Chilliwack Interchange Part 3: Notch Hill

We stopped at Notch Hill just outside Salmon Arm, BC and railfanned. We just missed a train when we arrived and just as we were driving away another one was coming. We quickly turned around and caught it on camera.

Chilliwack Interchange Part 2: To Salmon Arm

It took an amazing 13 hours to go to Salmon Arm. We stopped a lot along to way to rail fan.

Chilliwack Interchange Part 1: The Packing of the Trailer

On June 7th all of those who were having their modules transported with group transport headed out to Ron's place to load up the car hauler he had borrowed. We also had a BBQ. It was a good thing we were able to park the trailer in his large garage as there was a major rain storm that day.

Michaelea's Birthday

For my 33rd Birthday I hosted a games night at our house. There were about 15 people there. We had burgers for dinner and played games until 11pm. The day started at 3:30pm. It was loads of fun and I think I will throw myself another party next year.

May Long Weekend at Bloomin Inn

Suzanne and I went to the Bloomin Inn in Pincher Creek for May long weekend and we made some new friends. We had so much fun and laughed the whole weekend.

A BBQ Story

Once upon a time last December a wicked wind storm raced through the city of Calgary, upsetting trees, power lines, lawn chairs and Michaelea's Barbeque. This upset Michaelea very much as it is her favorite way to cook all through the year. She was very sad and going into withdrawls.

... A time later, about 5 months...

The magical day finally came. The income tax cheques were deposited into the bank. Later that week Jon and Michaelea made a lunch date to go to the Barbeque Doctor to look at re-furbished Weber BBQ's when there were only two in the showroom and neither one was ready to take home. A little saddened by this, they didn't give up the search. Later that day, after work to be exact, they headed to Barbecues Galore not knowing what was in store for them there. They got there about 10 minutes before they closed and a nice sales associate named Paul came over to see if he could help them.

They told him what they were looking for and the uses and price range and he recommended the Weber Genesis CEP 320 with the side burner. Now Michaelea and Jon weren't sure they wanted the side burner since most of the time they bbq at home where they can use the stove. Michaelea and Jon decided to leave the store and possibly come back on Saturday.

Saturday morning they went to their Chiropractor appointment in Airdrie and then went to Michaelea's bosses place to see their new PC Brand BBQ as well as play on the Nintendo Wii. After getting tired out playing the boxing game they headed back to Barbecues Galore to talk with Paul. It was much busier than the evening before, and Paul was with another customer. They asked him to find them when he was finished. It wasn't long and they asked a few more questions about the Weber and then said, Okay we'll take it. There was a long waiting time to get one assembled, so they took it home and assembled it themselves. It took about two hours to put together.

After assembly was complete they made a few phone calls to invite some people over for dinner to test out the barbeque. Michaelea ran out to Safeway and picked up the steaks while Jon cleaned up the dining room.

Julia and Cameron came over and enjoyed the steak, baked potatoes, caesar salad, and steamed carrots. After a little while digesting Julia served the Tall Strawberry Shortcake that she picked up on the way over.

They all ate happily ever after.

The End... or should I say just the beginning...

For Christmas this year we had an open house/games night on Dec 22nd. We made this Gingerbread Train as the first 'game'. Melissa and Kris helped us out. It was a lot of fun, but the train kept wanting to fall over.

For Christmas Day we had Julia and Brad (her boyfriend) over, then we all went to Jon's grandparents place for the big family visit and dinner.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and may 2008 be the best year yet!