Whew! What a weekend! What a blog!

As you may (or may not) know, it was Chris and Sheri's social on the weekend. We headed to Brandon on Friday after work so that we could get the most out of our weekend. When we arrived at Uncle Rick's and Aunt Simone's house that night, Dayna and Emma were there (Dayna is my cousin and Emma is her 16 month old daughter). So Ben and Emma sized each other up, showed each other a few tricks and stayed up until 11 or so.

Saturday, we met Chris, Sheri, Jason (best man), Heather (maid of honor) and one of Heather's friends for breakfast. Then we dropped Ben off with Aunt Simone (we put him down for a nap) and went to the hall to help decorate. Heather was very well organized and it all went down without a hitch.

There was also an unexpected visitor - Berkley, Sheri's brother, arrived all the way from Calgary. Just when she was about to start waxing my eyebrows. What timing he had! Sheri was very happy to see him, and it was nice to actually meet him before the wedding rolls around!

Ben and Emma were tucked away in bed by the time we left for the social, with the neighbor's daughter staying at the house to keep an ear out for them. But both babes slept and had no idea that we weren't there!

There is only one way to describe the social - awesome! There were tons of people, great prizes, great music - it was really, really fun! Although, it sure doesn't take much to entertain Gord and I these days (envision a baby with an ice-cream pail on his head!). The music man brought with him a "marriage simulator" - a wooden jail cell that you put people in - i.e. $10 to put someone in jail, but someone else has to pay $10 to get that person out. All proceeds to the bride and groom. Chris and Sheri made a killing on that alone - something like $600. It was very funny to see a bunch of people crammed in there. Jason's bail (at one point) was up to $135 - wow, eh?

The prizes were amazing - among them a DVD player, a $500 make-up basket from Holt Renfrew and a poker table (built by Dad) and a set of poker chips. Uncle Dennis made out like a bandit, winning three prizes - some t-shirts and glasses, the DVD player and the poker prize. Holy moly!

Gord's dream job for the night was to work behind the bar - and it came true! The bar was sooo busy that they needed the extra help! I worked the door for a while, selling tickets (entry, drink and prize) with Kristen, Jason's girlfriend. Even though we could dance or sip on a drink, we made our own fun!

Sunday, we had a nice breakfast and a good visit with Aunt Nancy, Uncle Doug and Grandma. Ben had two kisses for his g.g. We then went to Chris and Sheri's house to check out the renovations they'd done since we had seen it last. The house sure is coming together now - just a closet door to install and a bit of work in the bathroom, and the house will be ready to live in. We're sure looking forward to staying there when we visit Brandon!

Ben had swimming lessons today - we put life jackets on the kids. He looked so cute - like he was ready to go waterskiing or something! He didn't really like floating with it though, but that's fairly normal, his instructor said. They're a little bulky.

I think that's all folks! Take care!

Carrie and the Sheppard boyz