunday we joined them for some pizza and games. It was fun hanging out with Phil and Genieve ( yes that is who is behind the ranger gear) again as they had been away for a very long time.

Continued Peterson Adventures

June just didn't stop after that weekend. The very next weekend Micah and I were packing up our little car to head to Fredericton to surprise Shiloh for a birthday party that her friends where having for her.

Micah and I spend Saturday with our friend Phil and Genieve we went out to enjoy the hot sunny day in Fredericton. That evening we went over to our friends Kristy and Ryan Shorts house for a yummy meal of home made pizza and cesear salad. Kristy is a very good cook as very thing tasted delicious. The next morning we headed off to church at the meeting place. We really enjoy going to this church and it just so happened that after church was there annual summer BBQ we tried not to eat too much as we knew we would be going to another BBQ in just a few hours.


When we got back to Phil and Genieve house Micah and Phil had a chance to play some music together while Genieve and I were in the kitchen creating new dips to take to the BBQ.








We headed out to the party a bit early so that we could help Shiloh's friends Faith and Monique decorate for the special occasion. Some of the balloons were very massive! Genieve was blowing one up so much that it popped right in her face...it was sooo scary that Micah screamed at the top of his lungs. It was a very funny had to be there kind of moment!





Once the birthday girl arrived, it was no time before the BBQ was going and food was being served on the table. We enjoyed a wonderful feast of many different foods.




Shiloh was blessed with many nice gifts from her friends and family. Here she is sporting some of the new items she had received.

Before the evening ended we were able to get some photos in before we all parted our ways again. Here is a semi family picture of us with Shiloh, Micah's parents and grand parents.



After such an exciting weekend away in Fredericton you would think that our traveling for the month would be over...but oh no there was another just this past weekend.

Friday night Micah and I decided to pack the car and head to St. Stephen for the weekend. We had a lot of fun being home with my family. The first night we just relaxed outside by the camp fire. It was to bed early as Micah and I both had a busy day ahead of us.

Saturday morning we woke up to pancakes and bacon cooking. After enjoying such a hardy breakfast, Dad and Micah were off to the woods and Mom and I were off to town to go shopping. After a long day for all of us we headed to St. Andrews to celebrate Mom's birthday. We went to a special restaurant that my mom loves called the Gables. It was so beautiful out side we were able to eat on the patio which over looked the water. Micah enjoyed the slamer's that we ordered as a appetizer.



After supper we enjoy a nice walk down the front street of St. Andrews. We stopped by a new ice cream stand to enjoy a little bit of dessert. We all enjoyed waffle cones and continued walking down towards the wharf. The wind had pick up a lot and it was very cold walking so we had to turn back.

When we got back home my cousin Carrie came out to visit with her two little girls Chloe and Ella. We had another fire only this time mom was prepared with hot dogs and marshmallows for the kids. Ella enjoyed the marshmallows while Chloe took care of making spider dogs!

Gone Fishin'

Well, Mark and I have been saying that we need to go fishing for a long time and we finally did! It was a great time. I felt like I was back at Dayspring. We caught 4 fish all about 8 to 9 inches. The biggest one played dead and when we went to wash it, it was the "one that got away". No sweat though. We lost a few hooks, waded through some brooks with no waders on, got the fishing line in a knot and had to empty out the fishing line and wind it back up, but hey, I've never been on a fishing trip that I didn't have to do that! That's what makes it an adventure!!

*Notice the florescent green children's fishing rod.......what, they're cheaper!

Grampa J Back in Action

Grampa J has had to move his blog due to an upgrade complication with blogger. He is set up now though and he is all fired up because he is going to be blogging on his own. Yup, that's right, Grampa is a lean mean high-speed blogging machine. Watch out, this blog is going to be updated more than ever before. The bible says that if we walk with the wise we will be wise. I hope you enjoy the next wave of posts from Gramp. God Bless!!

To check it out, click here.

Peterson's Q1 - Quarterly results

*Micah here with a note. Busy times call for busy measures (say that outloud 5 times and then comment if you laughed!) Life in the Peterson Apartment has forced us, as you can see, into mega blogging. This is similar to normal blogging, but the updates come like bi-yearly instead of bi-weekly. I already know what you are thinking: "I love reading these mega blogs, but how do I know when to check the blog to see if it's been updated?". I have the answer, but it's a little nerdy, so you'll have to head over to the nerd page to learn more. This little trick may actually save you a lot of time if you like to visit people's blogs, but are never sure when they are going to update them. Click here to check it out!*

After spending a wonderful time with the Stewart's for Christmas we packed up the car and headed to St. John to spend a few days with the Peterson's.



On Christmas night we all gathered at Josh and Deja's to exchange gifts. It was a lot of fun this year since we all drew names. Weiwei was with us again and he broke the rules and got presents for everyone!! Katie got Weiwei in the draw and you can see here that she did a great job : )




We started the new year out with a big celebration for Micah's 25th birthday!!! Twenty-Five is a really big birthday and I really wanted to do something special for him so a good friend of ours helped me plan a huge surprise party for Micah.

For two weeks we secretly planned out this little Mexican Fiesta behind Micah's back! We had it so well planned out that Micah was in total shock when he showed up at our friends house to find lots of our friends and family there to celebrate him!!

Of course we celebrated with lots of yummy food! Lots and Lots of Mexican Pile Up!!!



After supper we thought it would be a good idea to burn some off some supper, so Dave and Shiloh taught us all how to do the Mexican Hat dance!


We had a wonderful time of Worship and Prayer before indulging in Oreo dessert. This Mexican Party even came with a pinata. It took Micah a couple of swings before it hit the jack pot! This wasn't just your ordinary pinata filled with lots of sugary candy, this was a high class pinata filled with every kind of Lindor ball you can imagine. It didn't take long for more people to jump in and grab a hand full once they figured out the treats inside.


Oh did I mention that this was a theme party with a prize for the best costume! I bet you can't guess who won......



Yes! Rhonda was the lucky winner of the Mexican Fish (see if you can find this new art piece in the Peterson house!!). "A" for effort though, David and Shiloh put up a good fight! (Micah here, I'm thinking that my family was tricked as no one else had Mexican clothes on..... but far be it for a Peterson to shy away from an International Dress-up Party (better known as IDP........ ok I made that acronym up! hehehe)).

Even though January was a busy month we still made some time to head over to Fredericton to spend a weekend with our dear friends Phil and Genieve. What a great time we had going to the market and we all headed out to Shiloh's for a breakfast supper and we even got to see Ryan and Kristy (Food, friends, Kristy this blog's for you : )!!!


The winter here in Moncton has been pretty cold but we have had a couple really nice days to get out and have some fun. We decided one Sunday afternoon that it would be a good day to teach Weiwei how to skate!

Micah thought that he should be Weiwei's skating instructor.....

........That didn't last too long!

Before the end of the day Weiwei had pick up the technique and was skating like a pro.



February was a fun month for us as we celebrated Valentines day and our date-a-versary! For Valentines day our church put on a nice dinner for all the members. The theme was the love boat. It was a lot of fun to walk into the church and feel like you were walking onto a cruise ship. The women at the church did a great job decorating and since it was a "formal" event everyone looked stunning. It felt as though we really were on a cruise. (Micah here, Katie is modeling the "moderne" (French for modern) Kristy Jacket style and I am sporting a classic thin eighties striped tie look!)


On February 26th Micah and I celebrated 4 years of being together! For this special occasion we decided to enjoy an evening out.....at the Barn Yard BBQ!!! hahaha..... Nothing like celebrating over Giant Burgers and fries!

Well thats about the run down of what we have been up to. Did I forget to mention that Micah has been working on a side project......

(Micah here, I know what you are thinking........it's true, it's not my natural hair color : )

Christmas with the Stewart's

We started our Christmas vacation off with a trip home to St. Stephen on Dec. 22nd after we were finished work.

On Saturday we had some visitors show up to enjoy a wonderful Christmas supper!




My aunt Debbie and her husband Tim came baring gifts and an sweet apple pie!


















Weiwei was with us again this year, my grams where there and so were some good friends of my parents. We had such a feast with all the fixings. After supper dad played us some Christmas carols on his bagpipes. He sounds so much better then he did a couple of years ago when he was first learning how to play!


That night we enjoyed some good music outside in dad's work shop. Micah and dad where playing the guitars and Weiwei gave the bass a try. He was really good for his first time






On Christmas eve we went up to my cousins house to spend some time with my girls Chloe and Ella! We had lots of fun with them playing with some new toys that they had just received.









Soon it was time to head home again to get ready for another get together meal. On Christmas eve we enjoy a big feast of muscles!!! They were so good! By the look on Micah's face I don't think he liked them too much!! haha..






Micah had me up bright and early on Christmas morning! I think that we was anticipating some beef jerky in his stocking even though we told me a billion times that we didn't get him any this year!!! He quickly new we were tricking him when he went to the fridge in the morning for his orange juice and wrapped around the carton was a big bag full of beef jerky!!! We had a great morning reading about the birth of our Savior, Jesus in the book of Luke. We shared lots of laughs as we were gather around the table opening our gifts. Micah got a big surprise as Mom, Dad and I all pitched in to buy him an Ipod for Christmas. It was the last gift he opened and that was the last we saw of him! haha...






Before we left Christmas day to head to St. John to spend time with Micah's family, Weiwei and I decided that we need one last feast at the Stewart house before the long drive back!!