Sunday, September 7, 2008

Calgary Zoo

Last weekend we went on a little overnight trip to Calgary. We spent the night in a super classy hotel (ha ha!) My brother Darrin saw a deal on the internet for Super 8. For a few days, at 8:00 they had 800 rooms available for $8.88/night. Not too shabby! We were lucky enough to get one at that rate for us and for my parents. So, it wasn't the nicest hotel we've ever stayed in - but you definately can't beat the price!

The next day we had a quick breakfast with my Grandma Pat and Uncle Jay. We haven't seen either of them for a super long time and it was really nice . Then all of the big boys went to the Labor Day Classic and the girls and the little boys spent the day at the Calgary Zoo. I LOVE the Calgary Zoo - it's soo nice! Everyone should go! It was a pretty chilly day - but still a lot of fun! We got to see a lot of really cute animals - including the new baby elephant, the baby gorilla, and the baby giraffe. Super cute!!


Mama and Baby Giraffe


Mama and Baby Gorilla


Baby Elephant - I LOVE her hair!


Me and Aiden


Grandma and Aiden


I LOVED watching Aiden's expressions while
he was watching the animals. So cute!!




Aiden all comfy and cozy in his stroller


They had this super cute little bench by the baby elephant!
I think it makes a sweet picure!




Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Anniversary Follow Up

So we had a very fun and memorable anniversary. The day started off with Matt going for an hour long massage. He always has a really sore back and neck from school/work and I can never massage hard enough - it hurts my fingers too much! So I sent him to the pros. He LOVED it! The lady told him that he should find a massage therapist and get a massage twice a month because his back is all knotted and stuff. Would be nice for Matt, but bad for the wallet maybe. We'll see what happens I guess.

Matt came home with a huge bunch of beautiful roses from Costco. I LOVE Costco flowers. They are always so nice and they last a long time. Plus they are cheap too!


After that we hung out at home for while and played with Aiden. I had gotten tickets to the dinner theatre for 6:00 and Lianne was going to babysit for us. At 3:00 I noticed that Aiden had little red spots all over his back and tummy. Chicken Pox?? We took him to the medi-centre, but it was going to be at least a 2 hour wait, and we didn't really have time for that because we had to go on our date. So, bad irresponsible parents that we are, we left. We had to frantically find a new babysitter so that Aiden wouldn't share his spots with Cameron. Luckily our neighbours, Jarrett and Alana, were able to do it. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Anyways, we left Aiden and went out for a lovely evening. The dinner theatre was at the Mayfield - and the show was...

Before the show starts, there is a HUGE buffet. Breads, salads, veggies, sushi, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes (I know those are veggies, but it's a bit different) and every kind of meat. And then there are the desserts - yum. We loaded up our plates for during the show - a trick we learned from our last visit. We ate soo much food - it's a bit disgusting to think about. Oh well. The show was awesome! It was really funny and all of the actors/actresses were super. And there was even a dentist in it - perfect!

It was an awesome day! Oh, and we both got new watches - how fun! Mine is a Fossil watch. I always love Fossil watches. They are so nice and they come with that super cute box. I save every one - I'm not sure why, but I do. maybe one day they will come in handy. Anyways, here is my new watch. Super fancy!

And Matt's new watch is a Nixon. It's super nice! It's a bit classy, but still cool and fun. Just like him (awwwww)! It has a little diamond on the bottom, which at first Matt wasn't sure if he could pull off - but now he seems to really like it. Check it out...
We also got some cash dollars from my parents - which is AWESOME! And we also got a big, beautiful Kitchen Aid Mixer from Matt's parents. I LOVE it! It is so fast and easy and fun to mix things now. The only bad thing is that we only have about two feet of counter space in our home, and now with the mixer, we have maybe one. Matt said that we should not have the mixer on the counter because it takes up too much room. But if you have a big fancy mixer, you have to show it off a little. Right?! Anyways, it is super sweet!

Friday, August 29, 2008

Happy Anniversary!

5 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

2 cities, 5 apartments
2 cars - 1 old, 1 new
5 years of School - and 1 more to go!
1 Trip to Disneyland
4 Tropical Vacations
4 Snowboarding Trips
1 Beautiful Baby Boy
Lots of laughing - A few tears
an "I LOVE YOU" every day
Lots of Hugs and Kisses
Millions of Memories
1 Truly Blessed Life Together

Happy Anniversary Matt!! I love you tons!!






















Sunday, August 24, 2008

Another Trip Down South

This past week we were down south again. Matt went to an office in Brooks and one in Medicine Hat. Things went really well at both places and now we have a little bit to think about. Matt wants to go to a few more places and see a few more offices. We'll see what happens with that. It's crazy that we will have to be making such a HUGE decision so soon.
In other news, my younger brother Connor is participating in a German exchange. His partner came here this week. His name is Ubald - he's a real cute and fun kid. We had a lot of fun getting to know him.
On Saturday, my whole family, minus Darrin (we missed you Darno!) had a really fun day at Drumheller. We started off at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. It is an amazing museum - everyone should go there at least once.

Ubald and Connor

Matt is the Garden - he kindof blends in a little bit.

Stegasaurous

Triceratops - my favorite dinosaur!

A sabre-toothed tiger attacking a mammoth. Scary!

Yikes!! The dinosaurs were really scary!

Aiden enjoying the museum

Some other kind of dinosaur

The most scary dinosaur of all - T-REX!!

A wall of bubbles - Aiden thought it was super fun!

Me and Mom in the gift shop

Connor, Jason and Me on the suspension bridge. Scary!

Katey, Ben, Jason and Brigham - what a great looking bunch!


After the museum, we went to the splash park for a little while. Aiden took a while
to warm up to it - but he eventually had a good time.


Ben getting sprayed

Aiden doing some crawling

Aiden and Grandpa

Aiden looking extremely cute!

Playing in the fountains

The best picture we could get of our family. Thank you Matt.