Camping

We just got home from a glorious weekend camping at Hick's Lake with friends - the washing machine is currently running at full capacity! We had fun times of fellowship, great food (everything tastes better when your camping) and AMAZING weather!!! We did a lot of relaxing! It was a great way to cap off a GREAT summer!

BC has so many beautiful places - we spent all day Saturday and most of Sunday floating:)

(So sorry for the lack of pictures - I guess I was to busy relaxing my face off!)

Magdanz Wedding

We were blessed to get to attend the Eric and Christine's wedding this past weekend! We flew in on Friday night and had a fun evening with Mom & Dad K. Sat we were able to head up to the hospital and visit the newest member of the Akre side of the family:) Sat afternoon/evening we celebrated with the Magdanz's! What a BEAUTIFUL God-honoring wedding and reception! We couldn't be happier for the new couple and really don't think Eric could have picked a better woman - Christine is perfect for him and such a BEAUTIFUL woman both inside and out - you can meet Christine for 5 min and feel like you have known her for years - lovely! Their wedding was also like a reunion for us - we were able to catch up with a lot of our favorites (also a treat to have both sets of parents in the same place!). Sunday we spent the day with our Kaminski family and got a tour of Dan & Hailey's new home - soooo cute!!! Sunday evening was spent with good friends and Monday we relaxed and hung out with one of our favorite Aunt & Uncle before heading home with a very full love tank!

The wedding...

Eric waiting for his bride

the beautiful bride

2 becoming 1

their smiles tell it all:)

Mr. & Mrs. Magdanz

love them!

love him!

Certificate

Over the last year I had been taking courses to complete my NICU specialty certificate. I had finished my classes as of last April, but had not yet received my papers in the mail making it legit! Well, they have arrived and to my surprise my certificate reads..."Advanced Specialty Certificate - Neonatal Nursing Specialty with DISTINCTION" - who knew - the distinction part - it was exciting:)

Quality Time

We have had a busy summer with all of the partying that we have been doing! Matt and I hadn't had an "unplanned" weekend together for the entire summer until two weekends ago when we both had a Friday night and all day Saturday off together - GLORIOUS!!! Friday night we had a great supper at home and then headed to the movies. On our way home we picked up a slice of cheesecake and steamers from a local coffee shop. We brought our treats home and sat in our lawn chairs on the deck enjoying the heat of a late summer evening - GLORIOUS!!! Saturday morning I woke up to the below picture - Matt made waffles and syrup and cut up some fresh necterines - GLOURIOUS!!! We spent the day getting stuff done together...such a treat! My husband dates me well - I am a blessed woman!!!

Crafting...

We have been doing a lot of crafting since we have moved. A couple of weeks ago Matt, oh so kindly, made these cute soap jars out of mason jars - they turned out great!

I am a bit of a soap snob - I know what I like and I stick to it! Bath & Body works foam soap is my favorite, but sometimes the soap containers don't go well with the decor, a cute mason jar always goes well with the decor:)

we had to make one for each of our three sinks!

Perfect!

NICU Babes making Babies!

Last week the NICU girls got together to bless two of our girls that are about to have babies!

I made these scary cupcakes for the event (they didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted:)

the beautiful mama's to be!

they were showered with blessings - the NICU ladies are great givers!

currently our newest baby of the crew - she is such a happy, cute baby!

story time....:)

the laughs that followed story time!

the crew - I work with a FANTASTIC group of ladies!!!

our view

People have asked for pics of our new place - we are still in the process of decorating, but here is a picture taken last night of our view:)

Cam & Jolene's Wedding

The final leg of our summer vacation sent us even farther east into Manitoba for the wedding of Matt's cousin Jolene to Cam.

On our way to Manitoba...Saskatchewan is VERY patriotic about their Riders!

Once in Manitoba we attended the wedding rehearsal followed by the rehersal dinner - Cameron's mom made these cute treats for dessert.

Papa enjoying his treat!

at the farm, where the dinner was, there was a small herd of mini horses

we played with them for a bit

The wedding took place in a little town called Carman - it is the friendliest, cutest town - both times we have been there we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

Matt and Dan did a GREAT job singing during the wedding - they got RAVE reviews!

My handsome husband!

Jolene and Uncle Dave

The beaming bride and groom!

Jolene's dress was amazing...see the above picture and the picture below is her dress for the dance - it's the same dress just without the big skirt - such a great idea!

The next few pics are a few family photos - what better thing to do between the wedding and reception than take photos:)

Mom, Hailey and my pretty toes

Brothers x2

Kaminski men

Hailey and Dan

Mom and Dad K

all of us - this picture is a little 'Sears Portrait studio':)

such a great weekend celebrating the union of a wonderful couple!

The Cabin

We were able to spend 5 days at the cabin with Mom and Dad Kaminski.

Unfortunately, the cabin had been hit pretty badly by a storm the week before so there was a lot of clean up to be done outside the cabin - the boys worked hard cutting and hauling trees.

Look at this sexy lumberjack!

Tons of firewood!

The weather was not the greatest while we were up there, but we made the most of it by playing lots of games...

and reading lots of books!

Reading in the book nook....bliss!

We opted for indoor fires instead of outdoor ones this year.

The one cool things about having bad weather is being able to watch the beautiful SK sky:)

Our traditional cabin photo (not the best shot - but it's tradition!)

We are so thankful to be able to have this very special place to retreat to - it was another GREAT year at the lake!