The Last Week of 2016

On Tuesday we had a short visit from Sue-anne and family who were on the way home from Waterton.

On Wednesday Bob finished shoveling the driveway and some of the road in front of our driveway.  It took two tries but he was able to get out of the driveway.  Edward and family arrived later in the evening.

Thursday morning we went with Edward to visit Sue-anne and family.  That evening Bob, Jacqueline, Bentley and Miranda went to the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden to see the winter light show which was quite spectacular.

Friday in the early afternoon Edward and family departed for Calgary.

Bentley, Miranda, Jacqueline

Miranda

Happy New Year!

Home Again

We spent a couple of hours at Nathan's on boxing day afternoon and then headed home.  It was not an enjoyable drive.  While it had quit snowing, the wind was blowing and there was blowing snow all across the highway making it hard to see.  We saw a couple of cars in the ditch and evidence that there had been others.

As we came off the Crowsnest trail we encountered a drifted in road all around the lake.  We got stuck in our driveway and out on the road in front of our driveway.  Luckily some of our ward members came by and pushed us into the driveway.

The picture doesn't look like there was much snow, but looks are deceiving.

Christmas with Edward, Jacqueline and family

We enjoyed a peaceful Christmas day.  We opened presents, attended church and ate turkey with all the trimmings and delicious pie.

Miranda

Austen and Lincoln

Bob and is Arizona State Hat

Anne received a beautiful quilt

Jacqueline

Christmas Eve in Calgary

We left Lethbridge on Friday, Dec 23rd and hurried to Calgary hoping to miss the snow that was forcast.  We got to High River before the snow started and it got worse as we approached Calgary.  By Saturday morning several inches had fallen.

In the afternoon Edward, Jeremy, and Nathan along with their families met at Sundance Lake for some skating.  Bob went along, but didn't skate.

Lochlan and Jeremy

Matt

Lincoln, Miranda, Mickey

In the evening we all had Chinese Food and then did the Christmas story with scriptures and video and had a Christmas singsong.

Jeremy

Liam, Keaton and Orson

Anne and Bentley

Julie and Kennedy

Alex and Erica

Lincoln, Liam, Edward, Jackson & Austen

Deep Freeze

We certainly enjoyed the warm weather in November, but December came all to soon and we have  had  freezing weather for some time.

We have our Christmas tree, outside lights, nativity and poinsettias decorating our home now.  Just a few more things to do before Christmas.

 

This has been a basketball weekend. We went to Coaldale yesterday to watch Langley make her three point shots. Her team has won both the games and the championship game will be played at four p.m. today.

Lincoln is playing in a tournament in Magrath this week-end.  Edward, Jacqueline and Miranda came from Calgary to go to the games.  

On Thursday evening we attended the Stringam Denecky Christmas party.

Last week-end Jackson stopped overnight on his way from Arizona.  He and Austen attended the Ward Christmas party with us the night he arrived. 

Merry Christmas!

Beautiful Weather in Lethbridge

Our plants are confused by the weather we are having.  They are beginning to sprout and bud out.

Sunday the 30th in the evening I attended the Young Women in Excellence Program with Julie, Jeremy and Mickey.  The next day we came home in time for Halloween.  We had only four groups of trick or treaters.

On Friday the fourth Bob and I watched Carter play in the Jr. High Volleyball zones.  I watched again on Saturday while Bob was at the Temple.

Sunday was a video conference for our region.

Sue-anne came for a visit on Wednesday.

Today is Remembrance Day.  Although we didn't go to the ceremonies we could see the fly over from our house.

Calgary, Airdrie, Banff and Lake Louise

Thursday afternoon we drove up to Calgary.  Bob stayed at Nathan
 and Tara's house and I went to Airdrie to watch Lincoln play volleyball.  Lincoln did well and his team won.

Friday morning Bob, Nathan and Tara went to the temple and I stayed with Matthi. 

Later in the afternoon we headed for Banff to attend the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Alberta Branch conference.  We stayed at the Banff Springs Hotel and attended a delicious banquet in the evening. We listened to the keynote speaker.

Saturday morning there were more speakers, but I listened only to one before I went to watch Keaton, Lochlan and Matthi swimming the hotel pool.  In the afternoon we drove to Lake Louise.

Lochlan making a snowball at Lake Louise

  We drove back to Calgary in the late afternoon.

Today we went to church and listened to wonderful talks by Lochlan and Keaton.

Calgary and The Foothills Hospital

On Tuesday Bob and I drove to Jeremy and Julie's house in Calgary.  Early the next morning we drove across Calgary to the Foothills hospital where I had an angiogram.  The good news is that I don't have blocked arteries. So what is causing my heart problem?

We were there all day and didn't get back to Jeremy's house until evening.  Nathan and boys and Edward and Jacqueline came to Jeremy's for a visit. Next day we drove back to Lethbridge.  I had an appointment with the oral surgeon on Friday morning.

Edward and Jeremy came and stayed overnight.  This morning they left to go pheasant hunting.

Then and Now

The weather was beautiful the end of September.

Our tomatoes didn't freeze until the night of October 9th.  We woke up on Thanksgiving day to snow.

Lakeway Blvd.

We had a great thanksgiving.  Nathan and Tara and boys arrived Sunday evening and on Monday Tara cooked Thanksgiving dinner for us.  Jeremy, Julie, Kennedy, Mickey, Sue-anne, Taylor, Langley and Carter joined us.

It's Autumn

After church we left Lehi and drove north, stopping overnight in Dillon.  We got home Monday and attended our Family Home Evening.  We did Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching during the week.  Sue-anne and Carter dropped in on  Friday.

Friday evening Edward, Jacqueline, Lincoln, Miranda and Nathan arrived.  Saturday morning we went to Cardston and met Sue-anne, Jeremy and Joan and then did temple ordinances for Ross.  After the Temple we went to Dairy Queen.

We came back to Lethbridge and met Julie, McKinley, Austen, Lincoln and Miranda and then Edward, Jeremy and Nathan took us out to dinner to celebrate my upcoming birthday.  It was a good day.

Lehi Grandchildren

Grandparents day at River Rock School

Last Tuesday we left Austen alone in Lethbridge and we set out for Lehi.  We stayed overnight in Blackfoot, Idaho and on Wednesday morning drove to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  Later that afternoon we drove to Lehi.

Thursday evening Chloe invited me to attend Standards Night where we listened to Janice Kapp Perry talk and sang some of the songs she had written.

Friday morning we walked over to Owens school and spent some time in his classroom and ate lunch in the cafeteria with him. 

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Can It Really Be September?

On the Thursday after our return from Echo, I went up to Calgary.  I attended the Calgary Highland Games with Nathan and family and saw Orson and Liam in their last competition.  Keaton also competed in the chanter category.  It was a long day.  We left Nathan's house at 7:30 a.m. and arrived back at 6:00 p.m.

Liam on Drums

Orson on Pipes

Sunday after church we took Nathan and Orson to the airport for a flight to Ontario.  Orson will be attending the University of Waterloo taking Software engineering.  His dad went along to get him settled in residence.  I hope they are enjoying the 30 degree weather there (feels like 40 degrees apparently) - much different than the cool 19 degrees we are experiencing.

I drove back to Lethbridge late Sunday afternoon.  Unbeknownst to me Edward and family had been in Lethbridge most of the time I was away.  They came to get Austen settled in as he is living at our house now and attending the University of Lethbridge.

Everyone except Austen left either Saturday or Monday.

Beautiful Day Over the Pass

Vacation at Echo Lake

Along with Edward's family and Mickey we spent some time at Echo Lake staying at the Jeremy Baines family cabin.

The weather wasn't the best but was quite nice for a few hours in the middle of the day.  It was cold in the morning and in the late afternoon it became windy and cloudy.

I spent a lot of time in the cabin reading.

As Bob went walking he checked out the livestock.

On Thursday afternoon we went into Big Fork and Kalispell to do a bit of shopping.  The week passed quickly.