Long Time, No Post!

Hey everyone...not too sure if there is anyone reading this as we have been a wee bit slack in posting anything!
The last post was all about the toe, not a great lasting thought, sorry! The toe surgery was way back in September 2006, and it is now October 2007. Heaps has happened since then. Here's a little summary on how we've been spending our time here in the Great White North.
- On November 25th, 2006, we moved into a house in Oakville. The area we live in is called Oak Park and it is this amazing little community tucked away behind a giant Wal-Mart and The Real Canadian Superstore. Our neighbours are awesome and we have quite a few people from our church that live in this little community. At the start of school this year, our neighbours organized and ran a BBQ/movie night in the park, which heaps of families in our area came to. Such a nice small town feel in the middle of a big city!
- I worked at an intermediate school last year, actually my old intermediate (that seems to be a habit of mine after Matamata) and got to work with a few of my former teachers! It was fun, but at the end of the year, I was declared surplus, so now I am working at a school about 30 minutes from our house teaching grade 5. Love the grade, just not loving the drive too much. Aiming to find something closer to home for September 2008, but it's pretty brutal competition trying to get jobs over here. We'll see!
- Jamie started his Masters last summer with that Greek course (so intense) and he is now in his second year, working hard. Things are going great for him at Chartwell and he is now "officially" a Ministry Pastor, which is pretty cool. Nothing has really changed since we started at Chartwell in May 2006, but at least he has a cool title! Ha ha. :)
- Today of course is a bitter sweet day. Today was the day that the All Blacks were knocked out of the quarter finals by the French. Very sad and of course, I care deeply. (Well...) But on a happier note, it is Thanksgiving weekend which means lots of turkey with stuffing and cranberry sauce, and lots of sitting around, a great Canadian tradition. Plus, an extra day off work which is fabulous!

Well, I really can't think of anything else that is new and/or exciting to share with you. We promise we'll try to put up some pictures of the house or anything else that is interesting.

To those of you back in NZ or far away, hope you are doing well. Holidays are always a time that we think most about people that are too far away to hang out with, and that we miss heaps.

We've definitely had a great run of Kiwis staying with us here in Oakville though! At one point at the start of this school year we had 4 kiwis, 1 Aussie and 1 Canadian staying at our house. It was crowded, but lots of fun!
That's all for now, Jamie is laughing cause I wrote an essay, but hey, it's been over a year!

Jamie and Ally Bay :)