I want:

warm summer sunshine.

A Day of Science

A couple weeks ago, we all decided to have an adventure on a Friday where we had nothing else to do. So we chose to head on up to the Telus World of Science in Edmonton to enjoy some quality family time together.

If you happen to go, maybe don't lick the nose of the ice lion out front. I have a feeling that you won't be the only one to do so.

These are Layla's veins and arteries. They really are red and blue, just like in the textbooks! It's strange how Layla grew so tall though...

This is Daniel's digestive tract. As you can see, it's pink and healthy. However, he was quite greedy with his ice cream serving size. He'll never eat it all before it melts. That's sad.

This is Dan's idea of a useful public service announcement. He would love it if he could shout this fact from the rooftops. And now you're in the know.

Layla gets a picture taken on this tongue every time we come to the Science Centre. As you can tell from the tastebuds getting worn off, they've had this exhibit for a long time. This and the crime scene one. I really wish they'd update them. That, or maybe we just come to the Science Centre more often than most people do...

This is my handsome husband, looking like he belongs on an episode of Star Trek. However, we were only in the Star Theatre room, not on the Starship Enterprise. We watched 'Tales of the Maya Skies'. We do not recommend it. It didn't answer anything. We were quite disappointed.

The chairs were super comfy and could lean way back. I'm sure I would have fallen asleep, if I hadn't had the unfortunate luck of having a very overweight family sit behind me that smelled like dirty human. Have you had the unfortunate occurrence of knowing what smell I mean? It's very hard to relax when your nostrils are burning from fermented body odor.

The Science Centre has also had this interactive display FOREVER, but I don't mind, because it's quite fun. I remember building houses out of the foam igloo blocks as a kid.

Daniel had thought about being a Police Officer for some time. So he couldn't resist the urge to try out the police motorcycle on display. He's pretty intimidating, isn't he?

Skiing

We're back safe and sound from skiing!

Conditions were icy, but it was still a lot of fun! And no one got hurt, which is always great!

Switcheroo!

Dan is off to work!

Dan has been picking up T.A. sub jobs, which he seems to be enjoying! It's not too stressful of a job, and he's really great with the kids!

So I've had a couple days to myself this week. First thing in the morning, I think I'm going to be a domestic rockstar and get all sorts of magical things accomplished.

Then I don't.

I have to admit, I think Daniel is better at taking care of things around here than I am. You can ask my mother, never in my life have I had the clean and tidy gene that many women have.

Maybe next week I'll get things done...

Winter Fun

It's been a long, cold winter. And there is still a lot of winter left to go!

Last week, we bought Layla some wonderful new skates! She is was so excited! She has been patiently waiting for new skates since she grew out of her smaller set almost two years ago!

So after we picked her up from school, we headed straight over to the free public skating at the arena!

Layla and I were both pretty rusty and it took us a few laps to try to regain some confidence on the ice. I was blown away by Daniel though, he is very skilled on ice skates!

Here is a picture of Layla and Daniel ready to race across the rink!

It is so nice to find ways to have some fun during a long winter and break up the regular routine! It is also so nice when we find things we can all enjoy together! (as we found out that Daniel is not a fan of family swim time!)

Daniel and I are also excited for some more winter fun tomorrow. Layla will be with her dad, but we're going skiing/snowboarding with the Church YM/YW tomorrow night!

Daniel is a snowboarder, and I am a skier. But we both love hitting the slopes, so it should be a great time! We've only been once before together. We went to a little hill just out of town a couple of weekends ago with my Aunt and cousin. My cousin Teigan wanted snowboarding lessons from Daniel, but it ended up that she had already grown out of her snowboarding boots! So Dan just snowboarded by himself most of the day.

Tomorrow, however, he will be in good company as most of the Young Men and some of their leaders are boarders!

Here is Daniel: conquering the hill!

Getting to Know Dan

This is my handsome husband. I love him very much.

One of my favourite things about being married is that we get to spend so much time together now. And with spending that much time together, I love when we have little moments of learning about each other things that we didn't know before. Especially things that don't come up in regular conversations. Things that you can only learn by being together and experiencing things together and talking together.

For instance, I was thrilled to learn over the weekend that my dear husband knows all the words to the song 'Eternal Flame' by The Bangles. It's a song I love and always makes me happy and I need to sing along to. Little did I know that Daniel also gets excited for this song and knows all the words!

During fun moments of discovery like this (we especially had a lot during our dating/engagement time) we like to cheers that we are indeed: Soulmates!

Now that we're married though, we also like to throw in a left-handed wedding ring 'pound'.

Later in the weekend, I also discovered that Daniel has never, ever, in his life eaten relish. Are you kidding me? I've been crazy for that stuff my entire life! It's chopped up pickles after all! Who doesn't love pickles!? (besides Layla!) So he had a big moment on Sunday night when had added some relish onto his hot dog. And he liked it!

It's so fun to share big and little moments!

Who knows what else I learn about him next!

Applause for Theresa!

Woo!

We now have ONE follower to our blog! I'm super pumped!

It is no less than the fabulous Theresa! She's so awesome!

And just to send some extra love her way, I encourage anyone who reads this to got check out her lovely, lovely, lovely photography site!

You will find it at:

http://freshlightimages.com/index/

(this is her professional website)

Or, to see what projects she's up to lately, I insist on checking out her fantastic blog!

http://www.freshlightimages.com/blog/

I love looking through photography websites! I love how a good photographer can capture moments and light and emotions. It's quite a skill. But if you're short on time and just want to see the best that Theresa has to offer, I think you may be interested in this specific link:

http://www.freshlightimages.com/blog/?p=664

I think you may recognize a couple faces in this one! ;)

We had so much fun doing our engagement pictures with her! And, for all you Sask people, she visits family out your way quite often and will sometimes squeeze in some sessions if you ask really nicely! If you did take a little time to browse her site, you probably noticed a lot of Rider Pride being shown off in family sessions, baby sessions, wedding pictures, you name it! Roughrider fans are very loyal! I've been learning this since I met Daniel.

And I am now part of this tradition. Daniel's brother Matt gave us Rider jerseys as a wedding gift. Of course, we had to try them on, right away!

I started thinking about all the ways the Riders have been a part of our dating, engagement and wedding moments. I think it's enough I may have to show more in a separate post!

But I will share with you some more of the pictures from Theresa's photo shoot that didn't make it up on her blog! She gave us a lovely CD full of pictures! I'm so thankful we were able to squeeze in a little bit of time to get them done, they are full of wonderful memories!

For example Theresa, Dan and I went to a movie last night and in it they played 'Gangsta's Paradise'. And it reminded me of our engagement photo session with you! So fun!

Well, here are some more of my favourites!

Isn't her photography just amazing? I love her eye! I love her crisp, clean images!

Applause for Theresa!