First Day Of School

On September 12, Tim went to his first day of school for a masters in Military and Strategic Studies!! He had worked so hard to get into this program and was beyond excited to start. A few days before we went shopping and picked out some new clothes for him to wear. He looks so professional and so grown up!

 

Over the summer I quickly forgot how much I dislike the school year! You see, I am proud of Tim's work ethic but it also causes me to barely see him. He reads and reads and then writes and writes all day and comes home pooped! The good change for this year is that I have Wrigley and we are definitely besties. We have been going on 2 hour walks daily. The sunshine has been so lovely.

 

Because Tim is a masters student he get's a cubicle.

I think your own cubicle is pretty cool. It was fun to go on a tour to see where Tim will spend the majority of his time. Because the program is small, Tim is enjoying to get to know the professors and his peers. This program is  much more like my respiratory school where you know everyone. The people are very unique to say the least and all have very different backgrounds. During the first week of school they all went rafting down the Bow River and had a blast. I am so glad he is loving the program and looking forward to what is in store. He is currently planning to do a co-op. This means he will do classes for a year and a half and then do a 8 month co-op. Wish him luck!

It has finally happened...

Well I regret to inform you all that it has happened. I have broken down and I am officially a member of a fantasy football league. It was truly only a matter of time given my husband and the amount of time I spent watching the sport. I am slowly learning names and tactics. I am not as good as my sister, Danielle, but she has a few years on me.
Tim's league was short a few people so to show my husband how much I love him I joined the league.

 

This is how I feel about it.

Tim is the commissioner of the league and takes this roll very very seriously!

 

The boys tried to intimidate me but there was nothing they could do as I had my sidekick Danielle on the phone who helped me draft an amazing team. I have won my first two games and I think I have a pretty good chance at going far. Wish me luck! Or at least some beginners luck!

 

My team includes:

Quarterback: Drew Brees and Joe Flacco

Running Back: Steven Jackson, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Michael Bush, Fred Jackson and Isaiah Pead

Wide Receiver: Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker, Reggie Wayne and Kenny Britt

Tight End: Rob Gronkowski and Tony Gonzalez

Kicker: Stephen Gostkowski

Defense: Houston

Labour Day Camp Out

For Labour Day weekend Tim and I headed out to Gull Lake to camp with our amazing friends. Aside from the rain, it was way fun to be outside enjoying good company.
I made a list and tried to be super organized but for those of you who know me, know that this clearly didn't happen. First of all, Tim and I don't own much camping gear so the night prior to leaving we spent the day pillaging the Wright's garage for sleeping bags and wood. We then drove around calgary looking for hot dog roasting sticks and camping chairs. We could only find $50 chairs!! Seriously we were NOT paying that!! The next morning after loading the car and dropping the puppy off at the Wright's we tried again and found sweet connected chairs with an umbrella! We were all business while camping. We then picked up the last of the groceries and ended up in and out of the store 3 times as I forgot plates:)

After finally reaching Gull Lake we went to a corn maze that was wicked and had loads of other fun things to do.
There was an amazing sqash/zucchini/tomato gun! Seriously, so cool. Breanna was the only one to listen to the nice guy helping us to aim the gun and managed to hit the target, aka the bus!

Trevor

 

Breanna

 

Jordan

 

Julie

 

Tim is actually shooting the potato gun.

 

Jordan was a tether ball champ but I plan on having a rematch at some point! There were also animals, pedal carts and a weird jumpy thing.

 

 

We enjoyed the campfire for a night but couldn't handle what felt like constant rain. Fall seemed to sneek up on me as I was grossly unprepared and only brought one pair of pants! It had previously been so sunny and I couldn't believe that change. Sleeping was a bit chilly but I am not complaining as Tim chose to snuggle with me!! (Seriously Tim freaks out if I touch him while he is asleep!)

 

The next day we decided to pack it in and drove to Edmonton to continue the party at Jordan and Julie's. It was fun to sleep, watch movie and eat delicious food. 

We hit up Whyte Ave the next morning and found this....

Outside urinals!!! Seriously, Edmonton?? Real classy. There were toilets but they were just sitting outside. Weird. I guess it is to prevent sketch things from going on in the bathroom.

Thanks for the fun weekend and we look forward to next year just in August or else I will be more prepared with a few extra pairs of pants.

 

ps. we also bought a new car!!! woohoo!! It feels so good to have two good cars that we know won't break down. It was a bit spur of the moment but it was a good deal and we love it. It is a pontiac vibe. Obviously we are filling up at Canadian Tire. Tim is saving up to buy a gun and will gladly take donations! Thanks Heyland's for about $2 in Canadian Tire money. It is harder than you think to save it up!

 



 

Action Packed August

August was a very fun month for us! We continued to be crazy busy but stayed a bit closer to home. Tim and I enjoyed a Saturday together and I introduced him to garage saleing! Needless to say he is hooked. We found a staple gun, wii games, lots of board games and a crochet book. I plan on making the beaty seen below. Yes, that is a crochet bikini!! hahaha! It doesn't get much better than that.

 

After garage saleing we went downtown and had lunch at the Steakout Foodtruck. It was beyond delicious! I thought it was so fun.

We found a new dog park that is by the bow river. There are always lots of dogs there and you can go down to a little inlet of the Bow River which is perfect for Wrigley to swim in!!! We were so proud the first time he swam.

 

Wrigley had a hair cut

Before:

 

After:

 

We did some babysitting.
Paige Leishman's dog, Kobe. Wrigley and Kobe got along great and we took Kobe to the dog park. He definitely loved it!

We also babysat Avery Livingstone. She was sooo good and absolutely loved Wrigley. She kept putting her face right next to his so she got lots of kisses. We also went to the park and found lots of sticks but Wrigley was continually stealing every stick she found. That is ok because she found that quite funny.

 

 

We took a weekend trip home to have a garage sale and can peaches! Tannis came too! After a minor mishap with her car smoking after she barely got outside of Edmonton. She then had to take the Greyhound over night to Calgary! She had to sit by some super sketch people but we are so glad she came because it was extra super fun with her! 

We were pretty serious garage salers and I took home a pretty awesome comission! Danielle, you can be jealous:) I have a new dresser, food processor, dog booties and a slap chop! Thanks Mom, I think I will come work at your garage sale next year cuz let's be honest there was a tonne of awsome stuff and they are sure to find even more for next year!
We didn't manage to sell a giant stuffed polar bear but it was in such good shape that we couldn't bear just sending it to good will so we walked it down tot the Darin and Amy Wilde family. Mia, who is the third of three girls so I feel for her always getting the hand-me of the hand-me-downs, was sure happy to have it as she had had her eye on it while at the garage sale. I am not sure Amy was as happy but hey, we will see it at your garage sale in the next 10 years!
Seriously! Tannis and I worked hard!

 

 

A big shout out to my Grandma Wilde! I love her so much and am so grateful to how much she does for me. She spent so much time in high school supporting everything I did. She came to all of my band concerts and basketball games! She is such an amazing example. Thanks so much for taking the time to teach me how to do canning. I had a blast and am looking forward to next year. (sorry for the blurriness!)

 

Tim has been working so hard this summer. He is starting to pick up quite a few of his own painting jobs. He enlisted me to help paint a fence but I was soon fired because I was waaaay to slow! I had that fence so pristinely painted, apparently it is more about speed!

 

 

We are sad to see summer come to a close but can't complain because we have had so much fun!