"I do not know of any lawful impediment..."

My friend Chantelle got married on July 25th in Tisdale. They exchanged vows at the United Church. The vows consisted of the title of this blog... I find it humorous. Actually I think the bride and groom did as well so immediately following this vow the pastor took it upon himself to say "I know that sounds funny but..."(and went into the history of these words). Apparently the "lawful impediment" spiel is replacing the objection spiel "speak now or forever hold your peace!" That was always my favorite part of the wedding. I always wondered if someone would pipe up and the wait was intense...;) In movies someone would always burst through the door at that very moment right? So anyway, the pastor also had a lot of other rules like no confetti, no picture taking and no cell phones. haha It was a beautiful wedding and Chant looked gorgeous..no surprise there:) I had a great time. Brian came down for it and I got to see friend's that I haven't seen since Erin's wedding last summer. It was really hot on Saturday but the ceremony was actually very short and sweet(guess I am used to Catholic weddings) and we were all in the air conditioned bar about 40 minutes later! My friend Pam has been teaching in Taiwan and flew home so it was really nice to see her and hear all about her new life there. It sounds like many things are very similar to Japan. She teaches the same age groups and class types as I did, there numbers sound the same(she is currently learning their language), and is enjoying meeting other foreigners and the "party life" of living overseas. Don't think karaoke is as big as it is in Japan but still a prominent part of life there. The pictures look beautiful...makes me want to travel again. My other two good friends were two of the bridesmaids and are both expecting! Kerilee is due in the fall and Erin is due in January. I am so excited for them. As they were both "with child" they could not drink but still managed to bust a move. All of us "old people" requested a lot of 90's ditties to dance to after midnight...good times

Our Vacation:)

Well the funnest week ever is over:( Brian and I went to Edmonton and spent the first day at the amusement park. He had never gone on a roller coaster before so that was pretty fun because he was screaming the whole time...not that i can talk because I got scared on the rides on more than one occasion. The thing about both of us is that we do not do well on rides and have weak stomachs so you can imagine what ensued. We would go on a couple of rides and then sit down with our heads down and pound back a ginger ale to settle our stomachs and then keep going. At one point we had to leave the amusement park altogether and sit somewhere quieter where there wasn't so much spinning but we kept going back and trying again. Brian popped some balloons to win me a stuffed animal and talked the girl into giving me a Curious George so I was pretty pumped about that. We stayed at the Fantasyland Hotel and I loved it...we didn't get a theme room because it was 300 dollars and the only ones left were truck theme and old-fashioned theme...boooorrrrriiiinnng;)
We went to the casino that night and I won a little money so all in all it was a great day. The next day I woke up super early like a little kid at Disneyland and was ready to go watersliding. My favorite was the tube slide...the last time we went on it I injured Brian. He flew off his tube and I ran into him with mine repeatedly...good times. We went to this awesome Asian food market and it totally reminded me of Japan and we even saw dried minnows...oishi desu! We went shopping a bit and found a store called "Le Gnome". Now this was an awesome find since gnomes in general has been an ongoing inside joke between me and the boyfriend. Brian asked one of the salespeople if they sold any gnomes or gnome paraphanalia. the lady took him to a section that had 3 things that had to do with gnomes and he said " oh, so it's not just false advertising". then he bought me one of the 3 gnome things which was a book of gnome facts called "Gnomeland". It is pretty hilarious. I will have to post pictures of it:) When we got back to Saskatoon we needed a day to re-cooperate. Brian bought a Wii...also good times, bowling was my favorite. We played tennis, went for walks, mini-golfed, went to batting cages, saw "I love you man" (great movie)on the days that followed. It has now come to an end and I have to go back to Tisdale and work. My mom had my car all week and was driving to the city to pick me up this morning and the motor in my car seized up! Now between the two of us we have zero cars... is it horrible luck or a sign that I am supposed to prolong my vacation??? I am awaiting the arrival of a tow truck carrying my Mom and my car that has seemed to have passed away. fingers crossed that it is fixable and I can make it back home! I will put pictures on soon...I promise

June and July in some sort of Nutshell...

WOW! I can't believe my 4 month summer is over half over. It has all been a whirlwind thus far! I am working at the bar 40 hours a week...finding the hours and the work exhausting lately. On a whim I asked my boss for a whole week off and GOT it:) Brian took the same week off as me and we are now officially on holidays. I went to meet the family and stay with them for a couple of nights and we just got back to Saskatoon last night. It was fun, got to meet his parents, sister, 14 month old niece and his 11 year old dog. The baby (Berlyn) liked me the first day but by the last day she wasn't sure about me. Brian, I and his parents had a long kaiser game where they won and we went golfing with his Dad yesterday. I am not bragging but I have never golfed before and i was pretty amazing and beat my boyfriend;) haha. This morning we are off to West Edmonton Mall to go to the waterpark there...seems crazy to drive for 5 1/2 hours to go watersliding but it will be great I am sure. In other news, my Mom, brother and I just went to Alberta for my Grandpa's memorial service which was on Father's Day. I was driving Mom's car and we had almost arrived when I ran over a muffler laying in the middle of the highway. Very scary, no one was hurt but Mom just found out they are writing her car off and she will have to buy a new one...uncool. Well I better get a move on here...hope all is well and everyone is enjoying their summer.