Sister Time

I got to spend a day making cards with Angela. It was great, although I'm a little jealous of her digital scrapbooking, it looks so easy and there's way less stuff to haul around.

I had a great day and made a pile of cards!

Melanie & Marie visit!

We got the chance to make the most of our basement being empty this summer. Melanie and her parents came to visit Winnipeg with her new baby girl, Marie.

a few things

1. This is what happens if you leave birthday candles in a black car in the summer time:

2. Cate gets her own motorcycle:

3. turns out there was only two things

weekend gettaway #1

Friends from our Lifegroup invited us to join them at their cottage. It was such a special treat to get away and relax, enjoy a boat ride, and go for a walk.

A boat lift that transfers your boat from one lake to another:

community

About a year ago, someone whom Michael and I met while I was in university, bought a house on our street and moved in just 5 houses over. We have been really blessed to have someone we know living so close. Michael especially has enjoyed have new 'man' friends to hang out with, as this person invited a few roommates to live in his house.

One of the roommates was Ben. Ben and Michael hit it off and connected right away. Sadly, after a year of sharing garage space, keys and dinners, Ben is moving away.

Apparently I don't have any good pictures of Ben.

Ben, we'll miss you and can't wait till you're back!

camping 2011

This year we only managed to head out camping once, but it was absolutely ok because it was so amazing.

We tried somewhere new and went to Hecla. What a great place! We also took out little utility trailer so that we could bring our bicycles to explore the island, awesome!

Our mansion of a tent.

Big fat juicy caterpillar! I almost squished one of these with my bike tire! yuck.

Enjoying the tiny beach.

On the way home Michael and I stopped in Gimli. I absolutely love it there. It reminds me a lot of White Rock, which is a place that holds many great memories for me.

We enjoyed some fish and chips:

wow. this changes everything

I stumbled upon this recently as I was blog reading.

something every woman should know

I've been considering altering a couple pairs of jeans, one pair of shorts and one capris, that have me frustrated because they don't fit well at all. The waist is good, but the crotch hangs way too low and everything feels baggy and saggy.

I think I'm now going to take the plunge and use a pair of jeans that I actually love the fit of as a 'pattern' and try to fix these babies. I mean, I don't wear them, so if I totally ruin them, I haven't really lost out anyway.

Wish me luck!

If you live in Winnipeg, perhaps you can suggest a good tailor/alterations place. If the first pair is a disaster, maybe I'll take the other pair in to let someone else work on.

sometimes i can be spontaneous. for real.

It was Sunday and since we've been enjoying Thursday evening gatherings that our church does in the summer, we had a big expanse of day in front of us.

I had this urge to make the most of the beautiful weather and to try out my new swimsuit, so I suggested to Michael that we go for a motorcycle ride to Birds Hill and go for a swim.

So, we suited up, packed our towels and headed off.

Not sure what he's doing here.

The always popular arm shot, made easy because Michael has such long arms.

This was taken with the timer and a carefully placed camera (on the trunk of another car in the parking lot, with BC plates!).

The ride was good. The water was perfect.

cards and more cards

So, I've been inspired to make cards, since I got all that new stuff. I also had a card making evening with a friend.

Question: who is it appropriate to give a card to that says 'you're my favorite thing'? I bought the stamp because I liked it, now I made two cards, but I feel like the only person I can give them to is Michael. Would it be weird if I gave them to anyone else?

I also discovered that I have several 'e' stamps, so I thought I would use one in conjunction with my usual 'handmade' stamp on the backs of my cards. I just can't decide which one I like best. Take a vote and tell me which one you like. I'd open to suggestions on the positioning of the 'e' too.

my scooter and blueberry pie

I always wonder if I should do separate posts instead of lumping random things together, but they'd be so short. Plus it would bother me to have more than one entry on the same day (I know, I'm anal).

Selah sitting on the scooter.

I baked a blueberry pie (with berries from Abbotsford, which were in my freezer, thanks to my Dad). I have baked a pie only one other time in the five years we have lived in Winnipeg, and I can't recall if I ever baked a pie while we lived in BC. I thought it turned out beautifully (I had a great recipe from a friend, which helped a lot).