Epic

Today is our two year wedding anniversary. Two years ago. Best. Wedding. Ever.
Niki and I are leaving this evening for a Saturday wedding near Campbell River. We are MCing, so hopefully that goes well.
I had a pretty epic weekend.
Thursday Niki and I got a tour of a local radio station, Sonic. It was very cool. I am a huge fan of radio, and it was neat to see how it all works. They even gave us free T-shirts!! The tour was made possible because I wore my, 'I'm that guy' shirt to the gym. Local DJ Layne Mitchel recognized it from Vic, started up a conversation, and invited us for a tour. Huge thanks to him for that!
From there I bombed on down to Calgary to pick up my good friend Steve. We then proceeded the trek to Vancouver. Drove through the night and all that. Loads of Fun.
Friday we arrived at the Fox Condo, helped get things going while Matt put in a morning at work. Then proceeded to Denman Island for the Stag. It was an amazing house we stayed at. Right on the water, huge windows, a view of the mountain we biked up and down. Matt organized it all. He is a great Stag planner. I would highly recommend him as a groomsman on that alone. Outside of being an all around great guy.
Saturday involved a five hour bike ride on Hornby Island. I'm still amazed I was upright and moving for the whole thing. Being an extreme ametuer mountain biker, I would still say it was a load of fun.
Jeff cooked up a feast for us that evening. It was delicious, even more from the ravious hunger from the ride. Poker was on tab after that, with Hovan ending up with the victory. We all forgot, never bet against an Armenian/Mennonite when money is on the line! Due to extreme bone weariness, a star wars puzzle the project for those who slowly got muscled out of the poker table.
It was a great time, lots of laughs.
Bright and early Sunday morning Steve and I made the long trip back to Alberta. It was a nineteen hour trip for me, seventeen for Steve. Two Ferries, three different vehicles and a couple of lead feet.
It was a good to be home and see my lovely wife. Knowing I would be back again to see everyone helped with the taking off early. Which brings me up to tonight, where we hit the road again.
Oh, Ryan and I saw Transformers last night. If you want a drama, good acting, maybe Oscar contention, don't go see it. If you want male oriented female dress codes, lots of Action, jeuvanile comedy, and Robots blowing sh*t up, go see it! All the negative people I heard talking about the movie seemed to forget, it's Transformers! I liked it, jeuvanile can be fun sometimes. First one was still better though.
Cheers,
Scott
PS Don't have time to proof read or edit, apologies for any bad grammar.

Busy Busy

The frantic excitement of an Alberta summer is in full swing. With that in mind, I am going to just bullet point the exciting stuff and throw in some pictures and videos.

• It's not dark until around 23:00, starts getting light again around 04:00.
• Won tickets to Blind Boys of Alabama concert. Took my sweetheart.
• Big family bash at the Froese Farm, south of Camrose, on Saturday.
  
• Planted Raspberries...mmmmm raspberries. Thanks Ang.
  
• Fathers Day party at my parents acreage. Shooting of golf balls and clay pigeons.
• Worked for my Dad this week, digging a manure pit at a dairy farm.
• Saw a new baby calf while working at dairy farm, new baby calf, he's so cute.
  
• Too hot.

Trips, Birthdays and Bachin It.

I love June! It was light after ten last night. So warm and lazy, you never want to sleep.
Niki and I enjoyed meeting our friends in Hawrelak park last Friday for some wiener roasting and Bocce ball. I was clearly dominating until Ryan destroyed us all. Aaron developed some new throwing techniques, which, unfortunately, did not serve him well. Though Aaron did start the fire without using any matches, or a lighter!

Saturday morning my lovely wife was whisked away by Westjet to Victoria. Brian turned 60 on Sunday, and from Niki's pictures it seems like they all had a great time. Too good of a time from some of the pics. I was a little sad I couldn't go. It's good having her back, she flew in late last night.


Taking advantage of her absence, I drove down to the MCC relief fair happening in Didsbury last Saturday. I ate pie. Borscht was also consumed and brought home. Aaron and Shelley accompanied me for the trip, which made it awesome. One of the items during the auction was a John Deere Model D, along with a whole whack of quilts. It was pretty fun, though I don't think cake should go for over $300. Not even chocolate cake.

Sunday I just puttered around, went to see The Hangover with my brother, and generally bached it up.

Some Tobacco was planted in the back yard today, and when Niki arrives home from work we're off to the library. I should probably go get dinner ready. It's super dry out here, so I hope the thunder storm that's suppose to be around opens up on our walk.
Cheers,
Scott

Star Trekking across the Universe

It has been a fun week. Niki and I have successfully recovered from our road trip. It took a few days, but I think my brain is functioning again.

I finally got around to seeing the new Star Trek movie. I really like science fiction. Overall there is always that theme of hope, with the assumption we will survive as a species into the future. The movie was good, I would agree that it was nothing new. Humans seem to love the familiar, and this movie was no exception. My friend Ryan joined me on the jaunt to the Theatre, as both our wives were at their book club. I enjoy hanging out with Ryan. If I can get him talking about his studies, I always learn something new. I need to start writing things down though, as I can feel thoughts fading into the fog. People probably don't like getting asked the same questions over and over again.
Saturday was another trip to the Theatres with my brother Ryan, Niki, her friend Steph and myself. We all went to see 'Up' in 3d!! It was really cute, and I think Dug made Niki want a dog even more.
Sunday was a trip to the races, our first time this summer. It was a fun time hosted by Niki's employer. She ended the day up about $0.80, and I ended the day in the hole. It's a good time, even if you choose not to bet, watching the horses and guessing who would win is a exciting.
Cheers,
Scott

Road Trip!

My favourite month has arrived. June is awesome, and the days are getting long. It's not getting dark until after ten and it is getting light before five.
Niki and killed off May with a road trip to Vancouver. My old friend Marcus got married on May 30, 2009:) He recently graduated with his masters from Regent College and is now a married man.
For the trip west we were able to car pool with Steve, Kimasia, and their daughter. We drove through the night on Thursday and arrived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver early Friday. It's a beautiful area of Vancouver, probably one of the areas of Vancouver I would not mind living. Anyone have a extra few million lying around, so I could make that happen? Steve's sister and brother in law, Bart and Heather, opened their home to us. It was a great place to lay the head after a long trip. I was even able to experience a tea party for the first time, which was an interesting experience.
Bart is Marcus' pastor, so we were in on the action at the ground level. It was a fun wedding. The reception was also a blast. Our table was right next to the head table, and was filled with high school friends. It was fun regressing, and we were obviously the 'cool table'. After the dance, we made the long drive back to Edmonton via Calgary. I will say, caffeine pills don't work after a certain point of weariness.
Other main highlights of our trip were seeing Matt and Yarrow's new condo in Van. It's a great unit, which they are renovating. I would say it's many peoples ideal first home. Niki and I were also able to have a nice catch up visit with Jeff and Joanna. Mr Weir helped keep our table stocked with wine and laughter, which was greatly appreciated. It really made me wish I owned a private jet, or at least that I need to live closer to these people.
It was sad we had to leave, but we're really looking forward to getting back out there throughout the summer, and I am also looking forward to seeing all the family on Vancouver Island at the end of the month. I don't think I can convince the in-laws to move out here, so we have to go to them:)
Savour this month, it's the best of the year!
Cheers,
Scott