This past weekend, we went to the open house of our friend MacKenzie. She is graduating from the Environmental Design program at the University of Manitoba (yay!) and is more creative than I can wrap my mind around. Fun fact about MacKenzie - we met her through blogging! Mike knew her boyfriend from some weddings that he shot, but we both got to know MacKenzie through her amazing photos (example one + example two!). But now we've met a few times in real life, and I can confirm that she is just as cute and creative in person!

Mike was just enthralled with the whole open house. He is tossing around the idea of going back to school for design/architecture and this open house was very convincing. We'll see what happens!

A few photos from this past weekend. It was a busy one and I was awfully tired by Sunday night. Not my favourite way to start the week, but I am finished my practicum on Friday. I will be able to relax soon!

In any case, it felt good to pick up my camera again. There was a bit of a dry spell, but I now have lots of photos that I want to share. Stay tuned!

*I used a tablet for the handwritten titles (inspiration here). I need to practice writing with the tablet as this took me way longer than I'd like to admit ;) 

We walked to Sarah's place after church on Friday and made dinner together in her kitchen. The food, the sunroom, the reflection of twinkle lights in the windows at night - I loved it all.

This chicken | This salad | This cake

These wee little green buds are making me very happy. Spring does not often come so soon, so we are just relishing in every minute!

Last night, Mike, our friend Kevin, and I threw some stuff on the barbecue and ate on the front stoop. I could get used to this!

After walking on the path for ten minutes, Kari asked us, "Do you want to stay on the path or do you want to explore?" We chose to explore and set off into the bushes. Kd carried around some tunes and my heart felt so, so happy.

(also: a group shot, an inexplicably silly photo, a family portrait, and a mushy one)

It felt so nice to be somewhere else - to take photos of things I hadn't seen before. It was worth putting up with all the "photography club" jokes we got over the weekend! ;)

Some film photos from Sarah.

We headed to my friend Kari's family cabin this past weekend. It was a bit chilly, but we had a wood stove to keep us toasty! We ended up exploring a bit outside during the warmer parts of the afternoon, but photos of that later.

It was such a great weekend. There was a lot of talk about Mike and I's big adventure that is (hopefully) coming up this fall (more about that later when it's 100% confirmed!). We are over-the-moon excited, but it's unfortunately going to mean time apart from our best pals. And they're the best, you know? We're so lucky.