week-ending

This weekend is going to be awesome.
Quite simply because of two things:

#1 - It is our 5th wedding anniversary. WOOT! We're splitting the celebration over Friday night & Saturday morning. Tonight we're going to camp down at The Point on our property, have a lil fire, some treats & listen to the water. (I'm looking forward to making coffee over the fire in the morning!) Saturday we are going to go to the Farmers Market in the morning & head out to pick some strawberries.

#2 - Katrina & Jason are coming over!! YAY!! Their first visit to our place & I plan to spoil them as much as I can. (I love having guests) There'll be strawberries, waffles, homemade pizza, & italian dessert (fragole el pepe: sauteed strawberries) popcorn, strawberries....oh and presents for Jason. The ol' gaffer just had a birthday - it's a must-celebrate sort of deal.

Aurora Borealis

This is yesterday's picture of the day - Nov 10 2009

It was my drive home & the shot is SOC.
{Yeah, I take photos while driving, maybe not the smartest thing I've done}

Looking at it now, it reminds me of the northern lights I used to always see when I lived in Northern Alberta. In Ontario the northern lights are a rare sight, I miss seeing them so much. There was something almost magic/unearthly about them.
This is what they looked like.

Green snakes that would dance across the sky.

To Chris & Beth, my best friends who are going to be moving up to Northern Alberta soon, I hope when you do see the northern lights, you cherish seeing them each & every time, even if it means standing out in the frigid cold for a while.

Also, it's an "old wives tale" that if you whistle, the lights with come closer. I don't believe that whistling has anything to do with it, but every time I have done it they have moved closer. So just for the fun of it, whistle.

mr. & mrs. eras - 15/08/09

Hi again.

For those of you who have waited patiently for Ryan & Rachel's wedding pix...
they are finally here!

Please DO NOT take any of these without permission. Thanks.

The fabulous Mr. Ryan Eras

The Grooms{boys}men.

The stunning bride, Rachel.

Did I say stunning?! Okay, miraculously stunning.

The Bridesmaids

Yup, totally miraculously stunningly gorgeous.

Zee Ceremony - Immanuel Baptist

Zee Kiss

Zee Kiss in Color

The Bridal Party - Markham Museum

One of my favorites.

Another favorite. Man, Rachel, I'd have married you if Ryan hadn't. {laugh}

The adorable flower girl.

Congrats you two! Much love!

They did it!

We had a wonderful weekend - watching two such awesome close friends get married!
We had the privilege of hanging out with the groom & his men before the ceremony.

I took the opportunity to get a lot of photos.

The groom (Adam) looks so handsome. It's hard to believe that he was SO nervous.
{He did awesome though!}

It was a beautiful afternoon. The church was quaint & classic. So much fun to take photos. Mat delivered the message, bringing the groom to tears! They are good friends and go way back
{Heck, the whole ceremony was so touching, even just the THOUGHT of the wedding had me in tears while I was getting ready!}

Happily, now & forever, Mr. & Mrs.

Andrea was so incredibly stunning - the girl is naturally a beauty.
{I think she's holding back some tears here}

The little star of the show - Cameron.

A classic country wedding cake.

It was a great party. We met a lot of new people & spent some time with old friends. We stayed as late as the bride & groom - we drove them back to their 'surprise' hotel suite for the night. That was so special - we felt honored.

Hope you two are having a wonderful honeymoon!

We love you both!

monkfest

Back in 2003 a friend and I started a music festival out on her farm in Madoc. She called it Monkfest - after all her farm is called St. Francis House.

After year two of Monkfest, I was no longer as involved as before due to work, then school and moving away. This year Mat was working for this same friend and thus was deeply involved with getting things ready for this years Monkfest.

He also played a set with a few friends.

Troy (troyums) Thompson

I love shoes.

And Mr. Mark LaJoie

It was a fabulous day, a few spots of intense rain but it all cleared up just in time for Mat, Troy, Mark and Justin (not pictured here..sorry dude.)

There was also the added bonus of Colleen's beautiful farm.

Complete with chickens. (Oh and we had farm fresh eggs for breakfast - SOOOO good!) Thanks ladies!

After living in the city for most of my life it was time to taste a bit of the country...first time holding a chicken...they're kind of cuddly.

But not as cuddly as these little guys!

All in all Monkfest 2009 got a thumbs up approval rating from Mr. Mark LaJoie! Who could ask for more?

goodness

Last night Mat and I were at Adam and Andrea's Stag and Doe party. It was a great time.

The sign says Congrats to the "Nearlyweds" *laugh*

Andrea's parents have a beautiful 3 acre farm.

It was so fun to take pictures of ever nook and cranny.

Not only are Adam and Andrea wonderful people, they have fabulous friends and family. It was awesome to get to know some of them prior to the wedding.

Cameron was a hoot. I could have watched that kid all day! I mean, what better place to play than a farm!?

Of course, one must beware of the gangsters robbing you of your lunch money.


Cory. What a guy.

They had tons of games set up inside the bran (all proceeds of course, going toward the wedding)

I'm pretty sure they haven't changed much since high school.

Good food. Good music. Good friends. Good night.

Yesterdays Scraps

Quite simply - I love my husband.
& I've had this pictures of him for a few years now. He took them of himself at a school event I was helping with on Student Council. I thought they were awesome photos - even though they are a bit blurry - and I just knew some day I'd have to scrap them.

Well, lately the hubby has had this theory - well, more than a theory - an observation of fact - that most characters in movies and tv shows who wear converse shoes are a specific type of "romantic hero" (not romantic as in love and kisses) but they type of hero who rebels against authority or society, does their own thing, is an individual (meaning they are at odds with the majority), and typically they are a child or childlike. (For example: Kramer from Seinfeld, House, Hawkeye from MASH, & Harry Potter) Now, this isn't a hard and fast description, nor is it exhaustive. I did notice though that to some extent, my husband does adhere to some of these qualities - & *surprise surprise* he wears converse shoes.

I was glad to finally find the perfect theme for scraping these pics.

Also I did this pic of our friends, Chris and Beth with their baby boy, Isaac. This is a pic from WAY back in September. I just never could find the right layout or the right paper or the right motivation. *laugh*

I love keeping some layouts just really simple with a few concentrated areas of eye candy. This was one of those pictures that needed to be the main focus of the page. I am so happy with the way it turned out.

Now I can finally move on to pictures from this year that need to be printed and scrapped!

Do you have tons of old photos laying around that you have yet to scrap?