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miscellaneous 2008 picspics from trips, animals, houses, thunderstorms and people that don't have their own album! 
10/31 Halloween at workHalloween was celebrated at Marlies' work with decorations and some co-workers came dressed up 
10/03 our house, our streetJust a few nice pictures of our house and our beautiful tree-lined street 
09/04 Saskatchewan Beachtrip to a town on the east side of the Last Mountain Lake, about 40 mins from home. Just scenery pics, no pics of the town (almost only houses and cabins anyway) 
08/02 - 08/03 Wakawtrip to Wakaw to visit Astrid and Jos at their farm - that's 2 x 3 hours of prairie! :) 
08/01 Buffalo Days fairthe yearly Buffalo Days have a enormous fair, exhibitions and live entertainment (pics are only from the fair) 
07/01 Canada Dayour first Canada Day (and Canada's 141st birthday) reminded us of our Queen's Day with games and entertainment, people dressing in the national colors, parades, fireworks. We spent the day with Tim, Anne (half Dutch couple who we met back in NL) and Amber 
06/25 summer night in Reginapics of an evening bike ride at Wascana park, beautiful skies at sunset and lots of musquitos ;) Just shots with my automatic pocket camera, we should do this again one day with Nico's SLR. 
06/22 the house after we moved inWarzone alert! Still lots to do, but here's an impression of the first changes. Look for extra descriptions BELOW the pics (don't click on slideslow because then they don't show!) 
06/22 Regina Beachtrip to this cute little resort on the shore of Last Mountain Lake, about 40 km NW of Regina. 
05/08 our new house!On April 30th (yes, our Dutch Queen's day :)) we bought a house! We waited until after the conditions (financing and a satisfactory home inspection) were met to put it online, here some pics of when we were there for the inspection and measurements 
04/26 Arcola & Moose Mountain Provincial Parktrip to Arcola to visit Cortney's mom, with Cortney's dog Gizmo on the way up (Cort was already there) and we drove back via Moose Mountain Provincial Park 
04/12 Moose Jawvisit to Moose Jaw (70 km west of Regina), a cute picturesque town where Al Capone supposedly used to dwell (we didn't visit the tunnels this time)... 
04/05 Pow Wow First Nations University30th annual Pow Wow of the First Nations University here in Regina, with dance and singing contests, a colourful spectacle! 
03/28 Into Eternity leaving for a touron March 28th, Into Eternity (Tim's band) left for a US/Canadian tour with Symphony X and some dates in Japan (not with the RV of course hehe)! They'll be gone for 5-6 weeks.... 
03/25 - 03/27 Marlies Canadian jobMarch 25th, Marlies started her first Canadian job, at Canada Life. Accounts administrator (data entry), 20h/wk. Comes with your own cubicle and in this case even a room (eh.. cubicle) with a view :) 
03/23 Easter Sundayjust an afternoon out: prairie south of Regina, Wascana Park and supper at Kelsey's 
03/17 - green beers on St. Patricks Dayon St. Patrick's Day (Irish holiday) we went out with Cortney and Geneva for wings and green beer at the Stats Cocktails & Dreams sportsbar in Regina- video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvBjPb2t4T4 
03/04 - 03/08 Greenwater Lake Provincial Parkbefore we had to start with our new jobs, we wanted to make a trip up north in Saskatchewan and feel some more real winter. We chose a cabin of the Fisherman's Cove, on the edge of the Greenwater Lake Provincial Park. 
03/02 winter prairie Regina-Fort QuAppellewe went for a drive, left Regina to the east, to Indian Head, Fort Qu'Appelle and back to Regina. There was a hard and cold wind (-15, felt like -29), blowing up a lot of snow! 
03/01 Ford Taurus 2003we bought a 'new' (used) car, a Ford Taurus SE from 2003, the biggest, baddest and prettiest car we've ever owned!! 
02/18 flight to Canadathe mother of all flights... the move to Canada! We travelled for 28 hours, incl. 3 flights (Brussels-London Heathrow-Edmonton-Regina), long overlays and some extra delay... but we made it! :) 
02/17 walk in afternoon on our last day in NLlast chance for goodbyes in an empty house. A lot of people we already saw at the surprise party the day before though! These are just (lesser quality) video images, and unfortunately we didn't film every visitor :( 
02/16 surprise goodbye partyour friend Els organized a surprise party and we did NOT know anything about it, so we were completely surprised! It was an awesome evening with neighbours, other friends and (Marlies') family! Most pics by Marlies' brother Ton. 
02/02 - 02/18 last days in the Netherlandsthe last days in NL before our move to Canada: packing, last visits, last day at work (Marlies), dinner with friends, neighbours goodbye at 4am (see other albums for: surprise party, sunday afternoon goodbyes) |
