Family Day

Our Family Day tradition is to go to Waterton for a wiener roast in one of the enclosed camp kitchens.  This year the large camp kitchen that we went to last year was blocked off with a big snow drift, so we went to a smaller camp kitchen by Linet Lake.   We all arrived , and  found  the door was blocked off with a snow drift on the inside of the camp kitchen.  Our memory this year is going through a window (I won't tell you how we got inside through the window) but we got inside and removed the snow drift blocking the door.  We were able to fix the window, start a fire, and roast our wieners and we had all sorts of treats and food and stayed toasty warm by the fire.  It was really windy outside but the kids had a fun time playing outside in the snow drifts.    We brought hot water from home and had  hot chocolate and hot apple cider to warm us up.  My policy is not to post pictures of my grandchildren (I will let their  parents decide to post or not ) and since all my pictures at the camp kitchen have grandchildren in them  I will not post those pictures but here are some pictures  of Cameron Falls and some deer that I spotted along side the road. We all had a great time and we sure missed those family members that was not able to join us.

Twin Calf

Yesterday, was decision day for one of the twin calves.  The mother cow did not have enough milk for both calves and so Rod decided to take one of the calves away and bottle feed it .  This is the calf named Gavin that he is feeding on the bottle.  The other calf is very aggressive and will do just fine with it's mother.  The other calf's name is Cason.

These pictures are for E  in connection with her science fair project.  If you haven't seen her science fair project check out Megans Musing blog and see the awesome job that she did.  Can you see how many owls there are?

Yesterday, Scott, Mandy and family came for a visit.  We sure love to have them come and see us and their kids are sure growing.  Cason is crawling and is a very active little boy and so cute.  I may be prejudice but then all my grandchildren are so cute.  The girls were able to go out to the barn and see the new baby calves.  We have a set of twins that were born first and then one other cow had a  calf,  and so we have three baby calves so far.  New baby calves makes me think that spring may be just around the corner.

We all went into Steve and Shannon's to celebrate Leah's birthday.  It is hard to believe she is nine already.   We had delicious birthday cake and of course Leah had some presents to open.    It is nice that Shannon and family lives so close by.

Today after work I went to my first "Zumba" class at Curves.  Not Pretty!!!  I realized how uncoordinated I am but it was kind of fun. Sometime, it is fun to just step out of the box and experience new things.   Zumba is a fitness dance  that is done to Latin  and Columbia type music. 
The lady who was teaching us was really good but the rest of us were trying to figure out what foot we were suppose to be on.   She is coming once a week until the trainers at Curves can learn and then teach the rest of us.

The other day,  I saw the movie "Secretariat" at the store and  I thought Rod would really enjoy it, so I bought it for him along with some chocolates for Valentines Day.  Tonight for Family Home Evening we watched it.  It was a really an  awesome movie.  Rod was  really thoughtful!  I told him quite awhile ago that I wanted a new scarf and he picked one out for me all by himself and surprised me for Valentines Day.    I hope your Valentines Day was as happy as mine was.

Can you tell what wasn't working this morning? Yes, we woke up this morning and my fridge wasn't keeping things cold.  I called the repair man and he is on holidays until February 17th.  I called another repair man and he told me to take everything out and open all the doors and let it defrost to see if there is an ice build up that is   not letting the cold air reach the top part of the fridge.  In the meantime I am glad for the snow outside.

We finally have our jeep back today after the installation of the new alternator and the delay of having to put in a new battery.  Rod drove in with me  so that we could pick it up before I went to work this morning but when we tried to start it up,  it wouldn't start.  They charged the battery at the shop and it finally started.  We decided we would put in a better battery in the jeep and replace the one that the auto body shop put in that was crap.  So late this afternoon I finally got it back.  I hope nothing else breaks down or we might start to think that we should of written it off and bought a new one.  Oh Well!  Hind sight!

Poem

I found this poem the other day and I wanted to share. 

Leaning and Lifting
There are two kinds of people on earth today,
Just two kinds of people, no more, I say
Not the saint and the sinner, for 'tis well understood
The good are half bad and the bad are half good
Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man's wealth
You must first know the state of his conscience and health
Not the humble and proud, for in life's little spin
Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man;
Not the happy and sad, for the swift-flying years
Bring each man his laughter and each man his tears
No! Two kinds of people on earth I mean
Are the people who lift and the people who lean
Wherever you go you will find the world's masses
Are always divided in just these two classes;
And oddly enough you will find too, I ween,
There is only one lifter to twenty who lean,
In which class are you?  Are you easing the load
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road?
Or, are you a leaner who lets others bear
Your portion of labor and worry and care?

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Thursday was our monthly seniors dinner.  After the dinner  all the seniors  got out their lap-top computers and  we all  received our training for this session.  Some qualified computer people have been coming and  giving us training as part of the government grant program.  Part of the money the seniors received was for the purchase of the lap-top computers and the other part of the money was to be used for supplies and people to come and teach us how to use them.  Our group has various experience.  Some know a lot about computers and some have very little knowledge.  I think we are all learning a lot and we can also help those who need some help.   I love to take our  lap-top down to Audrey and help her maneuver to the different sites so that she can see what everyone is up to.  For the most part we can get on the Internet down to her house.  Thank you Lindsey for the purchase of the router.

Jeep Back In Shop

Just a note to say that the Jeep is back in the repair shop getting fixed.  I felt like something wasn't quite right for the last week and yesterday when  I was going to work a battery warning light kept coming on.  Rod took it back down to the repair shop and we found out today it needs a new alternator.  We are trying to get it covered under the insurance as part of the accident coverage.

Today, Rod and I took Audrey down to Lethbridge for her eye appointment.  I bought a few things along with a bunch of groceries.