Guest Blogging: Mike Lindquist

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Hello world of Canadensis!

Seasons greetings from beautiful California, and what I mean by beautiful, I mean rain.  But rainy is good, because rain makes snow (and Corn, shout out to Boys Bunk 10) and snow allows me to ski, and work!

So how is life you ask? Amazing!  I am currently waiting for January to begin my teaching credential program at Norte Dame de Namur University and in the mean time I am speading my time either with my lovely fiance, Senior Girls Assistant Head Counselor Alyssa Thibodeau, or working at 2 of my jobs.  The first job is a part time job at a outdoor retail store and the second is coaching a JV team basketball team at Crystal Springs Uplands School.  At work, my job in selling skis and ski related equipment and also doing rentals.  So when it snows, business is good, and when business is good, Mike gets lots of hours, which allows me to suprise Alyssa with random dates!

Secondly, my JV team at CSUS has been more fun than anything else.  The players are great and reminds me of camp.  The has gotten off to a rough couple of games but a win before the winter break will give us some momentum before league play starts in January.

But most importantly I have been watching alot of sports.  Not because I have tons of time on my hands, but I am a life long fan of a certain San Francisco Baseball team, and also my Oregon Duck Football team who will be playing for the national championship the day after the reunion, January 10th!

Lets start in mid September, when my stress levels were way too high watching all the Giants games.  When they finally won the NL West,  I was just happy to be in the playoffs.  I thought we could beat the Braves, but I honestly didn’t think we could beat the Phillies.  Glad I was wrong! I enjoyed Game 1 of the World Series around AT&T Park where the Giants play to a great atmosphere and can not believe they actually won a Championship!  (Good thing we won it this year, now that Philly has gone and bought (and traded) for the best rotation of all time, however, the giants are have the best HomeGrown rotation ever.  Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, and Bumgarner were all drafted by the Giants) What more can I ask for…

Well I guess if that wasn’t enought, the Ducks have been the best football team in the country! I honesty do believe the Ducks might be able to beat the pitiful Niners.  If you have not seen a Duck game (or their amazing uniforms) you will sure be in for a treat.

So wedding planning… I don’t really do much, I just either agree or disagree with whatever Alyssa comes up with (most of the time agree ;).  However, she gets to plan the wedding, I get to plan the honeymoon… seems fair.

How many of y’ll ski?  These cold winter months would go by way to slow if it weren’t for skiing!  The resorts are Heavenly Tahoe, and Northstar at Tahoe, both are free for me due to my position working at the ski shop!While San Francisco is great I keep missing the 18325 and can barely wait another 6 months! Just think in 180 some odd days, you will alll be on buses going up the camp road, seeing all your friends and favorite counselors.  Keep warm this holiday season and look forward to seeing many of you this weekend!

Guest Blogging: Alyssa Thibodeau

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Heyy Everyone! Greetings from California!

While Forti is away, I get to guest blog for a day and I’m wciked excited to get to make a guest appearance :). As some of you know, Mike Lindquist and I are getting married next October. We met back in the summer of 2007 at Camp Canadensis and have been together ever since. He actually proposed at camp in the summer of 2009 down by Lake Lenape!

So needless to say Mike and I have been busy planning everything. Most of the time though I am the one actually doing everything but Mike has been nothing but a supportive fiance helping make decisions about vendors, color schemes, menu options etc. I’m just the one to actually put everything into action, which is okay with me. We’ve had a long engagement (by the time we get married it will be a little over 2 years since the proposal) so we’ve had a lot of time to think about exactly what we want. The Log Cabin, in Massachusetts near my hometown, will be our ceremony and reception venue. It’s located on top of a hill over looking a valley and with the fall foliage as our backdrop our wedding should make for a beautiful view. We’ve booked our photographer, videographer, officiant, DJ and  florist. We’ve also been looking at rehearsal dinner locations and are just fine tuning the details and save-the-dates have been sent. I’ve also gotten my dress and bridesmaid dresses have been ordered! My family has been busy planning our March couple’s shower. On top of all of that, our color scheme is going to be navy blue and orange. The bridesmaid will where and After 6 dress in a navy blue and each carry bouquets of vibrant orange gerbera daisies and roses. In leiu of favors, we plan on making a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. For those of you who don’t know who they are heres a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzJR4aRuyU .

A lot of other small details have been falling into place as well. It is all so exciting and we can’t wait to be married! I truly am marrying my best friend. If any of you would like to also follow my personal wedding blog where you can get a more detailed look at the planning process visit this site.. http://alyssaandmike10152011.blogspot.com/. Below are some pictures to give you an idea of the wedding. The first picture is from our engagement photo shoot. The second picture is of the ceremony location for our wedding (imagine fall foliage in the background). The third picture is what the bridesmaid dresses look like (just instead of green and white flowers imagine orange flowers). The fourth picture is the cake that my wonderful campers (shout out to the CIT’s of 2010!) made with JoJo in cooking and surprised me with it in the dining hall!

Well that’s all for now! Can’t wait to see you all in the summer of 2011!