Our Change

Well, we made it to Alberta! I moved with the animals 2 weeks before Rob did. Although it was a rough 2 weeks, the animals and I survived long enough to welcome Rob to Alberta in the middle of September. I started work at a drugstore with my Step-Mom, and Rob starts his electrician apprenticeship tomorrow! I'm going to start looking for jobs in my field of study...it's just finding the time and energy, or just not procrastinating. 

The weeks I was without my husband was eventful to say the least. Gunner got sick twice, where he couldn't even keep water in him and woke me up through out the night needing to go outside pretty quickly. Rob and I agreed to wait and see what happened, and both times Gunner got better after 12 hours. Our theory is a change in the water, and just the change in general. He's doing awesome now!

My car decided one day on my way to work that it would just lose it's engine plug and stop working. Thankfully my dad is a tow truck driver and was able to pick up my car when he started his shift. The only payment was a hug! Today, it got towed to my sister-in-law's house so her husband can so graciously fix my car. 

Two nights ago, Koshka got out through our bedroom window and she was nowhere to be found. Rob was sure if she wanted to, or was able to come back, she would have. All I could think of was my poor baby trapped somewhere, attacked by an animal, or just lost in general. Thankfully this morning at around 6:00am, Rob woke me up because he heard Koshka meowing outside our window! It was like a movie how I ran outside to get her! We made eye contact and ran towards each other, haha! I'm glad and so relieved to have her back inside, safe and sound.

My goal is to have some more wedding posts up pretty soon! Thanks for being so patient with me! :)

xo. Nicole

Summer 2013

1// True camping out on Chilliwack logging roads. 2// It really feels like summer around our place when we have popsicles in the freezer. 3// Koshka loves it when I don't fold our towels right out of the dryer. 4// Gunner seems pretty in to my morning smoothies. 5// Sam Roberts Band at the PNE in Vancouver; Waiting for the show to start. 6// My best friend (and Maid of Honor) and I at a radio station's tent at the PNE in Vancouver while we waited for the summer nights show to start.

xo. Nicole

Our Wedding: The Ceremony

Our ceremony was one of the main things we got compliments on, and people are still talking about it almost 3 months later! I hardly remember it, everything's a blur, but I've been told there wasn't a dry eye. I remember coming down the stairs and focusing on Rob the entire way down the aisle. I had been holding in tears all day and when it came my turn to say my vows, I burst out in to a blubbering mess! We did a Celtic Handfasting Ceremony along with some personal vows, and none of our guests had seen it done before. Our commissioner had also never done it before, so we did a quick rehearsal a week before the wedding. Everything went smoothly! Except I didn't know when to give my bouquet to my Maid of Honor...so that was pretty awkward..

During the Celtic Handfasting Ceremony, a ribbon is looped around the bride and groom's right hands, which are held by each other. The colors of the ribbon depend on the meaning. It only takes a quick Google search to decipher the meanings. We chose purple, white and blue because they're our favorite colors though, then I braided them together. My Maid of Honor and the Best Man each took a turn looping the ribbon over our hands after each question was asked. The commissioner asked us 6 questions, and we answered "We do". Then it came time for our personal vows (cue crying), putting the rings on, the kiss, and signing the registry!

We walked back down the aisle to Boston's 'More Than a Feeling' and our bridal party followed. It felt amazing to walk back down the aisle with my new husband!

xo. Nicole