Archive for June, 2008

A Sad Goodbye

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Share Today is a sad day for us. Tweak (one of our guinea pigs) died earlier this afternoon. He was the sweetest little guy, very friendly and always wanted to be picked up and cuddled. We get so attached to these little critters, its so hard when they eventually leave us. We miss you already [...]

Yellowstone National Park – trip report

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Share We are back from our great Yellowstone adventure! It was most definitely that – an adventure. In a nutshell, the trip went well, but it wouldn’t be a trip of ours without some sort of excitement or mishap. This time we had our friend Wouter, who is visiting from the Netherlands, along with us. [...]

My baby is 5!

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Share My sweet Angus turned 5 on June 16! We were away but he got to spend it with my parents – his favorite place! :) Share and Enjoy:Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookBuzz it upMixx it upshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBuzz it upSubscribe to the comments on this postPrint for later

Leaving on a jet plane…..

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Share well, ok not really on a jet plane, but more so a Mazda Protege 5. hehe We are just about to embark on our 16 hour + drive to Yellowstone National Park (we are driving all night long). It is apparently snowing there right now (oh joy…) and yes we are still going. And [...]

The Last Minute

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Share Thank goodness for the last minute – or I’d never get anything done. Just made these 2 mini albums – both for classes. I really should be packing for our trip but its already after midnight and I can barely keep my eyes open.  I also just read online that Yellowstone got 6 inches [...]

First clear mini

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Share I just finished my first full acrylic mini album – I did this one “All About Zoey” All the lace used was from Savvy N Sassy www.savvynsassy.com  I used various bit and pieces from the May Create My Keepsake kit: small rows of bling, letter stickers on the cover, music paper, flower paper, and [...]

The Grind

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Share In preparation for our outback hiking trip in Yellowstone National Park next week, we (Brent, Wouter and I) hiked the Grouse Grind yesterday. That is we hiked all the way up the mountain – it was BRUTAL. here is the write up about it from Grouse Mountain’s website: Challenge yourself with Vancouver’s most famous [...]