First Snowfall

I woke up this morning to this…

And this…

Although the road wasn’t covered the ground, cars and rooftops were. Our first snowfall of the year. Even though I love the look of snow I was not impressed – it’s only October.

I had to get up this morning and drive my dad to the airport so after a long expedition (I won’t go into details but a 45 min trip ended up being about 2 hours) so on the way home I stopped at starbucks and splurged on this…

 

Grande Non-Fat, No Whip Pumpkin Spice Latte and this…

Pumpkin Scone.

And now I’m sitting on the couch doing this…

Icing my poor knee. I’m not sure what I did to it but I’ve been having throbbing pain in it for a little over 12 hours now. I’ve been putting the ice on for about 30 mins then giving myself a break from the freezing cold. I’m going to continue to do this for the next for hours and hopefully it will start to feel better.

So the reason I’ve been absent from the blog world for almost a week or so is the arrival of family. My dad and step-mom came into town on Wednesday evening and we’ve been busy ever since. Here’s a quick rundown of my weekend.

Thursday:

• Spend most of the morning cleaning and grocery shopping for the arrival of my dad and stepmom. They came to the our apartment for dinner that night. I made a macaroni casserole for dinner and it turned out great. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and it was really great to see family from home.

Friday:

• Friday was a little more chilled. Matt took the day off work and we hung out with the niece and nephew for most of the afternoon. That night the boys (my dad, Matt, and my two stepbrothers) went to a football game that evening so the girls (myself, my stepmom and my stepsister-in-law) hung out with the little kids, ordered chinese and had a girls night.

Saturday:

• Matt and I spend the morning/early afternoon in Banff with my dad and stepmom and then in the late afternoon it was the niece and nephew’s birthday party. The party was super fun and the kids were awesome.

Sunday:

• We celebrated a late Thanksgiving. It included lots of family and some great food. A wonderful way to spend the end of the weekend.

Well that’s it for me today. I should be back to regular scheduled blogging tomorrow. I’m subbing tomorrow (yay my first subbing day of the year) at a private school so my blog post might be a little later then usual but I’ll definitely be blogging.

I’ll leave you with a pic of my lunch. I decided to do breakfast for lunch since I enjoyed my pumpkin scone for breakfast.

Lunch was a two egg scramble with spinach and feta and a blueberry waffle. I topped the waffle with a little maple syrup.

Overall, delicious!

~ Katie :)

Calgary Day 3

I’m going to warn you a head of time. I forgot to take any pictures of food this day. Sometimes when you’re on vacation the picture taking of food just isn’t a priority.

I woke up early on Sunday morning and enjoyed a little quiet time in the house. After everyone was up it was time for brunch. Waffles with fresh strawberries, whip cream, sugar-free syrup and turkey sausages.

I wish I had remembered to take a picture of that meal. Awesome!

After brunch the family took us to Bragg Creek which is a National Park about 30 mins outside of Calgary.

Here are a few pics we took leaving the city.

Mountains again…

The family…

Me, Tannis, Cass, Kieran and Shaye.

Olympic Centre…

Downtown Calgary Skyline…

After arriving at the park we did some hiking and stopped at the creek from some play time and snacks. Snacks included: fruit, veggies and dip and some Dark Chocolate Coconut Kashi bars (can you tell I was the one who went grocery shopping :P).

The park was beautiful. Here are just a few of the pics that I took during our time there…

Rock animals that we found…

Me and Kieran…

Playing and having a good time…

 

The deer we saw on our way home…

When we got home it was time for supper. On the menu tonight Tannis cooked up a delicious Chicken Parmesan with caesar salad and garlic bread. It was nice to have some homemade food during out trip.

We also saw a little bunny hanging in the backyard. Who knew there was so much wild life in Calgary.

After dinner we watched the movie Up with the kids before heading to the airport for our plane at 11:30 and our overnight flight home.

Overall, we had a fantastic trip. I loved getting to see the family and to see a city that was totally different from Halifax.

I’ll back back later with life since we got back and the beginning of my summer vacation. I hope everyone enjoyed my posts on my trip to Calgary.

~ Katie :)