Guinness World Record

In June my leadership class and I attempted to beat a Guinness World Record. It was something we planned as an end of the year event and we spent a lot of time researching the best record to try and beat. We ended up choosing the "world's largest game of hide and seek". The record had previously been set in Japan, with 189 players.

On the big day we set up at the local Pioneer Village and started out with over 270 players. Due to a sudden downpour and bad weather we had a few people leave, but finished at the end of one hour with 253 players.

It was a lot of work to plan out and even more work collecting all of the evidence. I had local news reporters write articles and take photos, which I then sent in to Guinness, along with letters written by independent witnesses. Then I waited several months to hear back from them.

A few days ago, they wrote back! I received an email congratulating me on achieving the record for the World's Largest Game of Hide and Seek. I have to say, it's kind of a cool feeling being able to say that you are a Guinness World Record Holder. But I couldn't have done it without the 252 players who joined me in the pouring rain on June 17th. Nor could I have accomplished it without all the people who volunteered to be witnesses and to help out with the event. We also were able to make a donation to the Salvation Army food bank as we charged 1$ for each person who came to play. I hope that we might be able to make it a leadership class tradition and perhaps try to beat our own record again next year!

Audrey is 2 months old

Another month gone by! Wow, that was fast. I can't believe in just 4 months I will be back at work again. When Audrey was 4 weeks old I thought she was so big and grown-up and I wanted the little one week old back. Now that she is a full 9 weeks old I wish I could go back to 4 weeks. It makes me realize how important it is to enjoy every sleep-deprived, exhausting day. When she wakes up at 3am to eat, I am so tired but then I remind myself that this won't last long and soon I will be missing her cute little milk-drunk smile once she falls back to sleep.

A few weeks ago she learned how to smile and most recently has discovered her hand. She likes to hold it in front of her and coo and stare at it. My favourite thing is when she first wakes up. She gets super smiley as soon as I peek over the side of her bassinette.

Our most recent adventure was a trip to Grande Prairie to apply for her first Passport. We are heading to the Dominican for one week before Christmas for my sister's wedding. We will be staying at the Dreams Punta Cana and I'm super excited. I've got a big pile of summer dresses for Audrey and I can't wait to go swimming with her in the pool in her itsy bitsy teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini (thanks to Auntie Meg).







Here are a few recent photos of our little sweetheart.

Parisian Brunch Photos

Been meaning to add these photos for a while now. These are the lovely ladies who threw the party and the gorgeous decorations. Isn't the table centerpiece amazing? Anyone know how to rotate them so they aren't sideways?