A Penny for my Thoughts: Reliving the Summer

It always seems that the summer goes by way too fast and this summer seems like a blur. So much has happened and for me it went from a quiet life to lots of people and places. If we jump back a few months you would have found me sitting in northern Saskatchewan where we expected to be for another year. Quickly things began to change.

the first week of May....bought a house in Three Hills, Alberta
2nd week of May....in the Yukon with Stephen and driving south on the Alaskan Highway
3rd week of May....back in Deschambault Lake with Stephen
4th week of May....Ontario for Daniel and Leah Cooke's wedding
1st week of June....in Ontario
2nd week of June....back in Saskatchewan with Emma and Jacob
3rd week of June....camping in Manitoba with Emma and Jacob
4th week of June...moving from Saskatchewan to Alberta with Emma and Jacob

1st week of July...taking possession of our new home with Sarah, Ron started working in the Three Hills detachment
2nd week of July...setting up the house
3rd week of July...Leah and Daniel move into our home
4th week of July....Cheryl comes for a visit
1st week of August....road trip with Ron, Cheryl and Sarah
2nd week of August....start training for my new job in Red Deer and flood in our basement
3rd week of August....more training and start on-the-job training in Three Hills
4th week of August....working, figuring out our basement issues
1st week of September...Stephen took possession of his new house
2nd week of September...Ron's sister came for a visit and they go for a motorcycle ride
3rd week of September...Daniel and Leah move out
4th week of September...Ron leaves for training in Edmonton and I am home alone!

So yes, it has been a busy summer but I have to go back a few weeks to relive some special times. I have already blogged about our grandchildren being here and how much fun it was to have them with us but a very special time was when Cheryl came for 10 days. We had planned this a few years ago but it didn't happen and now it became a reality. It was so much fun to have her here.

Our first big adventure was a road trip with just her and I and Sarah. We headed south to Kananaskis. I had hardly driven in the last two years so that was pretty exciting all by itself. It was a beautiful day.

We enjoyed the drive, a lunch by a mountain stream, wildlife and lots of girl talk. It was a wonderful day. The next few days we explored around Three Hills and Drumheller and I did a couple of baking demonstrations. Then Ron had some days off and back in the truck we went.

Lunch in Banff

Gondola Ride in Banff

A dip in Radium Hot Springs

Beautiful drive through the mountains, stopping at all border signs because that is what you have to do! Thankfully we talked Cheryl out of all the Information Stops.