February Flying!

We went to Medicine Hat for a Philippines night hosted by Mike and my Dad! They both served a mission in the Philippines and were more than happy to share pictures and stories. We made food that Mike ate in the Philippines: Biko and Bikol Express. It's amazing to compare pictures 30 years later... the Philippines really hasn't changed much.

Nath, then took Mike flying!!! My brother is a pilot, and YES ladies he's still single. Vin Diesel lookalike, with brains and humor. Need I say more?

The BOSS of Chinese cuisine!

Seriously. No lie. We discovered the BEST. Chinese. Food. EVER. It's called Wok Box.

THE END.

First Christmas!

Our first Christmas together!! We were lucky to spend time with both sides of our family. Wow did we get spoiled too! Guess we are easy targets since recently being married and still needing or maybe wanting a few things... ;)

Best day of my life!

Well... a close tie to our wedding day of course.

My last day of work at.... well It would be unprofessional to say the company name. It rhymes with Bun Wife Minancial...

Thanks to Mike's suggestion of me quitting, I put my 2 weeks notice in!! The loooooongest 2 weeks of my life! Although I had SO many great times, memories, wonderful work experiences, numerous surveys and made life long friends! I will not miss this job.

"Doing personal stuff on company time, is always a good time" - Sarah Parkinson

Microfilm Jenga Tower - One of my many productive life changing projects...

SHOPPING!!

We met up with my parent's in Great Falls to do some Christmas shopping! Did I mention we drove the Skyline and beat my parent's to Lethbridge? They may or may not have left 1 hour before us... Bon Temps.

Our newest roommates...

So, we live in a cute basement suite. The basement is pretty retro, I'm sure it was a real hit in the 70's... lot's of browns. Anyways! We always keep it clean. Just remember that. CLEAN!

Well, lately I've been waking up to flapping, scattering noises in the ceiling. Eeeyuck! We thought it was maybe a bat or bird caught up there. But we ignored it, until it persisted. One day we used tennis rackets to try and trap or hit whatever was up there...didn't work. So we set out a ton of mouse traps in the ceiling. That evening I was napping on the couch and woke up to a CRACK....then another CRACK. 2 traps went off. Gross. Check out the video of our little friend or I should say friends...

We ended up catching 3 total in the end... Buh bye.

Shanks - 1 Mice - 0

Mike's Birthday 08

MIKE'S BIRTHDAY!! November 16th, same birthday as my brother Nath! We went to Medicine Hat with Linda to celebrate. We played games, hottubbed, open presents... aaaaaaand let's not forget the fire extinguisher... My family is all about scaring people. Enough said. We are working on a video of all the victims! Stay tuned...