Making Memories

October 17, 2009

Today we had a short and very sweet visit from Michel's nephew Jeremy Nixon and his wife Anita and two lovely children Patrick and Eden.

They live in Calgary and were on their way home. It was a very nice surprise.

September 29 - October 5, 2009

We spent one day short of a week in Grimshaw, AB. with my kids and grandkids and had a wonderful visit.

pictured above is 'grandma' sharing fries with her granddaughter - - to the right, Melody, who turned 2 on September 18th - Isn't she a cutie?? We had a great day shopping and just spending time with her. She enjoyed the dogs at Tammy & Rob's house.

pictured left is Michel and Tristan (my grandson) - sharing a bag of chips and a controller. They were playing XBox or something like that.

and below is my grandson Tristan, daughter Tammy, her boyfriend Rob - and of course there sits Michel and myself. You can see the huge plates of food in front of us. We sure do eat well!!!

my son Farren and his daughter Melody pictured below

and Melody playing in the warm air play
thingee before the kids arrived at her birthday party.

It was sad to leave them - seeing them once a year isn't enough. I made them promise that they'd come to Greenwood next summer and spend some time with us here....

We drove as far as Clearwater on Monday, Oct 5th (10 hours) and stayed at a B&B there, then continued on to Kelowna on Tuesday. We stayed with Michel's parents for the night, did a little grocery shopping in the morning then headed home. It doesn't matter where you go or how long you are gone - it's always good to get home!!!

Next we'll be loading up the motorhome for our trip south.....

September 27, 2009

A little farther north - - Plamondon, AB, about 2 hours north east of Edmonton, we stayed with another of my favorite cousins - Darlene and her husband Ed Cyre. We had such a good visit. We hadn't seen them in three years so once again we had a lot of "catching up" to do - Lots to say - little time to say it in.

Pictured right - Ed and Michel toasting our time together.

September 27, 2009

When we left Norman and Alice's we ventured to St Albert where we stayed with my girlfriend Deb and her husband Len for a couple of nights. The next day (Sept 26th) they took us to the outdoor market. This market place goes on all summer long, closing the Main Street downtown every Saturday.
(Pictured to the right is Deb and Len)
We went out for dinner later that day to a wonderful Italian restaurant on the West side of Edmonton. We drove by my old digs after dinner, then down Jasper Avenue, a place I hadn't seen in a LONG time.... and Michel had NEVER seen.

We left on Sunday, Sept. 27th and headed a little farther north after a good breakfast. Deb's daughter Danielle and her husband Morgan and their two girls joined us for breakfast and a short visit.

(Pictured here is: l to r - Len, Hudzyn, Lakelyn, Deb, Myself, Morgan and Danielle)

In this picture Deb is busy painting Hudzyn's fingernails. Little girls - sugar and spice......

September 25, 2009

We left the Mountainaire Lodge this am, northbound for Edmonton.

There we visited for a few hours with one of my favorite cousins - Norman and his wife Alice. We had such a good visit; hadn't seen them in a few years so we had a lot of "catching up" to do. (This picture was taken a few years ago)

September 24, 2009

We started our Alberta holiday yesterday, spending our first night with Michel's daughter Alisha and her husband Rob. We went out for dinner and later had an exciting game of dice. No pictures taken - forgot the camera in the suitcase - good way to start a holiday eh????

Today we are at Mountainaire Lodge, near Sundre. The Lodge burned down last year and they are in full swing rebuilding. Michel even put on a hard hat and joined the crew for the day.