Ultrasound 19 weeks

Baby at 19 weeks

a little hand
The little face

Hawaii March 2011

Banff Weekend

Friday August 13 - Sunday August 15, 2010

Friday evening we met Dennis and Elisabeth (Peter's folks), and Mormor (Peter's grandma) in Lake Louise. We stayed with them in their new 5th wheel. We made them dinner of sausage, perogies (with all the fixings) and salad. After dinner we went to the amphitheatre to listen to the end of a presentation on "A year in the life of a grizzly". We ate hot apple crumble for dessert.

Saturday Peter, Elisabeth, and I hiked Sherbrooke Lake and up to Niles Amphitheatre in Yoho National Park. The distance was approximately 18km. We took our longest break at the amphitheatre. The flies were vicious - even the bug repellant could not keep them away. This was one of the first long hikes we had done this season and we were pooped - so we turned back from here and skipped the 45min ascent to Niles Meadow (next time).

During the day on Saturday, Dennis and Mormor moved the 5th wheel to Tunnel Mountain in Banff. When we arrived back from our hike we were greeted with a steak dinner. After dinner we played cards and relaxed before calling it a night.

On Sunday we all slept in and had a big breakfast. All five of us went into Banff. We went to the grizzly exhibit at the Whyte Museum and to the Banff Park Museum. Peter and I returned to Calgary in the afternoon.

Baby Steps - Making Progress

Feel like I'm starting to make some progress in my pursuit of my passion with photography.
My confidence is building and I'm starting to book sessions. Call me!
Below is a photo I entered into a Facebook weekly contest.
I won 3rd place. My next goal is to have a win in second or first place!

Allan visits Calgary- March 2010

We went to Drumheller, AB to hunt for dinosaurs.

We went hiking near Bragg Creek, AB.
The road up to Moose Mountain Trail Head was closed - so we hiked the road.

A Long Time Coming

Well it has been a long time coming... posting some Christmas photos that is. We were pretty busy over Christmas. At the beginning of December Peter and I hosted "Christmas in Calgary" with my family. It was the most miserable weekend of the winter. But my family, the troopers that they are, made the trek from the stretches of the BC and Alberta north to visit us in Calgary. Although I wish they could have stayed longer I was grateful they came nonetheless.
After having done the grocery shopping, prepared the meals, and arranged and decorated the house Peter and I now have a much great appreciation for the work our parents and grandparents have done over the years at Christmas time.


More 'catch-up' posts to come....

How to get rid of fruit flies

How to get rid of fruit flies.

We had a fruit fly invasion.
The culprit - was the withering bananas in the fruit bowl.
Trying to get rid of them can be tricky.
They reproduce quickly and abundantly.

I search, I Googled, a solution.
Syrup in a bowl - didn't work. Sugar water in a bowl - didn't work.
Threw out the bananas. Still they stormed.

I inadvertently found the most effective solution thus far.
We consumed a bottle of our homemade wine
- though there was an inch or so left in the bottom of the bottle.
It seems the flies enjoyed it just as much as we did.
They consumed, they became intoxicated and they drown.

I recommend using a coloured bottle.
Ours as you can see from the photo was blue.
An attractive and inconspicuous fly trap.
Guests commented on the bottles colour, none noticed the dead flies.