September 26, 2011 – Yesterday we had a wonderful day with Lindsey and Mar. We met Lindsey at her place of work and she gave us the grand tour and showed us all around. Wow! The building is full of lots of big machines that preform different functions and tasks. She told us how the information is programed into the machines from diagrams on paper and then the machines make all sorts of different parts. The parts are then tested and then are shipped all around the world. Lindsey showed us the two main machines that she is working on right now and the parts that she was making. I just stand in awe of how my little girl has learned and grown and how she is working with such complex instruments and the magnitude of the production at her place of work.


We then went over to Lindsey and Mar’s place for dinner. We had for dinner, steak, lobster, shrimp, potatoes and carrots and cooked tomatoes that were halved with cheese on top. It was delicious!

Lindsey and Mar;s bilingual cat.  Lindsey speaks to it in English and Mar speaks to it in French.

We then went to Cirque du Soleil. What an inspiring and spectacular performance.  I really enjoyed the performance.  It was a really fun day spent with two special people.  Thank yoy!

We are home from our trip down to the sand dunes.  We had a fun time with very little mishaps and I was able to sit and relax and read a couple of books while we were gone.  I don't know why but Rod decided to pack two flashlights on our trip and we also had one in our jeep.   When we went back to our hotel on Friday night from an afternoon out  at the dunes,  the power was out at our  hotel and the resturant next door but  we could see just fine with our flashlights that Rod brought along and was able to read in our room. The power never came on until about midnight.  So if you ever decide to go on a trip make sure you take your flashlights along.  You never know when you might need them. 

I just arrived home after working all day and spending most of the evening watching High School volleyball.  Casey made the high school junior varisity team and so it was wonderful to go and watch her play.  Their team did really well tonight winning two games out of three against Taber.  Way to go Casey!  (By the way Casey scored tons of points for their team.  I am really proud of her!)

Rod and I spent the evening up to the bush checking on our cows and calves.  We found a few of them by the creek and in the trees beside the creek.  Rod will be rounding up the cattle towards the end of the month when all the ranchers have a major round up. 

Sometime if the trail has a steep incline I prefer to get off and walk down instead of ride, especially if there are deep ruts in the trail.  This is a time that walking was better than riding.  You really can't tell by this picture how steep the incline was.

Last night we went up to Waterton to spend the evening with Dan and Ruth and their family.  Shannon and Steve and family came and also Robert and Samantha were down for a visit and they came with us. We all went to Pass Creek for a wiener roast and had a real enjoyable evening.  It was really fun to sit and visit, eat, throw rocks in the water and just hang out.  It was really nice where we were because the wind was not blowing and we were sheltered in the trees.  Good call Roger! 

All the rest of my pictures have children in them and I don't post pictures of the faces of other people's children so I will have to email them. Fun evening!