May 24, 2016

Spent the long weekend north of Grimshaw visiting my son Farren and his little family.  We had hoped to bring Melody up with us, but her mom had other plans for her for the weekend, so we were unable to do so.  But we enjoyed our visit anyway.  

Violet has grown so much..... she's 15 months now and quite a little personality! She's a busy little love bug. She kept us entertained !

going for a walk

 As per usual, Alberta's weather is predictable - snow on the May long weekend!  The snow actually blew in on Thursday to a height of about a foot.  When we arrived at Farren's on Friday afternoon, the power was out (and had been since the middle of the night), and he was busy getting a generator hooked in. The power came back on around 6:30 that night, so we carried on with our weekend. But the snow didn't stop the kids, or the dogs from having fun! And it certainly didn't slow down the weekend. 

Sasha and Seger

Monday morning brought sunshine, and with that the rest of the snow melted and turned into a very nice warm day.  We drove out to Sulphur Lake, which is about 50 km from Farrens. Here we enjoyed the sunshine and relaxed a little more.  Violet enjoys the great outdoors, and was busy exploring while the dogs were busy running into and out of the lake.   

Michel looking out at the lake

We were sure happy that we decided to stay the extra day. We don't get to spend very much time with Farren, so this was very special for me.  Jade and Farren showed us a very good time and I got some top notch snuggle time with Violet. Thank you - and remember I love you to the moon and back!