Summer is 1/2 over

We are just heading into August and I thought it would be a good time to catch everyone up on the happenings of the Alberta Lynch's.  Sorry, but as our camera is broken, yet again, so we haven't posted any pictures. (Only Ken's IPhone to take pics).

The begining of summer started with a round of the chicken pox for the two boys.  They each had enough spots to know they had the chicken pox, but not enough to slow them down.  We did confine them to the house, and backyard to play, so our neighborhood friends would not catch them as well.  Unfortunately, we were not able to attend Grandpa Moores 60th Birthday party, as we didn't want to spread this to our young cousin Stanley.

Our Nana and Gramps Shortt came out this summer and spent two weeks visiting us most days and evenings.  It was great to spend time working on Family History together, going shopping, hanging out, or out fishing.  The creek is still really high from all the rain we had earlier this spring, so we struggled with catching much fish, but we did have fun trying. 

Adrain also turned 5 at the beginning of summer.  He was excited to have extra family here. (As Nana and Gramps Shortt were here too).  We planned to have a party at the school park, but the day of the party turned out to have 60-80km hour winds, so we changed the location to Grandpa and Nana Moore's side yard where it was sheltered from the wind.  We where grateful to have friends (Hamiltons) and family willing to all pitch in, so we could serve "Salad in a Bag" (Leave a comment, and I'll send anyone instructions for the easy and delicious picnic meal).  We had cake (that wasn't soo good), and openned presents, then the kids ran across the street to the school park to play.

Dad is working at Evergreen Golf Club, repairing Go-carts and other landscaping equipment.  He is only working part-time, but has enjoyed the work and looks forward to each new challenge or project.  With only 24 hours of work a week, things are very tight here.   Dad has begain to look for another part or full time job, and Mom is preparing to return to the working world in the fall.

All the kids will be in school come September.  Adrian will be attending afternoon four days a week, and every other Friday after November 1.  Mom is starting to watch the sales flyers and try to pick up cheap school supplies here and there.   We will all be starting our school time bedtimes again this month to get in the habit of getting up early, eating breakfast, and being all dressed and ready to be out the door before school starts.... 8:15ish, we guess.

I will post more the next few days.

Family Party

We had some family arrived a few days before the wedding.

The day before the wedding on August 31, we had about 40 people for the family dinner. We all piled into the white church. we rented a giant BBQ from the town, and cooked food for everyone.

Kenny sits beside Auntie Mandy and Daddy, enjoying his cake.



Great Grandma Spiers, and Great Grandma Moore were both here from Ontario for the special event.

Grandma Moore enjoys Magrath, and the family here, that she has decided to make Magrath a permanant home. We are all happy to have more family decide to live out here!






Uncle Shawn flew in for a week and also had a chance to visit Magrath. It was great to see him again, and we all miss him.












Uncle Andrew, Nana Shortt, and Gramps also flew in for the wedding from Ontario. It was a quick trip for them. And we also were sad to see them leave.

Family Visits

Shortly after the arrival of Adrain, our Family Started arriving too! We had Nana Shortt, Gramps, Uncle Mike, and Uncle Andrew come and visit us for a few weeks. They took three weeks holidays, and drove out throught the US. They did some sight seeing, and we all had a great time while they were here.

(PICTURE OF POPPY) (PICTURE OF NANNY)
They left on a Thursday, and on the Sunday, Kens Parents, Nanny and Poppy arrived. They flew out and had two weeks to stay! They spent lots of time with the family and the kids. They were a great help, and were also missed when it was time for them to go.

Writing On Stone Park

This is on a trip to Writing on Stone Park.

These are Hoodoo's. Large sand pillars, that can be quite high. They have some pictures sketched into them from the Indians.

Mom was scared to death here. This place is a protected park, for the Praire Rattlesnake! AHH!!.

MAGRATH DAYS

Magrath had its big yearly party again this year, our family attended. It was so much fun. Here we are sitting out at the side of the roading waiting for the parade to start.

Friday was a Free Breakfast put on by the Bank. Saturaday Morning the Lions Club put on a Pancake Breakfast Funraiser. We all had two helpings of Pancakes, eggs, hashbrowns and sausages.

We then set up our chairs for the Parade at the side of the road. Places were going fast, and it was still 3 hours till Parade time. We saw horses, and buggies, family floats, emergancy vehicles, and lots of candy!

We saw the Lawmore races, scateboard Demos, the kids jumped in the boucing things, and went into the petting zoo. We then found a shady spot to enjoy the proformances until the Beef on a Bun was served. We all ate drank, and enjoyed our chips, pop, and ice cream. We watched more preformances, then walked over for the fireworks and HUGE BonFire.

It was a wonderful day, full of fun, and a great way to spend time together!

Visitors coming

We are having Visitors for most of July! Nana, and Gramps Shortt, and Uncle Andrew are flying out tomorrow, and will be staying with us! We are so excited and can't wait to have them here. We plan to go camping together with the Holthe's next weekend. Our BIG Magrath Day's are coming up too, and I am sure we will all have lots of fun!