Spring Break - but late

On spring break, we had planned our holidays hoping that the kids would come for a visit.  However, they had sports and other commitments and so they were unable to make the visit.  We made the best of it though, and each morning, we had our coffee in the hot tub, and frequently had fires in the evening. We also went for a few day trips.  The picture with the snow is at White Swan Lake, about 25 km's up into the mountains.  there was still about 2 feet of snow and the ice was estimated at about 14 inches thick.  It's beuatiful up there and we plan to go back and do some camping and fishing there this summer.

First campimg trip of the year

This weekend was our first camping trip of the season.  We went to Northstar Lake which is a spring fed and therefore very cold body of water.  It also has some great fishing as well as good sized camping sites.  The weather was a bit cool in the evening and on the first day (top picture) but the rest of the time it was in the mid twenties.  The great thing is, this campsite is only about a 1/2 hour from home.  The fish that I caught was about 4 1/2 lbs.  We decided to buy a fish scale so that we could see exactly how big they were but forgot it.  Oh well, next time.....

The Debate Continues

On a recent trip to the the USA, we stopped into Chili's for lunch and Karen decided to put their ribs to the test.  Much to her dismay, they did not stack up to Swiss Chalet or St. Hubert's but she believes that Tony Roma's is still number 1 (sorry Dad).

Christmas is long gone but.....

Well, better late than never......  we just realized that we haven't put in a post for a long time although we keep talking about it.  It's the getting around to it part that's difficult.  Here is our Christmas tree and  stockings (that Daryl picked out)  ...guess which one belongs to Karen.  Sigh.  yes... it's the one that says: "I've been very, very naughty."  while Daryl's stocking says: "Ive been very, very good" and is about 4 feet in length. Due to the Christmas tree in it's spot by the window, the dog's beds got moved, much to the confusion of Logan and Ginger.

On Strike

When Daryl started working at the College he had the "pleasure" of joining a union for the first time.  2 years later......look where it has got him.  Notice how Daryl is dressed, he would like to know why nobody strikes when it is warm and dry outside.

Winter clean-up

After the big tree falling of 2012, we had many stumps and branches left that we were unable to burn in the spring due to open fire bans.  We were forced to wait until recently to burn all of our yard waste (that's right, we burn it in the 'brook).  Sounds redneck -and possibly is- but Daryl was extrememly happy when he had flames that stretched 12-15 feet high in the air.  That's right, he loves fire, and following tradition, he always has the biggest fire around.  (we put that last line in for the Kohut  kids....)  This is taking place behind our shop in the "back 40" a.k.a our backyard.

Filling Some Holes

After we got back from our trip to the United States, we decided to work on the back yard a little more, including digging out the gravel and clay "floor" of Daryl's shop in order to prep it for concrete.  We rented a Bobcat  and went at it for a day.  Daryl had a lot of fun filling, back-blading, smoothing and tamping in order to try and level out our uneven yard.  We finished by spreading grass seed but those pictures will have to caome at a later time.