the new ride

Brian found himself a replacement truck in Moose Jaw on the weekend. This was the first view we had of it. Ivan had made him a card and drew him, dad and a truck. He waited until Brian drove up to see the color of the truck, then ran off to finish coloring it and give it to Brian when he walked in. It was super cute. Now he can get back to the monster basement job.


We haven't ridden in it yet, but it's exactly like his old truck, except with an extended bed and automatic instead of standard and less miles, different color and most importantly PLATED for SASKATCHEWAN!! That was such a stupid ordeal, but it gave Brian a reason to go back to Texas and that was exactly what he needed to see friends and draw encouragement and love from them again and come back envigored for our life here.



Life here is filled with snow right now. Brian's not all sure of what to do with it all, but I assured him a little snow won't wreck the driveway. However, he seems to be enjoying keeping the cold stuff up and out of the way.


Here is a pic of our first snowman here, which is a giant compared to our Abilene snowmen- AND there was still plenty of snow in the yard, he wasn't half grass and half snow and we didn't even have to harvest snow from other neighbor's yards, like we did in Abilene. But, just like the ones in Abilene, this one didn't stand a chance at remaining intact much longer than a couple of days. However his threat of extinction was not from the sun and heat, but from the aggressive little people who brought him to life! Yep, he was felled by his own creators who were so excited to beat him up and topple him over. He is now two giant balls beside each other in the yard which I'm thinking look like the start of one awesome snow fort!