More than a chef - not a recipe

So, I thought I would take a small post and properly introduce myself. To start I would NEVER in a million years consider myself a chef, but the title was catchy :) What do you think?

To start, I was born in Newfoundland, and lived in many different parts of Canada through out my life. I have a mom, a dad, a brother and 2 sisters. I ended up in BC after meeting the man of my dreams and getting to know him over a series of months on http://www.christiancafe.com. Gotta say he is pretty amazing and I am one lucky girl. We got married shortly after I moved out here and lived hap

pily ever after :) lol, well okay that was my fairy tale dream but yea pretty much we did :)

We were blessed with Gabriella in 2008 and Judah came in 2009, also a blessing. Gabby is a mini me and Judah is a complete replica of my husband Jim. Both are pretty amazing kids (I saw with a small grin) and I love them very much, like them most days as well! They both like to constantly remind me to pray for patience, which is a work in progress to say the least.

Aside from "all my cooking" and my mommy and wife duties I do many other things. I do daycare in my home, I do photography on the weekends, I volunteer in many capacities at our church, I enjoy gardening, snowboarding, riding bike an

d I own a ton of scrapbooking and card making supplies. Notice I said I own, rather than I do, lol....I like to have the stuff just in case one day I feel the need to scrapbook or make a card.

So, I do daycare in my home, this was a decision we made early in marriage. I wanted to be able to stay ho

me and take care of our children, so I returned to school and took my Early Childhood Education so that I would be legit in everything. So now I stay home and teach my own children, how AWESOME is that! That said, Gabby does attend preschool 2 times a week and it is one of the BEST things that ever happened, totally allows me and her to get along better.

My photography business is a work in progress as well. Photography has ALWAYS been a hobby of mine for as long as I can remember and once I got my first DSLR camera I quickly realized that I wanted to make this a career. I started taking photos for friends and family and then started to advertise where people seemed to really like my work. I am always on the look out for new clients and love getting to know more families. That being said I really need to start putting up pictures of my food that I am cooking. Check out my website http://www.pattigerbrand.com

My volunteer time is shared between the nursery, leading bible study and being a part of a medium sized group with my husband. I also very much enjoy coffee dates with friends and my bestest friend, my hubby.

My gardening is something you will probably hear more about once gardening season starts. I do square foot gardening and last year was by far my best year! Lots of potatoes, strawberries, zucchini, garlic, fresh herbs, carrots. To say the least I learned to follow the directions and even though I think dumping a bunch of carrot seeds in one hole is a good idea (lol) I think this coming season I will limit it to one or two (okay "maybe" three).

So, that is a bit about me, I hope it al

lows you to get to know me a little bit, any questions feel free to ask! Need prayer? Also, feel free to ask!

Good luck with the recipes and blessings on you and your families!