February continues on and SNOW February 8 - 15

 Monday, little Amelia had to go to Victoria for another cast change. All bundled up to stay warm on the drive.

Mornings at the Perry household.

Story time.

Amelia finally weighs enough that Kristi can try out the baby carrier.

Monday, Ray went for a walk with Kristi and the dogs to Roberts Memorial Park. Great views.

Tuesday morning, Ray was admitted to hospital for a minor procedure and stayed overnight. I picked him up at 10 am Wednesday and we managed to get home before there was too much snow. Apparently our Highway 18 to the lake had multiple accidents on it later in the evening with black ice. He forwarded a picture of his breakfast. I don't think he was too impressed!

He said the toast was so cold it turned back into bread! and gruel! Yuck. Grape Jelly double Yuck. Now he will have to take it easy for the next 6 weeks, so not too much walking or standing. I may have to tie him to the bed. lol 

The next few days pretty quiet here at the lake. Ray spent most of his time between his chair and the bed with some time down in his workshop. I spent my time cooking up things to trigger his appetite that was kind of non-existent due to his pain. By Saturday morning he was feeling more like himself. The predicted snow came overnight. Still bloody cold out at -3.5 C (25F) at the lake with a biting northeast wind. Definitely colder than we are used to. Due to the cold temps the snow is little crystals so not accumulating to the extent of usual. Still woke up to 4 inches it looks like.

InstantPot French Onion Soup

At 8:45am I was out the door firing up the snow blower. The snow was about 8" deep and if I did not get at it our little machine would not be able to conquer it. So here I go!

I also did a bunch at Roy and Junes as the both Roy and Sean were working and I wanted to make sure June and Tara with the grandbabies could get out if necessary. Shortly after I was done, Mike got out his quad with a blade and finished up the cul-de-sac. I should have waited and then he would have done our driveway. lol  Both Darryl and Mike used our snow blower to deal with all of their sidewalks. Love it, neighbours helping neighbours. 

Darryl using our snow blower.

Now Pat's grandchildren are making a snow cave with all of the piled snow. 

It did not snow again until 6am Sunday morning for round two of the storms coming in. Another day staying put. Yes we got some more snow today but it quit for the afternoon. I was lucky at noon though as Mike used his quad to clear our driveway. What took me over an hour yesterday, took him less than 10 minutes. :) Thank you!

Snow on our sundeck

Happy Valentines Day!

We normally don't celebrate very much for Valentines other than I make a nice dinner or some years we go out. This year of course, we will be in, so Chef Debbie is up with steak with prawns and scallops in a Newburg sauce with rice and grilled asparagus. lol Ray bought me pearls this year to go with my pearl earrings. I call them my "First Lady (Jill Biden) Pearls". :) Awww thanks so much sweetie.

Dinner:

Monday morning, quite a bit warmer outside at 0 C. It is supposed to snow in the morning and change to rain this afternoon. Nothing falling from the sky at the moment. :) 6:30 am lol The rest of the day it just stayed pretty cloudy and the snow started melting. Had a few brief rain showers later in the afternoon but that was it.

That was our week.

February is here and hopefully that means Spring is just around the corner. Feb 1 - 7

 Beginning of February. Lots of Baby Pictures!

Our little angel is 1 month old as of February 2nd. Wow. Hanging out with Dad in the kitchen.

Received a bunch more pictures of our other granddaughter Stella who is now 8 1/2 months old.

Stella is now standing on her own for about 30 to 45 seconds at a time so I'm sure walking is in her near future. lol

She is also attempting to feed herself.

Our neighbour did get his wood shed finished. This will still be a good barrier to keep the dogs in our yard. :)

Here are "one month" pictures of Amelia. 

Photo bomb, Zeus!

Zeus's baby.

Wednesday, the sun finally came out for the day. Here comes the sun.

Ray and I decided to take a bit of a road trip with Freya and walk a couple of community parks in Mill Bay. First up Manley Creek Park. The trail wound down the hill with switchbacks including several bridges over the creek. Ray was able to take a few waterfall pics as well. Considering all of the rain we had, these trails are very well maintained with no muddy areas.

Beautiful view.

Back in the car and over to the Mill Bay Nature Community Park. The short trail here not so well maintained, as there was quite a bit of mud. There happened to be what looked like, two grandma's with all of their grandchildren, must have been 10 kids, on the beach here so we really did spend much time on the beach.

Saw this guy on the way down the trail.

Some of the kids.

After walking these two trails it was time for lunch. We decided to go into Mill Bay and order takeout from their marina restaurant, Bridgeman's Bistro. Service was quick and the food definitely noteworthy. I ordered the Bridgeworker burger and Ray the Thai curry shrimp bowl. Both were delicious. We asked the guys in the marina office if we could eat down on the dock at the picnic tables as with Covid, we did not want to eat inside the restaurant. No problem. A beautiful sunny day with a great view. Ray and I would definitely eat inside there once the Covid pandemic is over.

Our view for lunch.

Here it comes. lol

Mount Baker in the distance.

A very enjoyable few hours spent in the sunshine, just what the doctor ordered. :)

Thursday, our electrician came to finish up some plugs in Ray's shop and finish putting lights in our master bedroom closet. Another, wet day outside. So glad we went out to enjoy the sunshine yesterday.

Friday, grocery shopping day in Duncan ... early. Back home by noon with takeout lunch in hand. Nice enough afternoon we were able to sit on the sundeck with the heaters on. Got my Traeger fired up and we had ribs for dinner. It's been too ugly outside to use it for the last couple of months.

Amelia is staying awake for longer periods. Hopefully this means she sleeps more at night. lol

Comparison between Stella at one month and Amelia at one month. They are quite similar looking. :)

Stella

Amelia

Saturday woke up to the forecasted rain. Great as we had lime put on our lawn yesterday and it needed to be washed in. 

Had some bad news this morning. Our son's shepherd, Kira, passed away this morning at home in Squamish. She was Freya's half sister. We will miss her. This picture was taken last June when we were over visiting our new granddaughter Stella. Freya and Kira were very close. RIP Kira.

We had a beautiful rainbow this morning, thinking of you Kira. 

Super Bowl Sunday.

As usual I will be making appetizers for Ray and I for the game. Definitely different this year compared to last year when we had 2 other couples over in the Motorhome for the game. Leslie and Dave Roche, Dave and Cheryl McMechan, Ray and I. Warm enough I was in shorts and a tank. :) This morning woke up to -2C ... burrrrrr!

That was our week.