I'm a Mounty...

Well Tim isn't a mounty but we took a picture with one because Tim is a Canadian citiizen!! We are sooo excited and it feels soooo good to be done with the process. He started the application a year ago and in February he went downtown and wrote the test. In preparation for the test he quizzed me on my knowledge. For starters I am terrible with dates and am not sure I would be capable of passing. The good news is that Tim is a smart cookie and passed with flying colours. The unfortunate news is that there was an issue somewhere with the paper work and he was unable to obtain his citizenship in February. Although he was upset and very frustrated because it felt like a continual dead end, he persevered and finally managed to sort the issue out. As it turns out there was just a misunderstanding and once they removed the restriction he was ready to go for ctizenship.

Tim was sworn in during citizenship week so the ceremony was held at the CBC news radio station. We had to wait outside til they were ready for us. We were then brought in groups of 10. It was very odd but in the end everyone made it inside and Tim recieved his citizenship test.
The ceremony was very nice. A judge and a rude politician spoke. They were then sworn in. They had to say the oat in English and French. Let's just that the French was less than pretty and just sounded like mumbles. They then walked across the stage and received their citizenship! It was so exciting. I was a little sad because Mayor Nenshi couldn't make it but all in all the ceremony was a success.

Congratulations Tim! I am so proud of you for becoming a Canadian citizen. I look forward to the future and never letting your Wright family forget that you stuck here forever now!

 

You know you're a Canadian when.....

• You're not offended by the term "Homo Milk".
• You eat chocolate bars instead of candy bars.
• You drink pop, not soda.  
• You can drink legally while still a teen.
• You talk about the weather with strangers and friends alike.
• You don't know or care about the fuss with Cuba, it's just a cheap place to travel with good cigars and no Americans.
• When there is a social problem, you turn to your government to fix it instead of telling them to stay out of it.
• You're not sure if the leader of your nation has EVER had sex and you really don't want to know if he has!
• You get milk in bags as well as cartons and plastic jugs.
• Pike is a type of fish, not some part of a highway.
• You drive on a highway, not a freeway.
• You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.  
• You know that Mounties "don't always look like that.
• You use a red pen on your non-Canadian textbooks and fill in the missing 'u's from labor, honor, and color.
• You know the French equivalents of "free", "prize", and "no sugar added", thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging.
• You can do all the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-ma-rinky-dinky-doo" opus.
• You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.  
• You know what a toque is.
• You have some memento of Doug and Bob.
• Back bacon and Kraft Dinner are two of your favorites food groups.

Thanksgiving

I am very behind in blogging and and at some we had Thanksgiving!
We all met up in E-town! It was such a party and way fun to be with all the sisters. We were busy eating candy apples, playing wii, shopping and just having fun! We also managed to squeeze in conference, where the age of going on missions changed!! Crazy! I am excited though. I maybe would have gone.. maybe! We also had a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner. I love stuffing sooo much. Mom thought we had too much bread but just about polished the stuffing off in one sitting!

Coco boy was so good and so helpful during the entire trip. I got him a special treat on one of our many trips to get candy apples.

 

I cleaned out the dollar store and brought 8 swords. It was waaay fun! Cohen and Mason were very skilled at fighting and Quinny only knew how to poke! Thanks Grandma Wilde for teaching everyone to poke at a young age!

 

We did finger painting. Mason ended up eating the paint...

 

Cohen was surprisingly good at wii. Don't worry, we sisters got in all of our favorites... mushroom gorge, moo moo meadows, the mall, peach beach and a few rounds of jeopardy!

 

Uncle Timmy love that Cohen is growing up and becoming so much fun!

We needed a reason to eat skor cake so we had a birthday party for Cohen. He is turning 4 and is such a big boy!! Tim loves buying toys for his niece and nephews. He likes them to be loud and obnoxious. He spent quite sometime trying to decide what to get him and settled on army guys and army tanks. This present is tame but I am worried for pay back from my sisters for other toys.

I got Cohen Red shirt, Green shirt, blue shirt.... OOPS!! I love watching him practice his colours and read it so well and then laugh at the turkey wearing the clothes upside down.

 

We went to a sweet indoor playground. It was very very difficult to climb to the top and the kids never seemed to run out of energy!

 

We had decent weather and loved Erin's backyard and new house!

 

Dentures anyone? We went on a field trip to see Grace Denture Clinic aka Tyler's Clinic!! It was sooo cool to see what he is working so hard for! Good job and good luck! His picture on the advertisment is so cute, he is seriously grinning ear to ear.

 

 

We had a girl's night out and hit up the melting pot! My mouth waters just thinking about it. It was fun to visit and I love my family more than anything in the world. I couldn't have asked for a better mother and sisters!

 

We played a rousing round of wide world!! So fun and so hard with that stupid map moving ALL the time. Muffy finally just stayed on and waited til the map got her on her destinations. Worked much better than you would ever think. If Tannis lets Mom choose her husband thant she gets to inherit the game. I want it sooo bad!

I am excited and can hardly wait for Christmas!

 

 

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!

 

Calgary Iron Man

Gordon, Myrleen and Karlie came to visit us up here in the great white north! They hung out just long enough for Gordon to run the Calgary Half Iron Man. He did amazing and it was so fun to watch.
Watching at the end of the race.

Run Gordon Run!!! He was easily spotted as he was proudly wearing his American gear.

They also enjoyed our funny money! I seriously love Canadian coloured money because it is easier see the bill you need!! I never have to look through each bill because they are all the same colour! Gordon also enjoyed our puppy. He would scare Wrigley with a stuffed animal and chase him around the Wright's house. It was hilarious!