Congratulations Mom and Dad!

25 years of marriage and still going strong.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century. Mark Twain

Successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. German Greer

And at last, from the oh SO famous The Princess Bride:

Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam... And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva... So tweasure your wuv.

Family and the Hulk

Ezra, Ezra, Ezra

Duane and Ezra... Ezra is the drooling monster.

Kids, they grow up so fast these days, hey!

The two monkeys.

Noam and the Hulk...

This weekend started off with a visit from some of my favorite people, ever. Dianna, Steve, Marc and Tara. They all spent the night Thursday, a stop over from Edmonton on the way to Vancouver. It was awesome to see them and catch up a little again. And, I finally got to meet some more of Duanes family this weekend. It was his nephew Noam's 3rd birthday on Friday, so we headed up to St.Albert for the celebrations. My nerves were unecessary as Duanes family accepted me with open arms. And he wasn't lying to me, his two nephews: Noam and Ezra are two of the cutest kids I have ever seen. It was absolutely great to spend two whole solid days with Duane, can't seem to get enough of this guy. I had a very low key weekend though, played a lot of Lego with Noam (Duanes birthday gift to him) and enjoyed seeing Ezra laugh at almost everything and anything. There was a lot of lazing around the house as well. Which was the perfect end for another rather stressful week at work, and the perfect start to an upcoming busy week. On Thursday I will be flying out to Chicago for business and will be spending 5 days preparing the showroom for the upcoming World Trade show: Neo Con. That's the excitement for the time being, that and I just finished talking to Emily... she was walking through the aiport with Josh. Safe and sound, and she sounded extremely happy to be home.

Sneak Peak

Here's a little sneak peak of the the weekend, camping in Kananaskis. It's true. It was wet and cold, then sunny, and then wet and cold all over again. So, I am not going to lie that it was not the greatest camping trip ever to have been on. But the whole lot of us made the best of it. I am now in camping mood... ready to go!

Best part of the weekend?

(Besides the mountains, campfires...and Saturday night run to the Hot Tubs...) Hanging out with this guy.

I think I'm going to be sick just remembering the gas caused by Nick eating this ENTIRE pot of rice. We were proud of our little Nick.

Priscilla, Meg and I. Happy... but so very, very cold!

Brian and Meg's fish: caught with

the famous words "here fishy fishy fishy."

Pam, just hanging around.

Every time I see this guy, he's doing dishes... a catch indeed!

Camping is good jah?

I don't think that Friday afternoon can come soon enough! (Not that I'm one that lives for the weekends... I also enjoy my week days...) But honestly, I can't wait to get out of this crazy city. Priscilla and I took an early road trip out to Kananaskis this evening to snag some awesome spots at Lower Lake campground. I am very proud of our findings, and even more proud that the weekend actually seems to be coming together. Now, if I can relax for a couple days and refrain from going all Hitler dictator like on everyone... life will be swell. I really appreciate all the work that Priscilla has been putting into this weekend, keeping everyone in the loop and all. And between her laughing at my really bad jokes and us just generally being altogether immature... the short trip was indeed sweet. A great start, as I eagerly now wait for Friday night to arrive. I must say... a part of me will remain at Kikkomen (sp??) as there truly is none other that can compare to the amazing memories made there over the years. But I do hope to make some new ones this weekend with my the new gang. So... Happy long weekend!!

Trains and planes and automobiles

This past weekend I went to Lethbridge for a quick visit for Mothers day. I love getting to see this little guy (and the big guy, Reuben, too) when I'm at home. Although he's probably one of the cutest kids I've ever seen, Michael can be quite demanding... like insisting the train fill up with gas for 5 minutes before we were allowed to keep pressing on down the track. I guess being two, you can make these sorts of conditions on games. But I honestly love this kid.

Dutch Blitz

This one goes out to Nicole... who walked all over me last night in a game of Dutch Blitz with Leah. And she isn't even Dutch. Some things just weren't meant to be I guess... such as me having the ability of eye and hand coordination. Kudos to Nicole. The German.

Oh, yes.