A New Adventure

A few weeks ago, my parents decided it was time to quit trucking and turned in their resignation. Tomorrow they will be driving to Calgary and dropping the trailer off with it's new owner. I stopped by tonight to take a few photos of the truck and trailer together. I must admit, I got a little teary. For so long I have wished they were home and weren't on the road so often, but I have always been proud of them and what they do (not that I'm not just proud of them in general). There are so many memories of mine associated with them and the truck. While in Vancouver, may parents and the truck were often my trip home, and that continued when Katie was born as well. She loved riding in the truck as did I. The smells (that may seem funny to some of you, but all I can say is pine air freshener and diesel exhaust), the sounds and the motion. I'm sad that it is ending and so excited that they won't be leaving every or most Sundays after only arriving home on Friday. I'm sure that once the snow flies, (sorry to mention that) they will be even more relieved that they don't have to leave home as will I. I'm happy for you and this new chapter Mom and Dad.

Airing out the Laundry Room

My brother and sister in law recently went on a trip to Peru with a bunch of family and friends. A few days before leaving they took possession of their first house. As a house warming gift, my cousin Ali, her husband Ben, Jen's (my sister in law) sister Jody and Aaron and I decided that we would redo a room for them. We had originally thought we would do the kitchen with new tile, counter and hardware, but the laundry room as you can see was just crying out for some help. It ended up being a big job, but it looks amazing now. We painted the walls, cupboards, replaced the flooring, redid the lighting, and accesorized. Ben put up the wallpaper which was great. He is tall enough that he didn't need a step ladder like the rest of us. Looks great Ben.

It was a surprise, so they had no clue it was happening. Those of us who did it love the finished product and by the sounds of it, Travis and Jen are thrilled with it too. I had a great time working with everyone. Great Job everyone, it was a lot of fun doing this together. I wasn't able to be there for the final accesorizing of it all, but Ali and Jody, it looks amazing! Thanks Travis and Jen for leaving us a key. I guess we'll know what they really thought by whether they ever leave us a key again.

Enjoying a night off

The last few weeks have been mayhem at our house. Between the anniversary, the house warming surprise for my brother and sister in law (more to follow on that) and training for a half marathon we haven't had a lot of time together as a family to relax and have fun. Sunday evening we had nothing planned. It was great! We went to DQ for supper (well, actually we went for the ice cream after supper) and then headed over to Bower Ponds to enjoy a walk and the playground. The weather was beautiful and the mosquito's were not in attendance. I love nights like this.

Tut Tut Looks Like Rain

We were at Curt and Marva's for supper on Saturday evening. At 6:00 we were enjoying watching sailboats, jet skis and such on the lake and the sun shining. By 6:30 this was the view out their living room window. Just looking at this makes me want a sweater and a cup of coffee. Gotta love prarie evening storms!

60 Years!

Yesterday we threw a party for my Grandma and Grandpa McKay for their 60th Anniversary! About 50 people attended. We had great weather, great company and great food. My parents hosted the party at their place and I think I can say we all had a wonderful day. Here a few pictures we took of everthing before the guests arrived and also some of the fun during it all. Happy Anniversary Grandpa and Grandma!

Playing again

For my Grandpa and Grandma's 60th anniversary party I decided to play around with some frames and cover the matts with gingham fabric. That proved to be more difficult than I thought since the fabric stretches. In the end some basic ribbon and a glue gun worked out great. We ended up using these as center pieces on the tables under white tissue paper poms.

I also found this idea on the blog beeinourbonnet.blogspot.com. I loved the look of them and they looked really easy. In the end I couldn't find the trim that she used but I did find some nice shaped beveled boards all ready to go and it made them even easier to make. I love how they turned out. If you want to find out how to make them go to the link above for directions.

The Dream

Mom and Dad brought me home a package of these napkins the other day, and thought I might find them amusing. In case you haven't heard, we caved in. We fought a long hard battle against getting a minivan, but practicality won out in the end. Counting down the years until we don't need one now!