Janessa's Birthday Dinner

Footage from Janessa's 12th birthday in 2007

Toronto for Jared's wedding

We all traveled back to Toronto (From VA and AB) for Jared's wedding!

Maryn, downtown

Janessa & Jillaine

Lehman

Brian & Maryn

Kaden & Brian

Maryn

Jillaine & Maryn

Grandma Shantz & Lehman

Mom & Brian

Davis

Logan

Maryn, Lehman, Janessa & Jillaine at the base of the CN Tower

Liana & Jared, married!!

First Trip to AB

Our first trip to Alberta. My family had moved there in the fall of 2003, and our first visit was in May/June of 2004.

Maryn & Jillaine

Maryn

Lehman

Kaden

Logan

Brent

Davis

Jared

Comparing their heights to Jared's...Jay still lived in ON (with Lauryn), and he came to visit when we did.

Jillaine

The whole family, missing Lauryn (she had just been there for Christmas)

Mom & Dad

Darla & Brian

Family shot

Brian & a cowboy hat

Dad, Brent & Jared

Alberta in 2004

Soccer in AB
Decorating an Easter Bunny Hutch Gingerbread House
Jared arriving in AB
Kaden & Brian's Birthday celebration
Jillaine's 8 year old birthday celebration
Playing the Chocolate Dice Game
Lehman riding his bike

Random & Vehicle

Some pictures my younger siblings mailed to me, displayed on our fridge in NY.

We used to have TONS of fun hosting our friends from Ontario for the weekend

Brian bought this car from someone in Fairport in May of 2003, when the car he bought from his sister Lauren, a very old Corolla, died. On April 24, 2004, we got into an accident on the way home from work. We only had one vehicle. It was a not at fault accident - we hit a snowplow truck, but it was his fault:-) In any case, the car was totaled. I we both really loved that car.

toyota celica. I always wanted one, and then I had one, and then it was gone!

We paid $2000 for this Jetta, private sale. Biggest mistake ever. We owned it for 2 weeks, and it broke down every single day we had it. We gave it away to a young kid we knew who was going to try and fix it.

So, we bought this 2000 Honda Accord - our very first car loan! It cost $10,000, but we had used most of our money for the other car, so we got a loan for the balance. We bought this one from a dealership, Adrenaline Autohaus. They sold very pricey Porsches etc, and this car was traded in, and not something they wanted on their lot. So we really got an excellent deal, it was worth more than we paid for it. This car NEVER broke down one single time, from the day we bought it, to the day we sold it in 2012. We adored this car.

Gleason's 2003

This is footage from 2003, on the night we were given the video camera (from Brent, the Gleason's and other siblings). My parents/family had already moved to Alberta in October, and Brent, finishing up work was about to join them there. Jared already lived with the Gleason's, and Lauryn with Auntie Collette. Our friend Dave Edmonson was visiting us for the weekend, and we came up to Toronto for a visit.