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Before & After!!!

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Haha.... Jokes! These are, of course, my new nephews. Chryslyn is holding Isaac and I have Seth. They are about three weeks old here. I had gone to Medicine Hat to help out for six days, and Chryslyn came out for a visit and to help on my second-last day there.

My new nephews!

Introducing Isaac Winston & Seth Harold Anhorn, born July 23, 2007 at 10:14 and 10:17 a.m.


The new and improved Anhorn family!










Proud Grandma...

Old friends...

My longest-standing friend, Clay Bromm, and his wife Tanya and their son Jabin, came for a visit from Regina to my condo in Lethbridge last week. Clay and I have been friends since Grade 4 in elementary school in Tisdale. It was great to see them and host them at my place. Also very cool to meet their cute little boy. Here, he is enjoying his first taste of caffeine with an ice-cap I made for us adults to enjoy, but which he got hold of and wasn't willing to let go!

Visiting the farm...

I took Chryslyn for her first visit to the farm where I grew up in NE Saskatchewan this past week. We arrived on Sunday night and got back to Lethbridge Friday.




In the flower garden...


The Ol' Barn...

Chryslyn and I enjoyed raiding the pea patch, and Chryslyn also experienced her first time digging potatoes, which was "the weirdest thing ever seen" and compared to a "treasure hunt." Aspen enjoyed the pea patch too. If you look closely, you can actually see the pea pod in mid-flight into her mouth...

Seeing family...

Among the people we got to see while visiting in Saskatchewan were my Dad's cousins Bev and Colin, as well as Casey (below). We stayed at Colin's house in S'toon for our last night in SK. We also got in visits with my high school friend Ryan Hunt and his wife Heidi, my cousin Brad, visiting in Tisdale while home from Taiwan, and other cousins at Colin's house (Andrew, Megan and Ayden).

Working at the farm...

The folks had removed some dead elm trees from their driveway at the farm, so I used Dad's new chainsaw to remove the stumps. It was a big, sweaty job. But fun to get to use the new chainsaw.




Dad used the 606 tractor to haul away remains of the tree stumps.


He also helped me replace the front brakes on my car...

At the University of Saskatchewan

Sadly, at the beautiful U of S campus, the only photos we took were with this sculpture in the agriculture building.

Mr. and Mrs. Saska & Mira

My friends Saska and Mira got married at Crypt Landing in Waterton on 07-07-07. Here they walk down the dock, immediately following the ceremony.






The setting reminded me of a Shakespearean play, like A Midsummer Night's Dream. I half expected sprites to come running through.




Saska, a police officer in Lethbridge, changed into his dress garb for the reception.




Everyone attending the wedding was taken to Crypt Lake on the Lady Waterton ferry, and then treated to a cruise of the lake following the ceremony. This is my favourite pic from the day -- Mira's veil caught up in the wind as she descends the steps from the upper deck of the ferry during the cruise.


The 49th parallel, cut into the trees on the mountains surrounding Waterton Lake, to mark the border between Canada and the U.S.




Sharon, Chad and Chryslyn, on the ferry prior to the ceremony.


Mira exiting the ferry at Crypt Landing just prior to the ceremony.




The groomsmen arrived on a motorboat.


The rest of the bridal party descended from the start of the Crypt Lake hiking trail for the beginning of the ceremony after the men arrived.

To Medicine Hat and Beyond...

Ryan and I had a chance to go out to the spillway by Hays to ride down the almost kilometre long concrete waterslide.









Part of the weekend was spent at the Anhorns', celebrating both Mom's and Caleb's birthdays. Here, Wendy decorates Caleb's tractor cake.


Laura gives Mom a shot of the leftover icing.




We also spent some time as a family in Cypress Hills. I took this shot of the moon rising over Reesor Lake.