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 joinMensa 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.

7 Apr 2010 – Kim was laid off from the University of Lethbridge

9 Nov 2010 – Kim was hired by H&R Transport as a fleet manager.

1 May 2011 – Kim left H&R to go back to university to complete his bachelor’s degree.