Ice Storm

 

I thought when we left Montreal that we had left winter behind. We arrived in Columbus to snow, and more snow, but just before leaving, it melted. On to Kentucky where we were hoping at least for some warm hiking weather. Well, people keep telling us that we are bringing the snow with us. It rained, it hailed, it froze, it snowed, and, well, the pictures tell the story. Many people lost power, Matt and Amy flooded their lower property and Eric had to evacuate his things using a tractor, we got stuck in a couple of places including Matt and Amy's (thanks to Wes and Tanya for dragging us out). Trees were down all over the place, we could hear them falling in the woods all night. All along roads, even the highways had some trees down on them. It was incredible. Reminding me a little of the ice storm in Montreal so many years ago, on a much smaller scale, but because they're not used to this weather, the effects were more intense.
We made it out for some hiking to check out the carnage. It was incredible to see.

We spent a couple of days with Thalia and Aaron, seeing many of our Kentucky friends before heading down to Knoxville to visit our friend Spencer who will be helping us with a new project. By tomorrow we will be in Alabama and Sunday Mississippi. Already, it is warmer, there is green grass, we spent the night in the van last night and life is good.

Check out the photos of this ice storm..

http://picasaweb.google.ca/tjkuenzli/KentuckyIceStorm#

Moving on!

Well, our time of comfort, warm showers, indoor plumbing and family has come to an end. We are leaving tomorrow, from Columbus to head south. Our first stop is Kentucky to visit some friends, and then down through Alabama to Biloxi, Mississippi to do some rebuilding work from Hurricane Katrina. It should be an interesting experience. We have no idea yet what we will be doing, but we're excited for the experience.

More stories to follow. Keep in touch everyone.

Wedding Photos & Christmas

 

We flew to Montreal for Christmas since our van, now renamed BluHilda was in the shop for a complete engine rebuild. After spending a night in the Columbus airport due to flight cancellations for "mechanical reasons" we finally made it to our Montreal family for a delayed Christmas celebration. The whirlwind of visiting left us both somewhat dizzy, but it was so wonderful to see so many friends, and of course their darling babies since most of my friends have children. And 2 more babies on the way for July, in time for our return.

It snowed, it was cold, and we were ready to move south to continue our adventure. Oh yes, and we worked. After not working for 8 months, it was pretty hard to do the 9-5 thing for 5 straight days, working with kids no less. We spent the week at my Mom's school reading for exams for kids with some form of learning or reading disability. It was a lot of working with kids, helping them to understand and convincing them to even write the exam was part of the challenge. We enjoyed it, Jake loved it, and it may have led him to a new career path.. we will see.

And now, after an uneventful trip home, we were reunited with Whipper and happy to see our Columbus family. Snow abounds here as well, though it is much much warmer..

So, now that i've finally gotten around to it, here are some of our favorites from the professional wedding shots. Enjoy!


http://picasaweb.google.ca/tjkuenzli/ColumbusFavoritesByWesAndTanya?feat=directlink