Thomson Lake

This is the holiday destination for Ed for most of his early years.  He took his swimming lessons here and he where he became a lifeguard.  It is also where he kissed a girl for the first time.  Can you just imagine him as a 14 year old Casanova?

We stayed in our tent, where we shared a site with Ed’s mom and dad and his sister’s trailer.  Michelle was in Banff still so her kids stayed there “supervised” by Ed’s mom and dad.

Here are the boys, applying heat.  We always joke about how when a guy barbeques he gets lots of compliments on his supper, when really there has been some marinading, some salads, potatoes prepared etc etc and all he has done is apply heat.  So here they are applying heat. 

 

Here are Mark and I making bush pies.  These were pizza ones that we all gobbled up.

 

And then we moved on to dessert.  The best one was, peanut butter, chocolate and some caramels.  Wow, I am salivating just remembering!

 

 

The boys were able to golf a number of times.  The weather was not very cooperative and rained on them really hard one day and the wind was really strong the next day.  It doesn’t make for the easiest golf game but for Adam who does not shoot the ball to high up in the air it didn’t hurt his games.  He just loved driving the golf cart.

Isla got to go to a crafting and activity place each afternoon.  She was thrilled and brought home treasures every day. 

Ed and I went in to Gravelbourg one afternoon for a date.  We went for lunch at a wonderful little cafe there and found a gem of a gift shop, I found an avocado slicer that I should have bought.  It peeled and cut it at the same time, I should have bought it!  I have been thinking about it ever since.  I really should have bought it. 

Ed bought himself a present when we were there.  Do you want to see it?  Here it is…..

 

He says he will open it when the win the Grey Cup next.  So, I think that means we could be opening it this fall or sometime in the next 50 years!