House Progress

I've been doing a poor job of updating the house progress and will update our other blog shortly.  I'll try to date the posts to match up with when things were done. Currently the exterior is getting close to finished with the fake rock going on now. The interior has seen the drywall finish and the paint/primer started.  Not sure if it's just primer or 1 coat of paint yet. Lastly, the doors and detail work has begun....

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Easter Break

This Easter break has come and gone.  While it wasn't as adventurous as some years, we did mange to have some great highlights that were unexpected. We started the break with a family dinner, celebrating Dora's grandfather who had his 90th birthday. Quite a feat considering how sharp he is.  We followed that with a sleep over at Nana's and another great meal. After a day off, we hit the road to Coutts as I had some stuff to pick up and...

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Still Snow

Last weekend we managed to get out snow-shoeing with Dora's folks.  It was a nice outing and good to find some snow.  While the mountains have a ton of snow, the prairies seemed to be lacking this winter.  No complaints, but pretty impossible to do any winter activities around town.  It was fun to see both boys out on the snowshoes and of course, they did spend some time getting pulled by dad. Somehow...

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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Mom. Mom's birthday is April 1st.  Now you know that woman enjoyed a good April fools day joke.  For those that don't know it, Steven retold it at Mom's funeral, one of her better jokes.  She was at work at the Raymond Care Centre and was dressed up in the infectious disease gear.  When people came into the building, she proceed to inform them that they were now in quarantine and then proceeded to decontaminate them.... by sprinkling baby powder all over them.  Good one eh? It's been almost a month and...

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