for your enjoyment

sooo... i decided to finally post those pictures i said i would. (about time, right?) things have been busy for us lately! i've started working at Carter's/Oshkosh and thats going good! i only have a few more training shifts until i'm a qualified "Sales Associate". oh yeah. Jeff bought a motorcycle the other day! so he's pretty stoked about that! (if you have any name suggestions let us know!) so now you're pretty much caught up with what happening with 'Team Martens'! ANNND as promised here are a few pictures of my and Jeff's new place and some pics of the Margret Falls (and a few other gems i decided to throw in)!

enjoy!
a.mart

making a house a home

well its official. remember all those other posts in the past where i was all like "wheres my home?" and "where do i belong?". well i've finally got my own little slice of paradise. not just mine, of course, i share my 'nest' with the best room-mate of all...MY HUSBAND! me and mr. jeffry are the proud owners of a one bedroom one bathroom basement suite! its small and cozy, but we've fallen in love with it! i don't have tons of pictures of our place yet, but i'll be sure to take some a stick them on the blog one of these days! 
life has been so good to us lately. GOD has been so good to us! we are so blessed and have so much favour on us, its ridiculous.
alright, so whats new... jeff's been going to school for a while now, and he's really enjoying it! (lots of reading but hey, thats university for ya) and yeah, i think he's liking it so far!
"what about you alana?" yeah i've gotten that a lot. i am going to be working this year (yeehaw!) i've already been hired at a cute little breakfast and lunch restaurant down our hill called Amsterdam! i only work about once a week, but i've never been a hostess before so its required lots of training and stretching! (pray for me) i also have been hired at Carters/Oshkosh B'gosh! (thats a baby/kids clothing store that has me wishing i was just a bit smaller so the clothes would fit me!) i haven't started at Oshkosh yet, but i'm looking forward to it! and that pretty much sums up what the future holds for jeffry and i for a while. school, work, repeat. we've still been finding lots of time to relax and do fun things though! its so nice that my parents are near by (like literally 4 minutes away from our place) so we can go there for supper, play games with them, watch movies with them, and exercise with them! (they are some fast moving folks, thats for sure!) last weekend we drove up to the Margaret Falls (along the Shuswap and close to Armstrong) we walked to the falls, which were super beautiful, then we hiked up and went to a lookout point! it was stunning. (i'll post some pictures next time also) so yes, we've been busy, but we're so happy. 

happy friday the 13th,

a.mart

p.s. if you donated money to me for the philippines missions trip, expect a thank you/postcard soon! xo