Hi all!! Hope everyone had a good May long weekend... I would love to hear what everyone had going on!

Neil and I had a busy one! We both worked Friday, and Neil went golfing and to a poker game after work... I went for beer with my work-mates, then went to the greenhouse and bought some new plants (that I'm not really sure I need!! hahaha) Aaron and Laurel and the boys came by and delivered our new Napoleon Gas bbq... which will replace our 14 year old charbroil, which we bought the year we got married and actually still works pretty well... but I guess its time to use that gas line we have!

Neil and I flew out to Manitoba on Saturday morning. We got into Winnipeg and went over to HSC to visit Aunt Nora and Uncle Don... Nora seems to be holding up pretty well, and we both thought Don  was doing really well... his memory is still pretty patchy, but in a lot of ways he is still very much the Uncle Don we know and love! we were teasing him that he and Neil would now be Crash 1 and Crash 2!!! He was laughing about it!

We headed out to Portage and stayed the weekend with Collin and Nona, and of course Ella!!! Neil and I got to feed and hold her alot, she's a very good baby, and cute as a button!! Neil managed to avoid any of the diaper duties!! ha!!

We went out to the farm a couple of times, and I took some pictures of the house and some of the water and a tree that has uprooted itself across our road. Collin is digging out the mess the beaver is jamming into the culvert!! the beaver vs Ferris male battle continues out on the farm... ah... continuity!! (Collin is a much better shot than Dad ever was though, so it isn't quite as epic!!)

Neil is holding up the special passes we had to get to go out to the farm, as its in the mandatory evacuation zone right now... bit of a joke, really, because there's lots of ways to sneak around, but no big for us, as we're on the residents list.... HOWEVER, you can't get near the diversion OR take any pictures of it... we tried and were told to leave!! (and put our cameras away!) whatever that's all about!

Well, that's a quick synopsis of our weekend, have a great week everyone, and hope to hear from you soon!

Tara