Weekend Recap

We enjoyed a long weekend this past weekend as the kids had a P.D day at school on Friday. The older girls had a few friends come over and made cupcakes and played man tracker in the bush! O and I met with her little friend J and we and her mommy went to the library to return our books. After choosing a few new reads we headed over to my favourite local restaurant - The Lakeview- for some lunch.

The girls played with the iphones while T.A and I chatted and enjoyed our lunch.  

After lunch O and I played on the swings in the backyard before taking R to swimming.

R has decided to swim competitively this year, 4 days a week. Her swim team, The Red Lake 

Goldfins, provided dinner after swimming to all the Gold Fins and their families. I love not having to cook :)

After supper R and O and T and I enjoyed an hour of open swimming. O is so brave jumping off the wall and can now swim a pretty good distance by herself!

Saturday was another busy day. After T did his rounds at work we all loaded up in the Sorento and headed over to the farmer's market. We didn't need much veggie wise as I still have plenty in our own garden. We purchase some honey, pickled beets, and fresh ground beef. Beef products are currently being recalled across Canada due to an E-Coli alert. The fresh burger was fabulous in our tacos Sunday Night!!  We were also lucky enough to get our hands on some freshly made donuts!! Yummo

After the market we walked over to the museum. As it was cultural days in the Red Lake the museum was free to the public. We were lucky enough to have the curator give us a personalized guided tour!!

Once home T took the girls for a short Harley ride (probably the last of the season). R had never been on the bike before are went for a very short ride. It seems she prefers horses to engines.

E loves the bike of course and went for a much longer ride around town.

After a quick supper we headed to the high school to watch Magascar 3 on the big screen. Goldcorp hosts free family movies every couple of months. The kids love the movie and popcorn. Its a real treat!

We topped the night off with a quick visit to see C.W's new house. 

Sunday

As if that wasn't enough fun we started Sunday with the 2nd annual Red Lake Road Run.

T and R ran a solid 35 minute 5K. T has been struggling with getting in shape and absolutely hates running. He managed to run the entire 5k with only walking up the library hill. I am very proud!!

I ran the 10K this year in hopes of getting a decent 10K time. Although I was 5 minutes off my goal time (I ran slowly with T for the first 3 Ks) I am proud of my accomplishment. I went into the race feeling very out of shape and under trained. I guess I was wrong. I chased V.E (a fantastic local runner who inspires me) most of the race and ended up "racing" across the finish line. She definitely helped me earn a good time.

After the run, T and the little girls went chicken hunting while R and I chilled around the house. We passed on swimming and skating that afternoon and really enjoyed some down time.

T and I finished off the afternoon with the Dover Race. Kyle Busch (my fav. driver) came so close to winning the race after leading over 300 miles!! I was so disappointed :(

We ended the night with tacos (that the kids helped make) and Heartland - R's favourite show!!

Wow What a Great Weekend :)