Masquerade Ball 2011!

After a year of planning, the night went off without a hitch! Our decorations were ready and waiting...

All that was missing were our guests!

 The costumes were all amazing, and everyone had a great time! And now the planning begins for next year...

Happy Halloween!

Weekend in Toronto

This past Thanksgiving weekend we went to Toronto for my cousin's wedding. We grew up together, and I wouldn't have missed his wedding for anything!

The had a beautiful spot - 

you can see the Niagara Escarpment in the background

Family came from far and wide to help celebrate!

Enjoying a dance...

and of course the Mother-Son dance.

Congratulations Shane & Chelsey - 

Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness!

Holiday Weekend Recovery

I have been spending the last few days finally enjoying my vacation. After the craziness of garden work leading up to our Canada Day BBQ on the weekend (my "deadline" to have the gardens done), I felt I needed a few days to truly recuperate.

We did have a pretty busy weekend... on Friday we went to Ottawa to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. We only got to see Kate on the big screen as they arrived at Parliament Hill, but did manage a glimpse of Prince William as they sped by in their car, leaving Parliament Hill. We had a great time!

Saturday morning came early as we started to prep for our BBQ that afternoon. It was an afternoon & evening affair, ending with a bonfire and marshmallow roasting. We had a great turn out, 24 for of us in all!

Since then, we've been relaxing, watching some movies, and enjoying the sun!

For those of you in the States, I wish you a, albeit late, Happy 4th of July!

It's oh, so quiet

Not much has been happening around here lately. Temperatures have been dropping since my last post, including snow, hail and freezing rain on Saturday. Add to that the crazy high winds we get here... we've just been keeping our fingers crossed that we don't lose any trees! 

We had some family & friends over on Saturday to help celebrate my birthday (or as David put's it "another lap around the sun"). We had a great time despite the weather! After years of my cousin (who's more like a sister) trying to blow out my birthday candles, a tradition that has been going on since my 2nd birthday, I decided that we should give up all pretenses and she should just help (especially seeing as the number of candles on the cake will only get larger, right?).

On the crafting front, not much has been going on. The knitting needles were quiet for a quite a while as I recovered from last year's intense knitting (2 stoles for my wedding - maid of honour & bridesmaid; 1 baby blanket that took FOREVER to finish; 2 baby sweaters and a hat (blogged about it here) and that had me knitting until the wee hours of the morning to finish). Well, with 3 more babies expected later this year, needless to say the knitting has recommenced. No photos yet - those will have to wait until another day ;)

Hopefully, with the warmer weather forecast for the weekend, there will be more happening around here!

Halloween!

Every year, for the past few years, we've thrown a huge halloween bash for family & friends. This year was no different, as we celebrated our 5th annual halloween party - the Pharaoh's Curse!

Housewarming!

Yesterday we were finally able to invite everyone over for a housewarming party. Of course, I completely forgot to take any photos! We had a great time showing everyone around the house & property... some even got to see a snake out by the far shed!