in no particular order, some of my favorite things, as of late....

wrapping presents that i have picked out for
my wonderful family and friends for Christmas

greek pizza...my supper tonight

pashminas
hoop earrings, darcy just bought me some
today! and earrings in general all mine seem to
be tarnishing at the same time

bath and body works, haven't been there in a while
but anything from there i l-o-v-e. and it makes a
really good gift

my new favorite store

cream soda slurpees from 7-11

decorating for Christmas
(this is not our apartment!)

mommy and maddy

anytime someone else is holding maddy,
hailey says "can i hold maddy?" it's cute
how much she loves her!

madelyn soleil

eidse girls minus jayda

stef and maddy

am, erik, hailey, and madelyn came out to the city for the afternoon and supper. it was nice to spend time with them again and get maddy snuggles in. missed j though!

I guess it's about time to post about life, the good, the bad, and the cute...

School has been a wondeful, horrible, stressful, challenging, crazy emotion filled experience so far. It has been a really big adjustment getting into the swing of school again, especially such intense classes where it feels like the teachers are speaking french. Everyone said this was an intense course and the learning curve is huge, but I never thought it would be as physically, mentally and emotionally draining as it is. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy massage therapy and know this is what I want to do but some day I doubt that I can get through the 2 years. I have been encouraged so many times by family, friends and my wonderful husband, and that means the world to me. Exams are done for now which is nice but the studying and homework is endless!

Living in the city has been really good. Darcy and I both love it, despite the fact that we are far away from family and friends. It has been really nice to ahng out with Ty and Stef (almost everyday) and get to know them better.

On to more exciting news November 24 marks the day Madelyn Soleil was born. A third neice and Darcy and I are thrilled! We got to go see her Monday afternoon as soon as Am, Erik, and Maddy got home from the hospital. Yes, Amber is amazing and came home a short 9 hours after giving birth to a beautiful little girl. I sadly have no pictures to share of the little bundle of cutness but tomorrow I will take oodles and post them. Am and Erik, I am so proud to have you as my brother and sister. You make such great parents and I love you both Lots!!!!

And Just to end off, my sweet sweet husband brought me flowers after a not so good day at school...

breath....anatomy mid term is over....i maybe should have studied more than i did but hopefully i did ok. i am not really sure what i should blog about, i seem to have a pretty boring life, or maybe i just am not a creative writer. yes, that must be it. anyways i will just post some pictures. enjoy!

this is what my very talented husband
likes to do in his spare time...

the lamps he made for me

christmas gift for uncle mike and auntie martha

well, i don't feel like waiting another hour to try to load pictures so that is all...oh and my stupid tooth that always chips and needs to be crowned just chipped. love it.

blog post number one

i have decided to start a new blog. nothing fancy, just a place to post some pictures and keep in touch with family and friends now that we live so far away! i will try to be a faithful blogger, but i make no promises.

life in the city (all 16 days) has been great. it's so nice to not have an hour drive to school every morning and afternoon! the appartment is finally unpacked and the appartment is started to look and feel like a home. school is going well, exams are almost done which i am looking forward to.

and here are some random summer pictures so that this post is not totally useless. i am too tired to post more, hopfully more to come soon...after anatomy midterm (wednesday)

check our darcy's horrible mustache

beautiful

24 hour road trip to sk for kelli & jamie's wedding