The balance of 2009

We spent a couple of days at home before we rushed back to Calgary to spend some time with Edward's children while Edward and Jacqueline went east for Edward's yearly accounting seminar. They were a busy group with early morning seminary, volleyball, band, music lessons, swimming lesson, cubs, young men and young women groups and play group - and maybe other activities that I have forgotten.

Again we went home for a few days and then left for Utah. We attended a China teachers Alumni meeting. We saw a few of the teachers we had met previously and one other couple from Nanjing.

Then we visited with Darwin's family. Amber, Chloe & Owen were just getting over H1N1.

We returned from Utah on the 5th October and on the 7th we left to spend Thanksgiving in Montana with Jeremy and family. The roads were glare ice so it wasn't a fun drive. We were going to do a hike while we were there and we drove to the trail-head but while it was -3 down at the cabin it was -10 and felt very cold higher up on the mountain.
Following are a few pictures taken that day.



We then spent a couple of months at home, although we made a couple of trips up to Calgary for Bentley and Austen's priesthood ordinations. We also went to Taber at least once.

On the 23rd December we again left for Montana. The road wasn't quite as bad this time. We had a great Christmas with Jeremy and family and Edward joined us on Monday. We went bowling and most of the family skiied at Big Mountain a day or two.

View from the Cabin

Christmas Eve PJs

Santa made it!

We left on Tuesday and returned to Lethbridge. Edward and family followed on Wednesday night. And so ended 2009.