A week before Christmas we went out to dinner with Matt's family to Archeo in the Distillery District. It's where Jamie and Hope are getting married this summer, so we wanted to try out some food and wine, see Hope before she left for England, and to wander around the Christmas market. Here are some pictures of our adventure: Wandering to the restaurant taking pictures while Matt parked the car Ohhh pretty! Lots of lights Love the gas lights Sisters in sepia Booth after booth of crafts and warm treats Ohhh my goof of a husband...love that guy... Pretty quiet streets Matt says "run down the street and I'll take a picture" - and this is what resulted... Starry night Makes my tiny tree feel even smaller... I want to ride the pony! (This one seemed less allergy-annoying than a real one) Hope came with me Weeeeeeee!!!!
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So last week on Tuesday we had our dining room table and chairs from West Elm delivered. Here are some pictures of how they look! Here is our original Ikea table and chairs just after Christmas last year Instagram montage of Matt's table and chair assembly DONE! It's the West Elm Mix and Match table in solid wood top and base, and 4 Porter upholstered dining chairs in Sand Stone Natural light of day Feels so much more grown up Oh how I love owls (I almost bought more at West Elm yesterday) Tiny white pumpkins leftover from Thanksgiving & Halloween Smoooooth Set for an impromtu dinner party with Hope and Jamie Hope's pictures (the light was very yellow so I sepia'd them - sorry Hope!) Matt...and his moustache... Me - checking some random science fact on my phone...typical. Ohhhh yes - and as usual these two hijacked my phone and changed my background...to this...
Hope's first wedding shower - we did it early because her mom was visiting from England! Ohhh Canadian bridal traditions Love cookie Cozy September weekend at the cottage One of the last summer sunsets Butters and I hanging out Matt had a course in Niagara so I went with him for the weekend for a little getaway Reading my uncle's books and drinking the first salted caramel hot chocolate of the season in Niagara By the way - the books are awesome! Buy them on Amazon HERE Butters trying to get in He loves me more than the squirrel a few feet away Hope and Meg out for a rainy day adventure at the cottage on Thanksgiving weekend Rainbow landed in the lake - quick - dive in and get the pot o' gold! Fall colours Bye bye cottage! See you at Easter at the end of March! Matt about to cross the finish line for his second marathon. So proud of him! Mmmm fajitas and guacamole! Trying out a new recipe! Using the herbs from France (from Adam and Jessica's honeymoon) The finished (delicious) product! Butters blending into the foliage
*By the way I found out his real name is Bib...I don't like it. I'm going to keep calling him Butters.* My sister in law's birthday is on October 30th, so every year they have a Halloween-themed birthday celebration, and this is the second year they have done the party at their house. She is so crafty and I was blown away by all the decor and planning that went into this party - she went Pinterest crazy! It was such a fun night! I helped a bit - owl peanut butter cup/oreo/pieces treats These two Devil's food chocolate bundts turned into... ...this! Complete with orange buttercream icing and chocolate spider webs and a read pumpkin stem I was going to be Alice, so decided to use the hair extensions from my wedding Here they are after washing, drying overnight, and styling with a curling iron the next day And it begins! My brother surprised me with his costume - haha. It was great. The birthday was Katy Perry - she made the top herself! My cousin was Venom...complete with dyed morph suit (meaning he could not sit on the furniture...) His friend Christian was Dexter - a great likeness! Here we are - Mad Hatter and Alice Plus I got to live out my dream of putting makeup on my husband...although he was NOT pretty... Cute orange ghost Jello shots She bloodied the tablecloth and candles herself Haha, this supposedly freaked her out every time she came downstairs More Dexter decor Those are doll heads in that green liquid...creepy... I like these skulls...next year I will spray paint some silver... Some not so scary fall decor - we have the same owl! He eventually took the stuffing out and became "skinny penguin" Tablescape...taken by either Andrew or Christian (both far better photographers than I...) Humouring Andrew by posing - look how much more hair I have!!! Alice and Venom - what a pair! The birthday girl cutting her cake
Me and my brother like to be goofy and run at the camera. We did so yesterday at the farm, and last night I learned how to make GIF animations. I used Picasion, and it took just a minute. You need to resize your pictures so that they are less than 1MB, and then just upload them, and choose the size and speed. Mine are 450, and the speed is "faster". Enjoy! Adam running like a monkey man, with Jessica looking on incredulously in the background Me running like a person with crazy eyes, and Matt laughing at me in the background.
Yep, we're weird. I love it. Family photos from the farm and my dad's side of the family. More of these two, plus running animations to come! There's more of us too! Yeah...this is only half of the family...16 of us aren't there...
Here's a pretty self-explanatory photo shoot from Thanksgiving at the cottage with Matt's family. Momma "rapping" as Jamie says Classy Jamie
Here are the pictures from late July to Labour Day weekend that I took on my phone: First Row: 1 - Matt's birthday and anniversary presents wrapped up (he got a coffee grinder and gravity filter for his birthday). 2- Out for dinner at Pachuco - a great Mexican place at Danforth & Broadview. 3 - Meg's baby shower with the pool girls - such a lovely afternoon! Second Row: 1 - Anniversary dinner - we intended to go out but after being in Vancouver for a few days, we were exhausted! 2 - Our anniversary gifts - year 2 is cotton, so we went to Banana and picked out something for each other. 3 - Rainy weekend at the cottage meant torturing Tabby a bit...put him under a laundry basket...he just stared at me pleading, so I let him out, and he just ran away. Stupid uncuddly cat. Third Row: 1 - Figures the sun comes out just as we leave the cottage. 2- Matt ran 21 km as part of his training program for the marathon next month. It was rough on him. So of course I photographed him while weakened. 3 - More painting begins while we were in NYC! Fourth Row: 1 - Prepping at school - beautiful quiet school. 2 - Teaching Marta how to use Instagram. 3 - Labour Day cottage weekend - this is barbequed caesar salad Matt made!
While we were in New York, my awesome dad painted our upstairs and downstairs hallways and ceiling. We left the trim because I'm going to change it (goodbye Cloud White - too yellow for my grey, hello White Dove). That makes Matt a bit sad because we have already painted 3 of the 5 doorways in CW when we did both the master and guest bedroom, and the closet. *Note to everyone: NEVER USE OIL PAINT. We got a recommendation to use it on trim, and the white it gets yellow really quickly. Also it's really bad for the environment and your health while you're painting. Now we have to prime and re-paint the oil with latex. Note over.* So anyway, here is just a "before" and "after" picture from the hallway. My dad also pulled up our stair runner, because we need to paint the stairs too. It was a bit of a shock when we got home: Can't see a huge difference on the walls unless you look at it in the light at the top of the stairs I love the grey! It is Benjamin Moore's Grey Owl Don't so much love our stairs...the old owners did a painting shortcut it seems... So here is the plan: prime and paint all the trim in Benjamin Moore's White Dove (it's a tiny bit cooler than Cloud White), along with the railing at the top of the stairs, and the vertical part of the stairs (what is that part called?). We are going to stain the landing of the stairs a really dark brown, and possibly the railing too (not sure about that one). Then we can put back our shoe holder, add a gallery wall up the stairs, and put our big NYC painting back up on the wall upstairs! Perfectly fitting since we were in New York when it got painted! Inspiration Thanks again, Dad!
Last night we had both our parents over plus our siblings (minus Meg, she had to work and we missed her!). Just wanted to have a simple barbeque with everyone, and celebrate Matt's birthday last week, our anniversary, and here all about Adam and Jessica's honeymoon and Jamie's wedding planning and house hunting. Lots of things going on with both of our families, and it was nice to catch up. I didn't really take any family pictures (I was busy playing hostess I suppose), but took a few pictures of the decor - had a little Olympic theme going on. Medal count as of yesterday (although today's soccer bronze puts us at 15!) Olympic Ring M&Ms...I ate all the orange ones that were left over... Canada loves hummus Flag of flags Even the condiments were in the Olympic spirit (there is really very few blue foods...) I also cleaned the house (except for the basement)... Two year anniversary cards Olympic fruit (kind of sad rings, haha) Dessert table, including the stout cupcakes (pretty much basic spice cupcakes with Guinness used instead of water, and the glaze is icing sugar and beer) Dining room shot with the anniversary flowers Matt got me (love the late summer sunflowers)
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