Matt’s family from Scotland has been staying with us, and while it’s been busy, it’s been so nice having them here. His cousin Graeme came to visit us in Sweden at the end of the season, so it’s nice to see him again and meet his two adorable children! We spent Saturday at Playland and Matty and I are taking Graeme and his two children to Grouse Mountain tomorrow and maybe the suspension bridge as well!

We have both been pretty busy, juggling two jobs is…. interesting. For not being a morning person, working 545am-230pm is starting to get a bit easier! Anyways… here are some pictures from Playland!

Me, Matty, Kris {his brother} & Amanda

myself and the birthday boy, Graeme!

Amanda and her nephew Callum!

Gemma, Graeme, Caitlin & Callum

Big Graeme, Tom & Angie looking on

on the log ride!

XO- Chelsea

so…. ya’ll know my friend Jared from Calgary who played with Matty in Sweden this year. He suggested I get a job at Cowboys this summer during the Calgary stampede! I applied online and just had a Skype interview and am crossing my fingers and toes! What a cool opportunity to work hard and make some money, all while having fun! One of the ways they are going to go about hiring is through self promotion on social media platforms, like good ol’ twitter. I do have a personal twitter account, @ChelseaFlorko and I will be tweeting my bum off with the hashtag #iamteamcowboys!

Now I have another reason besides the cruise to work my ass off in the gym! So If ya see me tweeting about it, feel free to send me props in a tweet with the hashtag #iamteamcowboys!

Thanks guys!

hope I get to throw on my CowboyS hat

XO- Chelsea

Coal Harbour

Matty and I headed into Vancouver for the first time since we have been back, and wow. I missed this city!

PS: yes, we are wearing the same shoes.

XO- Chelsea

I’m back to work & the gym, Matt is back to the gym and training for next season, and both of us are busy with projects around the house. New carpets upstairs, painting, decorating, new bedding, and…. hunting for patio furniture for our front porch. I’m on the hunt for old pallet boxes, as I am going to make the table, but we need to find some cool chairs that aren’t $250 EACH.

Anyways, that is the extent of our exciting lives right now! We had a great weekend with friends, so below are some photos from the past week!

First day at work on the golf course.

cancer fundraiser

toni montana

watching the canucks game, pizza & beers!

the dogs wanted to watch too

gotta love costco steaks!

I got my long hair back!

Wow, does it ever feel great to be home. The only thing I could do without is the jet lag though, it seems to have gotten the best of me. Our flight home was at 9am, with a 2 hour layover in Frankfurt, and lucky us… we ran into our friend Kiel who plays in Germany. It’s always nice to see a familiar face when you are away from home.

We spent the past few days organizing things, and visiting with our families and friends. We took my mom to the Keg last night for her belated birthday dinner, and it was great. Minus the fact that I got pretty sick after dinner and was in bed by 830pm.

Today we are going to do a bit of un-packing/organizing… it’s mostly our closets that need a better organization system. I contacted California Closets this morning to come and do a consult with us, but I have a feeling it’s going to be pretty expensive… and we have a couple big things we are already doing to the house this summer, so I might have to try to find a cheaper alternative. If anyone knows of any ideas, holla at me! {& getting rid of clothes is not an option }

Looking forward to seeing all our friends in the coming weeks, but definitely missing our friends in Sweden!

Copenhagen airport

XO- Chelsea

We had our end of season party last night at Strumpis night club, and it was a blast! They reserved the top floor for us to have dinner & drinks and hang out until 11pm, then everyone headed downstairs for more drinks & lots of dancing. Of course we stopped at Burger King on the way home, where I took my heels off, and threw on my flats I had in my purse…. and yep, left my god damn shoes at Burger King. That’s what I get for eating Burger King.

It’s crazy to think that we are home on Thursday. It’s been such a great experience, and looking back I get a little teary eyed thinking of saying our final goodbyes. The one great thing about Matt’s job is all the amazing people you meet, and how it’s never really goodbye. You may just end up on the same team again, or even close by.

Here are a few pictures from last night..

with Kirsten & Emilie

Daniel & I at dinner

Kirsten & Matty

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Emilie & I hit up a fashion show in town for fashion week

Victoria & I went to the Veronica Maggio concert at Ritz

Matt's family from Scotland flew in for the weekend

Rylie told me she was ready to head home

Matty & I took a stroll to Indigo to meet the Kohns for dinner

XO- Chelsea

Ugh. That should sum up the task of packing up our entire apartment. Tomorrow is the FINAL home game, which is really bitter-sweet. After that, the boys finish playoffs with a game in Leksand on Friday afternoon.

It’s been such a great year for Matt’s team, finishing first for the regular season was a HUGE accomplishment. While the playoffs didn’t go as everyone had hoped, the fact that they beat the 2 Elite league teams was pretty cool to see. I tend to get a bit baffled/pissed-off when I see a comment here or there saying that the team sucks, as that statement is just plain delusional, but I’ve learned that just goes along with the sport.

I’m excited to get back home to get into a new routine for the Spring & Summer. Matty and I have a lot to look forward to and it will be his turn to relax while I bring home the bacon .

Can’t wait to see everyone! We are SO excited!

XO- Chelsea

Here is a video from November of Matty & Jared talking about hockey, Paris Hilton, and the dogs even make a cameo. Video loads at the top of the page!

http://na.se/sporten/ishockey/1.1432429-na-tv-se-kanadensarna-lara-sig-prata-narkingska

XO- Chelsea