Springing Forward

In the past few weeks we have been busy rock climbing, hiking, volunteering, fundraising and goofing off. We also rocked out in UBCO's LipDub that is being released tomorrow! Make sure you check it out :)
I am very excited to say that in the past two semesters Theta Phi has volunteered over 856 hours in the community, and donated over $3,250 for our charities! Well done ladies!
For our end of semester dinner we went to Mimi's Restaurant and had a Bachelorettes and Bullets Murder Mystery! Everyone played their roles impeccably! Sadly to say Miss Rita Roberts (aka Michelle) met an untimely death by Mrs Hannah Homemaker (aka Gina) !!!! A round of applause to Justice Jangle (aka Emily) for solving the murder!
We also had the pleasure of congratulating our new (and first) alumni on their accomplishments and wished our wonderful ladies the best as they take the first steps on their new journey. Congratulations Jessica, Reyanna, Mandy, Maegan, Haley, Rachel R, Halley, Lindsay, and Rachel A!
I am also excited to welcome new faces to the Executive and Junior Councils, and am sad to see others leave their post. Each one of you has made a difference not only in Theta Phi, but in our hearts as well.
Congratulations on your positions;
Exec: President: Morgan, Vice President: Ashley, Secretary: Marissa, Social Coordinator: Brittany, Treasurer: Cari
Jr: Philanthropy Chair: Lana, Rush Chair: Sonja, Finance Chair: Gina, Historian: Cali, Memorabilia Chair: Vicky, Artistic Chair: Sanam.
I am very excited (apparently I am just excited all around!) for Easter as AOE has invited us to a sorority Easter Egg Hunt and BBQ on the 24th! A day full of chocolate, competition, food, and my sisters... how can I say no?!
I can't wait to see your smiling faces together again in the fall and to meet our new rushes and pledges!
As the semester comes to a close we all know what that means..finals! :s I wish everyone the best in their studies and their endeavors over the summer.
Much love, xoxo
Brittany

Saints and Sinners Masquerade

On Friday March 4 we hosted the Saints and Sinners Masquerade at the lovely Hotel Eldorado! It was a huge success! UBCO's Greek Life was looking quite dapper, all the ladies were looking fabulous in amazing gowns and dresses while the boys looking dashing in suits :) There was great music, dancing, and let's not forget the amazing outfits! It was a night filled with fabulous food and great company.

Fabulous Fall Fun

Hello Lovelies!!!

Sorry it took me so long to update, this semester started off so well that I haven't even had time to write about it!
Rush went amazingly well, lots of fun events that Brittany planned to a T and the result is a group of 11 amazing girls that are a perfect fit for the sorority!


Our first fun event of the semester was COSMIC BOWLING, and we all know how much we enjoy bowling haha. We all got white t-shirts to decorate and we're glowing to add glow in the dark paint this weekend and they will become our official cosmic bowling attire.
We played a couple games and had tons of fun, but as usual were not very good... except for my three consecutive strikes, followed by 4 consecutive gutter balls :(
Here's a whole bunch of pictures (and show you the faces of some of our new girls :))







This weekend we have our sister bonding night which is going to filled with fun and games and an abundance of laughter. Monday we're having a waffle breakfast sale and on Wednesday we're taking part in Campus Life's Cancer Awareness day with a "bakeSTRONG, eatSTRONG, liveSTRONG" bake sale!
Next weekend, not only is it MY 21st birthday, but it's also our annual Geeks and Greeks party!!!

Going to be an awesome semester. I'll keep you updated!
Missing all the ladies not around :(

Lots of love,
-Vicky

A not so hot summer in Kelowna

So for those of you that are in Kelowna for the summer you already know, but for those of you missing out.... it has been a very rainy and cold summer. Luckily enough it is supposed to be getting back to normal in a few days :)

I've been busy working at Kelly O'Bryan's and selling lots of pachos :P I must say that it's not as much fun working there as you would think, it's SO much better!

As all of you know rush is fast approaching, so I have been busy trying to make sure it is our best rush ever! My brother just came home from Edmonton where he is posted at the moment. The family is a bit sad because this is the last visit he will be making to Kelowna before his tour in November, but we're making the most of it by constantly bugging him :) We are all very excited as just after the car wash my cousin is tying the knot with a very wonderful woman, so naturally we are all ready to partay!

I can't wait to see many of you ladies at the upcoming car wash! It's going to be HAWT HAWT HAWT and I'm not just talking about the weather!

Well thats all that's new in the life of Brittany,

Much love

xoxo <3

Brittany

Life in Richmond

Life in Richmond is going ok ... not as much fun as Kelowna! I coach most evenings and mornings with our local swim team - the Richmond Kigoos - which is lots of fun!! It's my first year coaching, but I'm finally getting the handle of it. Swim meets take up the entire weekend - each week we head to another city for a meet. This past weekend we drove to Vancouver (Vancouver Aquatic Centre) for a meet, next weekend its over to Surrey (Bear Creek Park). Coaching takes up a lot of time - having to write weekly blogs, make sets, doing entries for meets ... and much more, but its a fun time. As a coach we have weekly coaches meetings - nothing like our Sorority meetings! They're long, but not fun at all! I've been unofficially named the secretary (I take minutes and email them out), as well as I've been named social chair with my friend Sean and we plan upcoming social events for the club. If you want to see any of this its all at www.kigoos.com.

Next week I start my other job at the community centre. I'll be teaching cooking and science camps each week to kids aged 3-12 (3 different classes each week). I'm in the process of coming up with outlines and lesson plans .... school work seems easier!

My brother just had back surgery where they inserted metal rods last Monday - he was released from Children's hospital Friday, so he's been home a few days. Still in a lot of pain and extremely stiff. He can't lift over 5 pounds (which I find ridiculous!) It means we have to do everything for him - he was told he couldn't even lift a plate that had food on it! Before that he just won two gold medals at the Canadian National Rowing Competition in St. Catherine's, Ontario -- at least he was able to end his rowing career with two gold medals!!

I'm sad I won't be able to come up for the car wash :( I am hoping to come up 2 or 3 times between Sept and Dec - and hopefully once near the end of August (when I'm no longer working every day). Swim meets end second weekend in August - so maybe even a weekend trip up to visit!

Basically life is the same routine here ... not that exciting :(

Hope every one's summer is going wonderfully!

Miss you all so much,
lots of love,
-Jenn <3

Camping Trip!!!

So last weekend a few of us went camping out at Mable Lake as a late birthday bash for Mega. Despite the 2 hour drive and the crazy long spiral along the dirt road to get to the camping spot it was definitely worth it (but this is coming from the mouth of the girl who wasn't actually in the driver's seat). Maegan lined the whole road with balloons so that we wouldn't get lost which was lovely.

We got to the camp site and immediately cracked a drink. Pretty much a set up for the whole weekend haha. We sat around the campfire, drinking and chatting waiting for some more people to show up. Emma brought her adorable little dog Murphy and one of their nursing friends Chelsea brought her dog Keira who was equally cute. The two of them running around was fun and we all started putting up our tents before it got dark. Jaki and I had quite the nice set up with some foamy and our blankets, it was very comfy and cozy.

And then there's Bear! Haha, he was the guy in charge of the campground and he really seemed to like our group. He came by all the freaking time to just chat and "remind us of rules". Not to mention to warn us against TIMBERWOLVES! Lol, he was quite the character.

We built the fire up a little better, and started roasting WEINERS!!! Many, many "ask me about my weiner" comments followed as the drinking progressed. Some more friends showed up and we set up chairs around the fire and started playing a good old fashioned game of sociables. Jake quickly regretted this when he got to make up a rule and decided we all ought to talk in British accents. Little did he know we really dedicate ourselves to that role and damn we made our British names proud. Although, Jake was begging us to stop 3 minutes into the 20 minute laughter-fest. We got to follow up that role with Jake talking Canadian for the next 15 minutes. His take on it was pretty interesting.

The next day was HOT! So we decided we ought to change into our bathing suits and walk down to the beach. The lake water was super cold but that didn't stop a bunch of us from jumping in. Murphy decided to be even more adorable and dig a hole at the beach. It turned out to be almost as big as him, and it was pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen. He was jumping around to actually get into the hole to keep digging, and he even fell over once. After that we had a couple spurts of rain drops but the temperature never really changed so it was actually kind of nice. We roasted some more weiners and continued on drinking. And more drinking, and more and more lol. We busted out another game of sociables and all kinda passed out pretty early since we started drinking almost as soon as we woke up.

The next morning we had to wake up super early and pack up as fast as possible which we did. Somehow we managed to stuff four people, 1 dog, 3 tents, 2 coolers, 1 dog kennel plus all our clothes and blankets into Maegan's little echo. Go echo!

Well to all you ladies who were there, let me know if I missed anything, and to everyone who wasn't there I hope you now feel like you were!

Love you guys

-Vicky

I'm So Excited

This is officially the first post on the Theta Phi Sorority blog.

The best way for all our members to keep updated on sorority plans and individual girls lives!

Our next car wash is starting to get planned, hopefully for the 26th or 27th of June.