Our Timeline
British Columbia
10 Nov 1994 - Kim arrived home from his mission, and was released from his calling as a missionary at 20:00 by Alan Herrington, first counsellor in the Surrey BC Stake presidency - who helped set him apart as a missionary.
04 Dec 1994 - Mary and Kim met for the first time at a potluck supper held at the Vancouver 3rd Branch - a Young Single Adult congregation.
29 Jan 1995 - Kim asked Mary out on their first date.
04 Feb 1995 - Kim and Mary had their only non-committed date at the Old Spaghetti Factory.
05 Feb 1995 - Kim and Mary began to go steady.
11 Feb 1995 - Kim and Mary went on their second date. This one was a committed date.
15 Feb 1995 - Kim and Mary were unofficially engaged.
18 Feb 1995 - Kim and Mary were officially engaged.
05 May 1995 - Kim and Mary were officially married.
20 May 1996 - Kim and Mary lost their first baby, Ravine Meadow Reine, at nearly three months into the pregnancy.
03 Sep 1997 - Kim started his post-secondary schooling at Douglas College in New Westminster.
09 Mar 1998 - Kim was accepted at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta), and plans began to make the move in summer of 1998.
19 May 1998 - Kim and Mary discovered they were expecting their second child.
27 Jun 1998 - Kim and Mary left Surrey for Lethbridge.
Alberta
16 Sep 1998 - Kim and Mary started a home-based business called Siever Resources.
12 Jan 1999 - Sinéad Aurora Fève was born at 08:55.
Aug 1999 - Moved out of university housing into a duplex down the street.
Sep 1999 - Kim dropped out of school.
May 2000 - Kim enrolled in the Multimedia Production programme at the Lethbridge Community College.
09 Apr 2001 - Regan Alexander Nephi was born at 18:04.
30 Jul 2001 - Kim and Mary purchased a car - a white 1985 Dodge Diplomat.
07 May 2001 - Kim finished his course work at LCC and began a practicum maintaining a website for the U of L's Faculty of Management.
June 2001 - Kim elected as first president of the Southern Alberta New Media Association.
17 Aug 2001 - Kim decided to run for municipal politics. He's third out of 35 to announce his candidacy for one of eight aldermanic positions in Lethbridge.
31 Aug 2001 - Kim finished his practicum, but the U of L kept him on while they sort out the creation of a new position.
15 Oct 2001 - Kim's 946 votes were insufficient to help win him a seat on council.
19 Nov 2001 - Kim was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge.
15 Dec 2001 - Kim received his diploma in multimedia production from Lethbridge Community College.
17 Dec 2001 - Kim was officially hired on as a full-time employee at the U of L.
06 Feb 2002 - Kim was approved for a business licence for his graphic and website design company Panorama Designs. Mary is also working to get a business started called Whole Mother Birth Services.
24 Apr 2002 - Mary paid for the developmental fee for Whole Mother Birth Services. She is getting financing to purchase the rest of the business licence.
29 Apr 2002 - Kim received a letter saying that his application to join Mensa had been accepted and his membership would take effect once the annual dues had been paid.
15 Jun 2002 - After living for four years in West Lethbridge, we moved to a house just south of downtown.
02 Dec 2002 - Kim resigned from the Allied Arts Council Board of Directors.
16 Jun 2003 - We purchased a blue 1985 Suburban because our Diplomat broke down.
22 Jan 2005 - We confirmed that we were expecting another baby.
01 Feb 2005 - We purchased a grey 2002 Ford Windstar. We were having too many vehicle problems with the Suburban over the winter.
29 Sep 2005 - Aisling Elisabeth Winter was born at 17:23.
26 Oct 2005 - We bought our first house.
27 Jan 2007 - Sinéad is baptized.
Feb 2008 - Kim takes a seat again on the Allied Arts Council Board of Directors.
27 Jun 2008 - We confirmed we are expecting another baby. After nearly three years since Aisling was born, we are very excited.
Feb 2009 - We went on a week-long trip to Hawaii with Kim's mum, as well as his two brother Jody and Douglas and their families.
1 Mar 2009 - Aoibheann Bree Holly Siever was born 03:38, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Details to follow.
11 Mar 2009 - Regan is baptised.