Toronto Soccer Game

While Darcie's parents and grandma were in town for her graduation, I was given 4 tickets from work to see Toronto's Soccer team play. Brenda and Marian weren't interested in going so just Bruce, Darcie and I went. None of us had ever gone so it was neat to watch a professional soccer match. Toronto ended up losing in the 90th minute from a free kick. We were just happy we got to see someone score instead of it being a 0-0 draw.

Muskoka Weekend

Darcie, Mandy, and I went up to our friends Mark and Vanessa's cottage in the Muskoka area this past weekend. We did some relaxing, reading, lots of eating, and lots of water sports. Mandy and Darcie both went waterskiing which they hadn't done in a long time, and Mark and I had fun being pulled on their tube. Vanessa did her best to shake us off but Mark and I did a pretty good job staying on, although many times just barely. It was so fun.
Mark and Vanessa told us there was a beaver dam 5 minutes up a stream from their cottage so one day when they were working at the Juicery, the three of us went to find it and as you can see from the pictures, it was massive. It was about 2 feet over my head and probably 25 yards long in total. It was very impressive to stand in front and look at all the individual pieces of wood with mud that was holding back all the water, knowing it was built one stick at a time. Pretty incredible engineering. All around the dam were stumps of trees that they'd chewed down to use in the dam.

Flying a kite for the first time

I'm 31 years old and flew a kite for the first time. There's a first time for everything. I told my friends last year I'd never flown a kite before so on my birthday, they bought me one. It wasn't until last week that I brought it out during a windy day to give it a try. It was more gusty than windy so it was difficult keeping it up in the air but it was still fun. I want to try flying a kite at the ocean now where there'd be more consistent wind. Hopefully it won't take another 30 years to do that.



Who's excited about flying a kite?
Check out those streamers man!!!

Now I can check that off the bucket list

Patio Upgrade

Since we'll be putting our apartment on the market soon, we thought it'd be a good idea to give our balcony a little sprucing up so it looked nice for viewing. Darcie put a fresh coat of paint on the concrete and then bought some chairs at Ikea, plants and table at Home Depot, and rug at The Superstore. It's like a little oasis out there on a nice sunny day. We wish we'd done it sooner so we could've enjoyed it ourselves more. We really enjoy sitting out there now on a sunny day having a drink or reading.

Darcie Running Half Marathon

Darcie ran in the Toronto half marathon May 15th. Although the marathon was open for anyone who registered, Darcie and a group of Chiropractic students and others ran for a special cause. They were raising funds for a woman trying to achieve a higher medical education in Central America. I believe she raised close to $400 herself. Thanks to everyone who donated. I believe the half marathon was a distance of 20 km's and her goal was to do it under 2 hours. Her time was 1:58:42.

Bathroom Renovation Before Pics

We finished renovating the second bathroom. Darcie got to design the first one so it was my turn to decide how this one was to look. With some additional guidance from Darcie, here's some before and after pics.

Bathroom Renovation After Pics