On the Move!

My new digs in Drumheller, exciting times? Maybe a little deja vu?  Hoping its only a temporary arrangement and in the meantime the house in the Hat sells and the family moves in the summer.

Snow Day!

Yesterday winter came back and this morning we woke up to a winter wonderland. I went for a walk in order to take some pictures and it was absolutely beautiful out; warm and bright! Blair & Erinn got busy building forts for a snowball fight before it all disappeared. "Get dad!" Erinn's yelling as she lets loose with a volley of snowballs. Blair suddenly appeared from behind his snow bunker and started pommelling dad!

OK, now things are getting out of hand, dad's taking it from all sides!

Grandma & Grandpa's February Visit

Grandpa & Grandma came for a week in February during the kids Family Day week.

Erinn & dad took grandpa for a hike along the creek.

Erinn collected some twigs for Lulu to chew on.

Lulu dressed up for the occasion thanks to Erinn.

Grandma & Blair baked up a storm.

Outdoor Fun

Sorry for the long wait for an update but with a crashed computer it was difficult to get an update in in a timely fashion, thanks to my dad we are back in business.

Lately winter has been here one day, spring the next, back to winter, sometimes all in one day. Recently its been fluctuating from a daytime high of +5 to an overnight low of -13!


Blair & Erinn playing a little hockey out on the front pond.

Bird watching in Police Point Park on Family Day.

Taking a break along the river.

Dad carrying the kids snowshoes; enough of that!

Blair after our hike waiting for the chick-a-dees to land on his head.

A little target practice in anticipation of spring gopher season.

Winter 2010/11 on the Ridge

Since we've lived on the Ridge this has been the coldest winter on record with the most snow!

We had a considerable amount back in November but it had almost all disappeared or turned to ice with the chinook winds in December.

On the prairie the snow is knee deep and still fluffy with some hard pack underneath, this will all change when the wind begins to blow next week.

A rare moment when our road isn't drifted in and snowplowed, it seems the county always leaves us until last.

The kids have been enjoying snowmobile rides on a regular basis, which has been a novelty for us since snow has been such a rarity.

Dad entertaining the kids!

Blair waiting for a pull on the sleigh.

Erinn playing with Dolan & Kirby on the mound.

Our backyard bush bunnies have decided to eat my sage bushes versus digging through the deep snow to get to the grass. Since the girls are opposed to me using them for coyote bait I will have to look at spraying the remaining bushes so they don't get eaten next. With the shenanigans I noticed in the backyard the other day I think we can look forward to a good bunny crop this year which will mean the snakes will be well fed!!!

Santa Makes Good!

In Erinn's letter to Santa this year all she asked for, other than to meet Rudolph, was a pet bunny!

Because we were gone for a week between Christmas & New Year's we held off, than with her being sick and in the hospital she had to wait even longer for her bunny to arrive. Finally on the day she got back from the farm her & dad went and picked up "Lulu"! Erinn said "this is the best day of my life" when we got her home.

The amazing thing was that she had a picture of the bunny she wanted and it just so happened to be white with black spots. Lulu is a 11 month old female and we got her from a local Pet Rescue.

Double-header!

The coyotes are on the move around the Ridge. I went out for an hour the other day and managed to get 5 coming to my e-caller. In the end I was only able to shoot these two, the one I'm holding was a big male that weighed just over 40 pounds!
My one day off in the middle of the week and I came home with $50 in my pocket; $25 for my two 'yotes and the rest from our holiday bottle refund!