Sunday, we went to church and then out for lunch. I rested in the afternoon while Grandma took the kids to the toddler pool. They had fun. That evening we went to the big pool and loved the new changes they had made. The kids enjoyed playing and M and A especially liked being able to go down the water slide.
Monday, I got up early and went for a walk. Paul and D went with Dad out to the airport and then to the farm to see all the tractors. D was a little disappointed that they didn't make it to Tim Horton's for doughnuts. We went swimming that afternoon and then headed to Tim's for a yummy doughnut!! That evening, we went over to Vicky's to celebrate Adam's birthday. Chelsea (Adam's fiance) made a yummy carrot cake. I would have loved another piece.
Tuesday, I headed to the pool bright and early to swim laps. I walked over and then did my one hour walk when I was done swimming. That was a lot of exercise for so early in the morning. The kids went swimming again in the afternoon. It was so nice that they could swim for free. I wish our city would do that!!
Wednesday, to the pool again and a quick walk home. M and A went with Grandpa to Regina to pick up my brother, Dean and his daughter. The girls were so excited to be able to play with their cousin. In the afternoon, we started to make the pies for Adam and Chelsea's reception. We made about 15 pies in 2 hours (not including bake time). We had apple, pumpkin, Saskatoon, rhubarb, and strawberry rhubarb. They looked so yummy. but they weren't for tasting yet!! That evening, we went to the shower for Adam and Chelsea at the church. It was a nice shower (aside from the MCs mixing up the brides name).
Thursday, I went to the pool again and then for a walk with Dean. He walks fast!! I don't remember too much about Thursday. I wonder if we went to look at RVs at some point. Thursday evening, we had roast turkey for supper. Yum! It was real good.
Friday was my last morning at the pool. I had enjoyed my mornings so much. We went to a pancake breakfast and then Dean and I walked again. Laurie, Marc and Tyler (my sister, brother-in-law and nephew) arrived in time to have a piece of pumpkin pie and then they had to get to Regina to meet with Chelsea and Adam. We took the kids to Heritage Village right before lunch to see a Blacksmith Demo but he wasn't ready. We looked through some of the old houses and even found a house with old Weyburn memorabilia. We went swimming and then headed back over to the Heritage Village to finish looking around. The kids got to play some games and do some crafts. We had hamburgers there and let the kids play before we headed back to the house.
Saturday was the big day. Adam and Chelsea's wedding. In the morning, we walked again and then Paul and I went to pick up all our Canadian supplies to take home. We love tenderflake and chipits and dill pickle chips and whatever else we can't get in the US. We got everyone ready for the wedding and then headed for Sherwood Forest Country Club which was outside of Regina. It was a beautiful day for an outside wedding. We are so glad that Chelsea is a part of the family. At 6PM, we had supper. I had a yummy bison burger with sauted mushroom, potato salad and beans. It was a really good meal. Then Laurie and I helped serve the pies and ice cream. They also had cookies that you could decorate. The kids really enjoyed themselves and then started to get antsy. Paul took them to the park while I listened to the toasts. They started the dance at about 9:15 and we stayed for just a short time. We needed to get back to Weyburn.
Sunday, we rested and got ready for everyone to come to the house for a Steak dinner. I burned the strawberry shortcake biscuits but Vicky brought the leftover pie and we ate it instead. It was great to visit a little more with Laurie before they left for Ontario. We visited in the kitchen for quite a while as well with my Aunt Carol, Uncle Chuck and Aunt Janet. We didn't have much for supper as we were all still full from lunch. We headed to the pool for one last time, but there had been thunder so the pool was closed. We went to DQ and brought it back to Dad and Mom's. Then it was time to pack up for our trip home. Our plan was to leave at midnight. I played games with Mom and Dean until it was time to pack up the van.We left at midnight and everything was going well. We had crossed over the border and most of us were sleeping. We had just stopped in Glendive, MT when I woke up to a thud and opened my eyes to see a leg in the air. We had hit a deer. While Paul got out to look at the van, I struggled to find my glasses which had moved in the impact. I went outside to see the front of the van with Paul. It didn't look good. There was a hissing sound and a hole in the radiator. Paul went back to check on the deer. It was dead about 50 feet off the road. Well, he assumed it was dead from the injuries he could see. He said he didn't go check its pulse. We decided we would continue driving slowly and then call our insurance when we reached Miles City. The kids were all excited to see the damage when we got there. They weren't even grossed out by the deer stuff on the van. Both of our cell phones were dead (we forgot to charge them), so we headed to Walmart so Paul could get a charger for the car. We called the insurance and they took all our information. Then they told us to call another person in Kansas City at 8:00. We hung around at the Walmart, ate our breakfast, the kids got dressed and then we called. She said she would have to call us back because she needed to pull up our file. Paul got some antifreeze and still no call so we decided to head for home. She called just as we left Miles City. She told us they had no reps in Miles City and the nearest was in Billings. We told her we would try to get home and call her when we got there.
We had no trouble getting home. We were about 3 hours later than we expected but we were home.
That's our trip in a nutshell. Hopefully that will be the only time that we ever hit a deer while we are traveling!! We are thankful that none of us got hurt and that we are able to handle the insurance from home instead of far away.
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