That pretty much sums up the past two months! Yes, today being Jan. 24th, Marcus and I have been married now for two months. I had fully intended to blog about the count down to the wedding, but I somehow only made it to five days before the wedding, and then life kinda of exploded, as it tends to do. Needless to say, the wedding day arrived and all went well! It was a wonderful and fun day! Well worth the year of planning. There were some wonderful surprises for me that day too, including a limo ride through Calgary's Christmas light filled night and a way-to-fancy stay at the
Kensington Riverside Inn. Who among you doesn't think breakfast in bed is romantic?!
The day following the wedding, we had a small lunch gathering at Blake's house, where we opened gifts and spent some much needed time with family. From there we had to get back to facing reality. Our Honda Accord had died two days before the wedding, but with everything happening, we had to ignore it for a few days. We finally decided to "sell" the Accord to the mechanic at Canadian Tire. And by "sell" I mean simply handover. Too expensive to fix up a car of that age (14 years) and there was no guarantee the engine hadn't been damaged. It was a very sad day, but then Blake came to the rescue and offered us his Infiniti. Which gave him an excuse to treat himself to a new car. So everything seems to have worked out. Phew.
So we got back to the west coast in one piece, married, with a newer car, and a ton of special memories. We then spent the next few weeks sewing up Christmas gifts and sending out our Christmas cards and letters. Christmas itself was quiet and relaxing for us. We video chatted with my family back in Calgary (that's how we open our Christmas gifts together nowadays) and had a great dinner with grilled veggies, shrimp, and champagne.
The next event was my birthday on Dec. 27th. We had a nice dinner out at a local restaurant. Then it quickly became New Year's Eve, which we spent on Gambier Island at Marcus' friend's place. And then boom! It was 2008! And oh how the past four weeks have flown by! We're both quite busy, working lots and involved with projects at church. We've been attending a seminar series at
church called Christianity 201. It's been great so far! I'm spending a large chunk of my free time working on posters and kids activities for an upcoming mission fundraiser at church on Feb. 9th. Hope that all works out! And we have yet to design, print, and send out our wedding "thank-you" cards. My apologies if you think we should have been more prompt with these. I assure you we have not forgotten them. We're just very keen to use some of the photos that our photographer took and we've been waiting for him to finish them up. Soon, soon...
Okay, that should bring you all up-to-date on our lives. I hope your holidays were very enjoyable! And thank you to all those who joined us on our wedding day! So very lovely and appreciated!
