Summer Fun


By Anonymous
We've been having some good ol' fun around here this past week. It started off with a full day's worth of making wooden coasters for Eric and Carmen's wedding. It was quite the process but I think they turned out pretty good, it's a swell idea I think. We sanded, stained, glued and varnished until supper time and then had a delicious barbeque and peaches with ice cream. Then we broke out the catch phrase and Chris almost broke Eric's toe on the rocking chair. Eric somehow got his toe stuck in between where the chair glides and Chris was gliding pretty hard and it took a big chunk out of Eric's toe. We hope that it healed good enough before he left for Mexico, which was two days later. A chunk of skin didn't stop us from finishing our boys against girls tournament which I regret to say we lost in every game of.

Chris somehow was designated to put the coating on, so we just watched him.

A couple days later Danny and Amber came over for some fun. Amber had the idea of swimming in a body of water so we went to the lake. I however was smart and did not go swimming and did not freeze my butt of like the rest of them. We stopped to get some ice cream on the way back and it was very scrumptious. We played many games such as Peaknuckle and Settlers. Danny stayed the night because he had a big date the next day. He might just be having some luck on finding a wife after all.

Chris about to throw Danny in.

The three hooligans who decided to swim.

Amber and Danny being a little impatient for ice cream so they tried the light bulbs.

This past weekend we went out to the Shuswap with a bunch of friends to Jamie's family's cabin. The first day there we had some sun so we went to the beach and swam around but a few hours after that we saw huge dark clouds coming in so we decided to pack it up. We were able to get a good campfire in that night and play outside for a bit but the next day it basically rained all day. We huddled up in the cabin for most of the day but there was a small glimpse of hope where it stopped raining so we all went out for a breather. Once we got to the park we were going to it started raining again but that didn't stop us hard core bocce players. By the end of bocce we were all getting damp so we decided to play some football which is where we totally got drenched but I'm proud to say that my team won after coming up from behind. Since we were completely soaked after football it didn't seem to matter that we go swimming in our clothes so that's what we did. It was so warm to be in the lake. Wearing sweat pants in the lake was not that enjoyable but it was still fun. The rest of that day was spent playing many rounds of ticket to ride and dutch blitz and watching a movie. All of us left the next day except for Jamie and Ben. I had an interview when I got back for being a teacher's aid at a Christian school but it ends up that even though my interview went good they decided to not hire anyone and instead were just going to shuffle their staff around and use people they had already. That sort of sucked to find out because I was really hoping for that job to give me classroom experience so right now things are all up in the air again. I've applied for a few jobs at UCFV so hopefully something will come up there soon.

Chris, Ben and Jamie biked to the store when it was raining and got nice streak marks.

Yeah those bikes were pretty intense.

A typical day at the cabin (I think Chris just played a bad move).

Hanging out by the fire.

Donut eating contest which Vicki won by spitting half of it into the sink

Jen, Jamie, Chris, Morgan and Ben.

Ethan is a funny kid, he'd always say "are you just joking?"

Swimming in the lake on a rainy day.

The proof of how soaked we all were.

The day we got back we had some steak at the rents and then we all brought over the corner cabinet my dad made for us. We unloaded all the Denby dishes and organized them in the cabinet and it looks really good. Now our apartment is complete. Thanks Dad!

The cabinet by itself.

The completed room with cabinet and pictures hung.
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More engagements and weddings


By Anonymous
I've been out taking more engagement shots. This time it was of our friends Carmen and Eric. I found a nice green field like I took Kev and Alysha's at except this time there was a mountain in the background. We went all over the place taking pictures until it started getting dark. Then we went back home to Chris and played some games and had some spinach dip. Here's a sample of some of my favorites...



Other than taking engagement photos we've been doing a whole lot of nothing. I've been dropping off resumes and had an interview at a gatehouse for Cultus Lake but it was only until the end of September and didn't have the best hours so I declined the job when they phoned me yesterday. The main reason I did that is because I got an email from the principal of a Christian school that I sent me resume to in Chilliwack saying they had many positions and that they would be contacting me soon about. So I'm really hoping to get one of those jobs, especially this teacher's assistant job for a grade 7 class. Last wednesday we drove up to camp on the bus with Al and then went to the waterslides in the evening with the camp. It was a lot of fun to be with all those camp people one last time. This past weekend was Mike and Sarah's wedding. Chris slept over at the bachelor's house on friday night, we had the rehearsal saturday and the wedding was yesterday. Chris was the MC with one of Sarah's friends, Mel. Get it..M for Mel...C for Chris...and what do you get? MC! Yeah our table figured that out last night, they were pretty quick. All in all it was a good wedding, it was supposed to be outside but it had rained that morning and it was cloudy all day so they went with the backup plan and had it inside the reception hall. Everything was at the same site, the ceremony, pictures and the reception so it was nice to just stay put in one spot. We also got to catch up with some old friends so that was good too. Here's some shots of us from the evening.

Tomorrow we are going to Carmen's to help make their wedding favours and hopefully we'll play some rousing games while we're there. I'm hoping to get that phone call from the principal soon, it'll be good to know if I have a job for September. Other than that our schedule is wide open. We might take a trip up a mountain and camp for a night since we have all this free time. I'm sure we'll find some way to keep ourselves busy until we actually get really busy. Only two more weeks of having nothing to do and all the time in the world.
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Welcome to our new home...


By Anonymous
I know many of you out there who are not my parents, Jen, Jamie, Paul, Carmen and Eric have been waiting to see what our new place looks like so here it is, livable and feeling like home. Here's a little before and after tour...

THE BEDROOM

Before

After


THE BATHROOM

Before

After

THE KITCHEN

Before

After

THE OFFICE/GUESTROOM

Before

After

THE DINING AREA

Before

After
(missing pictures on the walls and a corner cabinet my dad is making for our fancy dishes)

THE LIVING ROOM

Before

After

VIEWS FROM THE PATIO

Inside

Outside

So there you have it. We are very happy with our new place and are ready to have people over so if you want to see our closets and laundry room you'll just have to come and visit.
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Wedding- Herbert Style


By Anonymous
Chris and I just spent a week out in Herbert for Kevin and Alysha's wedding. We've been home for a few days now getting our apartment all together and hooking things up like a phone and such. Things are pretty much complete in our new place but the next blog will be about that.
So we arrived into Saskatoon last monday and drove down Chris' aunt and uncles extra car into Herbert. One of the first things we did when we got home was we went and combined for a few good hours. It was actually pretty fun, except I didn't get to drive, that would've been more fun. We relaxed the first few days but once Wednesday came along things started getting busy. We met Kevin in Swift Current after he got off work and the boys tried on their tuxes. Check out the multi-angle of Ryan in his tux.


Thursday was spent decorating the reception hall and setting up our slideshow stuff so it was all ready to go on the wedding day. We had a small break after that and then it was off to the rehearsal at the church which seemed to go smoothly. Chris was hit hard by a flu that night but he was good and drugged up the day of the wedding so he survived. We were all spoiled with gifts from Kev and Alysha at the rehearsal supper but most the attention was on the disney bubble blowers that the ring bearer and flower girl got. Just look at how fascinated baby Jake is at the bubbles...


Pastor Bob, Kevin, Chris, Ryan and Mark

Friday was the day of the wedding. Most of us slept in that day except for Chris and his dad who went back to the reception hall to make sure the projector was all good to go and cords were tapped down so no one would trip on them. I took pictures of the boys getting ready and here's a little sample of their calendar pose for the Herbert fire fighter edition.


The wedding was really great, it was short and sweet and they used the disney bubble blowers from the balcony as they walked out which was pretty cool. They said their I-do's, they kissed and they got married. The only thing was, it was hot, I don't know how those guys in tuxes survived but no one passed out so all in all it was a success.

The cute flower girl and ring bearer

The newly married Mr. and Mrs. Falk

The fam with the new addition (she's in white)

The Falk brothers

Alysha and Kevin

At the reception, Chris and I were the MC's, there's no pictures of proof but it's true. I wasn't so sure how it would go but I'd say it went pretty smoothly and people enjoyed themselves. We had some good entertainment by Alysha's cousins and Andrew and Colin and of course Chris and Ryan sang a song Johnny Cash style. That night Kev and Alysha left for their camping honeymoon, although the first night was spent in Swift Current at the good ol' Best Western. They're still out there somewhere camping in the Rockies.

The boys and their girls

The Masters of the Ceremony

The last couple days spent in Herbert we partied with both sides of the family. On saturday we went to the Herbert parade in the morning and then we played a baseball game with all the Brauns and Colin took a good one to the nose off the pitching mound. Then we had some lunch and the boys (and Lindsay and Saunja) played some football while I took some action shots. To top it all off they went swimming after which I think put it over the top for Chris because when we went to the Falks for supper later that evening he was wrapped in a blanket on the couch sleeping. The next day we just relaxed at home and the Willms stopped by on their way back to Saskatoon and us kids watched Iron Will, yeah good times. Chris got struck bad by the flu again before we left for the Falks that evening and so he stayed home and ended up throwing up but he came by later on that night for a bit. We sat around the fire looking for stars which I could not find for the longest time and Chris got massive mosquito bites from that night.

Ryan and the newly refinished "Jean-Luc"

Hardcore baseball players

Cousins at the parade

The mad dash for candy

Andrew is too slow for Corey

Phil pulling out the moves

Ty escapes Phil's reach

Good game guys

Gotta end off a busy week with some football

The next day we said bye to Ryan who was leaving for two weeks of camp and then we hung out until we got our ride to Saskatoon. We got a ride back with Chris' aunt and uncle and we stayed at the Willms' house that night. Me and the boys played some ticket to ride and let's just say the boys were a little out of sorts. Both Chris and Andrew were feeling flu-ish and were drugged up, it was definitely interesting. The next morning we had to wake up at 5am to catch out flight and even with our internet check-in we just made our flight because we had to wait in a huge line at the security check in. I don't think they would've forgotten about us anyway. But we were definitely still in line when they were boarding the plane.

So now we've been home setting up our place and making it feel more like a home with no boxes on the floors and pictures on the walls. I think this post is long enough for now so you'll just have to wait until I take some pictures of our place and I put it on the next post.
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