Blogs from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, North America - page 4

Still seems surreal that we are finally doing our East trip across Canada and down the US coast. My focus this summer was our daughter, Chelsea’s, wedding on September 3, 2011. It was a beautiful wedding, and we are so very happy to now have Cole Shepherd as part of our family. So, I am leaving with happy thoughts (though sad too, realizing that it will be awhile before we see our kids again), pleased that everything went so well.... read more

Day 75 – August 4 - Part 2 Monday morning came really fast and our plans had shaped a bit more. I had been communicating with my cousin Daniel who lives in Edmonton, and after our afternoon of rafting the plan was to get in the car and drive to meet him and his fiancé Missy for some barbeque. Though the rafting was extremely fun we ended up starting excessively late because we had to wait around for people. I texted Dan at six to tell him we were just leaving and wouldn’t make it for a reasonable time. We grabbed a quick snack and drove towards Red Deer to camp near Sylvan Lake. My eating habits had been sporadic and unbalanced the past couple of days which usually happens if we have big goals for ... read more

3 more sleeps and we are off! About a hundred things to do but after a short-long week Friday isn't meant to be productive. Thanks for following us, talk soon!... read more

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So... we came back to Saskatoon... Why you ask?? Well let me tell you a funny little story. Whilst staying with the fantastic folks in the Gropper House in Saskatoon during the end of October, we ran into, and became friends with an amazing individual named Joule. She had been hanging out at the house a few times and we were grateful to hear her preform some of her original poetry at Lydia's. We got to talking about the future and our interest in sustainable farming. Christian had mentioned to her that he wanted to become a carpenter at some point in his life and that we really wanted some first hand experience dealing with animals and doing some upkeep on a farm. And wouldn't you know it, Joule was looking for someone to farm sit ... read more