The trees are...

leafing...leaving...growing leaves!  I don't know what you call that!  But either way, I love it!  Driving through the valley on Monday I noticed that somehow over the weekend some of the trees are turning green!  So lush and bright!  It's great, I love wonderful spring weather! 

Babies and weddings!

So today I received a phone call from my friend from BC saying they had a baby girl!  Very very excited!  She's absolutely gorgeous!  I can't wait to meet her!

 We also were at my friend Randy and Michelle's wedding today!  Boy, she was gorgeous!  The wedding was really great, beautiful and not long or boring! 

 

I loved their favours, wine glasses!

I'm BACK!!

Late last night I landed back at home :)  I had such an amazing holiday, seeing new sights, visiting with old friends and now it's great to be home! 

I am planning on posting some pictures, but I'm in the process of trying to retrieve some of them :(  Well I should say my wonderful boyfriend is trying to retrieve them.  I thought I burned my pics from Calgary/High River onto some disks so I deleted them (my card was full), and now the disks are blank :( 

So for now, here's a pic to give you a little taste!  Melissa and I at the Vancouver Aquarium! 

Snow snow snow :(

Well, Alberta threw me for a loop!  Right now there is a bit of snow on the ground!  It's been there since Monday!  The weather has been cold/cloudy/dreary and a bit snowy for most of my time here!  But, today I'm flying to Abbotsford and I'm hoping that I can bask in the sunshine and warmth for at least a bit of my time! 

I have been taking pictures!  But I plan on posting them once I am back at home!  But there are definitely some pics to look forward too!

Toodles!

Today the travelling adventure begins :)

Yipee!  I can't wait!  Tonight, Lord willing, I will be in Calgary!  Woot woot!  Hopefully I didn't over pack too much!  Hehe, I tend to do that when I'm rushed! 

Last night we had our Altona Fundraising Banquet!  I was quite surprised to see it as full as it was!  I'd say almost every table was full, and some over flowing!  Such a huge blessing!  We also raised a good amount of money, Praise the Lord!! 

So I may or may not have time to blog, so enjoy the 12ish days!  Adios!

The quilt is FINISHED...

Well, mostly!  I still need to stitch on a few buttons and do the actual quilting, but that won't take too long, and I can work on that when I'm in Calgary!  So that's really a big relief!  Today was my last day to work on it and it was complete at 9:14pm!  I took pictures, but they are on my laptop at home, so you'll have to wait till I'm back from my vacation to see them! 

Holidays!

April 9-20!  I'm super excited because I get to visit some of my good friends!  The first two live in High River, AB!  I met them at Capernwray Bible School '06-'07.  We became great friends, and after school the 3 of us travelled southern England and Northern France together!  Actually they were one of the first people I talked to when I arrived in England, and right away we hit it off!  I haven't seen these ladies since then, despite my wanting to see them, so I'm very excited for this opportunity to spend some quality time reconnecting and seeing their hometown!  I will be with them till Wed, April 14th, when I fly to Abbotsford BC.

Another one of my amazing friends is one I worked with at camp!  (The camp I'm still working at, PVBC, visit us at www.pembinavalleybiblecamp.com)  We have some wonderful/embarrassing/funny memories together as we worked together for 3 years and did some travelling together as well!  Sept '08 she moved to BC to be closer to her boyfriend, which was sad to see her go, but I understand!  Then last May she got married here in MB and now they are expecting a baby in 2 weeks!  Yipee!  I couldn't be more excited for them!  And, I also couldn't be more excited to be able to spend time with them!  I have never been to BC, so I'm also looking forward to seeing the beautiful province they call home! 

So now I need to start packing and getting ready for my westward adventures, so any crafts I was wanting to accomplish will be put on hold, with the exception of the baby quilt, that one's coming with me!

Not always productive...

That's me!  There are times/days when things work out well and get done, and then, others when they don't.  I didn't work on my quilt this weekend, but I was able to spend some quality time with my love and his family.  We did get some good shopping in on Saturday!  Finally got new runners, and boy am I ever satisfied!  Keen shoes are amazing!  I've been shopping online and found quite a few pairs I may be purchasing in the next while, but for now, these are mine! 

My parsley is up and my spearmint looks like it's growing now!  No thyme though, I may have to replant, but eh, 4 out of 5 plants isn't so bad!  Hopefully I can get some dirt soon and plant the rest of my seeds!  

My first quilt!

So, lately I've been more into sewing!  Since I brought my sewing machine here and made my sewing nook I've been more inspired, and had more time!  So about 2 weeks ago I started on a baby quilt for one of my close friends!  They don't know the gender the baby and since it is their first I figured I would go with "gender neutral" colours/themes!  I'm very excited about this quilt, being my first one.  It also has a lot of hand sewing details which makes it easy to take along almost anywhere to work on!  I'm finished almost all the hand sewing, hopefully I can finish that up tonight/tomorrow and then it's just sewing the squares together and finishing touches!  Here's a picture of the pattern I'm using!  I am hoping to take some pictures this weekend of mine and will have them posted asap!

My love of old houses!

They are absolutely wonderful!  Old houses!  Big 2 or 2.5 story houses built in the late 1800's or early 1900's.  Hardwood floors, verandas, transom windows, wide baseboards and trim... I would love to own one!  This is my latest victim!  But of course, I'm not even looking for a house, nor could I afford one, but alas, I can dream!