Baby Classes

We took a Bradley Method birthing class taught by Deb Munro over July, August, and September. Our classmates were Robin and Kirk, Mitch and Sloane, and Michelle and Lindsay. For more pictures, click here

Our Honeymoon

Here are some pictures from our honeymoon we took. We visited Tofino for a few days, then on to Naniamo where Mathieu was the captain and Stacey was the Admiral of a 30 ft sailboat named 'Serenity' for 6 days. To see the pictures, click here

Waterton Camping August 2009

Here are a few pictures of our relaxing time in Waterton National Park after our wedding. We took a few days to kick our feet up and recover from the wedding festivities. We practiced calling eachother 'husband' and 'wife' and had a great time! Stacey tried her new fishing rod out and was out-fished by Mathieu 2:1!!!

Wedding Pictures

Hello,

First off, thanks to everybody that could make it to our wedding and our thoughts were with those that couldn't make it.

We had remarkable luck with the weather, our ceremony was awesome, even the wind cooperated and made Stacey's dress float in the wind. The rain and thunder waited till we were all sitting for supper and then stopped to allow our few guests to drive home safely that night. A really memorable day.

We have finally looked at the pictures we currently have and picked a dozen that we really liked. Click HERE to see the photos. Once we get our 'official' photos from our photographer we will post our bestest.

Cheers

Mathieu

2009, the year of Big News

Well this year has been quite a year.

First the engagement and the wedding and just 5 days after the wedding, I did my final exam to be certified as an Alberta Land Surveyor. This has been my work in progress for the last 5 years. It is quite an accomplishment to have finally finished this and on August 7th I stood in front of a judge and swore my oath of office. This certification now provides me with countless opportunities in Alberta and in every province in the country.

And now on to the biggest news of our lives. In early December 2009 , we are expecting a new addition to our family. That's right we are pregnant with a (99% confirmed) baby boy. Over the last few months Stacey has been working extra hard and is carrying our baby. She did very well in the first trimester and we are now in the 5th month of pregnancy. All the ultrasound have proved to be positive and we are preparing for the arrival by taking baby classes and reading all sorts of literature. We have allready received wonderful gifts from our family and have found all our basic necessities at discount prices thanks to neighborhood garage sales.

Here is a little picture of our newest addition, we think he has his dad's nose...

Mathieu's wild bachelor party

Well the wedding is a week from now and I decided to get a few of my friends and celebrate my upcoming wedding in my style. Myself, Dan (my best man), Jeremy, Ken, Dave and Christian hauled ourselves up to the Neil Colgan hut for a night. The Neil Colgan hut is a mountain hut that is maintained by the Alpine club of Canada and people can sleep there and climb the surrounding mountains and return to the cozy hut. This particular hut is actually the highest permanent habitable structure in Canada and sits high above Morraine Lake (the lake on the back of the old 20$ bills) in Banff National Park. In our case we just got up to the hut, ate our faces off, drank a bottle of fine scotch that Ken hauled up, drank 15 cups of coffee the next morning and made our way back down for a nice cool dip in Morraine lake. A nice weekend in the mountains with my good friends, my kind of party. Photos

Mathieu

Viva la Long Weekend

We have been busy with various wedding preparations. Last weekend we made it up to NumTiJah Lodge and finalized all the preparations. Our friend Christian and Justyna both came with us and helped us scope out some wedding photo spots. Sky and Jack also were part of the group and we all went for a hike to Helen Lake on saturday. A very nice hike to an alpine meadow, highly recommended and close to the lodge. I dipped my fly in the lake but with no luck. Jack had a staredown contest with a hoary marmot, the marmot won.

Another wedding preparation is the honeymoon. I have been busy with sailing courses so that we can charter our own boat out of Nanaimo. I completed a Basic Cruising course and challenged the coastal navigation exam and passed with flying colours. I have also been busy training my crew. We went to Glenmore reservoir on Canada day and rented a small dinghy, Stacey had a good time, despite the rumble of thunder in the distance. We stayed close to shore.

Stacey went home to Saskatoon for the graduation ceremony of both her nieces Ivy and Anna. She spent a few days a the cabin and enjoyed her mom's garden.

That's it for now, check out some pictures at http://picasaweb.google.ca/Bourgeois.Mathieu/June2009?feat=directlink

And happy Canada day!!!
Mathieu and Stacey