Making Our Wedding Wine!

This morning Blaine and I went in to Wine Works to bottle our wedding wine! We made one batch of red and one batch of white. We had fun and took some pictures during the process!

Blaine corking!

I am putting the shrinks on.

Here I am doing labels.

Making sure I put them all on straight!!

Blaine filling the bottles with the wine.

This is a bottle getting corked!

White wine poring into the bottle!

Blaine with some of the finished white wine.

The finished bottles. We did 30 red and 29 white.

I love the labels!

Me holding a finished red and white! All done... Now we just have to box them!

We Are Going To Kauai, Hawaii For Our Honeymoon!!!

We are going to the island of Kauai, Hawaii for our Honeymoon! I am so excited and have started researching and planing stuff for us to do! We have rented a car there so we will be able to travel all over the island. It is so beautiful! We will be leaving Cranbrook on Sunday, July 18th to drive down to Spokane and then we will be flying out of Spokane on Monday morning! Here are some pictures from the Kauai Beach Resort where we are staying...

Here is part of the beach at our resort. There are many beaches around the island that we will check out!

These pictures are all from the resort that we are staying at! This is a beach front resort!

More Yard Work... Finished For This Year!

We really wanted to sod our whole back yard but because of the cost of everything this year, we had to make the decision that we would just do half and then finish the rest next year. The side that we did was really in need! The new sod really makes the rose bush look even better. Here are some before and after pictures!

Before...

Here is the rose bush. It looks so nice with the grass in front!

After we laid the sod...

Now we wish we could do the rest of the yard!!!

Yard Work

I love my flower bed in our back yard! Here are a few pictures of it. I have been working on it lots and I just need one more plant to fill in one spot. Most of the plants are there from last year. I only had to buy a few new ones to fill it in!

There is the spot that I need to fill in!

All my lilies! I love them!

When my Mom was here visiting 2 weeks ago, she bought me a rose bush. I have been so excited to plant it but I had to wait a couple weeks to make sure that it would be okay spending the night outside! Blaine and I have been waiting to do it this weekend. I think it looks great and I am so happy to finally have my rose bush! I wanted to get one last summer but we weren't able to do it.

Here is the spot before.

And again... before!

And after!! We just have to fix the grass around it but I think it looks great. I love the bricks. We have had this idea since last year so it is great to finally see it!

It was getting dark by the time I got to take pictures of the flower but it still looks beautiful! And they smell wonderful.

2 Months!

It's May 17th which means that there is exactly 2 months until our wedding! I am looking forward to seeing everyone and having this wonderful celebration of our love and commitment.

Highway of Heroes

I just heard this new single by The Trews today. It is very powerful and filled with emotion. I love this song! It is very Canadian.

"Highway of Heroes", was co-written and co-produced by The Trews and Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar) and was inspired by the 2006 death of Captain Nichola Goddard from The Trews' hometown of Antigonish, NS. ...

Thoughts Of The Week

Last week my Mom came to visit us and I had such a good time. It was so nice to spend time with her! Thank you to my Mom for coming, and for the beautiful thing you bought for me. I am so glad that I was able to show you everything!

There is only 2 months left now until our wedding so I just wanted to put a reminder out there to everyone to make your hotel reservations! The phone number for St. Eugene is: 1-866-292-2020. Also, check out our wedding website if you haven't already done so. There is lots of information there. Here is a link: www.virginiaandblaine.projectwedding.com We are going to have a wishing well at the reception and we have also registered at Uniglobe Travel. If you wish to contribute to our account at Uniglobe, just call Kathy Holmes at 1-250-426-8975.

I started working on my flower bed yesterday and can't wait to add a few more plants! I have got it looking pretty good but there are a couple spots that need to be filled in. Also I am so excited about my new rose bush! My Mom bought it for me when she was here. It is a pink New Zealand Rose and the flowers are going to be beautiful. On the long weekend Blaine and I are going to spend some time working in the back yard and this is when we are planning to plant the rose bush. I have wanted one for so long!

This weekend we are getting a new hot water tank! This is very exciting. We have needed a new one for quite a while and finally we are doing it. We are picking it up on Friday and then on Sunday Blaine is going to install it with some help from a buddy of his. I hope it all goes smoothly!

The weather has been beautiful! This weekend it is supposed to be 22 degrees and sunny on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The nice weather continues into next week too!