It's been a really long time

Hi Everyone! I know that it's been forever and for that I am very sorry!! I never have anything interesting to write on here, so that's why I haven't posted in so long.

I'm hoping summer is here for once. I'm ready for some sun and warm weather!! I have pulled out a lot of flowers and plants, so now I need to go buy some and plant them in the bare spots. There is a very cheesey flower patch in the backyard that I want to change, so that needs to be done yet. Before we do that though, we want to take out the sandbox. We're giving it to Shawn and Wendy for Skylar to play in next summer!

May long weekend Matt and I went camping with my mom and dad! We all really wanted to go to a bunch of car racing that weekend, but they were cancelled due to cold weather! We did go to Greenbush on Sunday for some races. We went there to watch Shawn race in his first race ever! He did really well and got 4th place! I got to be the videographer for the race and got some awesome reactions from my mom and Wendy when Shawn hit the wall a bit!! We're going to Greenbush again this Saturday to watch Shawn. Hopefully he won't hit the wall this time!

Well I think that's all that's going on these days. I'll try to post a bit more often, but I'm not guaranteeing anything!

I'm an auntie!!!!!

On March 17th, I became an auntie to the cutest little girl!!! Skylar Faith came into this world at 8:13pm, weighing 9lbs 1oz and 22" long! I love her so much and can't wait to spoil her lots!! The new family is doing good, just recovering from a tough delivery. Enjoy the pictures!!!

Road Trip

I have put a new ticker on here and I'm so excited for it to count down! Matt's brother and sister in law gave us Vancouver Canucks tickets for a wedding gift!! We are so excited. The game is in Minnesota against the Wild on March 31st! They are also coming with us, so it's going to be an awesome time!! We're all very excited to watch them play in real!

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

A new part time volunteer job!!

Some of you may have read about the Miss Winkler Queen Pageant maybe getting canceled. I really didn't want to see this happen because I believe that it is such an amazing opportunity for young women to take part in. I talked to Matt about it and we prayed about it. Thursday evening I got a phone call from my brother. He told me that the pageant was going to be on this year and that he was working with one of the coordinators sisters that evening and she had wanted to know if I would be interested in being on the committee!!!! I said yes right away! I am really looking forward to being on the committee. I'm not sure what my role will all include, but it's sounding like I will be going to most of the events with the girls, going to meetings and maybe planning one or two of the events. Please pray for the 2 girls that have taken on this huge task. Also pray that there will be girls that want to take part. If you know of anyone that would be interested in running for Miss Winkler, let me know. Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Pics!!!!

Hey everyone!!

I'm not posting pics on my blog, because that will take forever!! If you want to see pictures from our honeymoon you can go to our wedding website... www.mywedding.com/mattandjanelleforever

As for the wedding pictures, we picked up our proofs yesterday and I LOVE them!!! If you want to look at them online, leave me a comment with your email address and I will email it to you.

Hope everyone is having a good week so far!

Wedding and Honeymoon Recap

Has it really been that long since I last posted?? Life has been crazy the last few months with getting stuff ready for the wedding and also getting the house ready and I just couldn’t get myself to blog at all. I will try to start posting more often, but no guarantees.

I had such a blast at our wedding!!! I woke up sort of early and went to my SIL’s to get my hair done. Once that was done, I headed to the spa to have my make up done. I then put on my dress, saw Matt, jumped into the truck and headed to the studio for pictures. The weather was pretty good that day which was an answer to our prayers! We started our pictures at the studio with just Matt and myself. We then went to the outdoor to do pictures with the rest of the wedding party and then headed back to the studio to do some more with the wedding party. Pictures were SO much fun and I can’t wait to see them!!! After pictures, we went to the church to do family pictures and then wait for the ceremony to begin. While waiting for the ceremony to begin, butterflies invaded my stomach and wouldn’t go away. I was SOOOO nervous! The ceremony flew by for me and before I knew it I was married and was being congratulated by everyone. It was such an amazing day and I’m SO thankful for everyone that helped me plan and get everything ready!!!!

After the reception was over, we said goodbye to our families and friends and headed to our house. We finished packing everything up for the honeymoon, had something to eat and then were off to the city with my newest BIL and SIL (Carl and Carolyn). We had to be at the airport around 2am on Sunday, so they dropped us off at the airport, so that we wouldn’t have to pay for parking for a week! We checked in, went through security and then sat and waited. It seemed like forever before we could board the plane! We finally got to board and we were off to Mexico. I was so exhausted, but of course I couldn’t sleep on the plane. The flight was VERY long because there was nothing on TV and I couldn’t sleep! We landed in Cancun, picked up our luggage and went outside to find the van that was going to take us to our resort.

The ride to the resort was crazy and scary! I prayed the whole time because I wasn’t sure if we were gonna make it to the resort or not! LOL We did arrive at the resort safely and went to check in. We could only get into our room at 3, so we walked around the resort figuring out where everything was located. The resort was really big, so we did a lot of walking. At 3, we went back to the reception desk and got the keys for our room. Our room was quite big and we could see the ocean from the little deck!!! We had a great time on our honeymoon and time went by quite quickly!! We had cloud and rain for 5 days and then sun for the last 2 days that we were there. I’m just glad we ended up getting at least a little bit of sun!

I will post pictures soon, so I hope this will do until I get the pictures on here. Hope everyone is doing good!!

In a Better Place

I just wanted to let you all know that Taffy is in a better place now. She went to heaven to play with all the other puppy's yesterday afternoon. As a family we made the decision to just put her to sleep. She was very weak yesterday and we knew it wouldn't be long, so we just put her out of her misery. It's very sad, but I know she's looking down on us and wishing we would stop crying and just be happy. As I sit here and type this, I'm crying because I miss her SO much! She was and will always be my little sister. The house is way too empty without her. Some people might think we're dumb for being so sad about losing a dog, but she was a family member. We had her for almost 12 years! That's a long time!! If you could keep us in your prayers for strength that would be greatly appreciated!! Hope you all have a great weekend!