Yesterday, I finished staining the new boards that we put on the front of the deck, to replace the boards that were damaged last winter. I won't go into how they got damaged, but I will say, that Rod is not allowed to be within  three feet of the decks with his tractor.  I was smart in that, I wrote down the color and brand of stain when I stained the decks last year,  so that I didn't have to stain  all the decks by our house this time.  It looks 100% better.  I am also posting my patio tomato plants that I have been babying along all summer.  I bring them in every night and put them out in the morning and make sure I water them every day.  I picked the two ripe tomatoes this afternoon and we had them for dinner in our tossed salad.  There is nothing better than  vine ripe tomatoes.  Very tasty!

Surprise Produce Box

I am really excited tonight,  because my fridge is full of nice fresh produce.  I was telling Jennifer (the girl I work with at the office) about Megan's bountiful baskets that she  received last summer.  Jennifer told me that the Hutterite colonies in the area do about the same thing with the produce that they grow.  They have a box full of fresh produce that a person can buy for $25.00 and what is inside the box is a surprise.  My box contained  green onions, cauliflower, spinach, tomatoes, radishes, peas, new potatoes, broccoli, beets with beet greens, lettuce, cabbage, baby carrots and garlic.  For supper I had a tossed salad, cooked baby carrots with peas, cooked new potatoes and barbecued chicken.  Very delicious!

Swim Meet

Today I went and watched Leah and Aidan participate in the Cardston Swim Meet.  Teams came from Raymond, Magrath and Cardston.  Leah and Aidan were awesome and they both did really well.  I am so glad that I was able to go and watch the girls participate, even though it was extremely hot watching them in the stands.  It almost made me want to jump in the nice cool water myself.  Way to go girls!

Hike to Crandell Lake

The Stake Relief Society in the Cardston Alberta West Stake organized a hike up to Crandell Lake for today.  One of my goals for this year was to go on more hikes up to Waterton and so I asked Shannon to go  and participate with me. The weather was great, not too hot and not too cold and the wind was not blowing so  it made for a really enjoyable day.  We got to the lake in good time and then there was a group of us that wanted to hike some more,  so we hiked up the trail  to the Cameron highway and then back to Crandell Lake where we ate our lunch and then headed back to our cars.  Shannon, Judy Olsen and I  stopped in Waterton where we went  for a treat of shaved ice at Weiners. Very Good! I am glad that I had a great day with Shannon. 

Motorcycle Race

We kind of all went in opposite directions today.  Some of the family went up to Waterton, while Rod and I decided to go to Raymond to watch Scott's motorcycle race.  We hurried this morning because his race was suppose to be around 10:00.  I found it  really hard to take pictures during the race because by the time I found Scott  in the view finder and pushed the camera button he had  already gone by, or if I anticipated when he was coming into the view finder, and I pushed the button, it was way too soon and all I got was a picture of dirt.  So this is the best I could do under the circumstances.





  





Scott is number 696 ( The good looking one!!!) The next picture is not of Scott, but I included it anyway.

I snapped this picture a little late! Sorry Scott!

 

Audrey's Birthday

We celebrated Audrey's 87th birthday on Friday, July 1st.  We had a great time catching up on each other's families, events, and came to honor a wonder lady.  Later that night we went in to town and watched  the July 1st Canada Day fireworks.  Dan and Ruth brought this beautiful cake down with them.