so, i was just reading my last post, and apparently i said iw ould post pics of Frank's Slide later that same day...yeah, so apparently that did not happen...
i apologize, and as part of that apology, i am going to post some now...
so, this is a bunch of the rock that fell...

a better look at more rock that fell...did you know that all the rock that fell did it in 90 seconds???

this is a photo taken back in 1903 when the slide happened...this photo was taken a day after the slide...

and this is the mountain that the rock fell from...

so, i am back from BC now and it was so great...
it was so wonderful to see and be surrounded by family and friends :)
we got there friday night...that night they had what they called 'tapas and spirits', so it was basically a night of appetizers, drinks and mingling...i had a lot of gingerale and visited with family that i had not seen in a really long time...
saturday was a day of relaxing by the pool...getting some sun (which i got plenty of)...about an hour b4 the wedding, everyone left the poolside to go get ready for the wedding :) i think all the girls did a great job of being ready in under an hour...GO GIRLS!!!
the wedding was beautiful...it was outside, and it was a very simple ceremony...it was beautiful with the mountain surrounding us...
after that was kinda like a cocktail hour, i guess...everyone mingled, had some appetizers, just hung out :)
there were some introductions of the wedding party, a couple speeches, and then dinner stations were set up...
it was, all-in-all, a very casual event...but very beautiful...the room was lit with candles and dim lights (i will post a couple different pics below)
saturday was a very emotional day for me, though...it was really hard being there without will...then you add the pregnancy hormones, and those are just the icing on the cake :) my cousin, Jen, went to take a pic of me with Cam, the cousin that just got married, and i just started to cry...out of the blue...i cried, i think, 4 times at the reception...would be talking to someone, then i would just start to cry...i t was a very emotion day...
sunday, we went to meet everyone at the lodge for brunch (never had any though), i went to the pool instead...today i put on sunscreen, though...
i played with the kids in the pool and just hung out...great fun :)
we left right around 1pm and went with Jen and her family to the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre...it was neat to learn about the slide that destroyed this town so many years ago...i will post pics of those too probably later today...
well, i guess that is all for now...
now for some pics from the weekend :)
so, this is the kiss...obviously

this is some of the candle lighting that i was talking about

this is all the cousins on our side that were at the wedding...
in the back from l to r is Greg, Adrian, Justin, Cam...then the front from l to r is Cam (the married one), Sarah, Amy, Jen and me, Krystin

wow...
can you believe that i am 16 weeks pregnant today??? it's amazing...
such a miracle this whole pregnancy has been...getting pregnant 5 weeks after miscarrying, at a time of month when it seems not possible, being away from will and only seeing him once a month, every ache and pain that scared me, now here i am ...in the second trimester...i have had one ultrasound, and seen the baby there, and i have heard it's heartbeat...i am glad will got to be there for that :) i will be having another ultrasound on july 11, maybe earlier if i can, and then we should be able to tell if it is a boy or girl...
i get to go to Fernie, BC this weekend...my cousin is getting married and i am able to get the time off work and go...i am so excited to get to go see everyone (all my cousins and aunties and uncles)...how fun will that be???
other than that, there is not a whole lot going on in my life for now...
will and solomon are probably coming up sometime next week, so they can be here for Canada Day...that would be so fun :)
well, i guess that is all for now...
talk to you all later...

first craving...
it was thursday night, around 10 pm...
i am talking on the phone to Will and the unthinkable happened...ok, i guess it isn't unthinkable, but i was wondering how long it would take...
well, it took 15 weeks of pregnancy to finally get the first craving...
and it was BAD!!!
i mean, i needed that craving satisfied...SOON!!!
so, at 10 pm, thankfully we live really close to a grocery store (and it is open til 11) cause i might have died otherwise...
wanna know what it was???
steamed asparagus and steamed baby carrots...
no jokes...
i am being dead serious...
it's no pickles and ice cream, but some consider it a weird craving (but most liked the sound of it)
and it was DIVINE!!!
plus, i found out 2 new ways to cook asparagus 2nite...so, i will have to try those recipes out, cause i got a good amount of asparagus sitting in the fridge now...
mmmmmmmmmmm, asparagus and baby carrots :)

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WE WON!!!
so, the oilers game was a close one last night...but about 3 or 4 mintutes into overtime, Pisani got this wicked awesome goal!!! it was HOT!!!
let me give you a recap...puck was taken into the oilers zone...we were screaming for it to get out of the oilers zone...and, the oilers listened to our screams (or so it seemed) lol...well, then carolina being who they are, start it back towards the oilers zone...well, right around the centre line Pisani comes and steals the puck away from a carolina's player's stick...like, some guy had his stick kinda-controlling the puck and Pisani stole it from him...it was SWEET!!! and, of course, everyone and his dog (incl. the oilers) were already down in the oilers zone, leaving Pisani alone with Ward (Carolina's very very good goalie) who wasn't so good on this stopping our winning goal...he had no defence to help him out, or any other people...it was a battle between Pisani and Ward...and Pisani shot it and in it went...making th goal 4-3 for oilers, with the series now being 3 wins for Carolina, and 2 wins for Edmonton...
and i gotta be honest, it was a beautiful thing, seeing the faces of distraught fans who had only minutes before cheered when the Oilers got a penalty, then cry cause we got a goal...while our guy was in penalty!!!
one little boy was crying, two guys just sat shaking their heads in utter disbelief, one man was consoling his teenage son who looked very upset (he was near tears)...
it was just, overall, a brilliant play :)
GO OIL GO!!!
still gotta win the last two games to get the cup, but we are on our way :)

i'm jut sitting here doing my morning check of emails, and other sites i visit daily, and the worst thing just happened...
i just got this totally overwhelming sense of loneliness...and i started to cry :(
i just have this awful pain inside of me, this pain of being lonely and it just hit me...and it is so awful...
i guess there's just so much going on right now and it all came crashing into me at once...
i guess i should just shake it off for now and go on with my day...
i gotta go eat and have a shower before heading to work...
i now work an hour later, at 10 instead of 9...
i have to leave in just under an hour...dang, i wish it was friday...

IT'S A GIRL!!!
name: Madisson Kathryn Denault (i am guessing on the spelling of Madisson)
time: 3:37am EST
weight: 6lb 9oz.
length: 19 in.
features: shock of hair (i think that means lots of hair, but i don't kno for sure), dimples
(this is my younger sister's baby)

saturday was a good day...
i had a pretty darn good day on saturday...i went and picked up our rings...we took them in to the jeweller to have them both sized, and mine also soldered...they look so good :) it's so sparkly :)
right after that, i went and got my hair cut...it is just barely past my shoulders now...i had my hair this way probably 1.5 years ago...it's grown a lot since then and it was time to let it all go again :)
right after that, my niece and i went to the greekfest...there we met up with my cousin and her husband...i was given tickets on friday night, so i figured i would go...i like greek good and it was, truthfully, just nice to be out of the house for the day...whenever i have a day off, i just stay at the house...it was nice to be outside, eat some greek food, kinda enjoy the REALLY REALLY loud music...but it was really nice :)
after that, i decided to go to michael's...i didn't have my 40% off coupon, but figured i wouldn't be buying anything that would be expensive enough to warrant using it...i looked for prima flowers, but they only sell Jolee's for you flowers...so, i bought a bunch of those...they are so cute...and i bought something for nicole...for the circle journal i am doing right now, the theme is "I like Being a Girl" and you are supposed to send an item that will make the next girl feel 'girly'...so, i bought something for nicole...you'll have to wait, nicole, to find out what it is :)
then i went to Dollarama...i love that place...all i bought were a couple packs of stickers (baby and wedding) and some metal tags...
then i came home, and went to sleep...
well, i had a nap...
then i watched the hockey game while i talked to will on the phone...
fyi, WE WON!!!
GO OILERS GO!!!
we needed that win soooooooo bad...i mean, we can't just hand them the stanley cup on a silver platter....if we don't get it (which is REALLY REALLY hope we do), but IF we don't, we are gonna have to fight and not make it too easy...
so, we did win 2-1...
GREAT GAME, BOYS :)
then, at 5:45am on Sunday, we got a phone call telling us that our younger sister in NY has gone into labor and is on her way to the hospital...now we can find out if she has a boy or girl...YAH!!!

McDonald's interview...
so, i was sitting in McD's, oh, about 1-2 months ago (yes, i have been meaning to blog this for that amount of time), and i overheard an interview...
this is the interview from start to finish...
man is probably mid-40's, not especially clean-shaven, and, well, kinda overweight (fyi, i am in no way insulting him, just merely describing his appearance at the interview)
woman is interviewer, man is interviewee...
woman: Hi, there...how are you today?
man: I am good, thank you...and you?
woman: Good, thanks. So you are looking for full-time?
man: Yes, i am.
woman: And you are currently working at "such and such a store" during the days?
man: Yes.
woman: Well, we are actually looking for night-shift workers...from 10 pm-6 am.
man: Oh, that's fine.
woman: Oh, it is?
man: Yes, that is just great.
woman: Alright, how would you like to come in at 5 tonight, and we can start you on training.
man: Great, thanks.
shake hands, and they depart their seperate ways.
wow...all i can say if i don't think i have ever had an interview that easy...maybe i should go work at mcdonald's...all the discounted food i want...maybe then i will actually put on the weight during the pregnancy that i have been losing :)
lol...
i'm actually not THAT desperate to put pregnancy weight on...i'm sure that will come soon enough...

so, i went to safeway yesterday morning in hope of getting some Neo Citran hot drink stuff for cold & flu...i thought it smart to read the label and make sure prego women could have it...yeah, NO!!!
so, i asked the pharmacist why it may not be safe for us to take, so she explained why, and noticing my miserableness, told me i didn't have a lot of options, unfortunately :(
so, she told me basically what i was limited to were throat lozanges (sp?), vicks inhaler (which is my new best friend for the time being anyways), and a vapo rub...yep...my options...
i had so many customers come through my till yesterday telling me that i should be at home in bed, not at work...i had to agree...what more could i do??? lol
so, my voice in cutting in and out...sometime i have it, sometimes i don't...
i am still, of course, having the morning sickness thing, too...so, that is just the icing on the cake...
and that is about it for now in the life of Krystin...
i have another ultrasound scheduled for july 11...we will be able to tell the sex of the baby then (so exciting)...and if all goes well, i should be able to go home around then, too...
i got to talk to my friend, nicole, from sbo for the first time a couple nights ago...dang, she is great!!! for all who don't know, sbo is scrapbookeronline.com...we have a great friendship already...i can tell...she thinks i am great, and i agree...lol
nah, i think she is great, and she thinks i am great...she is just hysterical :)
well, not a whole lot more going on...
aubryn had her dance recital yesterday, but i did not get to see it causei had to work :( hopefully they got it videotaped...
michelle's due date is coming up right quick...kari-lynn's is getting closer too...end of july (heck, i may still be here for that one if immigration doesn't hurry up...lol), and me in december...mum is thrilled about 3 new grandbabies for christmas...well, i guess that is my update for now...
have a happy day :)

alright...i guess i have been tagged...thanks, Nikki :)

"5"

5 things in your fridge:
1) leftovers from 2 different restaurants this weekend
2) lotsa bbq sauce
3) parsley for Nytz (when we feed her...lol)
4) blueberry cream cheese which doesn't taste like blueberries
5) blueberry crumble pie...mmmmm, pie!!!

5 things in your closet:
1) 2 wedding dresses (yep, they're both mine...from 1 wedding)
2) the clothes i never wear
3) a lot of hangers to hang the clothes i do wear (which are not in the closet)
4) clothes that kari-lynn doesn't wear
5) i think there might even be some paint stuff in there (but i really don't know)

5 things in your purse:
1) my wallet (which matches my purse)
2) my change purse which SOOOOOOO does not match my purse
3) my lifeline...aka lipbalm
4) a lot of junk that no matter how often i clean it, there's always some there...
5) my very cute, little digital camera

5 things in my car: (i'll tell you mine and will's car...well, our truck)
ok...this may be a tricky one...what's in the car???
1) cd's...we have lots of cd's in there
2) the In 'n Out Burger cup that i drank out of my last day in California (and he won't take it out until i come back home)
3) a picture of me on the dashboard...the first picture he ever saw of me, the pic that made him know he had to write to me :)...he's a bit sentimental
crap...this isn't getting any easier...lol
4) maps...i am sure we have a bunch of maps in there...
5) nasal spray...i can almost guarantee you will has a bottle of nasal spray in the compartment on the door...

5 things i watch regularly:
well, i haven't been watching these regularly, but i will tell you my 5 most favourite shows to watch (cause they are regularly watched when i have cable in Cali)
1) Mythbusters
2) Good Eats with Alton Brown
3) CSI:Las Vegas
4) The People's Court
5) Prison Break
all i can say is that i have a lot to catch up on once i get back down there...

if you read this, consider yourself tagged...

WAS THAT A THREAT???
so, we're at work yesterday, a whole bunch of us...and there is what a couple employees have labelled a 'crazy' lady in the store...
now, when they said crazy, i didn't know if she was just weird, had crazy requests/demands, or if she was indeed crazy...
well, we're standing by the tills, and she walks up, and says something to one of the guys...he just kinda shakes his head and looks back to what he's doing...well, she didn't like that...
Don't you shake your head at me!!! PRAISE JESUS!!! You all need to praise Jesus. YOU! AND YOU! AND YOU! (end up pointing at everyone there except me...do i have an aura around me that says i already have Jesus in my life or something??? i dunno know...but apparently, i don't have to praise Jesus, according to her demands...
so, she walks away...goes to the door and goes out the store...
so, a couple of us just kinda look at each other in disbelief and let out, no jokes, a couple of chuckles as if saying, what the heck was that???
well, apparently (this is where the questionable threat comes in), a lady in the lineup didn't like us chuckling about this...at least, not me, anyways...
looks right at me...
Don't laugh. That's how people get shot!!!
WHAT???
i look at her and say, I live in California...i know why people get shot...and i'm sorry, i think it's kinda funny when someone comes up and starts yelling for no apparent reason...it's just kinda funny...
well, she responds....well,that's your choice.
yeah, you're right, it is...
but i responded back, well, to be honest, i'm really not concerned about being shot.
she asked me to repeat myself, so i did...
also adding that maybe if i was in california i might be concerned, but still probably not.
she just told me that was my choice and left it at that...
and of course, after she left, we laughed some more...
what i shoulda said when she told me about getting shot, was 'Well, now...that wouldn't be very Christlike of her to come back and shoot me after telling us all to praise Jesus, now would it?'
but, whatever...it made for a humorous day...
humorous indeed :)

well, it's been a busy past few days...
will got here saturday morning, and then had to leave early this morning...
we had, as always, good times together...
we rented a couple of rooms at the fantasyland hotel...on monday night we stayed in the roman room, and on tuesday night we stayed in the truck room...
i will post pictures tonight or tomorrow...
on wednesyday i had my first prenatal appt...it was great :) we got to hear the baby's heartbeat...it was such an amazing thing to hear...
i get to book my next ultrasound, as well...it will be in a few weeks, so by then they should be able to tell if it is a boy or a girl...(as long as the baby cooperates, that is)
our rings are getting sized and sautered, and that will take a coupel of weeks, so i got some temporary bling on my finger...ha ha ha
i figured, i don't want to look unmarried for a couple of weeks, so we got an inexpensive silver/cz ring...it's pretty hot :) it looks more like an engagement ring than a wedding band, but whatever...it works and it's pretty :)
gads, other than that...not a whole lot more goin on here at the moment...
things are just moving along as normal...
as for immigration, though...last we heard (a couple weeks ago) is that my application has been approved by immigration down in the usa, and now it is on it's way to the us consulate in calgary...that should take a month (from what we understand), and around the end of that month (being mid-june), within the next month, i should have received a letter from the consulate with my appt. time, and be able to by back by mid-july...
so, here's to hoping :)
well, that is all for now...
ttfn

can't win them all, i guess...
oilers won the first 3 games of the western finals against the ducks...then lost miserabley tonight...well, i guess not miserablY...we did pull ourselves from 3-0 to 4-3...then ducks got a 5th goal, then a 6th...
so, i guess, that could actually be classified as miserably...
i guess it was too much to ask to just win the first 4 games right off the bat and have the series over with, but on the same token, it is asking a lot of the ducks to win the next 3 games...
i mean, all we need is one more win...and within the next 3 games, we should be able to pull it off...
we better be able to pull it off...
i didn't go spend, well, a good amount of $$$ today on oiler's stuff to lose the western finals...
just pray that it doesn't go to game 7...cause i fear sudden death there...i mean, us win 3 games, then ducks win 3...and then be at game 7...i know we pulled it off with detroit like that, but that was pure luck...
incredible...but luck :)
well, all i can say now is...
GO OILERS GO!!!

no more toast for breakfast for me...
maybe no more toast for me EVER!!! (at least while pregnant, anyways)
apparently, toast is not a good food for me to eat...some would say i should have figured that one out when iT MADE me feel sick when i would eat it, but that is not enough for me...
however, BEING sick after eating it is enough for me to say...
NO MORE TOAST!!!
it's ging to be a long 6 more months with no toast...
i like toast :(

so here it is...our baby :)
the ultrasound went very well...i started crying when she showed me the baby...it was so amazing to see it...with it's legs straight up in the air, the heart beating, it's arm lying beside it, and it's big ol' head...
and i gotta say...if the 6cm it says there is the length of the baby, almost 3", i think we got ourselves a tall baby :)
cause at 12 weeks, a baby should be 1.5"-2"...not almost 3"
either way, we are very excited and it was great to see the baby today :)



p.s. sorry for my reflection in the pic...

YAH!!!

Hello, Krystin!

Your fig-sized fetus now measures 1 1/2 inches from head to bottom and weighs in at a quarter-ounce. He finally looks like a baby, with tiny but fully formed fingers and toes. As his body grows and becomes more developed and functional, he'll start twisting and turning like an acrobat, cushioned and protected by your amniotic fluid. You, on the other hand, are probably feeling less like a gymnast every day. Heartburn (caused by pregnancy hormones that relax the valve separating your esophagus from your stomach) and indigestion may be annoying you during the day and keeping you up at night. Just remember, all this suffering is for a good cause — you're having a baby!

i think a bird just flew into the window...
i'm not sure...
but i heard a sound that would indicate the wondow being struck...then as i looked out there was a bird (or a bat, perhaps) kinda flying wobbly and side to side...not really sure where to go...
i'm thinking it flew into the window...
it's kinda like those windex commericials...a crow flies intoa window cause it is so clean from windex he can't see it there...
that wouldn't be why it flew into our window, though...
lol

so, a couple of nights ago i had a dream that i had a baby boy...
that would make two dreams now...
i wonder if they mean anything???
maybe i just need to have twins...fraternal, of course...i would love identical, will, not so much...
but back to fraternal twins...
will and i each have a hunch it is a boy...but that's all we really have is just a hunch...
will's sister is quite SURE it's a girl...and has gone as far as calling her by name...lol
(which i think is totally cute)
so, like i said...fraternal twins :)
that would be the cure-all...then we could both be right...
but i guess only time will tell...