May Long Weekend in Alberta / Saskatchewan

This past weekend we sure put on the miles – 2400 km to be a bit more precise. We took two days to drive out to Saskatchewan, had two days there, and then drove two days back again.
I think I need a vacation from our vacation!
But we did get to see a lot of people that we haven’t seen in a while. The official occasion was the wedding celebration from Jrock’s close friend A and his ‘new’ wife W.
Jrock and A have been friends since elementary school, and he was one of the groomsmen at our wedding. (And apparently A does read our blog, so consider this a personal shout out! lol)
W and A have been together for a million years, and even have a beautiful little girl… but they just tied the not last month and this past weekend was the hometown hoe-down. To give you an idea, there are about 400 people in the small town where Jrock grew up – so visiting there is sort of like a bit class / family reunion.
Besides the wedding, we also got to spend time with Jrock’s parents, his brother D and wife R and their little munchkin. It was the first time I had met our nephew, so that was pretty special. Jrock’s grandad also drove all the way out from Eastern Sask to come and visit with us.
Before the wedding we also got to hang out at the farm with Jrock’s other best bud K and his family; I like going there: minus the cows, it reminds me of my family.
On the way home, we stopped for a brief overnight in Calgary and saw our dear friends L and K and my godson – who is growing by leaps and bounds. We weren’t very good company (too exhausted) but they fed us and put up with our dgs and sent us merrily back to BC in the morning.
Enjoy the whirlwind trip pics!
- grannie with the travelin’ dogs
- grandpa E amused by our precocious puppy
- Jrock’s bro D, his wife R and their baby D
- 3 generations – the boys, the baby and their grandad
- 9 months old
- Jrock exhausted from all the travel
- heavy oil containers dot the countryside
- fields and fields and fields
- I miss the wonderful birdlife from that area
- out at K’s family farm
- K and his helpful nephew feeding the cows
- me helping open the gate for the tractor
- in front of the community hall – ready to dance!
- the beautiful bride (really she is so lovely) and her cute daughter
- Jrock and the groom (who didn’t last in the suit too long)
- the shoe game – at all prairie weddings
- all the good ole boys have kidlets now
- the infamous drink tray served by K and K
- L cooking for us
- me and L
- Jrock and our godson playing cars






















Sounds like a great (although exhausting!) weekend. And what handsome parents-to-be you are! You look beautiful in that dress!
I agree with Jillian – what a great looking couple!
I’m not up on my ‘prairie customs’. What is the shoe game??? Please tell me!
Claire
The bride and groom hold one of each of their shoes. They sit back to back. Then the DJ MC asks, ie: “who will do the dishes?” aand other questions and they hold up the right shoe (to indicate the person.) Can be pretty funny…