Day with Bryce and Sandy

 Bryce and Sandy arrived Friday evening and we enjoyed visiting and get caught up on each other's lives.  The next morning we headed out past Chilliwack to the Minter Gardens.  I've always thought that would be fun to see but we we always on our way out or back from somewhere else and didn't have time to stop.  It was a beautiful day and beautiful place.  A very nice day.

Another yard update...

I guess this is all the exciting stuff we are doing these days, at least to take pictures of.....no new castles to see, so here is what we did last weekend.  The edging around the back lawn looked like this, so we weeded, cleaned up the edges and got some bark mulch.  It is called 'black bark mulch' instead of the typical reddish brown.  I like the way it looks. (the shovel is holding back the rose bush branches while we work there)

 We also got some cement pads to make a little path back to the blueberry bush.

 And this area looks way better than it has since we moved in.

The lawn is looking pretty good now.

Then after we finished that...which took most of Friday and Saturday, I made 4 rhubarb pies.  So who is going to help me eat them, since Dad isn't eating those kind of things?

Yard Update

Saturday was another yard work day.  We put more grass seed on the back lawn and then a light covering of peat moss over the top.  Then went to get some more cement slabs and pea gravel to extend the walk on the side of the shed.  It was a good days work and we were both very tired.....and today, I have sore muscles.

 This is the grass so far...no more moss, but still some weeds we will need to deal with later.

Trip to Cardston

 David and I had an enjoyable trip out to Cardston.  Doing it in two days, we didn't feel the pressure to drive straight through, so here we stopped for a little walk around Bonner's Ferry ID.  Quaint little town and shops.

 It was cold and windy in Alberta, but still beautiful.

So when we got to Cardston, we found out that we should have hurried more, because Dianne and Jeff had flown down from Calgary for a visit and had to be back by sundown (he only has his pilot's lisence for daytime.  So we had a quick visit and dinner, and then left in time for David and Grandpa to go up for a little fly over Cardston, then dropped them off and Dianne and Jeff were on their way.

 The next day we drove into Taber to visit Grandma's brothers.  It had been a long time since David had seen them so he was excited to visit with them.  This is Uncle Jess.  We also saw Uncle Don and Aunt Pat.

Grandpa was going so fast on this machine, that I didn't get a very good picture, but it shows you why he is doing as well as he is for 90!!  He does 30 reps a day.  He says it's a good workout for him.

 We always like to go for a walk around the temple and take a few pictures...as if it changes any.

 Then on the way home, we had our traditional visit to a car repair shop, adding another little town to list of memorable stops. With that little car problem, we had to stay overnight so Mike drove up to meet us, eat dinner (twice) and go to a movie.  That was a nice perk. The next afternoon we were on our way back to the good ole Northwest!!