Monday, November 17, 2008
Darlene's Super Saturday
The lovely Darlene and Linda Dulas--thanks Linda for taking photos with your Blackberry
Pictures from Ray's Super Saturday
Greg Montoya
Greg Montoya
The attendees--our friend Drew, 2nd from the left at the second table back
Trainers for the Super Saturday
Monday, September 22, 2008
Team Momentum welcomes newest member!
Tada! Here he is!
Andrew Joseph Alexander Williams
Early Friday morning at 2 am my water broke and we woke up to go to the hospital. Peter was quickly getting our girls into the car, while I did the dishes. I have an aversion to the idea of coming home to a sink full of dirty dishes.
Peter announced that my contractions were 5 minutes apart and that if I had any ideas of vacuuming the living room, he would put me in the van right away! So we left.
We raced down the highway since we live half hour away from the city with the hospital that would do our delivery. Speeding along, Peter noted that my contractions were 4 minutes apart.
As we did, we drove past an RCMP officer, who immediately turned on his lights, signaling us to pull over. Too hilarious! When he walked up to the window and asked us why we were speeding, Peter enthusiastically declared,"My wife's in labour!"
The officer encouraged us to drive a cetain speed with our emergency lights flashing and to get there safely.
Once at the hospital, we only had to breathe through 2 and a half hours of contractions before we were shocked and surprised as we delivered a litle boy!
Peter and I were stunned for about 5 minutes as we realized we finally had a son.
Andrew Joseph Alexander is named with purpose and meaning. When we were praying about what to call our son, we felt very strongly that he was to have a name meaning "Warrior." Andrew means warrior. Joseph means God will enlarge and bring increase. Joseph was chosen because on the day Peter lost his job, we had a very dear minister write to Peter who didn't know about Peter's job loss, and said that while he was praying for Peter that day, he felt that the Lord had said that this was a year of dream fulfillment for Peter. Peter has always dreamed of owning a business (EcoQuest) and he's always wanted a son. So his middle name is in honour of recognizing that God has done as He has promised us. Alexander also means defender of men.
So, in total, his name means "A warrior that God will enlarge and increase; a defender of men."
We believe that God has a special purpose for our son and our excited to be given the privilege to raise him for such a time as this.
This is Peter re-enacting my final moments of labour. As the pain intensified, I took the breathing gas for the final ten minutes as we waited for the doctor to arrive. My body was ready to go but the doctor was not there yet. Andrew is a man of momentum--he came in 3 hours and 47 minutes! And he was 9 lbs 6 oz. A very big boy!
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us, encouraged us, and congratulated us. We appreciate you and value the time that you've taken to celebrate with us.
Andrew Joseph Alexander Williams
Early Friday morning at 2 am my water broke and we woke up to go to the hospital. Peter was quickly getting our girls into the car, while I did the dishes. I have an aversion to the idea of coming home to a sink full of dirty dishes.
Peter announced that my contractions were 5 minutes apart and that if I had any ideas of vacuuming the living room, he would put me in the van right away! So we left.
We raced down the highway since we live half hour away from the city with the hospital that would do our delivery. Speeding along, Peter noted that my contractions were 4 minutes apart.
As we did, we drove past an RCMP officer, who immediately turned on his lights, signaling us to pull over. Too hilarious! When he walked up to the window and asked us why we were speeding, Peter enthusiastically declared,"My wife's in labour!"
The officer encouraged us to drive a cetain speed with our emergency lights flashing and to get there safely.
Once at the hospital, we only had to breathe through 2 and a half hours of contractions before we were shocked and surprised as we delivered a litle boy!
Peter and I were stunned for about 5 minutes as we realized we finally had a son.
Andrew Joseph Alexander is named with purpose and meaning. When we were praying about what to call our son, we felt very strongly that he was to have a name meaning "Warrior." Andrew means warrior. Joseph means God will enlarge and bring increase. Joseph was chosen because on the day Peter lost his job, we had a very dear minister write to Peter who didn't know about Peter's job loss, and said that while he was praying for Peter that day, he felt that the Lord had said that this was a year of dream fulfillment for Peter. Peter has always dreamed of owning a business (EcoQuest) and he's always wanted a son. So his middle name is in honour of recognizing that God has done as He has promised us. Alexander also means defender of men.
So, in total, his name means "A warrior that God will enlarge and increase; a defender of men."
We believe that God has a special purpose for our son and our excited to be given the privilege to raise him for such a time as this.
This is Peter re-enacting my final moments of labour. As the pain intensified, I took the breathing gas for the final ten minutes as we waited for the doctor to arrive. My body was ready to go but the doctor was not there yet. Andrew is a man of momentum--he came in 3 hours and 47 minutes! And he was 9 lbs 6 oz. A very big boy!
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us, encouraged us, and congratulated us. We appreciate you and value the time that you've taken to celebrate with us.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Convention Blog
Hey everyone!
Thanks for coming to our photo blog of our journey with EcoQuest.
This was originally planned to be a "Come to Convention with Us" blog for our downline who couldn't come with us. The idea was to take pictures all along the way and then update our downline as we went along.
But here's a little packing tip for everyone: Be sure to bring the proper cords for your camera and computer!
Anyway, here it is! If you didn't go to convention, we hope this inspires you to come to 2009's convention. And if you did go to Convention, we hope that our photos bring back the memories, the magic and the momentum that you experienced in Kansas City where we learned that with EcoQuest "Your Life is Now"!
"God gave me Faith!"- Debbie Ratliff
Hanging out with Leigh Anne and Drew Lockerbie
Night time in Kansas City
Thursday, June 26, 2008
My mom used to say,"It'll all come out in the wash"...she must have been thinking about Laundry Pure!
Laundry Pure--they made an announcement at Convention that at the end of the year they will be bringing out an updated model that will have:
-a smaller size
-will work on both standard and high efficiency washing machines
-a way to measure the lifespan of the silver ion probe
The whole shebang--nice touch with our Eco-H bottles up on top!
Living Water
To Infinity and beyond!
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