a wedding singer?

so as you can tell from the picture above...i became a wedding singer this weekend. my friends carl and kelsey decided to get married....and they asked me to provide the music for the ceremony. wow. i felt slightly honoured. it went really really well. i asked my friend luke to play the djembe along with me (thats him in the picture) and we played. good times. we played some lifehouse, some hymns, and some chantal kreviasik (i can't even spell her name). but yeah...theres a point of interest for you.
cheerio

i'm still here

life has taken a slightly different turn in the last couple of months. and i really don't mean to make this post to be a journal entry, i just wanted to make sure i don't lose those of you who check up on me. i'm still around and i still want to blog. i actually find myself completely booked up. and its not just an excuse. i seriously can't find time to write on this thing. i'm finding that i even forget to brush my teeth sometimes. and then i rush through meal times only to realize, i didn't need to all along. ack. thats life at camp. you learn to love it regardless of everything else you may be missing. agghh the life.
see you soon. i will write more. just you wait.

especially you courtney!!!

yes, i know

so i've been a really terrible blogger as of lately. and so, just for courtney, i'm going to post more pictures. haha. i have a lot on my mind to write.....but i do believe i have 5 gold stars for procrastination. so please don't give up on me. i'm still here and still want to write. and as Luke would write, "thats another story for another time."








These pictures were all taken at my families cabin in the Crowsnest Pass on Easter Sunday. The first weekend that the Crocuses arrived!!

another art form of mine

these were all taken on the farm out in Coaldale.
hope you enjoy!

sleep....perchance to dream

So tell me.
Do dreams come true?
Dreams as defined
by aspirations....and desires
do they come true?

everyday we can watch people going through
the motions of a life they chose to live
they would never admit to choosing it
"its a means to an end"
"i have to pay off my mortgage"
"i only have 1 sick day left"
"what else is there to do"
"this is reality"

is reality when we succomb to settling? when we believe that all there is in this life is work....sleep.....eat.....work. (perhaps not in that order)don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with work. i'm speaking of work in terms of those individuals who fail to be fulfilled or passionate about what they do.

why are you doing what you are doing when you loathe the idea of it.

and so i come back to dreams. when we were kids our world was endless with possibilities. if you wanted to you could dream of being a fire fighter one day and an astronaut the next. no one told you you couldn't. and so i ask you, what is the one thing that you would do or be right now.
and the next question.... what is stopping you?

the world? a probable yes. i have been discouraged. and it mostly seems to come from people i love who have no idea the hold that their words have on me.
everyone wants to do that
what are you going to do with that
and where do you think that will take you
its hard to get into that

we were not given the gift of dreams as a mere distraction from reality. no, they are there to instill hope and possibility. drive and motivation. creativity and passion. i believe that they come from the deepest part of who we are. chase them. fight for them. believe in them. believe in yourself. hmm...i write to an audience but it feels like i am just writing to myself. live and dream.

“Excellence can be obtained if you:
...care more than others think is wise;
...risk more than others think is safe;
...dream more than others think is practical;
...expect more than others think is possible.”

“Believe in your dreams and they may come true; believe in yourself and they will come true”

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

and so i leave you with this....

red wagons

we could ride to the sunset
on our banana seat bikes
or pull the red wagon
and fly homemade kites

no suits or paper
or jaded black ties
no meetings or faxes
or plastic wrapped smiles

yesterday seemed better
more lighthearted rain
snow in the summer
and a chase of the train

but who is to say
and who ever wrote
were worse off today-
all in the same boat

would you take off your shoes
and run a quick mile
through soft sparkled sand
laughing the while

what stops you from seeing
that life is a dance
the embrace of sweet lovers
in the game of romance

can we open our eyes
and run out the door
just to live what were given
with wings we will soar



from my brain and from my hand....

i'm so excited

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not only is that my favorite cover that john mayer does but also............

I GOT A TICKET TO HIS CALGARY CONCERT!!!!!!
and i'm not even joking. this isn't a joke. i'm being very serious here. some of you may shrug it off because you don't necessarily like john mayer...but i'll be honest, this is one concert that i would never miss. and thanks to my good friend marni, i got a presold ticket to his concert in calgary on april 29th. and whats even better is that the seat i will sit in is in the 13th row on the floor in fron of the stage. how cool is that!!!

Just wanted to share the exciting news. You should get tickets too. They go on sale on Friday March 9.

Cheers