Quiet Week with Lincoln and Miranda

Lincoln and Miranda attended a climbing camp at the U of L this week so they were gone all day.

Bob and I stepped into the modern world by buying "Smart Phones".  Luckily Lincoln was here to help us get them set up.  My phone doesn't seem that much smarter than the old one.  It still sends messages before I am finished writing them.  

On Wednesday evening we went to OSho for supper.

The first tomato from our garden ripened last week.  It was delicious even though it had hail spots on it.  We also have good raspberries in our garden this year.

Lincoln and Miranda left Friday evening to go to visit their grandparents in Mountain View.  Lincoln was due back last night, but hasn't shown yet.  Miranda is staying in Mountain View until her parents get back from Brazil.

Miranda and Lincoln at OSho (first attempt at photography with my "Smart" phone)

Wicked

On Thursday we went to Calgary.  It was Baines night at the musical, Wicked.  Twelve Baines, 2 Mosers and one of Erica's friends attended.  I thought it was a good performance. 

Part of the Group

After the performance we stopped at Peter's for Milkshakes.

Friday morning we brought Miranda and Lincoln back with us to Lethbridge.  They are here while Edward and Jacqueline are vacationing in South America.  They left Friday and Erica left with the showband today.

Carter came and visited with us today.

We went to Stirling

On Tuesday, Joan invited us to lunch at a new luncheon place in Stirling.  It is called something like Loraines Light Lunches.  We enjoyed the food and enjoyed visiting with Joan and her grandson, Dominique.  Joral Anne was there for a few minutes.

Home for a While

The big news of the week is that Sue-anne and Darryl and family visited us twice in one week.  Yea!  We also saw them at Bob and Jean Fletchers 50th Anniversary celebration.  I also did some visiting teaching.  Other than that it was a quiet week.

Saturday night there was a pretty sunset - probably because of the smoke from the forest fires.

Calgary Stampede and Canmore

Five days at home and we were back on the road to Calgary.  Friday evening we went to the stampede with Edward and Miranda and met Jacqueline at the grounds.  We watched the Outriders Band and the Calgary Stampede Showband of which Erica is a member.  We saw a few exhibits and watched the horse heavy hauling competition at the new Agrium Building.  After the Showband we bought red velvet mini donuts and then went back to Edwards.

Miranda Loves Horses

Our Very Favorite Band Member

The Showband Leaving

Jacqueline with the Mini Donuts

Saturday we went to a Stampede Breakfast at the Cranston Chapel.  They had a big turnout.  In the afternoon Jacqueline, Austen and Miranda went to pick up Lincoln at Mountain View, Bentley went to the Stampede and Edward, Bob and I went to Canmore to Aromas for dinner.  Years ago we had stopped at an eating place close to the hightway, but I had never been to downtown Canmore.  It is a touristy place.

Sunday we went to church in the Cranston ward and then hustled back to Lethbrige where we met Courtney, Carter, Ross, Paulette, and Josh (Ross's grandson from Victoria) for supper.

Stampede Breakfast at Lake Sundance

On Wednesday Bob took the little boys to McDonalds.  Liam and Orson returned from canoeing down the Milk River and were surprised to find us in place of their parents.

On Thursday evening we went to Edward and Jacqueline's house for a marshmallow roast.   It was a hot, hot day.

Friday Bob drove Orson to his piping lesson.

Saturday Bob took Liam to his drum practice and the rest of us walked to Sundance Lake for a pancake breakfast.  The boys enjoyed the bouncy castles and horse-drawn wagon ride.  There was a western band playing during the breakfast. After Bob dropped  Liam off he joined us.

Boys in the Bouncy Castle

Matthi liked the Waterfall

Nathan and Tara arrived home in the middle of the night and after church and supper we drove back to Lethbridge.

Monday I slept half the day  Today we went to the Temple.  Sue-anne, Darryl and family visited us this afternoon.

Canada Day - Elbow Falls

Last night we unexpectedly found ourselves in Calgary and will be here for the rest of the week due to a death in Dartmouth.  Bernie Alders, age 90, was Nathan's home teaching partner for the whole time Nathan lived in Dartmouth and Nathan wanted to attend the funeral so he was able to schedule some business meetings in Halifax and Dartmouth.  We knew the Alders when we were in Dartmouth.  Bro Alders worked at the temple when we first were there, but he quit working there as his  health declined.  Sister Alders worked in the temple the whole time we were there.  She drove to the temple twice a week even when others thought the it was too stormy to travel.

Today is Canada Day.  Bob and I with the three youngest boys (the oldest boys are away with the scouts canoeing on the Milk River) drove out to Elbow Falls.  There were hoards of people there.  The parking lot was full and cars lined the highways near the falls.  There were also mosquitoes.  Mattie suffered a few bites.  Although it was sunny and warm in Calgary, it clouded over near the falls and was a few degrees colder.  We only stayed a half hour and had our snacks before heading back to Calgary. 

Jeremy and Julie dropped in just after we got back.  They had been to Echo Lake but came home last night.