Well it has been much too long since I have posted anything on our blog. You see, although the summer has been rather unscheduled, we have been busy. Here are the highlights...
1. WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! Thats right. We are in Magrath. It is a lovely small town with very friendly people and so far so good. We moved in on August 14. I have had fun decorating and am having fun planning a basement and HUGE yard!! By the end of next summer I will have perfected my green thumb.
2. We didn't experience a single mouse whilst living in the mouse house. My great grandpa's house is still standing on my ranch and we had the privilege of living there this summer until our housing stuff was worked out. It is creeky, crooked, and fly/mosquito infested but we loved it. Brent never did venture into the dungeon of a basement. It was a little too scary for him ;-)
3. We no longer live out of a trailer/box. In the middle of May, our plan was to move into an apartment in Edmonton. So we packed most of our belongings and were organizing things for that move. Then fate would play it's cards and we got the jobs in Southern Alberta. So our things stayed in boxes and we lived out of them for the month of June while finishing up the school year there. My parents arrived with the trailer and we loaded it up, where most things would sit until our big move into our very first house. I forgot I even owned some of the things I own. I thought I needed to go shopping for more school clothes... then I opened up some boxes. CHRISTMAS!
4. We are both enjoying work. We've spent countless hours planning and re-planning for our upcoming year of teaching. I am super excited about grade 5. It is such a fun and exciting curriculum and the kids still like their teacher!
5. We spent time working with my mom in the garden, baking, (Brent learned how to make fudge) building shelves, and painting my Grandma's fingernails. After all of this we played Rook- not just a game or 2, but hours upon hours of competitive nail-biting Rook. It was glorious. We have about a 50-50 record. Check the Rook Book located on the window ledge in my mothers kitchen if you don't believe me.
6. We tubed the river more times than I care to admit and sweated our brains out in some of the hottest sauna's (fondly referred to as the sweat hut) I have ever experienced. Brent has become the master of the hut.
7. We celebrated our 1st anniversary! Wow time flies when you are having fun. What a splendid year it has been. I love being in love with the most wonderful man on the planet.
That is about it. We are happy, healthy and ready to conquer the year. Bring on September!
