The Vanderhoof Fall fair

It was here over last weekend and the girls had a good time. There was a parade through town (which ended up being rather short and late, hence the look on Millies face featured below!), with horses and the Vanderhoof goose.

After that we had dinner at my sisters house and then went out to the fair for a few hours. We say horses, cows, a big mama cow with horns, some birds, and of course there was a band. The girls had so much fun, dances their buns off to the celtic music, ate a BLUE sno cone, and petted everything! It's all over till next year.. enjoy the photos.

The big 3-0 for Sherbear..

Happy birthday girl!!!

Sherie Ellen Green is absolutely without a doubt one of my best girly friends. We've been best friends since we were just tiny kids. We went through a lot together growing up, sneaking out, getting drunk, partying, breaking hearts, getting our hearts broken, moving to Victoria, bombing around in our cars.

Sherie, you are a wonderful mother, and friend. I really miss not having you so close to me. I hope that your day is filled with every joy your heart can hold!

daddy's got a brand new....

QUAD.. http://http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/ATV/2006Models/Sportsman/Sportsman500EFI/

As you can imagine he is ABSOLUTELY GIDDY with excitement. I'll upload some pics of him riding soon.

Self representing artists..

Though I am sure there are a million that I could mention,

S.Scott http://stores.ebay.ca/S-Scott-Fine-Art actually lives in Fort St. John, BC and is a wonderful artist. I recently bought a piece of hers - it's abstract and I can't wait to find a place for it on my wall.. seen below,

The other who I am very fond of is Rob Havassy (though I don't know if he is self representing) http://www.robbhavassy.com/. His originals are great but a little on the pricey side, not worth wise - just my pocket book wise. Below is one of his pieces that I like.. which runs about $1850.00 so basically a pipe dream for me but.. ahh one can wish!

a photo of me..

now okay, admittedly I do not like photo's of myself as a rule. This one was taken today by a gentleman at my office who oraganizes and produces a photo staff org chart for new people. I had a look and - well, I don't HATE it so.. I thought maybe I should post it. Now all ya'll can see a pic of me that is not from 1999! LOL

Our 6th Wedding Anniversary

It was on Saturday. I tell you, if ever there was a year (or summer rather) that we'd ever wondered if we would stay married it would be this one. Living in the holiday trailer has proven to be ab "experience" that has definately strengthened our relationship.

Though our anniversary is 6 years we have been together for 8 1/2 years. And in those years we have,

• had Oaksana, got married, then had Amelija
• moved to Houston, Carstairs, Didsbury, Burns Lake & then Vanderhoof
• rented a place, bought a mobile home, sold, bought a starter home, sold, and now waiting for the acreage
• bought a 10ft holiday trailer, sold, got a 24ft holiday trailer, sold, got a camper, got in a fight, sold, bought a 22 ft holiday trailer!
• we've had 2 boats, and a hot tub = the one brown boat we still have
• ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE A PATTERN HERE??????
• we've had a honda civic, sold, honda accord, traded, subaru justy, sold, and now have a volkswagon jetta
• had a toyota king cab truck, broke, got a chevy, sold, and now have a white dodge
• had a quad that Collin traded for my B~A~B~Y blue VW Bug (bless his soul) , which we sold this year, and turned into the "ugly truck" snow plow
• we've travelled to Barkerville, Alberta (numerous times & places), the Okanagan

WOW - when you write it down like that.. it seems a bit nutty. BUT - it's been GREAT, I couldn't have asked for a better 8 years of my life. Collin, I love you - thanks for everything! I sincerely look forward to anything and everything that is to come. (and trade & sell & borrow & break)!!

This weekend we bought a patio set for each other & for our new deck. I got Collin some fishing tackle & a fillet knife, and the Mortons gave us a Peony for the garden! It was a great day, we really enjoyed each other & the girls. :)

surprise visits are the best ones...

We had a fairly relaxed long weekend around here. We did some more gardening, translplanting, weeding, pruning, etc. We finally finished the dog pen for Oreo, and worked for the entire day yesterday on the girls' tree fort. We had finished that (well finished framing - we still have to get some plywood to sheet the thing) around; I dunno 1:30pm (or so). The cell phone rang and it was Joyce & Clint, Hilary and Marshall Magnus! They are Collin's Aunt and Uncle and cousins. We haven't seen them since last year at Ken & Gis' Anniversary party. I can't recall a time that they've ever been this way.. other than our wedding!
They are moving to Kitimat and were on their way with the U-Haul and everything and just stopped in! It was so cool. So we caught up over smoked salmon(which Hilary scrunched her nose at.. but Marshall L~O~V~E~D) & kokanee beer .. it was great. We already have plans to go their for Thanksgiving, thanks for the invite guys, can't wait to see you again!

Poor Noodle

Oaksana had a dentist appt today. She had a filling in a tooth and it fell out, and since then has really been breaking up and falling out. So she had to get it pulled. Because there was hardly anything left to grab onto, they had a really hard time, they have to give her 3 set of freezing and even then it wasn't helping. I have never heard her scream like that before, she was in so much pain. Poor thing. So much so that I almost threw up just being there - I can hardly imagine how she felt. And seriously you should have seen the size of the roots that came out of her gums. I know that she's gonna be pretty sore for the next couple of days. I will keep ya'll posted... geesh.. it's so tough being a kid!