The Grease Experience

So sorry about the late update on the FABULOUS Grease Musical from Friday, just got so busy! But the night was really fun. My mom came over earlier before the show and she brought me home made soup! It was sooooo GOOD! Then we left early around 6:30pm for the show which started at 8pm. It really should have taken us only 30 minutes but I know when driving with my mom sometimes we go on little adventures as she calls them before we get to our final destination. So let me explain these "adventures" basically it means we missed our turn on the road that we needed and then mom decides that if we go down this road and this one we should get there no problem. Well that doesn't always work out the way we hope it will. On the way to Grease we only had a mini "adventure" because I know the area a bit since I went to school around there so I knew a few of the roads that would get us to where we needed to be going. It was all good in the end, we got there early enough to be able to find a good parking spot, and chat before the show. There is nothing that I hugely dislike more then being super rushed and late. It was a very fun evening with my mom. When we got in and found our seats, not much longer did the show begin. It first started off with Eddie Mekka (from Laverne & Shirley, come on you know the show) and he was pretty funny, that guy has a lot of energy and he taught us the hand jive which was really fun. Mom kept mixing up the order and kept forgetting the rolling part. We had a few good laughs.

Then the show began. It was so exciting! The characters played their parts really well, my favorite was Rizzo. When she did her solo to "There are worse things I could do" man was she good, she had all the little quirks that the Rizzo had in the movie. SO GOOD!!!!

Yay Its Friday!

So excited for today not only is it Friday but I get to go see Grease the Musical!!!! Yes that is right Grease is the Word! I love Grease, Matt no so much. So I am taking my mom to go see it. It was her birthday in September and there were all these advertisements for Grease so I asked my mom if she would like to go see Grease as her birthday gift and she was really excited. I will post more tomorrow about it.

It is going to be so much fun!

How We Met

So I thought I would post on how Matt and I met.

Well to go way back, our families have always know each other by relatives. I used to live in Winnipeg MB when I was little up until I was turning 10 years old. Matt has an Aunt and Uncle and cousins that live in Winnipeg and go to the New Apostolic Church (which is where we were going and still are now but just in a different province; our church is world wide). So growing up we I knew Matt's relatives in Winnipeg. Then when we moved I didn't know Matt right away because he didn't live in the City that we were in. At the age of 16 is when I met Matt, well I did see him before here and there with Church activities but never talked to him because I am shy and I don't make the first move, too scary! Anyways, our youth group with church would go away to different places on a few weekends through out the year.The weekend of August 1st to 4th 2003 was when we finally got to talking.
So this weekend was in Banff and we stayed at the Banff Y Mountain Lodge

It was really nice there actually. The rooms that we were in were more Hostel style with bunk beds and washrooms that were used by everyone on the same floor. The first night that we got there we basically just got our selves settled to which rooms we were staying in, dinner and then walking the Banff downtown (or you could just hang out in the common areas). I went walking downtown with a bunch of people (in that crowd was Matt :}) So as walking along the strip downtown a bunch of the people wanted to go in stores and Matt and I were not so interested in going in so we continued to walk and was talking the whole time, this is when I first started to like him.
On Saturday the we all went to Johnston Canyon/ Lake Louise for hiking. Here is a picture of the Canyon

The mountains are so beautiful! It was a really good hike. I didn't really hang out with Matt that day until dinner. Then everyone got ready to go to the hot springs which is really cool because your outside on part of the mountain in a big "hot tub". At the hot springs Matt and I got to talk some more again which I thought was great since I was so shy. Later that evening when we got back to the Lodge I was having some troubles with a friend and Matt was there being really sweet and helping me through it, I know it sounds corny but he made things so much easier and better. So I'm not going to bore you to death with too much more. But the next day was really fun, we had church service and then we went WHITE WATER RAFTING!!!! We went on the Kicking horse, so much fun! If you haven't been white water rafting I would totally recommend it (I've been more then once since then). The rest of the weekend involved a lot more talking to Matt which was really weird for me then because I was super shy, like really really shy! Oh and eye flirting. Does anyone else know what I mean by eye flirting, Matt thought it was funny when I told him that's what we had done. He doesn't get it. But ever since that weekend Matt and I continued to talk and get together and finally became official boyfriend and girlfriend November 8 2003. Seven years solidly together next Monday! I love you Hun!

Weekend Recap

So this weekend I didn't end up doing to much, which is pretty nice since most weekends are really busy!

Saturday we had a youth choir practice and service at church. It was really good! The choir practice went amazingly well, at the beginning its always a little rocky but as soon as everyone's voices got warmed up we were blowing the roof off the place! Also our singing in service was really amazing too! You have to understand that usually our youth choir is not very powerful because people are shy and not too many people usually sing. But this time there were lots of people singing! There was also an engagement blessing that took place for a wonderful couple, it was really special to have that at a youth service.

Then Sunday we had service at Church in the morning. After church i was in a bit of a cleaning mood. So I did laundry and dishes. I also came across a box from my "teen" years of things that I would keep from different events and dates :) I found the itinerary for a youth trip in Banff in the summer of 2003 That is was when my now husband and I officially met. There will be a post on this later now that I found it. I also found my diary, not sure how many other people kept diaries but looking back at it it was kind of funny. It also helped me to remember all the things that happened in the beginning of our relationship. If you wrote in a diary have you ever gone back to look at it if you still have it?