Surprise, surprise!!!

Last Friday was my husband's birthday, so we had a few people coming over for tacos out on the deck.  I was trying to get everything propped on time (doing the usual headless chicken routine) after work,  when a "strange" truck pulled into the drive.  As I was trying to puzzle out who would be here 1-1/2 hours early and why does that look like Mom & Bill's truck/dog, one of the girls yelled "Gramma Gale and Grampa Bill are here."  Apparently Ron has known about the visit for the last month and kept it a secret from the rest of the family.

We had 19 here for Ron's birthday dinner, and I think everyone had a good time.

On Saturday we all went out to our friend's bison farm for a visit.  In addition to the bison herd, they have a couple of pet pot-bellied pigs and two water buffalo calves (who are also pets).

On Monday morning we built a fence around the front yard.  I am hoping the deer will choose "easier pickins" than our yard now. 

After the morning's work, we made the circuit of three different waterfall/swimming hole sites near here.

 

Mom and Bill went home this morning, then Eliie and I went for a walk at Paradise meadows for a couple of hours.

  It was really beautiful and there were a bunch of ripe wild blueberries for me to snack on

August 11, 2012

 Last Monday was a provincial holiday here (BC Day).  The whole family was busy volunteering with St. John most of the week-end at two art/music festivals in Comox. Kaili and I attended church long enough to teach Sunday School classes.  She was covering Dax's since he was needed for the bike squad with SJA.  It is a good thing he was there to, as they had a pretty bad injury to deal with first thing in the morning.  Fortunately, the person involved was up and around the next day- she came by to thank the crew for their assistance. The picture shows Kaili hard at work in the First Aid post at the Filberg Festival on Saturday afternoon. 

Elizabeth went camping with a girl friend at Horne Lake on Wed/Thur and came home tired and sunburned
after paddling around the lake for two days.  The rest of us have been busy working all week.

Today, after doing a bunch of clean-up around the yard, Ron and I took Ellie to the local tortilla factory to stock up on fresh corn tortillas.  Then we all took Adam (well, his likeness anyway!) to a local alpaca farm owned by one of my friends and her husband.  They currently have 33 alpaca, 3 of which are new babies.  They are expecting another baby any day now. Their fur is so soft and they have the sweetest faces- check out those eyelashes!

Ellie, "Adam" and Zephyr (Xena's baby- 12 days old)

Lily (Momma) and Lacy (6 days old)

We continue to have really warm, sunny days (80's) and the blackberries are beginning to ripen.  It is quite cool at night, but Ron and I are still sleeping out on the deck in the fresh air. 

Adam is in Moose Jaw SK.

I have created a website for him so you can get his current info as soon as I get it-HERE. 


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The website for the city of Moose Jaw is HERE.