We have just realised that it has been almost two months since we last wrote a post – definitely not a way to keep people interested in our blog. For that we apologise.
So where to begin….mmm, our last post was about Thanksgiving weekend…….
At the start of November we made a quick visit “down south” with stops in Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton. Ken decided it was time to visit his brother and family in Lethbridge. As we were driving that far we also decided to visit Ken’s nephew and wife in Calgary and then his friend Ken in Edmonton. It was quite a long drive down but the weather stayed good and with the help of an audio book we made it all the way to Calgary in 9.5 hours. It was a long drive considering we left Dawson Creek around 2.00 p.m. after a morning of work. The next morning we hopped in the vehicle again and drove the three hours to Lethbridge. We picked up Ken’s niece and had lunch with her. Ken then spent the afternoon driving his brother around different places while I hung out with his niece and then in the evening we all went for supper. We eventually arrived back at Calgary around midnight. The following morning we met up with Ken’s nephew Tim and his wife Ashley for breakfast. We had a great breakfast at a Dutch place. The pancakes were amazing and the breakfast definitely one to remember. After breakfast we all headed to BassPro Shop, much to Ken’s delight! If you haven’t been there, I highly recommend a visit – even if you aren’t big into hunting or the outdoors. The decor/design of the door is amazing – check out the following link for pictures : Big Bass Pro Shop
After several hours of wandering, a number of purchases and lots of Christmas gift hints it was time to leave and start driving again – this time back to Edmonton. We met up with Ken’s friend Ken for supper and then we all headed to Rexall Place to go to see the first evening of the “Working Ranch Rodeo” that takes place before the Canadian Pro Rodeo Finals. This rodeo doesn’t consist of the normal rodeo events (Bronc riding, bull riding, etc.) but the events are based on the everyday working tasks that cowboys undertake on ranches – cattle branding, separating certain cows from a herd, etc. It is pretty amazing to watch and see how they do it. We all had a great evening watching the rodeo and being together.
The next morning it was time to do some shopping before we met up with Victoria, a friend from Yellowknife. We had a great meal together and enjoyed catching up with everything that has been happening since we last met. Victoria had to head off to other uni activities and we started the drive back home. We finally got back home around 1.00 a.m.
On Rememberance Day Ken went out hunting with Frank and Rob again. This time it was a successful hunt. Frank shot a nice Mule Deer Buck. On the Saturday Frank came back out to our place and spent the day with Ken cutting and processing the meat. I even got in on the fun and helped out with the grinding and packing of meat.
The past month or so has been pretty busy for me at work as I have been helping out at quite a few H1N1 mass immunization clinics with my job. This has meant a few longer days but it has been great to be part of something that is in it’s own way helping people and getting to know work colleagues better.
November also saw us selling our faithful Dodge Caravan and buying a new van (a 2007 Chev Uplander). I found it sad to see the van go, but it was time to get something with a few less kms on it. We were able to sell the van quite easily and are enjoying the new one.
Last weekend we decided to enjoy some of the 3 foot of snow that had fallen in November. We invited some friends over and enjoyed an afternoon of snowmobiling and tobogganing, followed by evening of food and fun. It was nice to get out and enjoy the winter again. Ken especially loved getting out on the snowmobile, going for a ride and seeing all the animal prints around our yard.
December is well and truely here now and Christmas is only 19 days away. We finally got our Christmas tree and decorations up (later than normal as I appear to have been a grinch/scrooge this year) and have started watching Christmas movies. We even headed to Grande Prairie this weekend and bought each other our Christmas gifts. It was a fun trip and even nicer was the fact that the shops didn’t seem too busy considering there are only three weekends left until Christmas!!!!
Hopefully, we will put finger to keyboard to before Christmas or at least before the end of the year to write another post. In the mean time, hopefully you will enjoy the photos below.
