VICTOPIA!!!!

(Me and Laura)

I thought it would never come!!! One of my most favourite weekends of the year! VICTOPIA weekend! If you have followed my blog before, you'll know that twice a year, me and my best Chickas get together to play!!! It's just such a joy to spend time with them and I am truly blessed to have such good friends!

(l-r Donna Stollery, Kim Pargeter, Jacqui Lines, Tami Coyle, Me, Diana Gibbs, Kristi Ferro, Darlene Smith, Andreanne Dejacolyn)

(Me and Andreanne)

These are the best group of women that you would ever meet!!!!





Let me tell you, I was totally in for the biggest surprise of my life on Thursday night! Back in November, Diana and I were trying to figure out ways for her to come to Victopia and surprise Jacqui, my best friend forever and Di's sister. After much chat and chatter, it seems that it wasn't meant to be. I kept hoping and hoping that she would get here, so I kept it a "SECRET" from Jax up until about ten days before Victopia, in the hopes that something would give and she would make it!! No such luck, or so I thought!






The girls coming from the west always do a shopping tour along the way and they usually don't arrive until after 9 p.m. So this year, rather than waiting in anticipation, I decided to take Jon to his Football Practice. Shortly into the practice, my Mom called to say that they had arrived.


I got in shortly after 9 and of course there were a round of squeals and hugs!!!!


All of a sudden, I notice a little lady coming up the stairs from the bar!!! Holy CRAP!!!! It was Diana Gibbs..............as Diana and Jax would say, I almost peed my pants!!!!!


Apparently they decided to turn the tables and suprise me! What a WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL AMAZING surprise it was! I was totally shocked and THRILLED to have Diana along with my other best friends!!!!




So the weekend was spent Chatting, Laughing, Stamping, Drinking ( I won the award for the highest consumption of foot medicine! hands down) shopping and eating of course!!!!!

(Tami)

My Mom played bartender for us and whipped up some of our famous Caramel Appletinis.....I must say I REALLY enjoyed perfecting this recipe!

Kristi and Vicki-Two Peas in a Pod!

My Best Friend Forever Jax-Jax I love you to bits!

We did manage to get some stamping done! But those pictures weren't as near as interesting and the one's that we took on Darlene's Camera, after she left it for the night!!! (lol, I'll save that story for another time!)

The weekend went WAY too fast as usual and I felt a little sad to see the girls leave today!! Thank goodness I will see my Kingston friends often and the Chickas from the west before the summer is out!

I also made a NEW friend this weekend, a little stamping buddy and companion....someone to keep my company when my friends aren't with me! I'll introduce you to him very very soon!

A big thanks to all the girls for the lovely gifts they brought me............nice surprises because really and truly, the gift of their friendships are more than enough!

I just have to mention to Kim that I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the ribbon holder.......such a unique and interesting design...............very pretty too..........know where I can get some more???? LOL!!!!

Although Rina was unable to come and play with us, she joined us for dinner! We made some new friends at the restaurant as well. This octagenarian couple popped by for a wee chat and a visit...............i think that Bob was smitten with the 11 ladies at the table and his wife was a sweet sweet soul !

Double D's------Diana and Donna!

Darlene and her Pretty Pink Drink!

Hope I haven't tired you out with this long post, but I am just so excited to share the things in my life that make me happy and evoke good feelings!!!!

Happy Stamping!!!!

*****Vicki~~~~~