I know I Shouldn't Brag...

But, we've had hot weather out here now for quite some time and Montreal is simply beautiful in the summer.

May Super Long

We decided to celebrate May Super-Long the weekend before the May Long Weekend. The weather was hot hot hot, Steve was done marking exams and had a small reprive from thesis writing, I was not especially busy and Jenn and Dom had a couple of days of freedom. So...we started our weekend on Wednesday! We barbequed, ate in the sun, hiked (as evidenced in the blog below), drank summer drinks on our patio and then went to Quebec City for the weekend! YAH MAY SUPER-LONG!

Hiking

We ventured out to Mount St. Hilaire for a hike. In and around Montreal there are a number of "mountains" that were formed when magma hardened the landscape and then the surrounding landscape eroded away leaving the "mountains" behind. Mount Royal, the mountain on the island, is one of these formations.

We also went out to Oka for a different hike (yes the Oka made famous for the stand-off in the 1990s, also famous for its cheese) and hiked in the provincial park up to a lookout over the St. Lawrence River. The trail wound its way through the trees past a number of small chapels all the way to the top. We ate Oka cheese and bagette at the top.

Amy and Jenny's Stagette (hereafter the "Stagette) - Part One - The Brides

We celebrated two upcoming weddings last weekend - Amy and Ryland June 30, 2007 in Regina and Jenny and Glenn December 31, 2007 in Vancouver. They are going to be such beautiful brides as you can see by the stagette apparel (which I should also point out is now owned and worn by the beautiful Amalie Snowdon).

Our night consisted of bowling and ringpops, cooking classes with great food and drinks, games great conversation and a surprise visit from the beautiful Maxwell Joseph Wiart.

Happy weddings ladies.

The Stagette - Part Two - More Bowling

While some of us really rocked the bowling others, not so much (Jody). Nonetheless, we still love all those that threw more gutter balls than strikes as it's not about who wins the event but who has fun at the event!

The ring pops were also one of the best ideas ever - yah Jess!

The Stagette - Part Three - The Cooking Class and Meal

After returning from a very intensive bowling match we were treated to a cooking class from two NAIT graduates who showed us how to prepare warm goat cheese salad with wild boar bacon mushrooms and pine nuts, fresh pasta with two sauces - roasted tomato and bechamel, herbed chicken skewers, vegetable skewers, and chocolate fondue with fruit for dessert. The food was absolutely amazing and we learned some cook kitchen tricks.

The Stagette - Part Four - The Evening Entertainment

The evening ended with a couple of different games and prizes as well as a visit from the darling Maxwell Joseph Wiart, who was accompanied by his proud mama and papa. Julie - next time a bit more effort with the sculpting if you want to get a prize.

He's One!

Well, almost. Osh turns one on May 23 but Jody and Ryan celebrated his birthday last Friday so that both her parents and I could be there to celebrate with them. Hard to believe that the tiny little baby of last May is motering around the house steps away from taking independent steps on his own. Could he be any cuter? Pictures of Osh make even Uncle Steve think babies may not be that bad of an idea!