Just a note: Please excuse the slightly cross-eyed background and layout, I am undertaking some blog renovations! And, is this font too hard to read?
Well, we are halfway through October and I am back here in St. Johns after a pretty eventful couple of weeks!
Another note: this is the third time I have tried to write this post. Hard to focus between nap times, crawling, standing and nice fall weather! :)
The big event was of course travelling to Grande Prairie to see Lindi and Russel get married. It was a beautiful wedding and the happy couple sure put a lot of work into making everything come together! Their rustic theme was so creative and really cute. I wish that I had taken some (any!) pictures, but I was trying to keep Bronwen occupied and agreeable for much of our time there... I think that I was fairly successful. ;) It was pretty neat to see another one of the 'Pink Flamingos' get married. Now 'the originals' are all married off. If Steph and Lynda can take 2013 and 2014, we'll have hit 5 years running! Haha.
It was fun to meet Russel as well.... seeing as I had never met this guy who received such glowing reviews from Lindi! He is a wonderful guy and I'm excited for the two of them as they start this journey of marriage together. I am looking forward to having Brian and I, Zach and Lisa and Russel and Lindi all together at Christmas for a triple date. This was one of the things we dreamed about during our university days... "They better all get along!"
Fall has arrived in St. John's... nice crisp blue-sky days interspersed with some really damp cold ones, really wet humid ones, and some warm breezes. Weather on the coast is pretty susceptible to whatever blows up from the south (or down from the north!). This past Sunday we pulled up the remaining carrots, beets and beans from our garden- all that is left now are the parsnips. They need a frost to be fully ready. I really enjoyed the garden this year.. in the middle of winter Brian and I plan to pore over the seed catalogues and decide what to grow next summer. It's very fun, and delicious too. Sadly, my attempts at marigolds on our front porch failed miserably so I think I will stick to vegetables. They're more useful anyway.
Another fun item is that we have started a mom's group at church, aptly named Mosaic Mamas. Though our little church started off as mostly a student church, it is now moving in the direction of having quite a few young families! Not bad for being only 4 years old and having about 30-50 people on any given Sunday. Our little mommy group meets once a week on Thursdays, and we have started to rotate among people's houses. There are usually 2-6 of us there, plus all the babies (2 more coming in December!). It's fun to chat with these friends and a nice chance to get out of the house as well. Not that I feel really cooped up yet, but I definitely look forward to some social time!
Bronwen is pulling herself up to stand on everything these days (legs, laundry hamper, couch, coffee table, etc!). More about that on her little blog.. see the top sidebar!
Have a nice weekend everyone!
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| almost exactly one year ago... 29 weeks with 'Button', Oct 14, 2012 |
