All is well in Canada.
We're half-way done with our trip.
The car has been working wonderfully.
I can't get enough of being with Peter.
It's great to see his friends and old homes.
Vancouver and Seattle were great cities.
Loved camping in Banff National Park with friends.
Never seen so many Cowboy Hats as I did at the Calgary Stampede.
I'm glad we still have a week together.

Not sure where this picture was taken, but this is a common
view in Western Canada. So pretty up here!

Oh, Canada!

Peter and I are off this weekend for our 2+ week, 5,000 mile road trip through Western Canada - my honey's home-land. We'll be doing so many fun things- Visiting his Mom and sisters in Seattle, visiting Vancouver, camping in Banff, going to the Calgary Stampede/Rodeo, visiting his University in Edmonton and Peter's 10 HS Reunion in southern Alberta. So, no phone or communication from me for a while, but I'll post about our trip at the end of the month.


So excited about camping, we bought a tent this week, and watched a movie in it. Going to be so fun!

Speech Language Pathology

I'm considering going back to school for a Master's in Communication Disorders to become a Speech Pathologist. I'm excited and scared about the prospects of higher education! It would be about 3 years, and we'd probably have a baby during that time (eek!). But there are some amazing Pro's to it- Use my Linguistics Degree and my brain, make better money with benefits and paid time off, not be bored when I'm an old empty-nester. Or do I just envy Peter for looking into schools and want to be like him. Either way, what do you think?

Betrothed

Love you Peter!
Glad you asked me to marry you a year ago, today!

San Francisco Weekend Getaway

This past weekend Peter and I headed up to SF for my "best friend since 7th grade's" wedding. Kristy and I have been close since grade school, and although the last couple year's have been busy, it was still an emotional and great weekend to see her so happy.

Minutes before she walked down the aisle, her mom pulled me back to the waiting room. We laughed, cried and laughed some more.

We visited the Winchester Mystery Mansion, a childhood dream of Peter's. He read about it, and it's quirkiness and it's potential haunted-ness when he was a kid.

Saw the "Door to Nowhere"

And I had never been to the Oakland Temple Grounds. Lovely Temple!
(but I still prefer ours in SD)

And this visit was my request...


It was a nice weekend away.

Your Most Valuable Possesions

We had just gotten back from our day-off errands. We were snacking when we heard the crunch in the front. Cars often get swiped on our Street, so we went out to see who's it was. And it was Peter's 8-month old car (well, it's a '95, but it's only 8-months old to us)! The girl wasn't even going too fast, but moved the Civic 20 ft. down the road, with the E-Brake on and it's a gonner. Her car too. She was decently nice, has good insurance, and it will be fine. We've got the rental that day and hope to hear what the amount we get it. We were surprised how un-angry we were. Although we think it was a hate crime, notice she only hit the Canadian side of the car? Not the US side. And on Victoria Day!

Then, 18 hours later, I'm walking laundry out and while holding the laundry basket, my hand swipes the broken breaker box that is always cutting everyone. I drop the laundry and look at my hand to see the cut. A second later I'm panicking on my hands and knees looking for the diamond that got ripped out! So sad! We have insurance to protect this also, so again, it's ok. Just inconvenient. And I'll be ring-less for a couple weeks. Sad.

I started taking Violin lessons last week.

I taught Beehives on Sunday about Cultural Arts. I played classical music during the lesson.

I've been playing "Name that Composer" with my students.

I sure do like Classical Music.