Models & Marriage Moments in Montreal

Remember that inspirational girl I mentioned? The one in a wheelchair, running to be the face of a new beauty campaign? Well, she won that contest. And it was amazing.

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

And after all that hair and makeup and styling and set design and photography and editing… this gorgeous being was turned out:
Jessica Kruger | New face of Lise Watier's Something Sweet Perfume Campaign

If you want the full scoop, just go google “Jessica Kruger Lise Watier” and about 200+ articles, tv clips, radio snippets and photos will come up. This girl is a media maven!

Now, a side-benefit of Jess going to Montreal was that I got to go with her 🙂 And a side-benefit of *that* was that Jon drove up from Maine to visit. Yes, yes, after 8 weeks of long-distance-marriaging, I actually got to see my dang husband for 6 glorious days (*go ahead and insert your conjugal visit joke here*).

We celebrated 8 months of marriage, had a 1-month belated birthday cake, ate poutine, devoured the freshly-cooked Maine lobsters that Jon brought with him, visited the Botanical Gardens, rode Bixi bikes, hiked a mini-mountain, swam in a lake, tried Vietnamese, stayed in a loft in a corn field, and just generally tried to make the most of every minute we had together.

And I have proof 🙂

This was our loft…

The loft we rented on www.airbnb.com -- awesome place!I was sorta happy to see Jon again 😉

A happy wife with her busy husbandEspecially since he brought 6 of these things (I ate 3) (hehehe)

Maine lobsters -- brought across the border into Quebec and devoured

Happiness - 8 months of marriageThe botanical gardens of Montreal were pretty spectacular,

Montreal Botanical Gardens

Us in the Montreal Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Us in the Montreal Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens

Happiness

Botanical Gardens in Montreal

Botanical Gardens in MontrealThis is Jon saving the white pants with a tide-to-go-pen, not me knighting him 😉

Jon saves the day with my tide-to-go penIt’s very handy having a sister who will snap random photos of you and your husband…

A happy couple

A happy coupleYou never know what special moments she’ll capture 😉

A happy couple?

A happy coupleDid I mention that we ate some poutine??

Poutine!And hiked a mini-mountain?

Hiking Mont St-Hilaire

Hiking Mont St-Hilaire

Hiking Mont St-HilaireThis ultra-light was having a good time buzz-bombing us, and sprinkling petals (you can actually see them in the sky… no idea what that was all about!)

Hiking Mont St-Hilaire

Hiking Mont St-Hilaire

Hiking Mont St-Hilaire

Hiking Mont St-Hilaire

Hiking Mont St-HilaireThere was a Sunday morning breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall,

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Sunday Morning BreakfastFollowed by some Bixi biking (excellent system! just don’t leave your credit card in the machine… dangit!)

Renting Bixi bikes in MontrealJon’s a bit of a bike afficiando. I tried to get a picture of him doing wheelies (on a BIXI bike for heavens’ sake!) but I’m not quite stable enough to manage the camera and the whole balancing thing at the same time!

Riding Bixi bikes in Montreal

Riding Bixi bikes in MontrealI missed Jon’s birthday (June 19) so we had a belated cake…

Happy 27ieme birthday (one month late)And we even managed to find a sunny beach with a delightfully warm lake to swim in 🙂

Oka National Park - Montreal

Oka National Park - Montreal

Oka National Park - MontrealAnd then, after one last poutine, it was all over.

Poutine... again!

Now we’re back to our East Coast/West Coast lives, hoping and waiting and crossing our fingers that my immigration paperwork will. be. finished. SOON! At which point, ironically enough, we’ll go back to Montreal for immigration interviews (their consulate is the closest to Maine) and maybe a little more poutine 😉

Leah <3


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  1. So happy for your sister Leah, she is so gorgeous! You guys both look great after your amazing winter adventure. It’s not easy to live a full life, would be easier to stay in the “system”. You are doing great. Leah please email me if you have a min and would like to get a cup of coffee somewhere in Brunswick or Freeport.

    Jeanne

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