June is Almost Gone

Thursday morning we attended Sylvia Bullock's funeral.  We have known her since we first moved to Lethbridge 45 years ago.

That evening Edward, Jacqueline, Bentley, Austen, Miranda and Jackson stayed overnight with us.

On Friday we headed up to Calgary to see "Les Mis"  at the Jubilee Auditorium.  We stopped in at Tara's for a bit and thinking that it might be hard to find parking we arrived at the Jubilee an hour and a half early.  We wandered around and were suprised to find  a statue of Robert the Bruce.  Apparently there is a duplicate in Scotland at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn.

The Jubilee Auditorium is on a hill overlooking the city.  Here are a couple of pictures of the City.  Does is look like a city recovering from a disastrous flood?

  Bob liked the slogan on the trailer hauling the props.

 The Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

The last time I remember going to the Jubilee was about eighteen years ago when we went to "The Sound of Music".  The time before that was when I went to teachers' convention.  I was sitting at the back of the auditorium knitting and I dropped a knitting needle and it rolled down the floor.

The auditorium reminds Bob of his time working at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton during the summers when he was attending U of A.

Bob and some of the Maynes bunch who provided the tickets for the show.

We stayed overnight with Tara and the four boys who were home.  Nathan and Orson had gone to a Regatta in Regina so Orson could compete in paddling.

This morning we drove to Mountain View for the funeral of Mary Jacobs (Julie and Jacqueline's grandmother).

Now we are back in Lethbridge with one day left in June.

Good-bye Utah

Saturday Susan, Trent and their three youngest girls came for supper and we had a good visit.  We spent the rest of out time in Lehi just hanging out.  Tuesday just after noon we said our good-byes and left for home.

We left hot, dry, sunny  Utah and the clouds began to gather.  It was cool, cloudy and showery all across Idaho and Montana.  We stayed overnight in Butte and arrived home around three p.m. today.

We were happy to find a dry basement but very sad to see our poor tomatoes.  The leaves were beaten off.  There were also leaves beaten off one of our Saskatoon trees and crabapple tree.  Our new drainpipe had hail marks and a light in the backyard was broken.  Some kind soul had cleared all the debris off our driveway and left it in a box.

What is left of our tomato plants - Waaaah

Thanksgiving Point Dinasaur Museum

Yesterday afternoon Amber, Chloe, Owen and I visited the Dinasaur Museum.  Caden was at Scout Camp and Darwin and Bob were at cub scout day camp.

 

Archaeologist at Work

 



Here in Lehi

Yesterday we left Blackfoot, Idaho and drove to Lehi and we have been visiting with Darwin, Amber and family.  It was warm in the morning yesterday but when we got to Lehi there was wind and cooler weather.

The Green Hills of Montana

Apparently there was a lot of rain and hail in Lethbridge last evening.  We missed it because we were in Raymond sitting on the deck of the Evans home and didn't get a drop of rain.

Today we left Lethbridge before noon.  We drove across Montana.  In Northern Montana the hills were beautiful and green just like around Lethbridge.  I have heard that a dry, not summer has been forecast, but it doesn't seem to be around Lethbridge.  However the farther south we went today, the hotter and drier it was.

Edmonton, Calgary, Taber

Last Wednesday we left Lethbridge in the rain.    The rain didn't last long and we had a good drive until close to Leduc.  Then the rain really came down.  We went all the way across Edmonton to St. Albert in the rain and when we got to St. Albert we were greeted with a sign saying, "Tornado Warning".  We got to Barb and Bryan's house and they were watchng the TV to see if there was any danger from a tornado but it had gone off to the south east.

Uncle Doug, Aunt Fran, David, Chris and their children gathered at Barb's and we had supper and an enjoyable visit.  We had planned on visiting Uncle Doug and Aunt Fran again on Thursday morning but Barb suggested it would be too stressful for them, so we left in the morning and drove to Calgary.

Nathan and Tara hosted us from Thursday until Sunday afternoon.  On Saturday Edward and Jeremy joined us at Fish Creek Park for a hike, but as soon as we started out the sky became very dark and there was lightning, so we all went to Nathan's for a visit.  It had cleared off by the time we got back but later on it began to rain and hail.

Mickey spoke in church on Sunday morning and Orson and Jackson were set apart in the teachers' quorum presidency.  After church we had a snack and then returned to Lethbridge.

It was Father's day and we were invited to Sue-anne's for supper.

Daughter and Father on Fathers Day

A Couple of Quiet Weeks

The week after we arrived home from Branson there was a lot of rain including thunder and lightning.  Before the rain really got going Bob was able to plant tomatoes.  On the week-end we watched several of Taylor's basketball games.  Harveys opened a new place in Lethbridge.  We stood in a long line up to have a hamburger after Taylor's Saturday afternoon game.

The past week was bright and sunny and the painters managed to get the outside painting done. On Friday and Saturday Langley played basketball and we watched several of her games. Sue-anne, Langley and Carter had dinner at our house on Saturday.  We were going to Harvey's after Langley's Friday game, but again there was a line-up so we didn't wait.

Other things going on:  visits to the dentist and doctor, visiting teaching, home teachers, club.

What can I say?  Life goes on.