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Winter Fun in the Great White North
In my last post, my son married his dream girl and what a special occasion that was for my family. We were so privileged to have my entire family (except for two of my nieces and their small children) travel from the States to Canada for the wedding of Seth & Jessica. Some of the group. After we sent the newlyweds off on their honeymoon, the family had a few days left to relax have an adventure! We were treated to a wonderful day by my husband’s sister, Meda and brother-in-law, Tim. They are just amazing hosts and we always have such a good time when we are there. Don’t…
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The Wedding of Seth & Jessica
The day of the wedding was cold at 21°F but bearable for those of us from Arizona… if you dressed in layers. That is the secret I have learned after almost freezing myself a few times up there which I may have or have not mentioned several times before now! Some things about visiting the Great White North in the middle of winter sticks with you. 🙂 Serenity and another young lady were the guest book attendants. Justus was an usher and Audrey was an attendant handing out programs. Waiting behind the scenes. Jessica (my new daughter-in-law) was raised on a ranch where they have several thousand head of…
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A Rehearsal Dinner of Soup and Salad
Popping in here on the morning of the wedding to write this post. Sleep has escaped me for some strange reason. 🙂 Rehearsal dinner is over and today is Seth & Jessica’s special day! Serenity, myself and another Castle Keeper young lady (who traveled with us from AZ) made all the soups and desserts on Thursday. These girls worked hard and I was very proud and thankful for them! They also couldn’t resist the chocolate frosting. Official tasters which I thought that was my title. Hmmm I was so thankful that everything for the rehearsal dinner went so well. Having help is so important and my family did…
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I’m Not Frozen Yet
It was a foggy day that we arrived in Canada. The town is very small where are at and the nearest big city is Winnipeg – 3 hours away. I always marvel at how people landed in such desolate places. What drew them to this particular area? Why did they stay? The ones that we know here are all from Iceland originally so I guess Canada wasn’t any colder than where they came from! (I actually just looked at the weather for Reykjavik, Iceland (30°F) and Winnipeg, Manitoba (21°F). Canada is colder? Who would have thought?) Fishing was also an important part of life for the first immigrants. Here…
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North to Canada
We have arrived…. in Canada. Only 5 days till my oldest son gets married! The next few days we will be doing some preparing for the rest of my family who are to arrive on Thursday and taking care of a few decorations that I still need to do for the rehearsal dinner. We made a few stops along the drive here to the Great White North (Canada). The first was Colorado Springs. We arrived in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Friday afternoon after driving through the night. We made a stop at the Air Force Academy where we met up with a friend who is a cadet in training there…
