Movie Night

Nothing beats a night of pizza, good friends and a movie...

Update of a busy week...

Sorry its been a while since I last posted but this week has been busy enough to make my head spin...literally! So to get you all up to date with us, here's a quick recap and a few pictures for your enjoyment.
Monday night I had my staff Christmas party with the crew at Chilliwack Decorating/Benjamin Moore (--and just to inform those of you that don't already know, I am officially done at Ben.Moore. I will be starting part-time at Precision Building Design Associates as of January 2/07. They are the drafting company that shares office space with us at KC Interior Design. Its going to be busy juggling the work at both design firms but I am super excited about not having to work 2 jobs at 2 different places.)
Then Tuesday night was "random picture extravaganza" night with Jen---SOOO fun! We weren't sure what to do for the evening, so we drove all over Chilliwack taking random pictures. We laughed a LOT!! (*you can also check out her blog for more funny pictures from our night on the town).







Wednesday was a really great night. We, along with the entire Esau extended family, and a few extra family and friends, headed down on a bus tour to Warm Beach, Washington for a lights show. It was IN-CREDIBLE!! Its actually a Bible camp that they transform into a "lights wonderland" in the winter season. It was very impressive and I highly recommend it to all you Lower Mainland people. It was only about a 1 1/2 hour drive and it was well worth it!







Then Thursday was my sister's birthday. We went down to Linden, Washington and had a delicious supper at "The Loft." Then carried on to Bellingham to do some shopping at Bellis Fair. Another great evening! Happy 25th Birthday Viv!!




Tonight I am having movie night with Jen and Laurie; Saturday is the Esau extended family Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's; Sunday is Christmas with my parents; Monday is Christmas with Jon's parents; and then Boxing day we are having some friends and family over. Sheesh...i am tired just thinking about it all. But I know it is all going to be great, (and has been already) and am looking forward to having a week off work.
So, to end...Merry Christmas to EVERYONE and blessings for the New Year!

A little Christmas cheer...

Ok, so seeing as Christmas is almost here, I thought it would be appropriate to post something with a Christmas theme. So what I need you to do is go to my wonderful friend's blog, (sorry but it won't let me insert a link so just click on "Scamms" in my sidebar) and listen to the YOUTUBE video she has under her latest post. (*Scamms...i hope you don't mind but everyone needs to watch it!) Enjoy a few Christmas songs to get you in the Christmas spirit :) And if you don't laugh out loud, I'm pretty sure you either didn't get it, or you just simply have no sense of humour. :) So go...check it out...and let me know what you think! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Together Again

Well last night was pretty much torture! I had originally planned to head into Vancouver with Jen's parents to surprise her at the airport, but they ended up going in really early and seeing as I had to work, that didn't pan out. So instead, Jon and I decided we would go out for supper with our friend Kevin (Jen's brother) and then go back to their parents place to surprise her when she got home. Great...no problem. But, we finished dinner at about 8 or 8:30pm and had to sit around and.....yup....wait. Cursed waiting! Jon and Kevin, of course, had no problem with that because they went downstairs to play X-Box. I killed some time on their computer for a while, but grew bored fairly quickly. So I waited....and waited...and waited. Finally at about 10pm their mom called to say they were about 20 min away. So I ran upstairs and waited by the window until I finally saw their car pull into the driveway (and yes, this is as pathetic as it sounds...but i haven't seen Jen since the summer so i was just a little excited).
I called down to the guys that they had arrived and then sat on the steps in the entry with my little bouquet for Jen. My comment to Jon and Kev was that I felt like a little kid waiting for Santa Claus to arrive! haha...I was just so impatient!
But alas, she came through the door and I got to see her wonderful face once again! Friends are truly a blessing! And I think she was surprised so that was good!
So today I get a "Jen day" and I am thrilled!! Not sure what we'll do but it is just great to actually get to hangout and not have to correspond over the phone or computer. So Jen...welcome home!! We're so glad you're back and can't wait for lots of fun times while you're here ;)

Only 1 more sleep!!

...CAN'T WAIT!!!
My best friend Jen comes home from U of A for Christmas holidays tomorrow night!

Jen...good luck on your last exam and I'll see you VERY, VERY soon!! And I promise...I'll be smiling way bigger than this when I get to see you! Its been TOO long. Can't wait for tomorrow!

Christmas treats...

Time for a little Christmas baking, minus the actual "baking!" ;)
Last night, Jamie, Laurie and I went to Lauren's place to make some Christmas chocolate covered pretzels. They were delicious! I swear that chocolate would taste good on anything!


Oh Lauren...


Lauren, Adia, Laurie & Jamie


Lauren's husband Chad helped with keeping Adia busy while we "created" our pretzel masterpieces...

Even Adia was in on the action! Mmmm...tasty spatula...

What a fun evening! Thanks again Lauren for having us over...next time we'll do it at my place!

All dressed up and no place to go...

Sunday night pre-Christmas photo shoot with Grandpa & Grandma...










Finally...out of the dress clothes and back into something comfortable! Konrad convinced me that his pants needed to come off because, "Auntie Bonnie, you take Konrad's pants off because it isn't cold in here, ok!?" hahaha...what a kid!
Bath time in our sink...Now is that not the cutest and most kissable face you've ever seen!?

Saturday

Jon and Todd worked all day on a renovation Jon is starting on, so Brianne and I did some serious Christmas shopping with her friend Sarah. I am now officially done my Christmas shopping and it feels pretty good to know that I won't have to be in the crazy malls now unless I choose to be.
After shopping we met Jon, Todd & Sarah's husband Colin back at Todd & Brianne's for pizza and games...we played a rousing game of Cranium Hoopla and had a great time :) It was a very nice ending to the day!