A while ago I took this cute guy’s birthday pictures. Here are a few

 

 

And here he’s with his cousin, Leandro

-Bianca

This little girl just loves cats! Here are a few pictures of them playing together.The kittens tolerate Alexa quite well.

Tractor rides are also a lot of fun

-Bianca

 

All your comments sure keep me motivated, so here is another post. About a month ago, we youth went to Waterton, and while we were there my friend Margaritha and I did a 10k hike up to Bertha Lake. (or Lake Bertha, I not sure which) By the way, Waterton is one of the most beautiful national parks out there!  Anyway, this hike was not the easiest, but we made it and the lake up the top was so worth it. The water was so refreshing too, even if it was cold.

This was the view at the beginning…

…and this was at a look-out point. It was just beautiful! Pictures don’t do justice

My wonderful friend, Margaritha

I couldn’t get enough of this view

We thought once we reached this series of waterfalls that we were almost up to the lake. But then we realized that it was the halfway point, and we had already been climbing for an hour. So we almost turned around, but then thought better of it and kept on. The second half took much longer and was quite a bit harder.

 

Isn’t she just the prettiest?

 

 

This tree was so neat, and a wonderful place to rest

This was how the path looked for quite a bit of the time. I called them switch-backs, although I’m not sure if they really were. They were tough, but so beautiful.

I couldn’t get the whole tree on a picture, but this gives you an idea

We could see the prairies from the mountains, which I thought was neat!

And this was the lake! I only got a few pictures of it before the camera battery died, but I was so glad it lasted until then.

-Bianca

 

 

 

 

Here are some pictures taken in the course of several evenings

(warning: there are a Lot of pictures here)

This pictures is my best

 

I never wanted to be a landscape photographer, but I find that is what I enjoy most. It is just so much more relaxed than “people pictures”

Playing with Timber

Isn’t that the sweetest?

For now,

Bianca

 

 

 

 

 

 

I helped teach VBS this year and here a couple pictures of our students. For the most part they behaved very well, and I enjoyed it.

For now,

Bianca

It feels interesting to be posting a guest post on a blog you created yourself but that’s what I’ve come to. (And yes, I am proud of my new name ;-)!) We just got some previews from our photographer and I’m SOOOO excited! Lorena (Frames and Feathers Photography) did an awesome job! I figured I’d share at least a few with you so that you can join me in anticipating the rest :-)! Married life is truly a little bit of heaven on earth! I never imagined that it could be so much fun! I can hardly believe this myself because my parents have a wonderful marriage that I’ve been observing all my life. But I realized, you never truly understand the joys, until you actually experience them. (Sorry, all you unmarried people. You just don’t understand ;-()

And yes, it’s not all roses, the thorns find their ways of making themselves known as well. But God is good and He enables us to use the ‘rougher times’ to make our roots of love grow deeper and stronger. Loving with God’s love and forgiving by His grace make marriage, bliss. I cannot imagine being married being fun as an unbeliever. Because, as you get to know God better, you realize so many similarities between God’s love and married love. And I don’t think marriage would be very fulfilling if God wasn’t completing the circle.

Let me guess, a lot of you skipped the writing to see the pictures. And I don’t blame you! Wedding pictures are so exciting. Especially when they’re your very own! So enjoy!

We both thoroughly enjoyed taking these pictures!! And I mean, thoroughly! It’s another one of the blessings of having a hands-off relationship. Every minute holding hands and every embrace are pure pleasure! I could not stop smiling! Not only was it the best day of my life, I finally got to be in Jon’s arms or leaning on his shoulder, or resting my head on his chest! And when the photographer asked us to do a new pose, it was just another fun way of being together and there were no more restrictions! A lot of the time, we almost forgot she was there! It was just too much fun! I think one of the reasons I like our wedding pictures so much is because we actually made memories while we were taking them! There was no stress anymore, just the pleasure of being together and knowing it is forever.

I hope to tell you all about the ceremony and the rest of the day once we get the rest of the pictures!

-Yesenia Neufeld 😉

So here is the rest of the post

I was not the only one taking pictures

Cousins are the best!

And this picture was taken on Sunday morning

-Bianca

 

A little more than a week ago my aunt and uncle from Ontario came over to visit. This was super special because we children had never seen them before. We hit it off quite well (I think) with our cousins Luisa and Joel despite the age difference. We went with them to Writing-on-Stone so here are a few pictures of that, besides others

My aunt Anna and her daughter Luisa. We had an amazing time togather

I thought this was cute

She dosen’t like this picture but I do

I have the best parents:)

And the pictures below are from that evening when we invited a couple other familys for supper.

The cook

The “newlyweds”

This baby girl got a lot of attention

His curls are so cute!

These bubbles made for the best pictures!

I think this is my favorite

And there are a lot more but that would make for a too long post, so the rest will have to wait.

-Bianca