Fairport NY Apt

Brian secured this rental, it was about 700 sq ft, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom in Fairport New York, in January of 2003. He started working for Promark Electronics in Honeoye Falls at that point, and this is where I moved to when we married in June '03. The rent was I believe $595 per month, and Fairport is "off the grid" harnessing their own power from the Erie Canal or something like that. So our electric bill was VERY cheap every month. I believe the biggest bill we got, running a/c all the time was $7.something. Never over $8 a month? Yes please! We LOVED the location (on the canal) of our little home in Fairport.

Shantz Gift Exchange

Shantz family gift exchange - Boxing Day 2003. Mom & Dad had already moved, and Jared and Lauryn were visiting them for their first Christmas in AB.

First Christmas

Christmas web-cam with family in Alberta

In our Fairport Apartment

We spent our first Christmas as a married couple in Albany, NY with Brian's family. My family had recently moved from Ontario to Alberta.

Funny Video

This was our first Christmas in 2003. We lived in Fairport, NY, (I mistakenly posted the video to youtube as '04, but it's '03). We were trying to send a webcam video to my family in Alberta, and were being very silly, obviously. Haha!!

Russian song

A song the girls learned while in Russia long version

Christmas in Fairport & Albany

A tour of our Fairport apartment, and some Bolger family Christmas. We spent Christmas Day with Brian's side, as the year previous, we missed them - they were in Russia.
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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.