David's Birthday

My brother David turned 26 on Thursday and by chance my cousins Shannon and Matthew were in town for firefighting training from Revelstoke. They joined us for cake and beer (nice combo), it was awesome to get a visit in. I don't think I've seen Matthew for 7 years or so, he looks so much like my uncle Robert.

This morning we met some friends from the playgroup that Jasmine and I go to every other Friday. Four families joined together for a picnic at Huble Homestead as it was the first weekend that they were open. As we were eating lunch someone notice a big black bear in the field, we all took a look and then everyone went back to eating. Only in the north do people view bears with the interest of a passing squirrel. When we got back, Jasmine and Matt had a little nap together on the couch. This is a very rare occurence which is worthy of a photo...

Trip to Edmonton

Last weekend we drove to Edmonton for 4 nights to spend some time with our family and my brother Gord and his family. We visited the zoo, bought Asian groceries at the West Edmonton Mall Asian market, went to the pool leisure centre in St.Albert (2 waterslides and a river), and enjoyed lots of great meals and even a evening fire with everyone at Gord and Denise's place. Mother's day we went to a park for lunch and paddled around a little lake in a paddle-boat. The kids had so much fun together and it was such a pleasure to see the cousins playing together. Time goes so fast and the kids are getting big quickly.