LOVE SHACK!!??

More picture of our trip . . .

The red barn is where we stayed when we were at my parents. My grandpa built it and we named it the LOVE SHACK while we were staying there, well oficially BERNIE'S LOVE SHACK. It was fun to stay in it.

ROAD TRIPPIN'

Hello everyone! Jamie and I are back on the Island after being on the road for 3 weeks. We drove to Minnesota and we did it in just over 2 days. We had one 16 hour day of driving and we were glad to get to Minnesota and not have to drive too far for a while! We arrived at my parents just in time for a bbq party for Canada Day...as you can see we also added a spalsh of American pizazz for our Canadian boys.

We did many things in Minnesota! Jamie did studying almost everyday at our local coffee shop call Caribou Coffee. Jamie likes to study near coffee and free internet. Since Jamie had to study this left me able to do some shopping, seeing friends, and helping do some wedding stuff and go to some Bridal showers for Annie. We also went tubing down the Mississippi River a few times and Jamie had a few chances to go golfing.

We went to a few parades during the weeks we were there. My cousin Melody was a princess for Monticello so we had a chance to cheer her on at the parades as well as collect candy from the many floats.

We ended our trip by sweating in the car on the roadtrip back to Nanaimo. We stopped in Kelowna to see Jeff & Heidi McNairn and Lauren and Claire. We had fun visiting, eating, golfing, shopping and playing with Lauren and Claire. As you can see they are wearing poodle shirts to go with their poodle hair. So cute!

We are back home now until we return to Minnesota again the end of August for Annie & Ryan's wedding!

Let us know what you are up to this summer!

Blogging for Aidan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIDAN.
I HEAR YOUR 4 THIS WEEKEND.
WE JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM UNCLE JAMIE AND AUTIE KRISTIN!!

WEEKEND at WHISTLER!!

Hello from the future winter Games 2010 Venue! We went to Whistler last weekend with Chris & Shannon Gillespie. We stayed at the Chateau Whistler and enjoyed the ammenities of this beautiful Chateau. The pool and the numerous hot tubs were wonderful! Jamie wanted you to know that the lap pool has underwater music for your enjoyment. Shannon & I tried out the eucalyptus (sp?) steam room, but sadly it was too strong for us. We only lasted a few minutes simply because we had to breathe.

We were there during the off season so we didn't go skiing etc... Instead we walked the villages and tried numerous places to eat. One of our treats we had there was from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - it was a caramel apple covered in chocolate...mmmMMM. It was yummy! The weather was beautiful on Saturday so we walked the whole day. Sunday the rain decided to come so we headed for the ferry early. It was a great first visit to Whistler.

WEDDING PLANS IN FULL SWING

So my sister Annie was here this (last) weekend. She came up for one of Ryan's cousins wedding. She was able to meet more of Ryan's family including Ryan's sisters. She and Ryan had a checklist of things they needed to get done while Annie was here. The big date is August 25th.

The dress I am wearing is her bridemaids dresses, and the one she's wearing are her candleighters dresses. I found the candleighter dresses at R&W for $9.95! Sweet deal! (you know me I love a great deal) You can't read it, but my hat says "Maid of Honor." It's quite funny!

MINI GOLF EXSTRAVAGANZA

'FOUR' - Here are a few picture of our mini golf night. We had about 10 holes located all around Nanaimo. The weather was great and the different golf holes made the evening very interesting. They were anywhere between par 2's to par 7's. It was a great night for all!

Summer's On It's Way!

Hello everyone! It has been so nice here finally! The sun has been shinning and people are in their summer clothes. Tonight we were able to play youth games outside without rain. (or the threat of rain) We are getting ready for Hight School Graduation. We have about 17 grads this year. We are planning the Grad dinner/program. It should be great! The theme is 'Winer Wonderland'. And Jamie has a golfing day planned for the men in the church...FBC's First Annual Men's . . .Tee Off! It's golf and a bbq dinner. There has been a lot of interest! It should be a great event. We are also going golfing with the Youth next week. It's a progressive mini golf. There are people all across town that are making holes and we are going to each one through out the night. We'll have to post pictures next week.

Who is this guy? Must be from Newfoundland!?

Yup . . . definately EAST coasters!