Weekend in the Country

I spent the last couple of days out in the country visiting Brenda, Larry, Isabelle, and Duncan. They're my family and I love them. Especially when the play "Follow the Leader" down the lane.I love being in the country (as you may know by now) and it was so wonderful to relax and be away from the big city.

One thing I particularly love about going to the country and to this house especially is that there is usually a suprise visitor or two...And its usually the same suprise visitors...Brad and Sherry, more of my extended family!

Oh, and Batman and a pirate showed up...
We took a walk down the lane last night and did 'farmer stuff', like taste canola seeds:wear cat tails in our hair:
and hide in ditches:
Okay, so maybe farmer's don't do the last two things....

I love spending time with these folks.

And I love having chocolate syrup for breakfast.
And I really love leaving with this:
Thank you Curle-Hodgson's for a GREAT weekend!

More fun with chocolate wafers

It wasn't hot yesterday but I still spent some time in the basement experimenting with more chocolate creations. I think everyone should have their name spelled out in sprinkles at least once in their life.

Stacey

I've never formally introduced her to you all but you have seen pictures of her....its Stacey!

Stacey is my brother Zach's girlfriend...but I like to call her my friend.

She makes funny faces...

And as of today she's a talented ceramic artist!

...and so am I.

What do you do when it's too bloody hot outside to operate?

You sit in the basement and make chocolate butterflies for hours and place them on chocolate cupcakes...Then you wait until at least 6:00 pm before venturing out and delivering the cupcakes to a brand new 12 year old.

Happy Birthday Isabelle!

Visitors

For the past few days we've had family visiting from Florida. My cousin, her husband, and their two boys. They are my favorite people in the state of Florida...and actually in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. They're pretty awesome. Some of the highlights of the visit were:

Watching Nathalie dance at FolkloramaEating whip cream stuffed pastries while watching Nathalie dance

Visiting Dale Cooper the Hedgehog
Eating Jelly Bellys while visiting Dale Cooper the Hedgehog

I'm starting to see a pattern....

Reasons I love my family (PART 1)

...Picnics on the porch in the rain.

Berry Picking

Yesterday me and the cousins went to the country to pick raspberries. If you were in Winnipeg yesterday you will know how it rained cats and dogs all day....but not in the berry patch. In the berry patch is was sunny and warm.

The girls had never been berry picking at a farm and I was delighted to be with them for this monumental experience (because in Revanna's world berry picking is a huge deal).

Annie Rose's favorite part was, well, at first she said everything but then decided it was "being with you guys".Nathalie's favorite part was "the satisfaction of picking each berry off the branch".And my favorite part was listening to the Hutterite women talking on the other side of the saskatoon bush!

We had a lot of fun! And we left tired and satisfied with 8 pints of raspberries and an ice cream pail full of saskatoons! I can feel a tradition coming on!