Winter has Arrived...

Winter has arrived in Calgary. It is cold and snowey...I'm not sure I'm ready for this yet!

Things have gotten very busy for Matt and I, I don't even know where to begin! Amanda came out to visit for the weekend, and we had a great time. She had a job interview in Calgary on Monday, so she came early to visit! We did some shopping and had lots of fun just spending time together. She will be back again soon to try her dress on and get it sized.

We travelled to Saskatoon on October 19 to see my family. Mom & Dad threw a wedding shower for us on the Saturday Night, and I can't remember the last time I had so much fun! The party continued into the wee hours of the morning, withthe last guest leaving at 5am. We received many beautiful gifts, the thoughtfulness and generosity of everyone is amazing. Since then, we have been busy trying to get everything lined up for final payments for our trip, which is due on November 7th. Unfortunately, many of our friends and family have had to drop out at the last minute, but we'll have a good time anyway! All of the girls dresses are in now, so we can head out to get them fitted very soon. Other than that, I think everything for this wedding is completely finished. Now time to get ready for 2 weeks in the sun, I think Matt and I need to get some tanning minutes.

Angie and Devin are going to have their baby any day now. We can hardly wait! They asked Matt and I to be the Godparents, and we are extremely touched and honored. We have never been Godparents before! She better have this baby soon, I dying of excitement over here! I think they are as ready as any set of parents can be, expecially first-time parents! We are very excited to meet the little one...

Matt has been extremely busy with school this year. It seems like he always has a paper due, or an exam to study for. I am really proud of the effort he has been putting into school lately. It has been alot of hard work and late nights for him, but the effort has been showing in his grades, which are extremely high this year!

Matt and I spent last weekend celebrating Rod & Ty's brithdays! Friday night found us at Ty & Candace's beautiful house. They have done so much work, and it really shows. The place looks great! Lots of our friends were there, including Andy and Nat who are expecting their first baby as well. Saturday night everyone went to the Tragically Hip concert and we met up with them afterwards at Moosies. It was great to see everyone again. It seems that we are getting busier and busier, and it is realy hard to get everyone in the same room at the same time!

Christmas is quickly approaching. Kristin, Tony & the boys will be spending the holidays with Tony's family on the east coast, so Mike, Caroline, Matt & I will be going to Cochrane to have Christmas dinner with Jim and Norah. We are going to be really busy since we leave on December 31 for Mexico, and we thought it would be too far to drive all the way to Saskatoon for a couple of days. Maybe next year...

I will try to post more often, especially with so much stuff going on.

Try to stay warm,

Jenn (& Matt)