meet me halfway

For those of you who didn't know, Burns is installing again this summer. He left right after his last exam so I wasn't able to see him until just last week (around 18 days). My oh my was it great to be with him. He's up in Cold Lake so we met halfway in Edmonton. 

Arianne and Daryn were up in E-town for the long weekend and they made it their babymoon. While we were all together, we got some engagement pictures done! PS I felt Arianne's baby moving around and hiccuping today and it was so freakin' adorable! 

I'm kind of all over the place with this blog post so I'll just skip around a little more and give you a little update on how Burns is doing.

Burns is the lead tech for his area! He now has a lot more responsibility but hopefully it will all end up being worth it. Part of his responsibility is to help train new techs by going to their jobs and making sure they're doing everything alright. They can also call him any time with questions. While I was with him in Edmonton the guys kept calling and it was a teensy bit annoying. I shouldn't complain though because Burns was just trying to do his job well. 

One of the sales reps brought their dog, Chaos. She is seriously amazing. She sits outside all day and night without being tied to anything and she just waits for her owner. Burns takes her on walks sometimes. She is such a good dog.

So anyways, back to engagement photos! We met the Biebers at Astotin Lake in Elk Island National Park. It's about 45mins east of Edmonton and it's beautiful there! There are bison everywhere and a ton of beaver dams. It's a pretty cool place that I'd like to explore more thoroughly next time.

The reason it was so great for our pictures was because there was so much variety! There was a beach, a lake, stone steps, a boardwalk through wetlands, grassy areas, and trees! So many options!

It was hard to catch Burns without his squinting look, but Arianne accomplished the task. I'll post the pics in a later post.

We also saw a muskrat that Kobe was pretty interested in. Well, let's be real, I was probably more interested in it.

We stayed with the cutest little family that we know in Edmonton. The Goldthorps! Benjamin is getting so big and he is so precious. These people are seriously the best. They always have such amazing breakfasts when we stay with them and conversation is never at a stand still.

We got to hang out with Blake and Stephanie on Sunday too. Such a cute couple. We had a nice little stroll to the river bottom and back, talked some more, then went to bed.

Monday came and it was time to part ways. Burns and I said goodbye to the Goldthorps and the soon to be Brandleys (Blake and Steph are getting married in September). We then spent a little time alone before I headed home and Burns headed back to Cold Lake.

I had an amazing May Long and I can't wait to see Boonie again! It's a good thing that I'm so busy with work and wedding planning cause I would be a wreck without anything to do.

Plus also, if you ever get the chance, stop at the Donut Mill in Red Deer. It's such a cute diner with great food and awesome donuts, and I'm not even a huge fan of donuts!