in pieces

It's been 1 YEAR!!! since our fabulous wedding day! Remember the family, friends, parties, baking, cooking, planning, organizing, buying, setting up, and pumpkin picking? Wow! I can't believe it's been a year... Well, Leigh has outdone himself again in making our anniversary special. This year we had to celebrate a day early as we are planning on leaving for a promotional road trip for Texas tomorrow. Well, to plan ahead, Leigh skimmed money from here and there when I wasn't looking, to pay for a wonderful evening. He decided he wanted it to be "skyhigh" evening... We stayed in a beatiful hotel downtown - The Sheraton Wall Centre - which was gorgeous - overlooking English Bay, the mountains, and downtown...Here's a view of what our room sort of looked like... And then he took me to a great restaurant (42 floors high) called Cloud 9 - a revolving restaurant that overlooks the entire city - you travel a full circle over an evening meal (about 1.5 hours) ...

Well...we've finally moved. I can hardly believe it. As I looked around the circle of workers we had on moving day I realized that there were only a few of us that had been there when we moved in. I remember when we first moved in. We felt like Kings. We were so thrilled to have a place with doors. We got lost in the space And we praised the Lord with such zeal. There have been so many stories, and life changes within those old wooden walls, so many memories and dreams to pass along. Wishes to purchase and own this property. There were struggles and frustrations Joys and Celebrations Births, Marriages, Friendships Projects, Schools, Teams People Commissioned everywhere from everywhere and dreams... Dreams conceived Dreams born Dreams grown into wonderful realities Dreams yet to unfold. May we never forget the journey... the life that's been lived here But now... Now, we embrace the future. We don't want to leave "The Drive" So temporarily we are back on 1st and C...

This past weekend our friends Ben and Caroline held a wedding reception on Vancouver Island. It was so great to spend time with them again, and here how married life has been since they have been married for a few months already. Here is a picture of Andrea and Sarah who stood on behalf of Caroline. Their flowers had been put together by Ben's sisters and were absolutely gorgeous! Ben and Caroline shared their vows again in a quaint little church (St Mary's) and held the reception in Ben's parents backyard. When we arrived we were surprised to see a carnival set up - that's right a carnival! At first I was a little hesitant as games are not often my favorite thing, (especially in a skirt) but after particapating in a few it wasn't long til we were laughing hysterically and enjoying ourselves immensely. I mean who couldn't have fun throwing an axe at a stump, shooting a paint ball gun at targets in the bush, throwing mini balls into jars and hitting targets. ...