What We've Been Upto...

Well I know it's been awhile since I've written here but life is slowly starting to settle back into a routine. Brandon and I have the boxes uppacked and now we are just starting to really make this place feel like home. I've been hanging things on the wall and our new furniture that we bought it almost done being stained. I've been adjusting to the new bus times out this way and have been more sleepy then usual because I've been getting up at 6:30am many days to get ready for work. Here is a photo recap of some of the things we've been upto the past four weeks since we've been the Bing's!!

The first two pictures are of the day after we got married. We headed home after a FUN night at the Ramada to our new apartment...Brandon even carried me into it. Quite Cute!! We spent the afternoon getting the place slowly unpacked...building our bed and diningroom table. We haven't had to cook many meals yet, because we've had family and friends taking care of us, but the few that we have done have been great. These pictures are actually of our first meal in our apartment that was actually cooked by Brandon, he made it and then cleaned it all up afterwards- what a great husband! We've been using the little grill we got as a wedding present quite a bit- Thanks goes out to Don and Jodie for that one...Our stove and fridge need to be replaced this month so its been a life saver!!

The Monday after the wedding was Ethan's First Birthday...so we headed over to the Nelson's home for the big celebration. It was a great afternoon of family, friends and fun. Phil and Sonja were too cute...such proud parents serving the cake and bringing out Ethan's own mini cake. Ethan wasn't quite too sure what to think of this mini cake infront of him....he started out poking it and just eating it with his mouth, but it didn't take him long to realize that this mini cake could be much more fun if he dived right into it and he did. There was icing and cake everywhere. It was soooo funny to watch. I have all the pic's on facebook,but here are a few from the birthday party. Also after the party Phil and Sonja had us over for dinner, which was delicious as ever and they sent us home with two big slices of Birthday Cake...thanks guys!!!

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So two days into married life had been a blast so far...we'd had a present opening get-together and Ethan's birthday pary and our place was coming together. I thought I'd post a picture of our rings from day two of married life. I love seeing Brandon's had with his ring on...it just makes it seem so much more real!! He wasn't too sure about having to wear a ring all the time but he says he's goot quite used to it and doesn't even notice it on his hand anymore. I love my rings...my wedding band is beautiful and so sparklie...especially at work...you should see my rings under all our lights...AMAZING!!!

I love having more brother and sister-in-laws...I count myself very lucky and blessed to have gotten the family additions that I have now. Chelsey, Meaghan and Brittany are three of the coolest girls around and love that they are my sister-in-laws. Jaccob is my newest brother-in-law and he's out serving his mission in Nevada. It's really cool to have another family member out on a mission. We e-mailed him after the wedding and he send us some great pictures of him. He sounds like he's doing really great and enjoying the mission. He's been in the same area for four and a half months and figures he'll be there a little later. He was saying how he met a celebrity who was in Miss Congeniality...but I couldn't quite figure out who he was talking about. We are all very proud of Jaccob as he serves on his mission. Can't wait to have him back home though!!

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We've had a few visitors come by the apartment...our parents...my sister and he friends...my survivor night girls...our nieces and nephew...and Phil and Sonja and Ethan. They stopped in this past week and it wa ssuper fun to hangout in our apartment. The boys played some X-Box and Sonja and I just hungout and chatted. Ethan was too cute he was tired and was getting close to falling asleep, but he just kept squirming everywhere. At one point he laid on me and dozed off for a minute but then started squirming around again. We hope to have more visitors come se the place, especially as we get it even more set up. So if you want to come visit or hangout just give us a call, we'd love the visitors!!!


This month was also exciting because Davis and Kristine moved back to Nova Scotia and Claudine and Graeme came for a visit with their little guy Declan. It was my first time meeting the little guy in person and I fell in love. He's too adorable and such a little flirt. He has awesome hair and such a great personality. We had a girls afternoon out with Declan and it was great to chat and visit with the girls. Declan was a star the whole afternoon not being fussy at all. Kristine is i think about four months pregnant and if you look closely she is just starting to show a little bit. She feels it a lot more since she is unable to do up many of her pants. I'm super excited for Davis and Kristine they are going to be awesome parents...and this baby is going to be a total cutie!!! We headed out to East Side Marios for some lunch which was delicious...that bread and Ceasar Salad are always worth the trip. Then we went on a little shopping trip to find Kristine some maternity clothes. We made Declan try on some Old Navy Halloween costumes...check out facebook to see the fashion show....he was getting loads of attention in the store because he looked toooooo cute!!! We also had a fashion show at Thyme Maternity out in Bayers lake with Kristine. She tried on a bunch of new stuff for us, and she even tried on stuf with the padded belly...it really gave us a glimpse of what she is going to look like in a few months and she looked adorable. I think it was a little overwhelming at first trying on the clothes and the belly, but she has a lot of good ideas of what she'll need to pick up!!!

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Brandon and i had a fun little date night last week to. Our apartment is in a great location we are within walking distance to so many places. So we took a little walk down to the movie store and grocery store and grabbed some food and a movie and had a great night in. We watched Blades of Glory which was pretty funny...we had some good laughs!!




Last Wednesday was my dad's birthday. Kathy came up with a great suggestion that we all go bowling as a family to celebrate the big day. So was had a pizza party and then headed down to the lanes. It's so funny because my dad used ot be in a bowling League so he has his own shoes and is a total pro....you should see him bowl he's pretty dang good. He did though make us play by real bowling rules...I didn't do so hot. But we had a great time....there was a lot of us there...mom, dad, kathy, jeff, jess, sarah, jake, georgia, brandon, myself, laura and kristo...aunt julie and uncle bill stopped in too. We missed mike and keah at the bowling fun...we'll have to go again!!! We went back to the house afterwards and had yummy super store cake. We also had a great surprise delivered to us today...our wedding video is finished and Nathan did an amazing job...i want to show everyone so if you would like to have a wedding movie night...give me a call and we can watch a everyone's DVDs!!!!

Brandon and I are both off today, so we are heading over to the Bing's house...we haven't been over in a about two weeks so we are excited to visit, share our wedding pictures and wedding video with them. It's going to be fun!! We are exciting for ariel and norms wedding reception this coming Friday...CONGRATULATIONS ARIEL and NORM....i cannot wait to see pictures!! Baby Drennan is coming soon, and I cannot wait to see pictures of the little guy...GOODLUCK Kristi in your last few weeks of prenancy...we'll be crossing our fingers that he comes sooner then later!! Jessica enters grade one Wednesday and Sarah begins grade primary and i hope they both have a super day at school. Sarah is much shyer and more tmid then jessica so I think she is a little nervous about entering school but I think she'll do awesome!!

Hope you enjoyed this lengthy post, I'll try to do them more frequently from now on!!! Keep all your posts coming I love reading them all!!!!!