Ridin' the Rails

We had a fabulous morning!
Fiona had a really good day yesterday so a special outing was in order for my little trooper.

If anyone in town hasn't checked out the High Level Streetcar, get on it!

We went with Fiona's besties, Charlie and Ben, and all the kids loved it.

The streetcar we rode had been in restoration for the past 17 years!

Definitely worth the wait, it was beautiful.

 The highlight though was the volunteers who keep it running.

The nicest guys with some great stories.

Wow

    No big deal. 

Jeff just did some work on a Lamborghini and a Ferrari yesterday.

{!!!!!!!!!!!!}

Thanks to everyone who expressed concern for Fiona.

Y'all are the best!

It seems like she's doing better already.

Finally a B&A

I was going to sit down and write a bigger post today but a wrench got thrown in my plans.

My two-year-old has a UTI!

My little darling has a urinary tract infection!  

Here I am getting frustrated with her recent increase in accidents.

I feel like the worst mother ever awful but am just happy I finally clued in.

Anyways...

Husband came to my rescue with some before and after shots.

And here they are.

{I didn't feel the need to label them.}

It's a Picture Friday

I have been feeling the need to post about some amazing local photographers lately.

It is because of Just Married Photography that we have these beautiful shots of the most important times in our lives to date.

They must have known something we didn't.  

The wedding pic I chose is taken against the wall of an auto-part store {pre-shop owning}.

The Scenic Route

And I, I took the road less traveled by.  I was using a GPS system.  

~Robert Brault

 Does anyone else have this problem?

I love my iPhone.

I didn't have a smart phone until late 2010.  

I didn't think I needed one.

Now I often wonder how I lived without it.

Remember the days when you had to look up an address before you left the house?

You'd print out the google maps directions or, going way back, you would break out the big map in true tourist fashion.

Well, now I just breeze out the door and depend on my iPhone to guide me in the right direction.

This is usually successful but not always efficient.

The other day I took the kids to this fantastic play area at the John Janzen Nature Centre.

It had been years since I'd been {my last memory is getting pooped on by a just-hatched chick as a pre-teen} so I got out my trusty iPhone and plunked in the address.

I even knew better.

I passed the turn that I knew I should take and exited onto a freeway like maps told me to, seriously?

Good thing we weren't in a rush or in the middle of a potty emergency.

I'd like to say it won't happen again.

Wishful thinking.

You Don't See This Everyday

Jeff just couldn't resist sharing this Hummer with all of you.

He sent me these pics before going out of town.

I have no words.

Back to School

It just hit me today that this is what single moms feel like.

You see, Jeff is off bettering himself this week.

He enrolled in a 4 day course to help him improve our efficiency and productivity at the shop.

We feel like we do great work but there are ways to improve how we do it while maintaining quality.

The kicker is, the course is in Calgary...da.da.daaaaa.

{That's ominous music in case that wasn't clear.  Say it again, makes more sense now, yes?}

When he was first talking about enrolling I didn't feel like it would be a big deal.

What's 4 days?

I can do 4 days alone.

Right?

Well of course I can, I will, I am.  

But man it's hard knowing that there won't be a second set of hands at dinner time and bedtime (not as bad as dinner but still tough).

I really appreciate and applaud the fact that some people do this.

Every.

Day.

Standing O for the single parents.