A wonderfully great weekend!

What an amazingly fun weekend! We started off with a bang. Friday, Nana, the girls and I went on a town wide walk, to the beach where we were greeted by flocks of Canadian geese. They were enjoying the shore until we came along and then they swam out farther. The colors of the trees is magical, transforming Saskatchewan into a golden landscape dotted with vibrant reds, yellows, golds and greens. So pretty. That evening, we went up to our Stoon berry picking spot and looked over the valley while the sun lit up the countryside.



We enjoyed a wiener roast at the Koops' with the Muirheads and even Victoria coming in from Regina. We talked, they brought out a couple of guitars and sang, the cousins played and played. It was so nice.

Sat. we took Barbara out to the even smaller town of Lebret where we saw more beautiful colors, a great spot to picnic on the shore of a lake and got to tour an old Catholic church. This town was once French so the street names are rue St. Joseph and the like, but the local giving us our private tour said none of the people know any French anymore ;(
That afternoon, Brian and I got a supreme treat. Nana had volunteered to keep the kids overnight so we could go to Stoon. I went to my sister's baby shower and Brian went to a concert of his favorite band, Arcade Fire. Look them up on the web, they really are amazing, but while the masses may differ from my opinion, I thought my nephew even more amazing. I knew there would be tons of people at the shower, so I had prearranged to go over to Jenn's after and then I got to spend a little time with Imogen and hold Isaac some before Brian came to take me back to mom and dad's where we spent the night.
Today we drove back, did a monster grocery run and return to Nana and the kids, who had not only survived, but thrived during our absence. They had so much fun. This afternoon, the kids were all biking and Ivan biked without training wheels for the first time. He is not very confident and doesn't like it yet, but he is getting there. Of course the girls all had to try too. They have a bit of work to do before going training wheel-less, growing taller being part of it!! Hope your weekend was splendid too!